Senior Celebration Ceremony on May 11
The SBS Senior Celebration Ceremony will take place on Saturday, May 11 at 1:00 p.m. in the Mullins Center. All SBS graduates in attendance will be recognized individually and receive a UMass Amherst medallion. Tickets are not required; seniors may invite as many guests as they like. More information....

International Conference, The Past for Sale? Coming Up at UMass Amherst
The UMass Amherst Center for Heritage & Society, part of the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences, will be holding its third annual International Conference on May 15-17, 2013. "The Past for Sale? New Perspectives on the Economic Entanglements of Cultural Heritage" has garnered 120 abstracts from participants representing 30 countries, including Australia, Brazil, Indonesia, Japan, Norway, Panama, Syria, and Zimbabwe. Read more...

Grad Student Critique of Reinhart & Rogoff Report Goes Viral, Featured on Colbert
A working paper by PhD candidate Thomas Herndon and Professors Michael Ash and Robert Pollin (all economics) has garnered international attention in economic circles and far beyond, going viral on social media and featured on the Colbert Report. Heralded as a “bombshell report,” it revealed serious errors in a major study by eminent Harvard economists Carmen Reinhart and Ken Rogoff that was used as the framework for austerity policies across the U.S. and internationally.  Read more...

ISSR Consultants Strengthen Methods Support on Campus
The Institute for Social Science Research (ISSR), based in the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences (SBS), is changing the way social science faculty and graduate students pursue research on campus. Officially launched in fall 2012, ISSR has spent the year expanding methods and training opportunities for social science faculty. A major component of this expansion has been the institutionalization of methodology consulting within the Institute. Read more...

Students Rising, A Local Campaign to Change the World, Led by SBS Students
When Rachel Levine ’13 (communication and theater) attended the Boston SBS Student-Alumni Networking Event in January, she never knew that in three short months, she would be leading a 30-day campaign for the UMass Amherst campus. But after meeting alumnus Benjamin Happ ’98 (psychology), who is a member of the SBS Dean’s Advisory Board, and learning of the non-profit organization Room to Read, Levine was inspired to construct an awareness initiative at UMass. Read more...

Congressman Neal honored with UMass Distinguished Alumni Award
The UMass Amherst Alumni Association honored Congressman Richard Neal on Beacon Hill in Boston Wednesday. Congressman Neal, who teaches in the Journalism program, was honored as a distinguished Alum, despite the fact that he never actually attended UMass. He's being honored because of his advocacy and commitment to the school. Read more...

Learn to Build a Basic Website Via MOOC
Journalism is excited to offer UMass Amherst’s first Massive Open Online Class (MOOC) this summer. Starting on May 20, a free course called Building a Basic Website will be taught by Journalism's Brian McDermott. Don't delay to find out more information and to reserve your spot. Read more...