Programs
Arts
Extension Service (AES)
The Arts Extension Service (AES) is a national organization
creating learning opportunities "that develop the arts in communities and community through the
arts." AES does this through continuing education for artists, arts organizations,
and community leaders.
Augusta
Savage Gallery
The Augusta Savage Gallery of the University's Fine Arts Center promotes
the unique artistic contributions of st udent, local, and nationally acclaimed
artists of color from diverse world cultures. In an effort to extend multicultural
education beyond the visual exhibition format, the Gallery presents dance, music,
workshops, film, lectures, storytelling, and readings. Specially invited audiences
include students from local public schools and representatives of social service
groups.
Biotechnology Program
The Biotechnology Program promotes the role of the University in life science
education, research, and economic development. It supports entrepreneurial
initiatives and facilitates technology transfer to industry.
BugNet Mentor Assisted Project
(BugNet MAP)
Bug Net MAP (Mentor Assisted Project) is a distance learning project based on
the different regions of the state of Massachusetts. Its focus is on the insects
and other arthropods of each region. These may be agriculturally, medically or
of veterinary importance. An outgrowth of an inservice teacher training and undergraduate
course "Using Insects in the Classroom," this project offers information,
resources and activities for both teachers and students in K-12.
Center for Educational Software Development
The Center for Educational Software Development is a campus service organization dedicated to the design, development and deployment of instructional technology at the Univerity of Massachusetts Amherst. CESD builds collaborations with UMass faculty and external institutions and community groups, and uses tools and expertise developed in more than a decade of technology research to serve University departments as well as the state's K-12 schools.
Center for Educational Policy
The Center for Education Policy is a research and outreach unit of the School
of Education at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. The Center conducts
research, policy and evaluation studies; coordinates and conducts policy analyses;
sponsors conferences, workshops and seminars; provides technical assistance
to policy makers; and disseminates information through reports and white papers.
Center for Immigrant
and Refugee Community Leadership and Empowerment (CIRCLE)
CIRCLE offers collective leadership and community development programs for local
Cambodian, Vietnamese, Hmong, Tibetan, Russian, and Somali groups. Graduate students
in community development and undergraduate students in service learning provide
training, field support, and monitoring programs. The Center models a form of
collective leadership drawing on the strengths of all participants - all participants
are considered both teachers and learners. Participants work together to bridge
the divide of culture, race, religion, class, gender, and generations; and to
cross the barriers between communities and institutions.
Center for Information Technology
and Dispute Resolution
The mission of the Center for Information Technology and Dispute Resolution is
to support and sustain the development of knowledge bases, systems, and processes
for resolving conflict in cyberspace, as well as to further understanding of
disputing and dispute resolution. The Center is actively involved in dispute
mediation and participates in making educational opportunities available.
Center for Intelligent Information
Retrieval (CIIR)
The Center develops software that will support accurate and efficient access
to, and analysis of, the growing amount of information stored in text and multimedia
databases throughout businesses and government.
Center for International Education
The Center for International Education is based in the University's School of
Education and is closely integrated with the academic program in International
Education. Together they offer graduate level professional training, service
and research opportunities in the areas of International Development Education,
Education Policy and Leadership, Nonformal/Popular Adult Education, and Internationalizing
U.S. Education. Recent projects have been located in India, Uganda, Nepal,
Azerbaijan and Guatemala. They are complemented by projects in Massachusetts
working with Global Education and leadership training for immigrant and refugee
communities.
Center for International Securities
and Derivatives Markets
An academic research center which focuses on security and investment
fund performance in both U.S. and international asset markets. Provides
research information to financial firms and others.
Center for Nutrition in
Sport and Human Performance
The mission of the Center for Nutrition in Sport and Human Performance is to conduct research and provide education in establishing sound nutritional and fitness practices associated with participation in athletic or related exercise programs. The Center provides educational support for health and fitness professionals as well as off campus coaches and athletic trainers who typically do not have formal training in sport/exercise nutrition.
Center for Public Policy
and Administration (CPPA)
The Center for Public Policy and Administration (CPPA) provides
research, teaching and outreach services to public and privaichte organizations.
