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Black Arts Matter
Scholar’s exploration of Black Arts Movement reveals ties to current times
James Smethurst is a scholar of 20th-century African American literature, culture and intellectual history and professor in the UMass Amherst W.E.B. Du Bois Department of Afro-American Studies. His... More
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Moving as We Age
UMass physiologist seeks to alter our approach to muscle dysfunction in aging
What happens to our muscles as we age? And exactly where, when, and how do mobility problems develop in older adults? Chair of Kinesiology Jane Kent has a multisystem approach to addressing these... More
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New Frontier
UMass researchers unveil breakthrough electronics that mimic brain signals
Only 10 years ago, scientists working on what they hoped would open a new frontier of neuromorphic computing could only dream of a device using miniature tools called memristors that would function/... More
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Predicting the Pandemic
UMass Amherst expert works day and night to curb COVID-19
As a noted infectious-disease biostatistician, Nick Reich sensed this day might come, when his expertise would be called on to help keep the world a few steps ahead of a virulent pandemic. The... More
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COVID-19 and the Supply Chain
UMass Amherst professor studies supernetworks and disaster relief
If you didn’t know what a supply chain was a month ago, you do now. We are feeling them palpably, through strikes of essential workers, surgical mask shortages, and bleak shelves in the paper-... More
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Unconventional Thinkers
UMass undergraduates transcend traditional approaches to research and scholarship
A revolutionary spirit runs through our veins at UMass Amherst. It inspires us to think in new ways and to challenge convention. This semester we celebrate eight students with the Rising Researcher... More
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