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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 for diversity, equity and inclusion. The committee will be chaired by William Brady, vice chancellor for human resources, and a list of recommended candidates is expected to be forwarded to the chancellor by Nov. 1.

Members of the committee include: Rolanda C Burney, interim vice chancellor for student affairs and campus life; Nilanjana Dasgupta,...

Leykia Nulan Awarded 2019 Professional of the Year

AMHERST, Mass. – Leykia Nulan, director of freshman admissions and assistant provost for diversity and enrollment at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, along with five others, received the 2019 Professional of the Year Award at the 2019 New England Association for College Admission Counseling (NEACAC) annual conference.

The conference, held this year at the University of Rhode Island, provides admissions professionals an opportunity to connect with colleagues from...

Public Policy's Lee Badgett to Chair American Economic Association Committee on the Status of LGBTQ+ Individuals in the Economics Profession

M.V. Lee Badgett, professor of economics and public policy, has been tapped to co-chair the American Economic Association's newly formed Committee on the Status of LGBTQ+ Individuals in the Economics Profession. The new standing committee will monitor the status and support the advancement of LBGTQ people in the economics profession, through mentoring and other activities. AEA President Ben Bernanke announced the...

Nefertiti Walker Named Interim Associate Chancellor for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion at UMass Amherst

AMHERST, Mass. – Nefertiti Walker, a faculty member in the Isenberg School of Management who also serves as its associate dean for an inclusive organization, has been named interim associate chancellor for diversity, equity and inclusion at the University of Massachusetts Amherst by Chancellor Kumble R. Subbaswamy.

Walker will begin her new role effective July 1. She succeeds Enobong “Anna” Branch, who recently became the vice chancellor for...

Juniper Summer Writing Institute Announces Reading Series June 16-21

AMHERST, Mass. — The Juniper Summer Writing Institute hosts readings of prose and poetry at the University of Massachusetts Amherst June 16-21. Readings begin at 7:30 p.m. and are free, accessible and open to the public. Sunday through Thursday readings will take place at Old Chapel. Friday’s reading will be held at the Bezanson Recital Hall in the Fine Arts Center. Books will be available for sale and the authors available for signings.

The Juniper Summer Writing Institute,...

Third Biennial Conference on Intergroup Dialogue to Feature Beverly Tatum

Beverly Daniel Tatum, President Emerita of Spelman College and a clinical psychologist widely known for her expertise on race relations, will headline a special event on Saturday, June 8 at 7 p.m. as part of the Third Biennial Conference on Intergroup Dialogue. Intergroup dialogue scholar and professor of social justice education at UMass Amherst, Ximena Zúñiga, will engage in conversation with Tatum at the Hooker Auditorium at Mount Holyoke College at this free public event. Conference co...

UMass Amherst Hosting 3rd Biennial Conference on Intergroup Dialogue June 7-9

AMHERST, Mass. – The University of Massachusetts Amherst will host the 3rd Biennial Conference on Intergroup Dialogue June 7-9 to share knowledge, skills, stories and practices that illustrate how dialogue can be a catalyst for envisioning new possibilities for collaboration and solidarity across differences.

Intergroup Dialogue (IGD) is a facilitated and sustained critical-dialogic practice that encourages listening and voicing across difference,...

Five Campus Leaders from University of Massachusetts Amherst Complete Leadership Program at 2019 HERS Institute at Wellesley College

Sponsored by the University of Massachuetts Amherst, five campus leaders successfully completed an intensive residential leadership program at Wellesley College. HERS (Higher Education Resource Services), a leadership development and research organization dedicated to women in higher education, selected 68 women from across the United States and Canada, who all participated in the 2019 HERS Institute at Wellesley College.

The five UMass representatives include:

Michelle

ADVANCE Announces New Collaborative Research Seed Grant Program

ADVANCE is launching a new seed grant program to foster the development of innovative and equitable collaborative research projects among faculty. These grants will contribute to the mission of the National Science Foundation (NSF) ADVANCE program to advance women faculty, including women faculty of color, in science and engineering. The deadline to apply is Sept. 17.

Proposals will be evaluated based on scientific merit, contributions to faculty equity and collaborative research...

Smith-Doerr Receives Fulbright Scholar Grant to Germany

Laurel Smith-Doerr, professor of sociology, has been awarded a Fulbright U.S. Scholar Grant to Germany. In the spring 2020 semester, Smith-Doerr will be hosted at the Centre for Globalisation and Governance of the University of Hamburg where she will conducting research on her project, “Automating Privilege: Reproducing Inequalities in Artificial Intelligence Knowledge Production Processes in the U.S. and Germany.” The project will contribute to social science theory on organizational...

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