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📊New audio interview: UMass Poll Director Tatishe Nteta joins Aaron Kupec to break down the latest MA poll. From challengers to Sen. Ed Markey and Gov. Healey's approval to GOP prospects and views on the economy, immigration & more.
Listen: bit.ly/4nYgOWe
Listen: bit.ly/4nYgOWe
November 13, 2025 at 8:50 PM
📊New audio interview: UMass Poll Director Tatishe Nteta joins Aaron Kupec to break down the latest MA poll. From challengers to Sen. Ed Markey and Gov. Healey's approval to GOP prospects and views on the economy, immigration & more.
Listen: bit.ly/4nYgOWe
Listen: bit.ly/4nYgOWe
UMass Amherst public health researcher Elizabeth Evans just received $17.9 million in NIH grants to expand work tackling the opioid crisis and improving HIV prevention and treatment in jails.
bit.ly/4oNpcJ3
bit.ly/4oNpcJ3
October 29, 2025 at 3:40 PM
UMass Amherst public health researcher Elizabeth Evans just received $17.9 million in NIH grants to expand work tackling the opioid crisis and improving HIV prevention and treatment in jails.
bit.ly/4oNpcJ3
bit.ly/4oNpcJ3
Historic News! Dan Riccio ’86, ’24MS has committed $50 million to the College of Engineering which will now be known as the Daniel J. Riccio Jr. College of Engineering.
Learn more about this extraordinary gift: www.umass.edu/gateway/ricc...
Learn more about this extraordinary gift: www.umass.edu/gateway/ricc...
September 15, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Historic News! Dan Riccio ’86, ’24MS has committed $50 million to the College of Engineering which will now be known as the Daniel J. Riccio Jr. College of Engineering.
Learn more about this extraordinary gift: www.umass.edu/gateway/ricc...
Learn more about this extraordinary gift: www.umass.edu/gateway/ricc...
🚚 Move-in day is here! We are excited to welcome our first-year, transfer and returning students to campus. Here's to a great year ahead.
August 27, 2025 at 5:25 PM
🚚 Move-in day is here! We are excited to welcome our first-year, transfer and returning students to campus. Here's to a great year ahead.
🇺🇸 National Poll
📌 U.S. immigration opinions
👉 The survey finds respondents have nuanced views, supporting orderly enforcement and rights for undocumented immigrants, while recoiling from harsh Trump and ICE tactics. @UMassPoll
bit.ly/459iar6
📌 U.S. immigration opinions
👉 The survey finds respondents have nuanced views, supporting orderly enforcement and rights for undocumented immigrants, while recoiling from harsh Trump and ICE tactics. @UMassPoll
bit.ly/459iar6
August 6, 2025 at 10:28 PM
🇺🇸 National Poll
📌 U.S. immigration opinions
👉 The survey finds respondents have nuanced views, supporting orderly enforcement and rights for undocumented immigrants, while recoiling from harsh Trump and ICE tactics. @UMassPoll
bit.ly/459iar6
📌 U.S. immigration opinions
👉 The survey finds respondents have nuanced views, supporting orderly enforcement and rights for undocumented immigrants, while recoiling from harsh Trump and ICE tactics. @UMassPoll
bit.ly/459iar6
🇺🇸 National Poll
📌 President Trump’s Job Approval
👉 A new UMass Amherst Poll finds President Trump’s net job approval has dropped to -20 six months into his term, while his approval rating on immigration has fallen 9 points since April.
bit.ly/3HiZWKm
📌 President Trump’s Job Approval
👉 A new UMass Amherst Poll finds President Trump’s net job approval has dropped to -20 six months into his term, while his approval rating on immigration has fallen 9 points since April.
bit.ly/3HiZWKm
August 4, 2025 at 7:49 PM
🇺🇸 National Poll
📌 President Trump’s Job Approval
👉 A new UMass Amherst Poll finds President Trump’s net job approval has dropped to -20 six months into his term, while his approval rating on immigration has fallen 9 points since April.
bit.ly/3HiZWKm
📌 President Trump’s Job Approval
👉 A new UMass Amherst Poll finds President Trump’s net job approval has dropped to -20 six months into his term, while his approval rating on immigration has fallen 9 points since April.
bit.ly/3HiZWKm
Ecologists from #UMassAmherst & the Northeast Regional Invasive Species & Climate Change Management Network launched a #Climate-Smart Gardening guide & our experts have shared some examples that will work for sunny, moderately moist garden beds in MA.
bit.ly/3Tqr4JT
bit.ly/3Tqr4JT
June 17, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Ecologists from #UMassAmherst & the Northeast Regional Invasive Species & Climate Change Management Network launched a #Climate-Smart Gardening guide & our experts have shared some examples that will work for sunny, moderately moist garden beds in MA.
bit.ly/3Tqr4JT
bit.ly/3Tqr4JT
🌸 Spring is in full bloom on campus, thanks to the 2,000 pansies grown right here in our greenhouses on Tillson Farm Road. Delivered as small plugs, these colorful flowers are nurtured by our greenhouse manager, Tim Mercer, and then planted by our hardworking landscape crew.
