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UMass Fine Arts Center Presents ‘Riffing the Reality: Women, Gender and Jazz,’ a Virtual Conversation and Concert
Tuesday, March 2, 2021

The UMass Fine Arts Center’s Valley Jazz Network and Berklee Institute of Jazz and Gender Justice Institute present an “informance” (discussion and performance event) on gender dynamics and the historical and contemporary contributions of women to jazz music, on Wednesday, March 10, at 7 p.m. ET. 

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Call for Applications for Faculty Success Fellows Program
Tuesday, March 2, 2021

The department of faculty diversity has announced the call for applications for the 2021 Faculty Success Fellows Program. The UMass Amherst Faculty Success Fellows Program supports faculty participation in the National Center for Faculty Development and Diversity Faculty Success Program.

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New Open Access Book Explores Abandoned Settlements in the Eastern Mediterranean
Tuesday, March 2, 2021

“Deserted Villages: Perspectives from the Eastern Mediterranean” published this week from The Digital Press at the University of North Dakota brings together nine peer-reviewed studies of abandoned villages from Greece, Turkey and North Dakota authored by leading scholars in their fields, including Rebecca M. Seifried, geospatial information librarian at UMass Amherst.

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Policy Students Work with Community Clients in Workshop Course
Tuesday, March 2, 2021

This spring, students at the School of Public Policy are examining how the COVID-19 pandemic has affected Massachusetts communities, developing resources on nature-based solutions to pressing global problems and working to support economic opportunities for LGBTI people around the world.

Marta Vicarelli
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Journalism Department Hosts Workshop ‘Opening Doors: Internships to Jobs’
Tuesday, March 2, 2021

The journalism department will host a young alums panel discussion titled “Opening Doors: Internships to Jobs” from 5 to 6:30 p.m. Monday, March 22, via Zoom.

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Architecture Professor Elevated to American Institute of Architects College of Fellows
Tuesday, March 2, 2021

Caryn Brause, associate professor in the department of architecture, was recently elevated to the College of Fellows by the American Institute of Architects (AIA).

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Nominations Being Accepted for Scanlon Student Employee of the Year Award for 2020-21
Tuesday, March 2, 2021

The 2020-21 Gerald F. Scanlon Student Employee of the Year committee is seeking nominations for outstanding student employees. Nominations are due by Friday, March 19.

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UMass Amherst Community Campaign Raises $452,000 To Support Local Nonprofits
Tuesday, March 2, 2021

UMass Amherst faculty, staff and retirees generously donated a remarkable $452,830 to nonprofit organizations through the 2020-21 UMass Amherst Community Campaign (UMACC). There were 551 individual donors to the campaign and nearly $300,000 of the funds raised will go to Western Mass nonprofits with just over $200,000 staying in Hampshire County.

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University of Massachusetts Amherst Receives First-gen Forward Designation; National Honor for Commitment to First-generation Student Success
Monday, March 1, 2021
AMHERST, Mass. – The Center for First-generation Student Success, an initiative of NASPA – Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education and The Suder Foundation, has selected the University of Massachusetts Amherst as part of its 2021-22 First-gen Forward cohort. The First-gen...
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UMass Dining Exceeds Real Food Challenge Commitment Focused on Building Just and Sustainable Food Systems
Monday, March 1, 2021

The award-winning UMass Dining has done it again – not only did it meet, but it exceeded, the 2020 Real Food Challenge (RFC) with a 29% commitment to budgeting dining on “Real Food.” The UMass RFC is a student-led initiative, in partnership with UMass Dining, that aimed to bring 20% Real Food to campus by the year 2020. In 2013, UMass Amherst was the first to sign and join colleges and universities across the country to build a just and sustainable food system. Real Food is defined as food that comes from “local/community-based, fair, ecologically sound and humane food sources.”

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