Community

In its fifth year, Western Massachusetts’ first all-women and nonbinary student hackathon welcomed over 300 programming enthusiasts for 24 hours of innovation and problem solving.

To help broaden participation in STEM, the University of Massachusetts Amherst has launched the Massenberg Summer Institute, which is geared toward low-income, underrepresented students of color that might not otherwise have exposure to opportunities in STEM fields, or understand STEM's importance and relevancy in their high school education.

What was once the College of Information and Computer Sciences at UMass Amherst is now the Robert and Donna Manning College of Information and Computer Sciences

The National Science Foundation recently awarded $1,197,134 to a collaborative team, led by CICS professor Rick Adrion.

Responding to the rapid growth of the college, these two roles assume the responsibilities previously assigned solely to the chair of the faculty.

CICS at UMass Amherst announces the appointment of five new tenure-track faculty to increase capacity for its expanding academic and research programs.

Associate Professor Brendan O’Connor has been announced as a Spring 2022 ADVANCE Faculty Peer Mentor Award recipient.

U.S. Sen. Ed Markey and Rep. Jim McGovern visited the UMass Amherst campus on April 14 to celebrate the nearly $2 million in congressionally directed funding.

Graduate student Aishwarya Sahai was selected to mentor a team of students during the NYU Abu Dhabi International Hackathon for Social Good.

Eileen Hamel, CICS graduate programs manager and doctoral advisor, was recently selected to receive the 2021 Outstanding Staff Award. 

Students representing the inaugural cohort of Digital Ready's Year 13 program visited the University of Massachusetts Amherst campus on December 1.

Federal award marks inauguration of Massachusetts AI and Technology Center for Connected Care in Aging and Alzheimer’s Disease.