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Collage cut from paper that looks like U.S. currency shows hand dropping coins in soil and plants growing

Money matters

Economic experts on the future of finance

Illustration of hand, palm side up as for palmistry, with various sites magnified and showing brightly colored faux microbes and bacteria

Hand sweet home

Working to understand—and protect—the hand microbiome

Young kinda baboon laying in tree

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Field work, life’s work

The story of one alum’s innovative research and impact

Silhouetted black and white figures of a parent with two young children and a young short-haired figure are connected by loops of green yarn symbolizing relationship connections

How to Build Resilient Relationships

Three experts weigh in on healthy relationships post-COVID

Graphic of four hikers climbing a mountain.

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Inclusivity in the Outdoors

How two UMass graduate students are connecting the Latinx community to outdoor spaces

Actor performing costumed as a Lily, with black background; parts of the original sketch from the costume can be seen overlaid on the photograph

Glimpse

Sewing in subtext

Costumes designed between the lines

Black and white photo of solemn and concerned students in Student Union watching 9/11 news on TV out of frame

Working through a tragedy

What covering 9/11 meant to student reporters

Farming students working to tend plants under solar panels

Smart farming takes root

How agricultural innovation is changing the future of farming

Image of the classical figure of justice holding sword and scales, with the familiar computer “Loading” pinwheel superimposed atop it.

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Civilizing social media

Can we use social media as a tool for radical social change?

Snowy view of UMass campus taken from rooftop shows library and some buildings under construction

Glimpse

Frozen in time

Alum Karl Gerdes ’75 shares his photos for a look back at the winter of 1972–73

Group of people in Native American dress clothes talking.

Glimpse

Culture Club

A look at the history of UMass Amherst’s cultural centers

Black and white headshots of interviewees are shown surrounded by small images of objects from their individual stories.

The one constant

Change. How do we make it happen—or cope with it when it happens to us?

Mars rover landing on surface of Mars.

Accomplished

Shoot for the stars, land on Mars
Bits and beats

Three students sitting on benches near campus pond.

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Around the Pond

The future of fun
Whistleblowers, unite!
Brain games

Bits

In Memoriam

Remembering an advocate for disability rights, a floral innovator, and others

Seen

Glassblowing laboratory on campus offers equipment for scientific—and artistic innovations

Connections

Class Notes and more