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.
This January, 26 speech-language pathology students in the department of communication disorders completed the Lee Silverman Voice Treatment (LSVT) Loud Training and Certification course. LSVT LOUD is an effective, evidence-based speech treatment for people with Parkinson's disease and other neurological conditions.
Associate professor and acting chair of communication disorders Sarah Poissant has been appointed to a National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine committee on Evaluating Hearing Loss for Individuals with Cochlear Implants.
The Graduate School has announced that it is offering doctoral students the opportunity to apply for Return to Research grants of up to $5,000 to support activities related to dissertation data collection and analysis.
When different groups of people come into contact, what’s the key to motivating advantaged racial groups to join historically disadvantaged racial minority groups to strive for racial equality and social justice? It’s a complex conundrum studied for years by social scientists like Linda Tropp, professor of social psychology at UMass Amherst.