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- Isenberg School of Management
Diversity and Inclusion in Business Course Launches in Isenberg
This year, the Isenberg School of Management became one of the first undergraduate business programs to require students to take a diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) course.
The course—called…
- Graduate School
Thakshala Tissera wins Three Minute Thesis Campus Final
Thakshala Tissera, a doctoral student in the Department of English, has been named the winner of the 2024 Three Minute Thesis competition. Organized by the Graduate School, the Three Minute Thesis (3MT)…
- Graduate School
Breaking Down Linguistic Barriers Through Research
Claudia Matachana, a UMass Amherst PhD student in Hispanic linguistics, researches beliefs and discrimination related to language as experienced by young Puerto Rican Spanish speakers
Growing up in…
- Commonwealth Honors College
Scholarship Opens the World to Students
Professor Emerita of Landscape Architecture Annaliese Bischoff has seen both sides of higher education. As an undergraduate, she attended Brown University, where she felt well supported as she explored…
- Commonwealth Honors College
From Nigeria to UMass: Lilian Chukwurah ’12 Makes A Difference Practicing Immigration Law
Recently I had the opportunity to interview UMass Amherst alum and immigration lawyer Lilian Chukwurah. Lilian graduated from UMass and Commonwealth Honors College with a major in legal…
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- College of Social and Behavioral Sciences
A New Generation of Changemakers: UMass in DC
Through a specialized internship program in the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences, UMass Amherst students bring their revolutionary spirit to the nation's capital, working with alumni and exploring…
- College of Social and Behavioral Sciences
UMass Women into Leadership Celebrates Tenth Anniversary
The celebrated program will become part of the School of Public Policy in summer 2024
UMass Women into Leadership (UWiL) celebrated its tenth anniversary at a two-day event on March 29 and 30, as…
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- College of Natural Sciences
UMass Amherst Scientists to Help Launch the Future of RNA Research and Biomedicine
Funded by the National Institutes of Health, researchers look to biology to dramatically enhance our understanding of RNA and how it could lead to future biotech breakthroughs
Craig Martin, professor…
- College of Engineering
Trillium Brewing Goes Green with Help from UMass Amherst Engineers
Trillium Brewing in Canton, Massachusetts recently celebrated going solar with assistance from UMass College of Engineering faculty, alumni and graduate students through the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE…