The Office of Student Affairs has announced that Steve Bobbitt, associate director of programming for campus recreation at James Madison University (JMU), has accepted the position of director of campus recreation.
This month, the UMass Amherst department of music and dance will continue its ongoing series of lectures designed to explore how artists and educators are seeking to effect social change through music.
The UMass Amherst School of Public Policy and the JK Lakshmipat University Centre for Policy Studies are marking the second year of a joint academic venture between the two programs by co-hosting a series of talks on global policy issues.
UMass Amherst has launched a new Black Presence Initiative. The Initiative, spearheaded by the Office of Equity and Inclusion, is coordinating a series of actions designed to document and honor the contributions of Black students, faculty and staff to the campus.
While the internet is often heralded as an equalizer, a seemingly level playing field, the digital world also acts as an extension of and platform for the insidious prejudices and divisive impulses that affect social politics in the “real” world. Similarly, online dating was heralded as a way to democratize courtship, but a new book co-authored by UMass Amherst sociologist Jennifer Lundquist illustrates how it actually exacerbates racial divisions.
In a series of Zoom conversations that will be free and open to a national audience, the theater department presents four practitioners of theatrical design who will share their thoughts on their work and how they experience their field as women.
A greater understanding of why expectant mothers choose to use cannabis during their pregnancies, and how they take the drug, are key for health care workers to be able to determine a course of support, according to a new article authored by Devon Greyson at UMass Amherst.
Women for UMass (WFUM) is accepting grant applications now through March 3 for programs and projects to be held July 1 – Dec. 21. WFUM is a network of alumnae that promotes the advancement of campus programs focused on access, support and opportunity for students, especially those positively impacting women and their communities.
