The College of Natural Sciences & Mathematics is now officially the College of Natural Sciences (CNS). For more information, please go to http://www.cns.umass.edu.
- Goodwin named Dean of new College of Natural Sciences
- Steve Goodwin, current Dean of the College of Natural Resources and the Environment (NRE), will head the new College of Natural Sciences, which will consist of all NSM departments, five departments and several programs from NRE, and the department of Psychology from the College of Social and Behavioral Science (SBS).
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Lahti & Russell to direct new $16M Energy Frontier Research Center 
- UMass Amherst will host a new multimillion-dollar Energy Frontier Research Center funded by the U.S. Department of Energy, named the "Polymer-Based Materials for Harvesting Solar Energy Center." It will be co-directed by Paul Lahti, Chemistry, and Thomas Russell, Polymer Science and Engineering. Lahti, an internationally recognized expert in organic electronic materials and Russell, an internationally recognized expert in designing polymer nanoarchitectures, believe the UMass Amherst EFRC will take advantage of the campus' special expertise in polymer science, engineering, materials chemistry and physics.
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- Margulis awarded Darwin-Wallace Medal
- Lynn Margulis, Distinguished Professor of Geosciences, received the Darwin-Wallace Medal from the Linnean Society. The medal, awarded at 50-year intervals since 1858, is awarded to outstanding scientists who have made significant advances in the study of natural history and evolution.
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