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Alumnus T. J. Howell Recipient of the SCS Precollegiate Teaching Award
The UMass Amherst Department of Classics is very pleased to announce that TJ Howell has received the 2018 Award for Excellence in Teaching at the Precollegiate Level from the Society for Classical Studies. Currently at Northampton High School (MA), TJ has taught Latin at the secondary level since 2000 when he graduated from the UMass MAT program.
Bulger Awards Presented to Outstanding Classics Majors
Wednesday, December 5, 2018
On Friday November 30, a ceremony was held to recognize this year's winners of the William M. Bulger Award. Each year the Department presents the Bulger Award to the outstanding Classics majors as...
Herter Hall Graduate Students, Faculty Take Stand for 'Tolerance for Diversity'
Friday, November 30, 2018
After posters linked to white supremacism were placed outside Herter Hall earlier this month, graduate students and faculty from various departments in the building began a “tolerance for diversity...
For the fairest
Tuesday, November 13, 2018
Congratulations to Chloe Kolbet, Steven Mondloch, Joe Stern, and Forrester Hammer, all UMass Amherst MAT students, who won the Bolchazy Carducci Halloween costume contest for their wonderful...
Archaeological Field School in Greece
Thursday, October 25, 2018
Applications are now being accepted for the 2019 summer field school on the Greek island of Kea. The field school is a 6-week program that includes a 1-week study tour in mainland Greece and 5...
Vincent Cleary, retired Professor of Classics, 1932–2018
Friday, September 28, 2018
With sadness the Department of Classics has learned of the passing of our former colleague Vincent J. Cleary. He taught at UMass from 1971 to 1997, and in retirement remained an active member of...
Classics Undergrad Wins SCS Scholarship
Friday, August 31, 2018
Zaidi Barreto (B.A. 2020) is one of this year’s recipients of the Minority Scholarship in Classics and Classical Archaeology, an award sponsored by the the Committee on Diversity in the Profession...