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Impact Stories

Accelerate UMass

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.

UMass Students Preserve, Amplify Black Women’s Stories
  • Grow Investment
  • College of Humanities and Fine Arts
  • University Libraries

UMass Students Preserve, Amplify Black Women’s Stories

Graduate students working in the Irma McClaurin Black Feminist Archive gain more than archival experience through their work—they learn to give voices to those history overlooks.
Accelerate Heads South to Florida
  • Revolutionize Access
  • Magnify Impact
  • Grow Investment
  • School of Public Health and Health Sciences
  • Isenberg School of Management
  • College of Humanities and Fine Arts

Accelerate Heads South to Florida

Alumni, parents, and friends in the Sunshine State came together to celebrate UMass Amherst’s leadership in nursing, public health, business, and student success.
From Passion to Profession
  • Revolutionize Access

From Passion to Profession

Undergraduates can create personalized majors to merge multiple interests into one degree through the Bachelor’s Degree with Individual Concentration program.
VIDEO: Creating Immersive Educational Opportunities
  • Revolutionize Access
  • School of Public Health and Health Sciences

VIDEO: Creating Immersive Educational Opportunities

Research practicums, community and industry internships, study abroad programs, field visits, and clinical and consultation services can shape students’ career journeys long after graduation.
VIDEO: Empowering Faculty Excellence
  • Revolutionize Access
  • School of Public Health and Health Sciences

VIDEO: Empowering Faculty Excellence

SPHHS faculty are committed to addressing the root causes of diseases and chronic conditions that affect individuals, communities, and society.
VIDEO: Supporting Future Health Care Leaders
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  • School of Public Health and Health Sciences

VIDEO: Supporting Future Health Care Leaders

Scholarships at both the undergraduate and graduate levels open up a world of possibilities for students from all walks of life.
VIDEO: Building a Public Health Innovation Hub
  • Revolutionize Access
  • School of Public Health and Health Sciences

VIDEO: Building a Public Health Innovation Hub

SPHHS is creating a central hub for public health innovation that encourages collaborative research, team-based learning, and active engagement among students, faculty, and staff.