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Alexandra Meliou, has been elected vice chair of the Special Interest Group on Management of Data (SIGMOD) for the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM).

Erika Dawson Head, Neena Thota named to the inaugural Dialogue Facilitation Fellows program.

On Saturday, May 17, the Manning College of Information and Computer Sciences (CICS) celebrated the 556 graduates of the Class of 2025.

21st Century Leaders Award winners are chosen in recognition of their strong academic records and exemplary achievements.

Nearly 240 researchers, clinicians, investors, and caregivers convened in person and online for the third a2 National Symposium, hosted April 3–4, 2025.

Keith Marzullo, computer scientist, educator, and policy leader with a passion for fostering interdisciplinary collaboration, has been selected as the next dean

Neena Thota has been announced as a recipient of the Spring 2025 ADVANCE Faculty Peer Mentoring Award.

Towsley, Distinguished Professor in the Manning College of Information and Computer Sciences (CICS), has been elected as a 2024 AAAS Fellow.

UMass Amherst, the birthplace of reinforcement learning, hosted the first conference dedicated to the field in 2024.

Provost and Senior Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs Fouad Abd-El-Khalick has appointed a search advisory committee to aid in the selection of the next dean.

Event brought together researchers from MITRE and the UMass Amherst Rescue Lab to develop open-source tools to fight the exploitation of children online.

The Northeast Robotics Colloquium (NERC) is a research meeting, networking event, job fair, and showcase for the robotics community in the northeastern US.