The Center works in areas including environmental policy, non-profit management,
social welfare, education policy and others. Examples of projects include:
working with governmental and non-governmental organizations seeking faculty
to carry out funded research, local governments soliciting advice in public
policy or administration, and journalists pursuing expert sources.
Center for Research
and Education in Women's Health (CREWH)
The Center was created to conduct basic research in women's health and to provide
the resources needed to promote women's health issues. Areas of interest include:
physical activity, nutrition, breast cancer prevention, and healthy aging. CREWH
focuses on the prevention of disease. It draws on UMass departments including
Public Health, Epidemiology, Biostatistics, Exercise Science, Nutrition, Anthropology,
Women's Studies and Nursing.
Center for Rural Massachusetts
(CRM)
The Center for Rural Massachusetts (CRM) addresses problems created through rapid
economic growth in rural areas with a program of applied research focusing on
ways that growth could be managed and controlled through actions of rural communities.
CRM is also home to the Massachusetts Rural Development Council and the Citizen
Planner Training Collaborative.
Center for Research on Families
The Center for Research on Families has a multi-disciplinary approach to the study of the
family. It supports research that provides a comprehensive knowledge base for
effective public policy, studies the impact of social and economic policy on
families, and provides expertise to various consitituents such as public schools,
private and public agencies. The Center brings oustanding family scholars from
around the country to UMass for joint teaching, research and outreach activities.
Center for the Study of Communication
The Center for the Study of Communication sponsors projects that bring together
academia and local communities. In addition to supporting research, its activities
include: sponsoring lectures, organizing colloquium, coordinating seminars
and conferences and supervising interventive projects.
Community Entomology Program
The Community Entomology Program annually introduces both K-12 teachers and children
to insects and their relatives. As a service learning program for University
undergraduates, this program helps college students understand the significance
of and how to develop science activities that focus on community and student/parent/guardian
based learning.
Continuing & Professional Education
Continuing & Professional Education provides access to the University's academic
resources for part-time students and businesses. Undergraduate courses, specialized
degree programs, noncredit workshops, and professional development certificates
and programs are designed for people whose other responsibilities make full-time
study difficult.
Donahue Institute
The Donahue Institute is the public service and outreach unit of
the University of Massachusetts Amherst President's Office, offering services
involving economic and organizational development.
Electronic Enterprise Institute
UMass Amherst's Electronic Enterprise Institute (EEI) is campus-wide,
multidisciplinary organization involving a broad diversity of individuals
and units with leadership from the Isenberg School of Management and the
Department of Computer Science. EEI presents public programs in Amherst
and Boston, offers memberships to corporate sponsors, creates opportunities
for executive education and provides courses for graduate and undergraduate
education.
Environmental Institute (TEI)
The Environmental Institute (TEI) provides public agencies and private industries
with a central access point to the environmental expertise at the University
of Massachusetts Amherst. TEI creates research partnerships and manages environmental
research, education, and outreach programs through five centers: the National
Environmental Technology Institute (NETI), the Water Resources Research Center
(WRRC), the Cooperative Marine Education and Research Program (CMER), the Office
of Geographic Information and Analysis (OGIA), and Archaeological Services
(ARCH). TEI administers competitive research grant programs: the NETI program
is open to UMass Amherst faculty; the WRRC program is open to faculty at all
institutions of higher education in Massachusetts; and the CMER grant program
is open to all faculty in the University of Massachusetts Amherst system.
Extension 4-H Youth and Family Development
Program
UMass Extension's 4-H Youth and Family Development Program provides young people,
ages 6 through 19 (and those adults who work with them) the support and opportunities
that prepare them to become contributing members of society. The Program's youth
efforts in clubs and school-related projects focus on life skills, science and
technology, animal science, environmental stewardship, nutrition, public speaking,
work skills, and character development. Teen and adult programs focus on leadership
development, community service learning, character development, citizen education,
and violence prevention. 4-H camps provide summer youth development experiences
at five locations in Massachusetts.
