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Elon Musk. Mark Zuckerberg. Peter Thiel. Steve Jobs. Jack Dorsey. Bill Gates. Jeff Bezos. The tech industry has long suffered from a well-known lack of diversity, but Nilanjana Dasgupta, professor of psychological and brain sciences and director of the Institute of Diversity Sciences (IDS) at UMass Amherst, is part of a group that’s working to change that.

Impact
Lowell High School and Greater Lawrence Technical High School students participated in this year’s Plastics Sustainability Forum held at the Saab Emerging Technologies and Innovation Center (ETIC) on North Campus.
Lowell High School and Greater Lawrence Technical High School students participated in this year’s Plastics Sustainability Forum held at the Saab Emerging Technologies and Innovation Center (ETIC) on North Campus.
Education, Leadership
Chancellor Jacquie Moloney and Provost Joe Hartman present Katherine Tucker with the Distinguished University Professor award.
Chancellor Jacquie Moloney and Provost Joe Hartman present Katherine Tucker with the Distinguished University Professor award.

When Pro

Leadership, Research
UML faculty members, from left, Jarrod Hayes, Meg Sobkowicz-Kline and Dave Turcotte chat during the COP26 climate summit in Glasgow, Scotland.
UML faculty members, from left, Jarrod Hayes, Meg Sobkowicz-Kline and Dave Turcotte chat during the COP26 climate summit in Glasgow, Scotland.

Was COP26 worth it?

Leadership, Student Life
Psychology Prof. Meg Bond, the former director of the Center for Women and Work, is the faculty director of the new ADVANCE Office for Faculty Equity.
Psychology Prof.
Education, Impact
Photographer Pedro Letria, the Gulbenkian-Saab visiting professor of Portuguese Studies, and a photo from his exhibit "Maskirovka."
Photographer Pedro Letria, the Gulbenkian-Saab visiting professor of Portuguese Studies, and a photo from his exhibit "Maskirovka."

Visiting Prof. Pedro Letria, a Portugue

Leadership, Impact

During the YWCA’s 12th Annual Women of Distinction Awards Event, held via zoom, UMass Dartmouth’s Interim Associate Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs Juli Parker was honored with the YWCA Yvonne M. Drayton Award. Parker is the outgoing President of the YWCA Southeastern Massachusetts Board of Directors.

Impact, Research
Acting Provost Michael Goodman, Dean of the College of Engineering and Interim Dean of SMAST Jean VanderGheynst, Chancellor Mark Fuller, Lieutenant Governor Karyn Polito, Vice Provost for Research & Academic Affairs Ramprasad Balasubramanian, Director of the Innovation Institute at MassTech Pat Larkin, and Representative Paul A.
Research
Dr. Achilov in the Middle East during fieldwork in 2019.
Dr. Achilov in the Middle East during fieldwork in 2019.

The Fulbright Program recently announced that Dr.

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