The Center for Teaching and Learning has announced the five recipients of the 2024-25 Faculty Distinguished Teaching Awards, an honor presented for more than 60 years to instructors at the University of Massachusetts Amherst who demonstrate exemplary teaching at the highest level. 

After a major rehab spanning two academic years, April 16 marked the official ribbon cutting and open house for the newly renovated Goodell Hall. 

On Tuesday, April 22, UMass President Marty Meehan shared his 2025 “State of the University” address in an email to the system community.

The 2025-26 Dialogue Facilitation Fellows Program will provide a yearlong opportunity for full-time faculty, staff and administrators to learn about dialogue practices and develop facilitation skills to guide small-group conversations in settings including classrooms, workplaces and community events.

“Poésies Créoles & Chan Desperans” will bring Haitian poets and writers together for a performance with students, faculty and creative artists from the Pioneer Valley and across the Five Colleges from 6-9 p.m. in Old Chapel.

On Founders Day, Tuesday, April 29, the UMass community is invited to help combat food insecurity by donating non-perishable breakfast foods in support of the Amherst Survival Center, which is partnering with the Dean of Students Office to open the Campus Pantry: ASC@UMass this fall.

The two-part event will feature workshops throughout the day, followed by an evening keynote talk and discussion with nationally renowned author and educator Gholdy Muhammad.

Peter Turchin, emeritus professor at the University of Connecticut and research associate at the University of Oxford, will present “Cliodynamics of End Times: Elites, Counter-Elites, and the Path of Political Disintegration” from 4:30-6 p.m. on Thursday, May 1 in Crotty Hall room 209.