Extension Agriculture and Landscape Program
UMass Extension's Agriculture and Landscape Program assists farmers, growers
and communities through research, education, and outreach, to progress
toward ecologically and economically sustainable and socially responsible
agricultural land management systems.
Extension Natural Resources and Environmental
Conservation Program (NREC)
Extension's Natural Resources and Environmental Conservation Program (NREC) provides
educational programs and materials that enable people to make informed decisions
and take action to preserve or enhance the quality, productivity and sustainability
of natural resources and natural systems.
Extension Nutrition
Education Program (NEP)
UMass Extension's Nutrition Education Program provides individuals,
families and communities with the knowledge and skills that empower
them to make informed choices about healthy diets, to reduce risks of foodborne
illness and chronic disease, and to efficiently manage food resources that
support their physiological health and economic and social well-being. NEP
serves limited-resource families with children, pregnant and/or parenting
teens, youth and elderly. In addition it also serves professionals in community
agencies and food handlers in settings such as food pantries, homeless shelters,
senior meal sites, community-based group homes, and school food service
units.
Family Business Center
The Family Business Center assists family-owned businesses to be
more professional, to develop policies and procedures based on
best practices, and to improve communication and strategizing skills.
It offers forums, roundtables, a website, a newsletter, referral and counseling
services.
History Institute
The History Institute is the outreach arm of the UMass Amherst History Department.
The Institute arranges in-service training for K-12 teachers in Western Massachusetts
through its weekday Conversations Series, day-long workshops, and summer seminars.
Herbarium
The Herbarium at the University of Massachusetts Amherst is a resource for information
about plants and help in plant identification. It has about 250,000 specimens
of plants from all over the world. Its major strength is in plants of New England
and Western Massachusetts in particular.
Integrated Pest Management (IPM)
Program
Integrated Pest Management is an approach to dealing with pests
of crops, landscapes and structures, which incorporates concepts from the
disciplines of systems science and ecology. The UMass IPM Program is the
largest single source in New England of research-based outreach education
focused on integrated management systems for important service industries
and agricultural crops.
Labor Relations and Research Center
The Labor Relations and Research Center at the University of Massachusetts Amherst
is a highly regarded graduate program for those who want to work in the labor
movement. The Labor Relations and Research Center is an integrated program
of graduate education, research, and direct service to workers and the labor
movement.
Laboratory for the
Assessment and Training of Academic Skills (LATAS)
LATAS provides assessment and intervention services to children, youth and adults
with learning disabilities and conducts research directed toward developing new
procedures for assessing and treating learning disabilities. Its research is
also directed towards the creation of a theoretical understanding of the nature
of learning disabilities.
Massachusetts
Center for Renaissance Studies
The Massachusetts Center for Renaissance Studies welcomes all qualified scholars
and students to do specialized research with its unique collection of manuscripts,
rare books, and secondary monographs. The Center also offers graduate classes
as well as community classes and lectures, concerts, and play readings. The
Center may be toured any morning; the walking trails are open four weekends
each year.
Microwave Remote Sensing
Laboratory (MIRSL)
MIRSL researchers in UMass Amherst's College of Engineering lead the development
of unique microwave and millimeter-wave sensors. Such sensors can observe the
earth's surface through clouds and rain, twenty-four hours a day, allowing scientists
to assess geophysical processes synoptically over extended time periods, under
a wide variety of atmospheric conditions.
National Coalition for Equality
in Learning (NCEL)
The National Coalition for Equality in Learning (NCEL) is a grass-roots effort
for improving student learning. Based in UMass' School of Education, NCEL links
eight "learning communities" from Minnesota to Texas that function
as a laboratory to help students resolve their learning problems and increase
their academic and personal success in school. The project identifies local priorities
that may have national significance for helping students succeed in school; helps
discover constructive ways for teachers, students, and parents to work together;
and establishes partnerships among schools, universities, and community agencies.
National Environmental Technology
Institute (NETI)
NETI is a partnership of the University of Massachusetts Amherst, industry, and
government that specializes in innovative process design solutions to minimize
and prevent pollution.