June 5, 2025 at 6:40 PM
🌸 Spring is in full bloom on campus, thanks to the 2,000 pansies grown right here in our greenhouses on Tillson Farm Road. Delivered as small plugs, these colorful flowers are nurtured by our greenhouse manager, Tim Mercer, and then planted by our hardworking landscape crew.
🍨 UMass Amherst food science majors competed in the university’s 11th annual Ice Cream Competition, where ice cream was judged on texture, taste & more. Winning flavor $treet Nut$ will be produced along with the other finalists by Herrells Ice Cream.
bit.ly/4mGYnWI
bit.ly/4mGYnWI
June 3, 2025 at 7:37 PM
🍨 UMass Amherst food science majors competed in the university’s 11th annual Ice Cream Competition, where ice cream was judged on texture, taste & more. Winning flavor $treet Nut$ will be produced along with the other finalists by Herrells Ice Cream.
bit.ly/4mGYnWI
bit.ly/4mGYnWI
🎓 We’re officially ONE WEEK away from Commencement! Now that caps and gowns have been handed out, it’s all starting to feel real.
Get ready to celebrate the incredible achievements of the Class of 2025 as they take their next steps as proud UMass alumni.
#UMassGrad2025
Get ready to celebrate the incredible achievements of the Class of 2025 as they take their next steps as proud UMass alumni.
#UMassGrad2025
May 9, 2025 at 4:10 PM
🎓 We’re officially ONE WEEK away from Commencement! Now that caps and gowns have been handed out, it’s all starting to feel real.
Get ready to celebrate the incredible achievements of the Class of 2025 as they take their next steps as proud UMass alumni.
#UMassGrad2025
Get ready to celebrate the incredible achievements of the Class of 2025 as they take their next steps as proud UMass alumni.
#UMassGrad2025
Today on #FoundersDay, we celebrated the incredible spirit of #UMassAmherst with campus-wide festivities!
From open houses to live music and tours, every moment reflected our pride and tradition.
Huge thanks to UMass Dining for the amazing food!
From open houses to live music and tours, every moment reflected our pride and tradition.
Huge thanks to UMass Dining for the amazing food!
April 29, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Today on #FoundersDay, we celebrated the incredible spirit of #UMassAmherst with campus-wide festivities!
From open houses to live music and tours, every moment reflected our pride and tradition.
Huge thanks to UMass Dining for the amazing food!
From open houses to live music and tours, every moment reflected our pride and tradition.
Huge thanks to UMass Dining for the amazing food!
🇺🇸 National Poll
📌 President Trump's Job Approval
👉 A new national UMass Amherst Poll finds President Trump’s job approval underwater, 44-51, 3 months into his 2nd term. See the results + poll directors’ analysis.
bit.ly/4cx3LGV
📌 President Trump's Job Approval
👉 A new national UMass Amherst Poll finds President Trump’s job approval underwater, 44-51, 3 months into his 2nd term. See the results + poll directors’ analysis.
bit.ly/4cx3LGV
April 14, 2025 at 7:58 PM
🇺🇸 National Poll
📌 President Trump's Job Approval
👉 A new national UMass Amherst Poll finds President Trump’s job approval underwater, 44-51, 3 months into his 2nd term. See the results + poll directors’ analysis.
bit.ly/4cx3LGV
📌 President Trump's Job Approval
👉 A new national UMass Amherst Poll finds President Trump’s job approval underwater, 44-51, 3 months into his 2nd term. See the results + poll directors’ analysis.
bit.ly/4cx3LGV
The @aaas.org has elected Barbara Zurer Pearson, research associate in linguistics, & Don Towsley, Distinguished Professor in @manningcics.bsky.social as 2024 Fellows — a distinguished lifetime honor within the scientific community. bit.ly/41Os9An
March 27, 2025 at 2:28 PM
The @aaas.org has elected Barbara Zurer Pearson, research associate in linguistics, & Don Towsley, Distinguished Professor in @manningcics.bsky.social as 2024 Fellows — a distinguished lifetime honor within the scientific community. bit.ly/41Os9An
Batteries use lithium and mining lithium takes water. It's a big deal for ecosystems & communities that exist in the Lithium Triangle, the area of South America that has more than half the world’s known lithium. UMass College of Natural Sciences researchers are on the case. Read more: bit.ly/3QSELQK
March 27, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Batteries use lithium and mining lithium takes water. It's a big deal for ecosystems & communities that exist in the Lithium Triangle, the area of South America that has more than half the world’s known lithium. UMass College of Natural Sciences researchers are on the case. Read more: bit.ly/3QSELQK
If you'd think that vaping leads to smoking, you'd be wrong - probably. Researcher Jamie Hartmann-Boyce has made an interesting discovery: there's some evidence that vaping contributes to declines in youth smoking.
