Awards and Recognitions

David Fleming has received an Open Education Initiative Grant to expand the Gifts of Speech open educational resource (OER).

Professor Washington will be hosted at Kokugakuin University in Tokyo for the Spring semester 2026.

English major Hannah Gould has been awarded the Chancellor’s Gerald F. Scanlon Student Employee of the Year Award.

Professor Marla Miller has been awarded the St. Botolph Foundation’s 2025 Distinguished Artist Award in historical nonfiction literature.

David Korins ’99 and Stephen P. Driscoll ’73, ’75 will be honored at the 2025 UMass Amherst Commencement ceremony for their creative and civic leadership.

HFA honors Professors Hogue, Worthy, and Sierra Becerra with the 2024–25 College Outstanding Teaching Award.

Young will be inducted into the 245-year-old Academy at a ceremony in Cambridge, Mass. on October 11.

Senior Anna Broyard and sophomore Rachel Martin were recognized as this year’s Five College Prose and Poetry Prize winners.

The UMass Amherst Symphony Orchestra and Director Gonzalo Hidalgo Ardila are proud to announce the winners of this year’s Concerto/Aria Competition.

English major Mia Klotz has been named a 2025 Rising Researcher, which recognizes excellence in research and exceptional creativity.

Read Julie Lindfeldt's award winning essay and explore their writing process to understand how they connect to language.

Read Maxine Gemeinhardt's award winning essay and explore her writing process to understand how she connects to language.