Northeast Regional
Environmental Public Health Center (NREPHC)
NREPHC provides education and training, conducts research and makes available
consultative assistance in the environmental health arena to the private sector
and state government agencies specializing in environmental protection in the
northeastern states. It focuses on contaminated soils and groundwater and is
one of the sponsors of an annual Contaminated Soils and Water Conference.
Nutrition Information and Bulletin
Board Learning Experience (NIBBLE)
NIBBLE, a project of the University's Department of Nutrition, is a nutrition education website designed for low-literate learners. With easy-to-read nutrition information, tools to assess knowledge and food practices, NIBBLE is useful for teachers of adult basic education and consumers looking for nutrition information. Additional nutrition courses and seminars are available online through UMassONE, Online Nutrition Education, at www.umassone.net.
Performances
Plus! Series
The UMass Fine Arts Center provides multicutltural theater, music, and dance
experiences for K-12 school and home-school groups. Performing Arts.
Professional MBA Program
Explore your opportunities with the Isenberg School of Management Part-Time Professional
MBA Program offered by the University of Massachusetts in satellite locations
in Holyoke and Pittsfield, Massachusetts. This rigorous program is fully accredited
by the nationally recognized American Assembly of Collegiate Schools of Business
(AACSB).
Public Policy and Administration
(CPPA)
The Center for Public Policy and Administration (CPPA) provides research, teaching
and outreach services to public and private organizations. The Center works in
areas including environmental policy, non-profit management, social welfare,
education policy and others. Examples of projects include: working with governmental
and non-governmental organizations seeking faculty to carry out funded research,
local governments soliciting advice in public policy or administration, and journalists
pursuing expert sources.
Science Strategic
Research Alliance
The Strategic Research Alliance is a membership-based initiative in which corporate
members gain access to research teams and build ongoing research relationships
with University of Massachusetts Amherst experts in Food Science. The Department
of Food Science at UMass is a top-ranked research and teaching organization with
an exceptional record in educating students and industry leaders while expanding
the boundaries of scientific knowledge in both basic and applied research.
Strategic Envirotechnology
Partnership (STEP)
The Strategic Envirotechnology Partnership (STEP) is an innovative program to
launch Massachusetts as a national leader in promoting the growth of new environmental
and energy-efficient technologies. STEP offers environmental and energy technology
companies an integrated package of services to assist them in moving forward
with their ideas. By using the STEP resources, envirotech companies will make
themselves more attractive to both public and private financing sources. As a
result of involvement with STEP, industries will receive an independent assessment
of their technology's performance, potential openings into state government markets,
and contacts with public and private business and technical assistance agencies.
The
DEFA Film Library
The DEFA Film Library is the only archive and study center outside Europe
devoted to the study of the cinema of the former German Democratic Republic
as well as films dealing with East Germany since unification. DEFA (Deutsche
Film-Aktiengesellschaft), the state-owned studios of the former GDR, produced
over 750 feature films and thousands of documentaries and shorts, as well as
numerous children's films, between 1946 and 1992. The Center offers non-commercial
circulation of films, and makes accessible numerous materials including books,
periodicals and movie stills. It also sponsors film tours and festivals at museums,
colleges, universities and supports scholarly activity.
The
Massachusetts Economy Web Resources for Active Learning
In addition to listings of University courses studying the Massachusetts economy,
this web-based program has resources for "workers, citizens, and investors
who would like to know more about the state economy.
The Media Education Foundation
The Media Education Foundation produces educational resources concerned with
the social impact of the mass media around issues such as gender, race, sexuality,
violence and commercialism. It is a nonprofit educational organization led
by Sut Jhally of the University's Department of Communication. It is " devoted
to media research and production of resources to aid educators and others in
fostering analytical media literacy. We believe that a media literate citizenry
is essential to a vibrant democracy in a diverse and complex society."
