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Society & Culture

UMass alumnus Samuel Del Pilar stands with Forest Park art sneaker.
Sneakers for Success
Social entrepreneur gets a kick-start from the UMass Innovation Challenge
Wexler with tribal community members at the circumpolar EAGER meeting in DC
Indigenous Resilience
Community health project charts path for youth in Alaskan tribal communities
Detail from doors on a building in Kabul, Afghanistan
Opening Doors: Improving Higher Education in Afghanistan
Promotions manager Karen Fisk with two interns at the historic UMass Press
Tools of the Trade
Student interns gain publishing experience at the campus’ historic and innovative academic press
Students designing an exit poll in Brian Schaffner's UMass polling class
Hands on the Election
Training students to produce high-quality polling data
Detail of banner with elm branches in red and white by artist Carolyn Webb
Public Art: Two Ways of Looking at an Elm Tree
Detail of a digital model created as part of the Pompeii Quadriporticus Project
For the Record: Using Digital Technologies to Enhance the Archaeological Record
A hole in a skull cast reveals the exit path a bullet took as it left its victim
Entry to Exit: Studying Skeletal Trauma to Understand Systemic Violence
UMass Amherst professor Ventura Pérez examines skeletal remains.
The Violent Truth
Anthropologist pioneers new ways to investigate violence
Caitlyn Butler, colleagues, and villagers in front of the green latrine in Ghana
The Green Latrine
Treats waste, protects health, and generates electricity with microbial fuel cells
View of fields from abandoned building in Uganda where new University is planned
Outside Looking In: Building a Green University in Uganda
View of future site of Teso University in Uganda.
Building Green
Collaborating to design a brighter future for war-torn Uganda