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BSE coordinator and facilitator Boone Shear has received the 2026 University Distinguished Community Engagement Award for Teaching.

For 193 people, the naturalization ceremony on May 11 was a celebration of their journey to the United States and their next chapter as U.S. citizens.

C.N. Le, sociology, and Shemon Salam, social thought and political economy, have been awarded the 2026 Outstanding Teaching Award. 

Nathan Chan, resource economics, and Elizabeth Sharrow, public policy and history, have received the 2026 Outstanding Research Award.

Dorise Heller, resource economics, and Shawn Samuels, public policy, have received the 2026 Nicola Mare Usher SBS Outstanding Advising Award. 

Adam Dahl, political science, and Aida Villanueva, sociology, have received the 2025 Outstanding Mentor Award. 

Aimee Jo Pion, LARP, Julie Sarsynski, Dean's Office, and Emily White, Public Policy, have been awarded the 2026 SBS Outstanding Staff Award. 

While crossover is a well-established concept in youth media studies, its application as a pedagogical tool for the college classroom offers fresh perspectives.

Students from the UMass Amherst Russian, Eurasian, and Polish Studies program took part in Harvard University's annual New England Olympiada of Spoken Russian.

On April 6, 2026, Congressman Jim McGovern attended the Annual Induction Ceremony of the Pi Sigma Alpha National Political Science Honor Society.