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Identity and Culture

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Language & Community

The study of African American English combines research with community outreach

UMass Amherst's Linguistics Professor and Director of the Center for the Study of African American Language, Lisa Green, strives to break down misconceptions about AAE (... Read

Somebody’s Children

Examining adoption and reproduction politics across race, culture, and country

Adoption in all its many forms - across race and nationality - is regularly in the news as we become an increasingly global world. UMass Amherst professor Laura Briggs is... Read

Designs on Springfield

UMass Center brings art and planning to the Hoop City

The interior of the UMass Amherst Design Center in downtown Springfield looks like a typical urban design studio: brick walls, open spaces, big tables strewn with plans, and more... Read

From Red Sox to Red Bulls

McCormack center addresses the culture and business of sports

The Mark H. McCormack Department of Sport Management at UMass Amherst is internationally known for sending top-flight graduates out into the field—students come from all over the... Read

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Announcements

UMass Amherst’s Amilcar Shabazz Receives UnityFirst.com ‘Common Ground’ Award for Leading by Example

Eight UMass Amherst Scholars Awarded Fulbrights for Study Abroad

UMass Professor Max Page Wins Rome Prize for Historic Preservation and Conservation

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Theatre Performance: Exploring South African Identity and Culture

In Pictures


Viewpoint: Painting Where Landscape Meets Memory

The detail depicted above, from the painting Simmer Dim Flyover, is by ...