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Social Shift

Same-sex marriage and the impact of family and gender policies

Social movements appear to be a natural part of the evolutionary process—last century’s women’s suffrage and civil rights movements alone transformed our society. These shifts,... Read

African Diaspora

Archaeology as a tool for social justice

“Archaeology is often thought of as ‘exotic’—far away from the everyday, in Egypt or Israel, Greece or Europe,” says assistant professor Whitney Battle-Baptiste (anthropology). “I... Read

Civic Engagement

Envisioning sustainable communities with the return of passenger rail

For more than 20 years, once-traveled rail tracks that run through nearby Holyoke and Northampton have lain dormant. Soon, however, those tracks will breathe new locomotive life... Read

Indigenous Resilience

Community health project charts path for youth in Alaskan tribal communities

Community health expert Lisa Wexler (UMass Amherst Department of Public Health) recently concluded a three year NSF-funded project focused on social change and indigenous culture... Read

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Announcements

White House Names UMass Computer Scientist Beverly Woolf a Presidential Innovation Fellow

Eight UMass Amherst Scholars Awarded Fulbrights for Study Abroad

UMass Poll Says Scott Brown Leads the Potential 2014 Massachusetts Governor Field

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In Pictures

Bodymapping activity and resulting drawing created by students.
Culture Map: Creating a Public-Engaged Ethnography

The image above shows a detail created during a bodymapping activity conducted with Latino/a students focused on gender, sexual and...