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Discover how our community of alumni, faculty, students, parents, and friends are making a lasting difference. Explore their stories and see how you can contribute to the UMass legacy.

Empowering Students to ‘Question Everything’
  • College of Humanities and Fine Arts
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Empowering Students to ‘Question Everything’

UMass Amherst’s Question Everything program engages Springfield and Holyoke high school seniors in philosophy, college preparation, and civic projects, building critical thinking and confidence through a fully…
Investing in Public Health Leadership
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  • School of Public Health and Health Sciences

Investing in Public Health Leadership

Members of the SPHHS Dean’s Advisory Council talk about the importance of raising the school’s profile and capacity to advance public health in Massachusetts and beyond. 

A global pandemic…

Prioritizing Mental Health
  • College of Natural Sciences
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Prioritizing Mental Health

Josh ’99 and Liz Moughan ’99 have established a scholarship for PhD candidates in clinical psychology to honor their late son’s journey and advance mental health education. 

Ty Moughan was always…

Fueling Student Access to the Arts
  • College of Humanities and Fine Arts
  • Grow Investment

Fueling Student Access to the Arts

Music has always played a central role in Hilda Greenbaum’s life. Her mother was a conservatory graduate. Her father took weekly opera lessons.

As a teen and young adult, she attended concerts and…

Innovation Through Collaboration
  • College of Engineering
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  • Marieb College of Nursing
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Innovation Through Collaboration

An innovative collaboration between engineering and nursing at UMass Amherst allows a PhD candidate to draw upon the expertise of nurses to improve robotic medical devices. 

Gina Georgadarellis …

Designing a Degree to Drive Social Change
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Designing a Degree to Drive Social Change

Through the Bachelor’s Degree with Individual Concentration (BDIC) program, Zuzana Zilkova ’05 built the foundation for a global career focused on reducing harm and fostering human connection.
Celebrating Accelerate in the Big Apple
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Celebrating Accelerate in the Big Apple

UMass Amherst alumni, parents, and friends gathered at The New York Historical to recognize the university’s longstanding commitment to the humanities, the fine arts, and access to historical source materials.