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Alumnus Peter DiGiammarino, 1975 on Radio Show, "Critical Mass"
Peter DiGiammarino '75, a BDIC alumnus and Commonwealth Honors College Advisory Board member was interviewed on October 14th for the radio show Critical Mass, geared to providing peer-level learning...
Kastor Elected APS Fellow
Special congratulations to David Kastor, a BDIC faculty supervisor, who was elected as a fellow to the American Physical Society.  See the complete article here.   
Roif Awards in Film Studies
The 13th annual Michael S. Roif Award in Film Studies will be presented to undergraduate certificate students in the Interdepartmental Program in Film Studies on Friday, May 3 at noon in 301...
BDIC Students win Commonwealth Honors College Awards
The Commonwealth Honors College has announced the winners of its annual awards, and BDIC students are well represented on their list.   Aram Bedrosian and Julian Gensler were both awarded "Class of...
Congratulations to Six BDIC Students, UMass Alumni Association Scholarship & Award Recipients!
We are very proud of six of our BDIC Students who have been selected as 2013 UMass Amherst Alumni Association Scholarship and Award Recipients: Karina Lopez '14 has been awarded the Michael W. Morris...
3rd Annual BDIC Alumni Networking Event
Click here to read about our 3rd Annual BDIC Alumni Networking Event
Denver Individualized Major Program National Conference March 6-8, 2013
In March of 2013, the BDIC Program was fortunate enough to send a cohort to Denver, CO to partake in the Fifth Annual Individualized Major Program National Conference hosted by Metropolitan State...
UCAN founded by BDIC students
UCAN is a student-run community service network that was founded by two BDIC students, Kurt Schultz, concentration: Cognitive Neuroscience and Sam Mardell, concentration: Science, Technology, and...
Jennifer Kehoe - Sustainable Development and Public Policy
After two years of serving with AmeriCorps VISTA in both Springfield, MA at Greater Springfield Habitat for Humanity, and one in Anchorage, AK working with a rural village energy education program (...
Erica Rothschild - 21st Century Leader Award
Erica Rothschild (BDIC 2012, concentration "Social Justice Education and Conflict Resolution") was one of 13 graduating seniors to receive this year's University's 21st Century Leader Award (the...
2nd Annual BDIC Alumni Networking Night
The BDIC Student Advisory Board held its 2nd Annual BDIC Alumni Networking Night at the Marriott Center on the 11th floor of the Campus Center.  The idea for the night is to get current BDIC students...
Megan Kolb - All For One Theater Festival
Megan Kolb (BDIC 2010, concentration "Performing Arts Management") returned to campus recently for BDIC's alumni networking night.  Megan is Associate Producer and cofounder of the All For One...
Adam O'Neill - Broga CoFounder
Adam O'Neill (BDIC 2010, Concentration "Environmental Economics & Entrepreneurship") is engaged in the active entrepreneurial scene in the Boston area.   Adam writes that "I love the...
Pete Merzbacher: Chef and Sustainability Manager
Pete Merzbacher (BDIC 2011, Concentration “Globalization & Entrepreneurship”) has recently taken a job at the newly renovated Lord Jeffrey Inn in Amherst as a chef and sustainability manager. ...
Jenny Dell
Having moved from UMass to a job as event organizer and eventually on air reporter with ESPN, Jenny Dell (BDIC 2008, Concentration “Sport Event Marketing & Operations”) has now been hired by NESN...
BDIC congratulates Rose Weiss
BDIC congratulates Rose Weiss (BDIC 2010, Concentration “Food Studies”) for winning the 2012 Bocuse D’Or USA Comiss competition, which carries the prize of a 3 month apprenticeship in France at the...

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