As part of the Center for Teaching and Learning's Teaching and Diversity Professional Development Series, the International Instructors Working Group will host a series of working sessions over the spring semester.
Professor Julie Brigham-Grette, geosciences, has been honored by Germany’s Alexander von Humboldt Foundation with one of its coveted Humboldt Research Awards, which will support her research collaborations there over the coming six months.
Sally Campbell Galman, professor of children, families and schools at the College of Education, has published a cartoon in the Feb. 12 Daily Hampshire Gazette Home Magazine. The autobiographical cartoon entitled, “The Lifeboat: A Story About Improving More Than Just a Home,” centers around her experiences buying and rehabilitating a local home.
Laetitia La Follette, associate professor and chair of the department of history of art and architecture, was elected to a three-year term as President of the Archaeological Institute of America in January.
Particle physicist Stephane Willocq, deputy physics coordinator of the ATLAS experiment at CERN (the European Organization for Nuclear Research) in Switzerland, has been named 2020 Spotlight Scholar.
The National Academy of Engineering (NAE) today announced that it has elected 87 new members and 18 international members including UMass Amherst Distinguished Professor James Kurose of the College of Information and Computer Sciences (CICS).
Associate professor in the department of music and dance Felipe Salles’s upcoming CD, “The New Immigrant Experience,” was featured on National Public Radio’s Alt.Latino program on Friday, Jan. 31.
The W.E.B. Du Bois Center is now accepting applications for post-doctoral and graduate fellowships to assist scholars in conducting research in the W. E. B. Du Bois Papers housed in the UMass Amherst Libraries’ Special Collections and University Archives.
In February, the department of music and dance will present performances featuring a number of its acclaimed music faculty. Both performances will take place in Bezanson Recital Hall and are free and open to the public.
