In the fourth quarter of 2020, the Massachusetts real gross domestic product (GDP) increased at a 7.9% annualized rate of growth, according to the UMass Amherst Donahue Institute’s MassBenchmarks report, while the U.S. GDP increased at a 4% rate according to the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA). In the third quarter, both the nation and the state expanded at the fastest pace on record with Massachusetts GDP increasing at a 33.1% rate and U.S. GDP growing at a 33.4% rate.
Five UMass School of Public Policy students have been selected for the 2021 Civic Action Project fellowship program, which provides internships, mentoring and training for emerging public service leaders.
A group of researchers at the UMass Amherst College of Information and Computer Sciences (CICS) led by Assistant Professor Hamed Zamani and doctoral student Helia Hashemi is one of 10 teams worldwide selected to compete in the 2021 Alexa Prize TaskBot Challenge.
Laura Ciolkowski, senior lecturer of Women, Gender, Sexuality Studies, is the recipient of the 2021 Distinguished Community Engagement Award for Teaching.
The American Sociological Association (ASA) announced the results of their 2021 elections and the UMass Amherst Department of Sociology is well represented with one professor, two alumni and a student winning their elections to four ASA offices.
AMHERST, Mass. – Wilmore Webley, associate professor of microbiology and director of pre-med advising, will receive a special award at a community Juneteenth event at the Raymond A. Jordan Senior Center in Springfield.
AMHERST, Mass. – A research team from the University of Massachusetts Amherst has created an electronic microsystem that can intelligently respond to information inputs without any external energy input, much like a self-autonomous living organism. The microsystem is constructed from a novel type of electronics that can process ultralow electronic signals and incorporates a novel device that can generate electricity “out of thin air” from the ambient environment.
NEWTON, Mass. – The University of Massachusetts Amherst and Digital Ready, a Boston-based non-profit, have launched a groundbreaking new living learning lab to give talented, young Black and Latinx students from Boston Public Schools a no-cost head start to a STEM degree from UMass.
The College of Humanities and Fine Arts (HFA) has announced its 2021 College Outstanding Teaching Award recipients, Milan Dragicevich and Pari Riahi. Dragicevich, professor in the department of theater, and Riahi, assistant professor in the department of architecture, are celebrated for exceptional teaching, mentoring, curriculum development efforts and for their impact on students' lives.
AMHERST, Mass. – By ensuring ethnic diversity in a largescale genetic study, an international team of researchers, including a University of Massachusetts Amherst genetic epidemiologist, has identified more regions of the genome linked to type 2 diabetes-related traits.