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![PhD graduate Shabnam Mohammadshahi in Dr. Ling's lab](https://pxl-umassdedu.terminalfour.net/fit-in/320x500/filters:quality(80)/prod01/production-cdn-pxl/media/umassdartmouth/news/2024/240426-UMD-COE-STUDENT-FACULTY-0342-1-1200X900.jpg?text=fallback320)
Two class of 2024 engineering PhD graduates are moving on to highly competitive postdoctoral research and tenure-track faculty positions
![Dr. Lauran Brewster on a boat with wind turbines in the background](https://pxl-umassdedu.terminalfour.net/fit-in/320x500/filters:quality(80)/prod01/production-cdn-pxl/media/umassdartmouth/news/2024/thumbnail_IMG_12303-1-1200X900.png?text=fallback320)
The newly established Brewster Lab will focus on the effects of climate change and human activity on fishes
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Scallop research set-aside programs support research while promoting collaboration between scientists and fishermen
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Highlights of an extraordinary academic year
![Assistant Teaching Professor of Public Policy Kathryn Wassel](https://pxl-umassdedu.terminalfour.net/fit-in/320x500/filters:quality(80)/prod01/production-cdn-pxl/media/umassdartmouth/news/2024/KWassel-Headshot-1-1200X1499.jpg?text=fallback320)
Grant aims to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in RI and the MA SouthCoast
![PhD student David Anchieta in Sydney, Australia](https://pxl-umassdedu.terminalfour.net/fit-in/320x500/filters:quality(80)/prod01/production-cdn-pxl/media/umassdartmouth/news/2024/IMG_4334-1920X1080-1-1200X675.jpg?text=fallback320)
David Campos Anchieta recently received the award for a paper he presented at the ASA meeting in Sydney, Australia
![Civil and Environmental Engineering Assistant Professor Nefeli Bompoti](https://pxl-umassdedu.terminalfour.net/fit-in/320x500/filters:quality(80)/prod01/production-cdn-pxl/media/umassdartmouth/news/2024/231012-NEFELI-BOMPOTI-02-1-1200X800.jpg?text=fallback320)
The civil and environmental engineering faculty member recently received her second $500K award from the Environmental Protection Agency.
![Naomi Mwangi '25 pictured in the Grove](https://pxl-umassdedu.terminalfour.net/fit-in/320x500/filters:quality(80)/prod01/production-cdn-pxl/media/umassdartmouth/news/2024/IMG_2058-1-1200X675.jpeg?text=fallback320)
Naomi Mwangi will study Mind, Brain, Body, and Behavior at Emory University in Atlanta
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UMassD faculty and students play prominent role in probing the history of the universe
![Alyssa Giordano, a 2021 biology graduate.](https://pxl-umassdedu.terminalfour.net/fit-in/320x500/filters:quality(80)/prod01/production-cdn-pxl/media/umassdartmouth/news/2023/AlyssaG-1-1200X1500.jpg?text=fallback320)
Paper explores ecological consequences of chronic road noise near predatory environments