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ADVANCE Collaborative Research Seed Grants

Funded seed grants at UMass will contribute to the mission of the National Science Foundation ADVANCE program, which is advancing women faculty, including women faculty of color, in science and engineering. Deadline to apply is 9/17/2019.

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Anna Branch Introducing the Learning Communities Initiative

Learning Opportunities

The University of Massachusetts is committed to fostering diversity and inclusion in the classroom. This means integrating diversity into the curriculum in a systematic way and also preparing students and instructors to manage diverse perspectives when dealing with the unexpected.

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Stand United. Fight Hate.

Hateful acts aim to intimidate and hinder our goals of inclusive community. We reject hatred and launched the Hate Has No Home at UMass campaign in August 2017 to make clear our aspirations to be a community that collectively rejects hate.

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Building a Community of Dignity and Respect

This campaign begins our affirmative emphasis on campus climate, describing who we want to be and combining old and new resources and programming to help us build the community of our aspirations.

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Recent News

Search Advisory Committee Named for Vice Chancellor for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

Chancellor Kumble R. Subbaswamy has appointed a search advisory committee to recommend candidates for the position of vice chancellor...

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Diversity Events

Damien Sneed on stage performing with other musicians on piano, drums, bass and singers

Jan 28, 2020

We Shall Overcome: A Celebration of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

With Damien Sneed. Interspersed with the spoken words of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., the evening brings together gospel with...

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