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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.
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- University Libraries
Elevating Black Feminist Voices
The Irma McClaurin Black Feminist Archive (BFA) is a vital and diverse group of collections that document and preserve the legacy of Black women and their allies, including the movements and organizations…
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A Seaside Celebration of Service and Scholarships
The event highlighted the active engagement of the UMass Amherst Cape Cod Alumni Network and unveiled the 2024 recipients of the network’s eponymous scholarship.
For decades, the UMass Amherst…
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- Fine Arts Center
Artistic Experiences for Local Schools
The UMass Amherst Fine Arts Center's Global Arts Program broadens K-12 students' horizons and deepens their understanding of diverse cultures by exposing them to international performances.
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- College of Engineering
Ensuring Equity in the Transition to Renewable Energy
The ELEVATE program, associated with UMass Amherst's Energy Transition Institute, supports interdisciplinary graduate student research, training, and community engagement.
Faced with the existential…
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- College of Engineering
UMass Aeronautics Team Soars to New Heights in International Competition
The UMass Aeronautics Team, an undergraduate-student competition team open to all departments in the College of Engineering, left a permanent mark on a prestigious international “design, fly, and build”…
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- University Libraries
UMass Amherst Libraries Host “Focus on Photographic Archives: Collector and Archivist in Conversation”
The UMass Amherst Libraries hosted “Focus on Photographic Archives: Collector and Archivist in Conversation,” a conversation with collector Paul Rheingold about photographic archives.
The event,…
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- College of Engineering
Research to Save Lives in Severe Weather
The Paros Center for Atmospheric Research at UMass Amherst leads research to improve the nation’s ability to forecast, plan for, and respond to shifting climate and hazardous weather.
On September 29,…
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- College of Engineering
UMass Amherst Researchers Join $26 Million Quantum Computing Effort to Build Internet of the Future
Quantum computing is one of the most potentially transformative areas of computer research happening today. Now, an interdisciplinary team at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, under the leadership of…
- Athletics
Kathy Coyner Makes Leadership Gift to Support Women’s Basketball
AMHERST, Mass. – UMass Athletics announced a leadership level gift by Dr. Kathy Coyner '01 to support the women's basketball program - the largest gift in program history. "This gift is to give credit…