Spring 2018

Patrick Tighe drawing

Thoughts into Things

Inside the mind of a master architect. 

Why Do I Fight?

Student boxer Meiya Berkey ’18 tells why she steps into the ring.

Seed Work

Healthy snack company 88 Acres grows with help from a UMass investment fund.

Air Show

An ace public historian shares some of her favorite aerospace artifacts.

Grow, Evolve, Endure

The example of W.E.B. Du Bois, born 150 years ago, is powerfully timeless.

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State of the Arts

Student dancers explore creativity and repression in Cadáver Exquisito.

Out of the Dark

Rebecca Richards ’94 shines light on a controversial spy law.

In Love and War

Len Gardner ’49 is among the last of the Pearl Harbor veterans.

Sports Talk

Senior diver Emma Roush breaks a Rogers Pool record in the 3-meter dive.

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California Dreamin'

See the UMass Minuteman Marching Band in the Rose Parade.

Inquiring Minds

Plastics and reproductive health, pollen tubes and pistils, teaching math, and safer toothbrushing.

Inside the Numbers

A look at some beneficiaries of our annual, two-day, online giving mania.

Around the Pond

One building dedicated, another to be renovated—and more campus news.

Bits

Accomplished

UMass people make their mark in the world.

Bookmarks

New works by alumni authors. 

Seen

A flock of Canada geese leaves Campus Pond at dusk.

Teachable Moment

A campus expert tells the truth about lies.

In Memoriam

Deceased alumni and faculty.

Connections

Class Notes are back!

In Other Words

Letters to the editor.