Furlan, associate professor and director of American studies in the College of Humanities and Fine Arts, has been named the 2026 Carl and Betty Pforzheimer Fellow in English and American Literature by the ACLS.

A new National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine report warns that missed opportunities to prevent and treat heart-related conditions are contributing to pregnancy-related deaths in the U.S.—and Siega-Riz, a member of the committee that wrote the report, says the gaps in care are both urgent and fixable.

Offering an afternoon of storytelling and music celebrating Brazilian children’s literature, the event will feature a series of bilingual readings alongside live musical performance.

The new Wireless Availability and Status Map allows students, faculty, and staff to quickly check whether a building is experiencing a known outage, maintenance activity or other wireless service disruption, helping the campus community stay informed when issues arise.

LaBranche, senior lecturer II in the Department of Kinesiology, has been named UMass Amherst’s recipient of the $10,000 Prize by the University of Massachusetts Foundation.

The recipients of the 2026 UMass ADVANCE Faculty Peer Mentoring Awards and the Equitable Practices in Collaboration (EPiC) Award were honored on April 17 at the 2026 ADVANCE Annual Distinguished Lecture and Awards Luncheon, which featured keynote speaker Waded Cruzado, president of the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities. 

Abelard, director of the Master’s and Graduate Certificate Programs and clinical professor in the Elaine Marieb College of Nursing, was recently celebrated as the recipient of the honor, which is bestowed by the International Society of Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurses.