Mellon Foundation Awards $100,000 to UMass Amherst Department of Women, Gender, Sexuality Studies
The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation has awarded $100,000 to the UMass Amherst Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies (WGSS).
Two HFA Students Awarded Five College Prose and Poetry Prize for Creative Writing
Andrea Peter ’25 and Livvy Krakower ’24 were among the 2024 Five College Prose and Poetry Prize recipients honored at a reading and reception April 18.
Translation Center Seeks Content Creators for Outreach Initiative
The Translation Center is seeking content creators for “The Foundations of Translation, Interpreting, and Language Access."
UMass Cornerstone Initiative Presents Alumni Panel on "Narrative Leadership: Skills for Success"
UMass Cornerstone Initiative will present a panel on "Narrative Leadership: Skills for Success" featuring six UMass alumni on Thursday, May 2.
History Department to Host U.S. Representative Becca Balint (D-VT) for Conversation on Finding Your Path
UMass students have the chance to hear from Rep. Balint in a Zoom discussion moderated by Dr. Alice Nash, who advised her 2001 MA thesis in history.
Sign up for Summer 2024 Classes on Pregnancy Loss, the Jewish Experience, and More
Registration is now open for for summer 2024 online classes, including, for the first time, a course on pregnancy loss, and on the Jewish experience.
Classics Professor Melissa Mueller Celebrated New Book on Sappho and Homer with Symposium, Lecture
Melissa Mueller, professor of Classics, recently participated in two events related to the publication of her book, Sappho and Homer: A Reparative Reading.
Afro-Am Department PhD Student Marcus Smith Earns 2024 Mellon/ACLS Dissertation Innovation Fellowship
Marcus P. Smith in the W. E. B. Du Bois Department of Afro-American Studies has been awarded a 2024 Mellon/ACLS Dissertation Innovation Fellowship.
Architecture's Robert Williams Wins 2024 ACSA Architectural Education Award
Assistant Professor in the Department of Architecture Robert Williams has been selected for this year's AIAS/ACSA New Faculty Teaching Award.
Afro-American Studies Doctoral Candidate Karl Lyn Awarded Prestigious 2024 Wenner-Gren Foundation Dissertation Fieldwork Grant
Afro-Am Studies Ph.D. candidate Karl Lyn has been named a recipient of the prestigious 2024 Wenner-Gren Foundation Dissertation Fieldwork Grant.
Theater and Women, Gender, Sexuality Studies Major Claudia Maurino '24 Named Spring 2024 Rising Researcher
Theater and Women, Gender, Sexuality Studies major Claudia Maurino '24 has been named a spring 2024 Rising Researcher.