History professor Daniel Gordon has become co-editor in chief of the journal “Society.” The journal is aimed at decision makers, academics and others concerned with trends in modern society.

In the spring 2021 semester, the Office of Equity and Inclusion (OEI) will be continuing it’s Learning Community Book Groups with its recently expanded offering of “How to be an Antiracist,” by Ibram Kendi. OEI is continuing prior discussion groups with the books “What if I Say the Wrong Thing?” by Verna Myers and “Braving the Wilderness” by Brene Brown.

A virtual workshop, “Home Orchard Establishment,” is scheduled for 10:30 a.m. to noon on Saturday, Feb. 20, as part of UMass Extension’s popular home gardening series presented by Mass Aggie Seminars 2021.

More than one-third of the Corn Belt in the Midwest – nearly 30 million acres – has completely lost its carbon-rich topsoil, according to UMass Amherst research that indicates the U.S. Department of Agriculture has significantly underestimated the true magnitude of farmland erosion.