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With 14 academic departments and 12 world-class research centers, institutes, and interdisciplinary programs, our students have the opportunity to study with the best scholars, thinkers, and artists.
As the creative and cultural heart of UMass Amherst, HFA brings together scholars and artists from a wide range of disciplines.
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In HFA, student learning expands far beyond the classroom. Take a peek inside ART364: Design Thinking for Social Innovation, where students partnered with the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service to create an extensive online library of graphics for educational materials and outreach efforts across the U.S.
Noted scholar, social and racial justice activist, and professor of history and Africana Studies Amilcar Shabazz has built his career working for the community—championing historical truth telling and Black reparations. In 2024, he received the Distinguished Community Engagement Award for his work.
Muralist Alex Cook ’98 is a skilled craftsperson with a profound dedication to love and to community. He started creating murals in 1997 for his senior thesis at UMass, and today, he invites community members to join him in adorning their walls with vibrant paintings. His message? You are loved.
This fall, first-year student Lily Avina had the wonderful opportunity to participate in the UMass Global Launch program, allowing her to spend her first semester of college in London.
An interdisciplinary panel of judges has selected six winners of the Why Do I Learn Languages Essay Contest.
The 2024 T. S. Eliot Prize was awarded to faculty member, Peter Gizzi.
UMass Department of Architecture partnered with Upward Bound’s Campus Experiences program to give local high school aged kids an opportunity of a lifetime.
