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Spring 2023

Books wrapped in black and yellow caution tape.

Telling a Different Story

Artress Bethany White ’86 explains how diverse narratives can forge connections

Fall 2022

Tall woven vessels in copper and gold hues by Jacalyn Abrams from her show “Standing in Strength”

In Memoriam

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

Fall 2022

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’

Extra Credit

Landscape photo of mountains over a lake

The name of a poet

Sarah Ghazal Ali ’21 claims her namesake form

Spring 2022

Detail from black and white photo portrait shows the eyes and part of the face of Jules Chametzky.

In Memoriam

Remembering a generous co-worker, a trailblazing pathologist, and more

Spring 2022

Two students in a classroom collaborate with each other while looking at a laptop

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Around the Pond

New names, new possibilities

Innovation station

Homage to humanity

Fall 2018

Web Exclusive

A Passionate Voice

Professor Martín Espada wins the Poetry Foundation’s prestigious 2018 Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize.

Fall 2017

Illustration of the author in a Manhattan park

My Manhattan

A UMass student recalls experiencing 9/11 as a four-year-old.

Summer 2017

Edgar Allan Poe: Buried Alive

Tales of Mystery and Imagination

Filmmaker Eric Stange ’76 searches for the real Edgar Allan Poe in a new PBS documentary.