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An interdisciplinary research team has received an NSF grant to create chatbots that can help understand the impact of COVID-19 on small-town communities.

Doctoral students Nigel Fernandez and Aritra Ghosh, and faculty Andrew Lan, recently won a grand prize in the NCES Automated Scoring Challenge.

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

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.

Doctoral candidates Sheikh Muhammad Sarwar and Manish Motwani have been selected to receive Spring 2022 Dissertation Completion Fellowships.

The Public Interest Technology University Network recently announced that the University of Massachusetts Amherst will become a member of the consortium.

On April 8, 2022, the Manning College of Information and Computer Sciences honored the recipients of its 2022 Outstanding Achievement and Advocacy awards.

Associate Professor Ivon Arroyo and Research Professor Beverly Woolf have received a seed grant from the UMass Amherst Institute of Diversity Sciences.

A $1.5M National Science Foundation federal grant will provide $10,000 per year to help lower educational barriers for underrepresented college students.

Assistant Professor Tauhidur Rahman and doctoral candidate Manasa Kalanadhabhatta  receive a project grant from UMass President’s Office