The Northeast Center for Urban
and Community Forestry
The Northeast Center for Urban and Community Forestry is a cooperative partnership
among the USDA Forest Service, Northeastern Area State and Private Forestry,
the University of Massachusetts Amherst, and the seven states of New England
and New York. It facilitates research, and coordinates information exchange among
the states in order to contribute to healthy and sustainable communities. Working
with professionals, community groups, state, federal, and local governments,
and other organizations, the Center provides a regional voice for urban forestry
initiatives in the Northeast. Two other regional centers are located in St. Paul,
Minnesota and at Keystone College, Pennsylvania.
The STEM Education Institute
STEM is an acronym for Science-Technology-Engineering-Mathematics. The goal of
the STEM Institute is to enhance and foster the teaching, research and academic
outreach missions of the University of Massachusetts Amherst. Clientele includes
K-12 students, students in introductory college level courses (K-14), school
and college faculty, and staff working with these students. By coordinating
efforts in these areas, the STEM Institute works to increase the opportunities
to obtain external grants and to allow the University to play a leadership
role in the national and state efforts to reform and improve science, technology,
engineering, and mathematics education.
UMass Educational Television (UMET)
UMass Educational Television (UMET) produces innovative educational programs
for children and adults. Programs can be seen on cable television and can be
purchased for classroom or home use through the UMET video catalog. UMET functions
as a hands on, video production training laboratory for graduate and undergraduate
students at the University of Massachusetts Amherst and offers assistantship
and internship opportunities.
UMass Extension
University of Massachusetts Amherst Extension is part of a nationwide public
university research and outreach network linked through its federal partner,
the United States Department of Agriculture. Formerly known as Cooperative
Extension, UMass Extension has four statewide programs: Agriculture and Landscape; Natural
Resources and Environmental Conservation; Nutrition Education; and 4-H Youth
and Family Development. Publications are available through the UMass Extension Bookstore.
UMass Tax School
The UMass Tax School offers a variety of one- and two-day workshops on Federal
and State taxes designed to provided updates on the latest tax laws and regulations.
Workshops are offered at locations in both eastern and western Massachusetts
and are intended for experienced professional tax practitioners, including
accountants, enrolled agents, certified public accountants and attorneys.
University Without Walls (UWW)
UWW is the undergraduate degree program for non-traditional students at the UMass
Amherst. UWW students are adults with a broad range of life experiences whose
jobs and/or family responsibilities or other life circumstances make full-time
classroom attendance within a traditional program impossible. They combine
practical experience in their chosen field with exposure to theoretical knowledge
classroom work and independent study. UWW students follow all University requirements,
but have the opportunity to design an individualized major and to earn credit
for college-level learning gained through experience.
Water Resources Research Center
The Center supports a diverse program of research, information transfer, and
public service and training, in partnership with other academic institutions
in the state, to develop new technology and more efficient methods for resolving
water resources problems as well as to train water scientists and engineers
through on-the-job participation in water resources research and outreach.
Wetland Ecosystems Research Group
The Wetland Ecosystems Research Group consists of faculty and staff members at
the University of Massachusetts Amherst and collaborating institutions. Members
are engaged in research, teaching and public service on freshwater and marine
wetlands. Many members have collaborated on research and training teams addressing
complex issues in wetland ecology, management and policy. Members of the group
are available for sponsored research and training programs in this area.
Wildlife
and Fisheries Conservation Program
The Wildlife and Fisheries Conservation program is an undergraduate
major of the Department of Natural Resources Conservation which enables
students to manage, conserve, and protect fish, wildlife, and land and water
environments. Field research projects, summer jobs, internships, or cooperative
education positions are an important component. In recent years, students
have assisted with research projects on salmon and shad in the Connecticut
River, black bears in the Berkshires, laughing gulls at JFK Airport, salamanders
in vernal pools, sea bird and marine mammal surveys in Alaska, trout streams
in western Massachusetts, and coastal fish communities on Cape Cod.
88.5 FM / WFCR
FM, Public Radio for Western New England
WFCR is a National Public Radio (NPR) member station, and an affiliate of
Public Radio International (PRI) with over 140,000 listeners. In its fourth
decade, WFCR offers extensive local, national, and international news, classical
music, and jazz programming. WFCR also sponsors cultural trips and arts and
music events.
