Academics

Hidden Gems
A clutch of brown, fossilized, dinosaur eggs
Glimpse

What can we learn from fossilized moments in time?

Hidden Gems
Engineering building seen through steel sculpture

The secret life of a tangle of steel

Spring 2025
Photo of the Marching Band flag team marching in the rain at the Macy’s Thanksgiving parade

The UMass Minuteman Marching Band’s turkey trot—and more

Hidden Gems
Detail image of the eye socket of an animal’s skull

A new creature curation on campus

Spring 2025
Looking at rocks
Glimpse

Cecilia Demolli ’26 shares her experience learning archaeology in Tuscany

Spring 2025
Doug Martini holding his dog’s paw in a grass park
Glimpse

Do canine companions make us healthier?

Extra Credit
Annette Vadnais poses next to a Lego creation made to look like the W. E. B. DuBois library. She wears a purple sweatshirt and has purple hair.

Annette Vadnais ’99 brings fun and color to the library

Spring 2025
Black and white portrait of Chabelli Hernandez seated in front of gray background

Chabelli Hernandez ’26 shares her message of tenacity as a nontraditional student

Fall 2024
An Illustration of four types of snails in an old textbook style

Honoring researchers, activists, innovators, and more

Hidden Gems
The Orchard Hill Observatory surrounded by students under a starry sky
Hidden Gems

Visiting the highest point on campus, peering into space

Fall 2024
A blue-toned illustration of a forest with a river running through it.

Professor of fish conservation shares tips for catch and release 

Fall 2024
A kayaker figurine paddling through a river surrounded by giant asparagus

How what we eat defines who we are