bit.ly/umassvdncs
bit.ly/umassvdncs
February 26, 2025 at 9:57 PM
If you'd think that vaping leads to smoking, you'd be wrong - probably. Researcher Jamie Hartmann-Boyce has made an interesting discovery: there's some evidence that vaping contributes to declines in youth smoking.
bit.ly/umassvdncs
bit.ly/umassvdncs
UMass Amherst has been named a Fulbright Top Producing Institution for the 4th time, a distinction that recognizes the university for having the highest number of faculty & administrators selected for the Fulbright U.S. Scholar Programs for the 2024-25 academic year. bit.ly/umassfulbrig...
February 25, 2025 at 6:24 PM
UMass Amherst has been named a Fulbright Top Producing Institution for the 4th time, a distinction that recognizes the university for having the highest number of faculty & administrators selected for the Fulbright U.S. Scholar Programs for the 2024-25 academic year. bit.ly/umassfulbrig...
When it comes to finding rust on bridges, you don't want to eyeball it. Two #UMass researchers just got the IEEE Editor's Choice Award for figuring out how to scan steel infrastructure for rust using a better method: 3-D lasers! @umassengineering.bsky.social
bit.ly/umasssteelbr...
bit.ly/umasssteelbr...
February 24, 2025 at 2:54 PM
When it comes to finding rust on bridges, you don't want to eyeball it. Two #UMass researchers just got the IEEE Editor's Choice Award for figuring out how to scan steel infrastructure for rust using a better method: 3-D lasers! @umassengineering.bsky.social
bit.ly/umasssteelbr...
bit.ly/umasssteelbr...
Many congrats to the UMass Amherst students who were named to the Fall 2024 Dean's List! Each of these scholars completed at least 12 graded credits and maintained a GPA of 3.5 or higher.
It's a mark of commitment and a celebration of effort. See who made the list: bit.ly/deanslist2025
It's a mark of commitment and a celebration of effort. See who made the list: bit.ly/deanslist2025
February 18, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Many congrats to the UMass Amherst students who were named to the Fall 2024 Dean's List! Each of these scholars completed at least 12 graded credits and maintained a GPA of 3.5 or higher.
It's a mark of commitment and a celebration of effort. See who made the list: bit.ly/deanslist2025
It's a mark of commitment and a celebration of effort. See who made the list: bit.ly/deanslist2025
February 14, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Celebrating 5 years of innovation! 🎉
UMass ICorps celebrates 5 years of fostering entrepreneurial innovation, empowering researchers & students to transform groundbreaking ideas into market-ready ventures. #entrepreneur #leadership
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UMass ICorps celebrates 5 years of fostering entrepreneurial innovation, empowering researchers & students to transform groundbreaking ideas into market-ready ventures. #entrepreneur #leadership
bit.ly/4aGTmrq
February 13, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Celebrating 5 years of innovation! 🎉
UMass ICorps celebrates 5 years of fostering entrepreneurial innovation, empowering researchers & students to transform groundbreaking ideas into market-ready ventures. #entrepreneur #leadership
bit.ly/4aGTmrq
UMass ICorps celebrates 5 years of fostering entrepreneurial innovation, empowering researchers & students to transform groundbreaking ideas into market-ready ventures. #entrepreneur #leadership
bit.ly/4aGTmrq
🔥 Unwinding at Pond Fire during Wellness Week—surrounded by good company, a roaring fire, and s’mores to warm the soul!
February 8, 2025 at 3:23 AM
🔥 Unwinding at Pond Fire during Wellness Week—surrounded by good company, a roaring fire, and s’mores to warm the soul!
Locked in 🎯 #SpringSemester starts now!
January 31, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Locked in 🎯 #SpringSemester starts now!
January 31, 2025 at 1:15 PM
He saw a way to take detailed images of the human eye. Now Eric Swanson, #UMassAmherst '86, is being inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame along with his co-inventors. Congratulations to a brilliant #UMass alumnus! bit.ly/4ho0DOR #engineer #engineering #innovator
January 27, 2025 at 3:00 PM
He saw a way to take detailed images of the human eye. Now Eric Swanson, #UMassAmherst '86, is being inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame along with his co-inventors. Congratulations to a brilliant #UMass alumnus! bit.ly/4ho0DOR #engineer #engineering #innovator