The Rising Research Award recognizes students whose research stands out as being ambitious, creative, and having a positive impact on the greater community.
News
Bryanna Freitas, Hadley Beauregard, and Hailey Charest were awarded for their product Bac-Be-Gone.
Amir Issaa, an Italian activist, performed and spoke about the discrimination he faced and what he used to cope with it: rap.
From October 5 to October 11, UMass Commonwealth Honors College’s emeritus professor of chemistry, Julian Tyson, participated in the World Veterans Fencing Championship 2019 in Cairo, Egypt.
On a crisp November morning under a bluebird sky, surrounded by bare trees that have just dropped the last of their crinkled brown leaves, the last thing most of us are thinking about is the beautiful flowers that will fill the campus next spring.
In celebration of its twentieth anniversary, Commonwealth Honors College held a ceremonial alumni brunch over UMass Amherst’s Homecoming weekend, which brought together alumni from 1973 to 2019.
“It’s better to know how to learn than to know.” – Dr. Seuss
Announcements
The Office of National Scholarship Advisement (ONSA) is still advising on the Boren Scholarship. Campus deadline for applications is December 10th, 2019!
Highly organized Honors College student with strong administrative and communication skills needed to assist in planning and implementing the 26th Massachusetts Undergraduate Research Conference
An info session for the prestigious DAAD Scholarship and Research Grant for students interested in studying abroad in Germany will be held Wednesday October 2nd at 12pm in the CHC Events Hall.
Student Blog
Although one of the richest countries in the world, America has millions of hungry citizens. As we head into Thanksgiving break, remember your gratitude and help make a difference.
When you care about other people and act upon your generosity, you are making the world a kinder, happier place.
—This time two years ago, I made one of my favorite decisions of my college experience: to study abroad. For five months during the fall of 2018, I lived and studied in Southeast Asia, specifically Chiang Mai, Thailand.
