campus…

In April, UMass Amherst celebrates its 150^th anniversary — and as Dean of the college that proudly holds the legacy of the university's land-grant mission, I can't help feeling a bit of personal satisfaction. The College of Natural Sciences carries forward the national land-grant university tradition of agricultural research and education that began with the creation of Massachusetts Agricultural College on April 29, 1863 …Read more

community…

Zoeller co-authors UN/WHO report hormone disruptors dangers
R. Thomas Zoeller, Biology, co-authored a United Nations/World Health Organization report that finds significant—and controversial—links between hormone disruptors and human health problems, calling them a "global threat." …Read more

commonwealth…

Study uses regional models to predict future NE climate trends
A new climate study by geoscientists Raymond Bradley and Michael Rawlins of the Climate System Research Center uses regional models and predicts significantly warmer temperatures in the Northeast over the next 30 years. …Read more