In the weeks leading up to spring break, UMass Amherst political scientist Charli Carpenter had been closely following the war in Ukraine. Carpenter, who teaches a course on the rules of war and…
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UMass Law Associate Professor Jeremiah Ho In “Queer Sacrifice in Masterpiece Cakeshop ,” published in the Yale Journal of Law and Feminism , UMass Law Associate Professor Jeremiah Ho explores the…, Masterpiece Cakeshop article refined Ho’s direction in his LGBTQ+ legal scholarship, Ho said he began focusing more acutely on specific areas of LGBTQ+ rights advancements when he began to write “Queer Sacrifice in Masterpiece Cakeshop ” in 2019. “I’ve always been fascinated by how…
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Four students attending symposium smile at camera There were the tangible takeaways, like pollinator seed packets, jars of locally produced honey and freshly planted centerpieces on the Coburn Hall…
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New research, led by the University of Massachusetts Amherst and published recently in the journal Climate of the Past , is the first to provide a continuous look at a shift in climate, called the…
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Nestled in the Southwest area of campus, students can find a vibrant, rainbow sign that reads: The Stonewall Center. Just the third campus center of its kind when it launched in 1985, Stonewall aims…, A 40-Year History of Advocacy , Artwork for UMass Stonewall Center of two hands forming a heart over a rainbow flag The Stonewall Center was established as an administrative office in Student Affairs, following a series of…
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Raymond Bradley takes a photo of the sediment samples acquired from Lake Igaliku, southern Greenland. One of the great mysteries of late medieval history is why did the Norse, who had established…
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Graduate programs in several disciplines at the University of Massachusetts Amherst rank among the best in the nation as reported in the new 2023 edition of U.S. News & World Report’s Best…, School of Public Health and Health Sciences, is ranked 31st. The , Isenberg School of Management, ’s full-time MBA program was named number 53, up from 57 last year, and the part-time MBA program was ranked at 32nd. The , College of Engineering, is ranked at 57. Rankings published for specialty areas in the College of Engineering include chemical engineering at 34; civil at 48; computer at 38; electrical/electronic/communications at 53;…, School of Public Policy, is at now No. 56 for graduate studies in public affairs, up from No. 58 last year. The , College of Education, is ranked 71st, up from 76th in 2022. Several programs in the , natural sciences, were ranked for the first time in four years, including: biological sciences at 74th; biostatistics at 31st; chemistry at 62nd; geology/earth sciences: 51st; mathematics: 59th; physics: 53rd; and…, social sciences and humanities, also were awarded national rankings – economics at 79 and psychology at 51., Rankings of other graduate programs were not updated this year, but they were republished in the new guide. They include:, Fine arts, at 89. In the , social sciences and humanities, —English at 41, history at 48, political science at 56, and sociology at 29, with the sex and gender studies program ranked 8th. In , health, —audiology at 26, speech language pathology at 45, and clinical psychology at 50.
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Jamila Lyiscott, , assistant professor of social justice education , was awarded the 2022 Ernest D. Morrell African Diaspora Emerging Scholar Award by the Comparative & International Education Society (CIES). “…
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UMass Amherst graduate student Aishwarya Sahai The time starts now. Over the next 72 hours, teams participating in the annual NYU Abu Dhabi International Hackathon for Social Good are challenged to…
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