Spring 2020 : UMass Magazine

Jump to navigation

Deliciously green

The path to more sustainable eating

Portrait of nursing professor Genevieve “Ginny” Chandler standing against wall looking up is overlaid with a subtle shadow of a mountain and clouds

How to Bounce

A nursing professor is changing the way we teach students to face challenges

Gloved hands using pipette to fill test tube

A Virus Changes Everything

UMass community mobilizes

Photo collage of Ellsberg’s military ID

Watch

The Most Dangerous Man in America

Daniel Ellsberg brings his archive—and activism—to UMass

Glimpse

Feet Fleet

Footwear researchers sprint ahead

Photo of Jack Welch

Watch

Grab That Dream by the Tail

Remembering longtime GE CEO
Jack Welch '57

Construction and high-rises seen through scratches of translucent paint

Watch

Say Anything

TEACHABLE MOMENT: Let’s talk about climate change

Photo collage featuring faces

In the Course of Human Events

INQUIRING MINDS: A student uses her voice to speak for those who can’t

Brewer filling Erlenmeyer flask with beer

Revitalization by the Pint

Homebrewing hobby turned hometown staple

Hot air balloon globe illustration.

Around the Pond

Translating the news
Pleasing pollinators
Sustainability comes to class

Closeup of a water turbine

High Energy

Renewable energy innovators power up

Three students having a discussion in BDIC lounge

Accomplished

Interdisciplinary innovators
Responsible algorithms
Jackpot for gambling study

Hands holding a basketball

Watch

Playing It Forward

SPORTS TALK: Samba Diallo '22 makes every
moment count

Illustration of partly peeled banana

Watch

Consent, condoms, and comedy

The Not Ready for Bedtime Players deliver sex ed plus loads of laughs

Bits

In Memoriam

A photographer’s singular vision of Boston—and other remembrances

SEEN

Creative steps to boost students’ wellbeing

Connections

Alumni and their revolutionary spirit