Research publishing giant Elsevier has announced a new open access companion to the “American Journal of Medicine,” with research professor of kinesiology Dr. Stuart Chipkin, serving as its founding editor-in-chief.
The UMass Fine Arts Center proudly presents an evening with the Fay Victor Chamber Trio on Thursday, March 25 at 7 p.m. ET. The streamed concert is followed by a live Q&A with Fay Victor and the audience.
Join A Yęmisi Jimoh, Tom Juravich and Jerry Levinsky in a conversation about how music has been and continues to be a vital part of social movements. This community event will specifically explore the question “What role has music played in peoples' historic and current struggles?”
“Critical Pedagogies of Race and Gender,” a symposium honoring Alex Deschamps, will take place on Friday, March 19 from 1 to 5:30 p.m. Topics include “Black Feminism Reimagined,” “Queering Home: Silences, Contradictions and Unexpected Intimacies” and a celebration of the legacy of Alex Deschamps.
Body positivity is at the heart of Crystal Maldonado’s debut, coming-of-age young adult novel “Fat Chance, Charlie Vega,” a book that explores what it means to grow up female, fat and Puerto Rican.
As of Tuesday, March 16, the University Museum of Contemporary Art (UMCA) is open to members of the UMass Amherst community. UMCA will be open from 11 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Tuesday through Friday, until Friday, April 30.
Distinguished University Professor James Kurose, of the College of Information and Computer Sciences, has received the Computing Research Association 2021 Distinguished Service Award, an honor granted annually to one person or organization that has made an outstanding service contribution to the computing research community.
The 2020-21 Gerald F. Scanlon Student Employee of the Year committee is seeking nominations for outstanding student employees. The deadline for nominations has been extended to Friday, March 26, 2021.
“Judas and the Black Messiah,” a historical drama about the betrayal of Fred Hampton, chairman of the Illinois Black Panther Party in the late 1960s in Chicago at the hands of FBI informant William O’Neal, has a UMass Amherst connection. Doctoral student Rosa Clemente helped produce the film, earning an associate producer credit.
Eight outstanding undergraduates have received the fall 2020 Rising Researcher awards. The Rising Researcher program celebrates students who excel in research, scholarship or creative activity.
