News & Announcements Archive

Chancellor Announces Postponement of Commencement

Commencement, which was scheduled for Friday, May 8th, and all commencement weekend activities, will be postponed because of the ongoing prohibition of large gatherings and our own efforts to mitigate the spread of coronavirus/COVID-19.

UMass Amherst Suspends all in-person classes through the end of the Spring 2020 Semester

On Friday, March 13 Chancellor Kumble R. Subbaswamy announced, "As efforts across the state, the nation, and the world to contain the coronavirus COVID-19 continue to intensify, today I am announcing that UMass Amherst will suspend all in-person classes, including laboratory, studio, capstone, and graduate courses, until the end of the semester."

Graduate Seminars have been cancelled

Graduate Seminars for the remainder of the semester have been cancelled.

Bay State Livestock Classic Cancelled

The Bay State Livestock Classic scheduled for Saturday, April 4 has been cancelled.

University of Massachusetts Amherst welcomes baby goats to campus

Jackson Cote of MassLive noticed our baby goats on the goat management facebook page and shared them on MassLive.

UMass NESA Team competes at UNH

The UMass NESA team participated in the annual competetion hosted this year by the University of New Hampshire on Saturday, February, 15.

UMass Veterinary Technology program will host an open house on the UMass-Mt. Ida Campus on March 7

On March 7, 2020 the UMass Veterinary Technology program will host an open house on the UMass-Mt. Ida Campus.

Life Science Career Panel - March 4

Janet Bordwin, M.Ed, Director, Career & Professional Development Center for the College of Natural Sciences is hosting a Life Sciences Career Panel on Wed, March 4 at 5:30pm in Morrill I room N-375.

Wei Cui Receives Grant from National Institute of Child Health and Human Development

Dr. Cui has recently been awarded an R21 grant (R21HD098686) from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development of NIH to improve the pre-implantation IVF embryo culture by providing a biomimetic microenvironment.

VASCI Seeks Animal Science Lecturer

The Department of Veterinary and Animal Sciences (VASCI) at the University of Massachusetts-Amherst invites applications for a non-tenure track, calendar-year (12 month) Lecturer position.

New Veterinary Tech program links UMass Amherst and Mount Ida Campuses

The Department of Veterinary and Animal Sciences is now offering a Bachelor of Science degree in Vterinary Technology. 

UMass Amherst Researcher Aims to Develop New Screening for BRCA-Positive Breastfeeding Women

University of Massachusetts Amherst cancer researchers hope to develop a new, noninvasive test that uses women’s breast milk to detect breast cancer in its earliest stages