Academics

A new collector's edition of Mary Barnard's translation of Sappho, edited by Professor Melissa Mueller, will be published Sept. 1.

After 21 years as founding chair of the UMass Amherst Department of Architecture, Professor Stephen Schreiber is stepping down from departmental leadership. 

Associate professor and DEFA Film Library director speaks at international symposium in Halle, Germany

Dr. Garrett Washington is bringing new attention to an often-overlooked dimension of modern Japan. 

Students from the UMass Amherst's Russian, Eurasian, and Polish Studies program took part in Harvard University Annual Spoken Russia Russian Language Olympiada.

This month, Elisa Gonzales published her book Spanish Accents and Dialects for Actors.

University of Massachusetts professors Stephen Platt, history, and Juana Valdés, art, have been awarded prestigious 2026 Guggenheim Fellowships.

UMass Amherst Receives $1.5 Million Gift from Estate of Late Classics Lecturer Caroline Hill Horvitz to Endow Professorship in Her Honor 

Caryn Brause, Professor of Architecture, has been awarded the Distinguished Professor Award from the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture.

Marla Miller, has published a new article exploring the historical legacy of Betsy Ross and the broader role of women’s labor during the American Revolution.

The UMass Amherst MFA for Poets and Writers will present UMass MFA’s Literary Arts Festival Friday, March 27, and Saturday, March 28.

Malcolm Sen’s book examines how contemporary Irish literature engages with the global climate crisis.