Photographer Pedro Letria, the Gulbenkian-Saab visiting professor of Portuguese Studies, and a photo from his exhibit "Maskirovka." Visiting Prof. Pedro Letria homepage Pedro Letria , a Portuguese…
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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. Changing any campus culture is hard, but UMass…
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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? That’s the question on the minds of…, Language Barriers, This was the second COP for Rooney-Varga, who attended the 2015 summit in France that led to the Paris Agreement, which set a goal of limiting the rise in global temperatures to just 1.5 degrees…, All-inclusive Solutions, For Lohmeier, who researches how art can be used to engage people in Education-Cool-Science climate science education , attending COP26 was an “extremely worthwhile” opportunity to learn about…
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Chancellor Jacquie Moloney and Provost Joe Hartman present Katherine Tucker with the Distinguished University Professor award. When Tucker-Katherine Prof. Katherine Tucker was growing up, she never…
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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…, Positive Feedback, Danielle Ahern, a STEAM (science, technology, engineering, the arts and mathematics) teacher at Greater Lawrence Technical High School (GLTHS), said the field trip was a great learning experience for…, A Great Way to Earn a Living, During her talk, Sayer praised the university’s plastics engineering program, telling the students that it’s affordable and world-renowned. “Very few schools offer it. It’s top-notch and well-…
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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…
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UMass Amherst Vice Chancellor for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Nefertiti Walker University of Massachusetts, President Marty Meehan, announced at today’s Board of Trustees meeting that he has appointed, Dr. Nefertiti Walker, to serve as Presidential Advisor for Equity and Inclusion. Dr. Walker currently serves as Vice Chancellor for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at UMass Amherst and will continue to serve in that…, More about Dr. Walker, Prior to joining the UMass Amherst administration, Dr. Walker served as associate dean for an inclusive organization in the university’s Isenberg School of Management. She is a tenured faculty member…
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AMHERST, Mass. – White publishers and editors used their newspapers to build, nurture, and protect white supremacy across the South in the decades after the Civil War. At the same time, a vibrant…
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AMHERST, Mass. – A multi-institutional team led by University of Massachusetts professor Paul Siqueira, electrical and computer engineering, has been awarded a three-year, $4.5 million NASA contract…
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AMHERST, Mass. – A University of Massachusetts Amherst researcher is one of the lead investigators who have received a five-year, $2.7 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to improve…
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