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Whitney Battle-Baptiste, anthropology, represented the W. E. B. Du Bois Center and UMass Libraries at the 60th anniversary celebration of Du Bois's passing.

Jonathan Corpus Ong, communication, is featured as a Spotlight Scholar for September 2023. He is one of the country's leading scholars on online disinformation.

Isabella Weber, economics, has been named to the 2023 "TIME100 Next" list of emerging leaders from around the world.

Joya Misra, sociology and public policy, and Jessica Pearlman, ISSR, received a $1.04M EPA grant to research opportunities and challenges of STEM leadership.

Economics alum Srettha Thavisin was recently elected the 30th Prime Minister of Thailand. 

Sancha Medwinter, sociology, has published her latest book "Ecologies of Inequity: How Disaster Response Reconstitutes Race and Class Inequality." 

Claire Healy, political science and journalism '21, recently co-authored a major investigative series for The Washington Post. 

Razvan Sibii, journalism, shares the story of an early applicant to the Welcome Corps program, as well as encouraging campus communities to participate. 

Elizabeth Sharrow, public policy and history, has written a new book "Equality Unfulfilled: How Title IX's Policy Design Undermines Change to College Sports."

Tatishe Nteta, Jesse Rhodes, and graduate student Adam Eichen, political science, recently co-authored an oped for Newsweek on politicians and retirement.