With the generous support of the Baker-Polito administration, UMass Amherst has broken ground on a new, world-class $125 million facility for education, research, and outreach at the Manning College of Information and Computer Sciences.

Professor Erik Learned-Miller now serves as chair of the faculty and Distinguished Professor Ramesh Sitaraman now serves in the newly created role of associate dean for educational programs and teaching.

CICS has moved up two spots into the top 30 among all institutions in the U.S., according to U.S. News & World Report, and held steady as the #1 public program in the Northeast.

A UMass Magazine article features a round-up of predictions from UMass Amherst community experts including Distinguished Professor Donald Towsley and Ana McTaggart '15, and celebrates a transformational $5M gift for quantum information systems research.