Barbara Krauthamer, incoming dean of the College of Humanities and Fine Arts at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, joins a new class of 31 senior-level higher education professionals in the 2020 Millennium Leadership Initiative (MLI), a premier leadership development program of the American Association of State Colleges and Universities.

Jenny Adams, associate professor of English, is among four faculty members campus-wide to have been awarded a 2020 Chancellor’s Leadership Fellowship. John McCarthy, provost and senior vice chancellor for academic affairs, says, “With this latest cohort of Chancellor's Leadership Fellows, our campus continues the important work of preparing the next generation of academic leaders. In keeping with the program's goals, this year's cohort brings very great diversity of disciplines, backgrounds, and career paths.”

For Sabina Murray, professor of English, histories—both public and private—are a constant source of inspiration. She is currently completing her latest novel, The Human Zoo, which is set in the Philippines during the presidency of Rodrigo Duterte.

Hampden Gallery at the University of Massachusetts Amherst announces "SOS (Summer On-screen Series)," curated by Sally Curcio '95, will be on view and in circulation from June through August 1. 

I write to you today as I reckon with the sorrow and outrage brought on by recent unconscionable acts of racial violence and institutional racism. The deep anxiety already experienced by Black communities during the ongoing pandemic has been compounded by the killings of George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery, and Breonna Taylor—only the latest in a centuries-long line of brutal acts of racial violence. As Chancellor Subbaswamy issued a statement to the larger campus community, I wanted our HFA community to know that we hear you and support you during this troubling time. Silence is not the answer.