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History Undergraduates Publish UMass History Journal
Wednesday, May 25, 2022
Now in its sixth year, UMass History Journal's 2022 edition was published this spring and features work from six undergraduate students: Robert Cahill, Caitlyn Foster '22, Bret Hackenson, Laura...

Outreach Director Jessica Johnson Awarded 2022 Chancellor's Citation
Tuesday, May 24, 2022
History department outreach and community engagement director Jessica Johnson is recipient of the 2022 Chancellor's Citation Award. The only campus-wide award exclusively for staff, the Chancellor...

Diana Sierra Becerra Produces TedEd Video on Radio Veneremos
Tuesday, May 17, 2022
Since the 1800s, a handful of oligarchs had controlled nearly all of El Salvador’s land, forcing laborers to work for almost nothing. But in 1980, farmers and urban workers formed guerrilla groups...

Announcing the Spring 2022 Undergraduate and Graduate Award Winners
Thursday, May 12, 2022
This spring, the UMass Amherst History Department awarded numerous scholarships, fellowships and awards to undergraduate and graduate students. The awards celebrate exemplary academic achievements,...
