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School Reform

UMass researchers assess educational policy and outcomes in the classroom

In a time of budget cuts, lay-offs and collective bargaining crises in public schools, school leaders nationwide are struggling to implement policies that will balance improved... 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

Measuring Our Social World

The Computational Social Science Initiative skillfully links science and technology

Tracking disease outbreaks. Encouraging energy conservation. Fighting crime and terrorism. Confronting climate change. Strategizing for survival in a globalized economy. Creating... Read

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Announcements

Economics Grad Student Thomas Herndon Shakes Intellectual Foundation of Global Austerity Movement

New Research from UMass Amherst Sociologists Dispels Myths about Academic Parental Leave

School of Education's Nieto and McDermott Honored for Public Dialogue by American Enterprise Institute

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In Pictures

Pervious (green) and impervious (red) areas (Mill River, Watershop Pond in blue)
Shaping Landscape: Sustainable Design for Urban Renewal

The image above depicts pervious (in green) and impervious (in red) areas at Mason Square surrounding the Watershops Pond neighborhoods...