Excellence

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

Extra Credit
Cady Coleman on the International Space Station with her son’s stuffed tiger, a view of Earth through the window behind her.
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Astronaut Cady Coleman ’91PhD Blazes Her Own Trail

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

Honoring researchers, activists, innovators, and more

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

How what we eat defines who we are

Fall 2024
A colorful patchwork hot air balloon floating through cherry blossom trees.

Celebrating UMass Amherst’s 161st birthday

Fall 2024
Illustration of a small child standing on a wood floor
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Sixty years of great reads from the UMass MFA for Poets and Writers

Fall 2024
A drone photo of UMass Amherst

The UMass Amherst Foundation launches capital campaign 

Extra Credit
Max Roach smiling while playing drums.
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Fall in love with Max Roach in three songs

Extra Credit
A deer tick sitting on the petals of a daisy.
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Safety tips from a lab devoted to tick research

Extra Credit
Detail from a black and white etching of Chancellor Charles L. Flint

Highlights from the flagship’s leadership since 1863