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UMass has joined the newly announced NSF's SafeInsights, a five-year, $90 million research and development infrastructure for inclusive education research.

Assistant Professors Hui Guan and Negin Rahimi have each received National Science Foundation (NSF) CAREER awards in the 2023–2024 academic year

Anna Green, Brendan O’Connor, and Don Towsley will serve as team leads on three of the ten proposals supported by 2024 Interdisciplinary Research Grants.

UMass Amherst has been awarded $12 million over five years by the U.S. National Science Foundation to develop the field of computational decarbonization

A study identifying how to develop robot guide dogs with insights from guide dog users and trainers won a Best Paper Award at CHI 2024.

NCWIT will recognize CICS Stuart Rice Honorary Chair and Research Professor Francine Berman as the recipient of the prestigious 2024 Pioneer in Tech Award.

Manning College of Information and Computer Sciences (CICS) Teaching Faculty Siobhan Meïhas been selected as a 2024–2025 UMass Amherst Lilly Teaching Fellow.

Manning College of Information and Computer Sciences Assistant Professor Hung Le was selected for the 2024 Google Research Scholar Program.

Associate Chair of Faculty Development & Associate Professor Alexandra Meliou has been announced as a Spring 2024 ADVANCE Faculty Peer Mentor Award recipient.

Manning College of Information and Computer Sciences graduate student Fiona McGowan '23BS has received a UMass Spring 2024 Scholar-Athlete award.