Awards and Recognitions
Letícia Fernanda Carvalho Silva Receives Mellon/ACLS Dissertation Innovation Fellowship
Only UMass Amherst student awarded fellowship in 2025 cohort
Charles Walker-Hoover Recognized by NAACP Youth and College Division
Charles Walker-Hoover received a Certificate of Leadership from the NAACP Youth and College Division.
Brian Dillon Awarded Samuel F. Conti Faculty Fellowship
Professor of Linguistics Brian Dillon has been awarded a 2025 Conti Fellowship to pursue research on language processing and AI.
David Fleming Receives Open Education Initiative Grant
David Fleming has received an Open Education Initiative Grant to expand the Gifts of Speech open educational resource (OER).
Historian Garrett Washington Awarded Fellowship from the Japan Foundation
Professor Washington will be hosted at Kokugakuin University in Tokyo for the Spring semester 2026.
English Major Hannah Gould Awarded Student Employee of the Year Award
English major Hannah Gould has been awarded the Chancellor’s Gerald F. Scanlon Student Employee of the Year Award.
Marla Miller Honored with St. Botolph Foundation Distinguished Artist Award
Professor Marla Miller has been awarded the St. Botolph Foundation’s 2025 Distinguished Artist Award in historical nonfiction literature.
2024–25 College Outstanding Teaching Award Recipients
HFA honors Professors Hogue, Worthy, and Sierra Becerra with the 2024–25 College Outstanding Teaching Award.
HFA Alumni Honored at UMass Amherst’s 2025 Commencement Ceremony
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.
UMass Amherst’s James E. Young Elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Young will be inducted into the 245-year-old Academy at a ceremony in Cambridge, Mass. on October 11.
HFA and CICS Undergraduates Receive 2025 Five College Prose and Poetry Prize
Senior Anna Broyard and sophomore Rachel Martin were recognized as this year’s Five College Prose and Poetry Prize winners.
2025 Concerto Competition Winners Announced, to Perform April 11 with UMass Symphony Orchestra
The UMass Amherst Symphony Orchestra and Director Gonzalo Hidalgo Ardila are proud to announce the winners of this year’s Concerto/Aria Competition.