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.
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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…
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- College of Natural Sciences
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…
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- College of Humanities and Fine Arts
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…
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- Marieb College of Nursing
- College of Engineering
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 …
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- School of Public Health and Health Sciences
A New Home for the School of Public Health and Health Sciences
The new SPHHS Hub will serve as a central space for learning and innovation that will benefit students and communities both inside and outside the commonwealth.
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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.
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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.
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From Pointe Shoes to Planet-Saving Fashion
Alumna Jillian Clark ’08 is using her Bachelor’s Degree with Individual Concentration (BDIC) to tackle the textile waste crisis.
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- Graduate School
From Mentees to Mentors: Two UMass Alumni Pay It Forward on the West Coast
When Anne Soon Choi MA’00 and Mariappan “Jawa” Jawaharlal PhD’94 discovered they shared the connection of being UMass Amherst Graduate School alumni, it wasn’t at a reunion in Massachusetts, but during a…