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Join us for an exclusive look into the future of UMass and the initiatives we're taking to build a more sustainable, equitable, and resilient future in this year's State of the University. 🌍 #UMass @UMassAmherst @UMassBoston @UMassD @UMassLowell @UMassChan @MartyMeehan

Huge congrats to @CNS_UMass Lisa Komoroske! 🎉 Being named a National Geographic Society Explorer is an incredible achievement—a testament to her work with @NOAAFisheries and others protecting Hawaiʻi’s honu and advancing community-driven conservation. bit.ly/4mUl5Lf

@UMassD earns national recognition for its graduate programs! 🎉 The 2026 U.S. News & World Report Best Graduate Schools rankings recognized UMass Dartmouth among the nation’s best, with 32 programs ranked across five academic colleges. 🔗 brnw.ch/21x25bZ

Spring is in full bloom across our #UMass campuses. 🌸 @umassamherst @umassboston @umassd @umasslowell

Congratulations to @UMassChan Medical School on having its Doctor of Nursing Practice program ranked the No. 1 DNP program in Massachusetts for 2026 by brnw.ch/21x21g7! @allnurses 🔗 brnw.ch/21x21g8

From undergraduate research to a first-author publication, @UMassLowell '23 alum Noah Mason helped advance nanoparticle research, which led to his work being published in the journal Chemistry of Materials last fall. 🔗 brnw.ch/21x1Pg5

Congratulations to Professor Li-Jun Ma at @UMassAmherst on being named the 2026 recipient of the Mahoney Life Sciences Prize—an extraordinary recognition of research advancing solutions to some of the world’s most pressing challenges. umass.edu/news/article/u…

UMass is teaming up with @UNM, @World_Wildlife, and the @audubonsociety to model and guide water management decisions in "an era of increasing scarcity." news.unm.edu/news/unm-resea…

@UMassLaw students traveled the American South with federal judges, visiting landmarks like the Edmund Pettus Bridge & Legacy Museum—bringing a deeper understanding of the role future lawyers play in advancing civil rights. @umassd 🔗 brnw.ch/21x1Eik

Congratulations to UMass Amherst professor Li-Jun Ma for being named the 2026 Mahoney Life Sciences Prize winner for her research on a devastating fungus threatening the world’s banana supply. 🍌🔬 bit.ly/4vKnLzk @CNS_UMass

More than a dozen volunteers from @UMassChan participated in a 24-hour trash audit, measuring and identifying 1,500 pounds of waste from a @umassmemorial emergency department, including recyclables, PPE and single-use medical supplies: direc.to/o9Gj #sustainability

🧑‍🌾 Want a thriving garden this summer? Get your soil tested by UMass Extension Landscape Nursery and Urban Forestry. The samples are tested for ph and essential nutrients that are needed for plants to thrive! bit.ly/4cLkbML @WCVB

Join us in congratulating doctoral student Xin Hu on being named @UMassAmherst's 2026 Three Minute Thesis (3MT) Community Day winner 🎉 Watch Hu's Three Minute Thesis: brnw.ch/21x1Cj9

Eman Khwaja ’26 isn’t just studying humpback whales—she’s reshaping how marine science is shared. 🐋 A @UMassD PhD student, she researches whale behavior and brings it to life on TikTok & Instagram—making science accessible and inspiring the next gen. 🔗 brnw.ch/21x1AgB

Four @UMassAmherst researchers have been elected to the 2025 class of Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (@AAAS) — a prestigious lifetime honor recognizing scientific excellence and impact. Meet the honorees: brnw.ch/21x1yVz

I'm pleased to see @GBHNews highlight the appointment of Chancellor-elect Dr. David McManus as the next Chancellor of @UMassChan Medical School. #UMassChan

“We are lucky to have the public system that we have in Massachusetts...It’s a kind of magic.” bostonglobe.com/2026/04/08/mag…

April is Parkinson's Awareness Month. @UMassD's Dr. Mammen co-authored a study in the Journal of Neurology that is reshaping how we understand the patient experience to inform clinical research & future treatments. @MichaelJFoxOrg #Parkinsons 🔗 brnw.ch/21x1tNc

Massachusetts families are looking for a college education that is both high-quality & within reach. Our @UMass campuses are delivering on that, expanding access, driving groundbreaking research & preparing students for careers that power our economy. 🔗bostonglobe.com/2026/04/08/mag…

We're honored to share a powerful legacy moment for @UMassAmherst: a $1.5 million estate gift to establish the Caroline H. Horvitz Professorship in Mediterranean Archaeology. 🔗 umass.edu/news/article/u…

I'm proud to share that @UMassAmherst has received a $1.5M gift from the estate of Caroline Hill Horvitz to endow a professorship in her honor—strengthening the humanities, supporting exceptional faculty, and expanding student opportunity. umass.edu/news/article/u…