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Strong opinions

UMass Poll tracks how we’ve changed our minds

Extra Credit

For those who like to read ahead

Three researchers taking measurements on a snowy plain.

Glimpse

Taking on the tundra

Undergraduates get the opportunity of a lifetime

Illustration of two designs for sweatshirts.

Listen

An expanding universe of design

Items created for some can be helpful for all

Person with hair net smiling next to a large metal tub.

Back to Work

Do we want to return to ‘normal’?

Group of four students facing camera with masks on.

The Anatomy of a Giving Heart

Elaine Marieb ’69PhD, ’85MS shaped the world of nursing in life and beyond

Concrete forming triangular points.

Brutally Beautiful

UMass’s architectural backbone—reconsidered

Detail from an Afghan textbook

The Deconstructivist

Rectifying stereotypes in a post-9/11 world

Photo and graphic collage of soccer player.

Wow

Out of his comfort zone

The story of a soccer star

A graphic of an orange hand making the letter “r” in American Sign Language.

Deaf with a capital D

Meeting the Deaf community ‘on its own terms’

UMass student and Spectrum resident Cait Foster ’22 pictured with rainbow light layered atop her portrait.

Glimpse

Where true colors shine

First-of-its-kind community celebrates 30 years

Artistic collage of student with flag and items representing opportunities.

A decade of dreaming

Living in legal limbo

Chancellor Subbaswamy is seen with a group of students in bright t-shirts; one student is holding up a phone to take a selfie.

Post

Swamy on the Socials

Share your #SwamySelfie

Collage of ripped paper images including Chinese script, images of army tanks, and a mother and child.

Memory’s Material

Wendy Xu ’14MFA embraces the ‘fragmented experience of remembering’

Five figures stand in a line. Four have long hair and wear white t-shirts and jeans. The fifth is a mannequin.

Accomplished

Living the brand
Potential energy

A PVTA bus labeled “Electric Bus” is seen driving away, with illustrated lightning bolts around it.

Around the Pond

Running on renewables
Mapping ‘Black Presence’
Engineering a better world

Bits

Connections

Class Notes and more

In Memoriam

Remembering a whistleblower, an artisan who elevated her craft, and more

SEEN

Paws Program helps relieve student stress