Answer: YES!! Open access refers to who can use scholarly works free of charge and how scholarly publishing is funded, not the scholarship’s quality or rigor. Open access publishing provides citation and impact advantages to authors and barrier-free access to users. However, some open access "publishers" use “author pays” models to reap profits while disregarding ethical publishing practices, peer review and quality. We’ll outline the attributes of high-quality open access publishing and the warning signs of shady publishers. With this information, you can gain the benefits of OA publishing and enhance your scholarly reputation.

Designed for first-time users and those who have some experience but would like more grounding in the basics. This workshop will guide you through organizing your library, downloading new sources, adding sources you already have, editing sources, and using Zotero with Word for writing papers.

If you are caring for someone at home, as well as working from home, we invite you to take a short break to drop in for ‘coffee’ with other faculty navigating a similar balancing act. Come for 5 minutes or for the full half-hour to meet faculty from across campus, swap stories, and exchange ideas.

A therapeutic support space to talk about family or housemate relationship issues.

UMass Amherst is competing against hundreds of other universities and colleges in Campus Race to Zero Waste 2021.

Innovative skills-based free 3 part workshop open to all UMASS students, focused on learning practical tools for coping with stress and anxiety.

A group of women connected to the Anchor House of Artists project their experience into a claustrophobic world.

A support group for LGBTQIA+ people exploring how identity, conflict, and microaggressions impact you and your partners.

Are you interested in Super heros and other worlds such as Marvel, DC and Star Wars? Sign up for this section of ProjectConnect and meet other students who are too.  

In honor of International Women's Day (IWD) and Women's History Month, the Center for Women & Community will be celebrating women and nonbinary people from around the globe throughout the entire month of March on our social media.

Ackerson’s paintings are distinguished by their high vantage points and richly textured  surfaces. From a birds-eye view, he  presents narrative scenes which are an imaginative take on popular culture, modern life and the hidden world of the human psyche.