Zoi Burns Campus Compact, a national coalition of colleges and universities working to advance the public purposes of higher education, has named 173 student civic leaders who will make up the…, Zoi Burns, . “On campus, as a Senate for my class of 2024 and the chair of the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Student Government Committee, I am a student leader that focuses on equity, inclusion, and student…, UMass Dartmouth Chancellor Mark A. Fuller, . “She understands the power of her voice and utilizes it to make a difference on campus and in the community. We look forward to what the future holds for Zoi as she continues to inspire others…
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Amy Bui (left) and Eunice Clifton (right) sit on a couch on UMass Lowell campus link this for accounting landing page Accounting student Ervin Caushi wakes up at 5 a.m. — before his two kids are…
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Photograph by Pavel Romaniko of vintage Russian car after accident Asst. Teaching Prof. Romaniko-Pavel Pavel Romaniko , whose family has roots in both Ukraine and Russia, is divided by war. Yet…, Q: All of the works in “Nostalgia” are photos of intricate paper models. Why make these detailed models in paper when you could create images digitally?, A:, In “A Guide to Collective Melancholie,” I restore things. I either go to a physical space or I find a photograph – mine or someone else’s, significant or insignificant – and then I reconstruct it as…, Q: Why is your work titled “Nostalgia”? , A:, The title is satire. Nostalgia is dangerous because it requires no imagination. Nostalgic thinking never implies an actual place; it implies a return to a utopian space. It employs a sense of…, Q: The only people present in your “Nostalgia” photos are portraits and sculptures of Soviet and Russian leaders, from Vladimir Lenin to Vladimir Putin. , What is the historical context for some of your works?, A:, The book begins and ends with photos that show a car, modeled on the Soviet Lada, that has been in an accident. Russian history is an accident that keeps repeating itself. Russians haven’t dealt…, Q: In your reconstruction, the gallery is empty, with only a single canvas turned to the wall. And your photo “Untitled (Gallery)” contains not art, but the standard propaganda photos of Soviet and…, In your view, what is the relationship between politics and art?, A:, Art is never apolitical. The act of making artwork in a totalitarian society is an act of dissent. Simply producing artwork is a form of free expression: It’s why literature is a danger to…, Q: You have spoken out about your opposition to the invasion of Ukraine. How has it affected you?, A:, Until the minute of the invasion, I and many Russians I know thought the military buildup was a bluff. I just broke down and I wept. I have a lot of friends I would see cry on the phone; they would…
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At once a program name and life motto, Question Everything , a new residential summer program launching June 26 from the UMass Amherst Department of Philosophy, aims to make philosophical concepts…
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Dr. Ruolin Zhou Due to the dramatic growth of wireless devices and the high demands of faster speeds and better quality of service (QoS), the electromagnetic spectrum is crowded and seems scarce.…
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Dr. Hong Liu sits in front of a computer in her office The future engineering workforce will require technology to be adapted and applied in solving complex problems with experts from diverse fields…
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Grocery aisle of chips A team of faculty researchers led by Department of Chemical Engineering Chemical Engineering Assoc. Prof. Assoc. Prof. Hsi-Wu Wong Hsi-Wu Wong was recently awarded a three-…, Reducing Plastics’ Detrimental Impact, Single-use, multilayer plastic films are not only energy-intensive to produce, but they are also difficult to recycle, reuse and discard. “One prime example is the potato chip bag, which is typically…
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A meta-analysis of 15 studies involving nearly 50,000 people from four continents offers new insights into identifying the amount of daily walking steps that will optimally improve adults’ health and…
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Karen Giuliano , associate professor at the Institute for Applied Life Sciences and the Elaine Marieb College of Nursing, along with Kelly Landsman, a nurse-biomedical engineer in Minneapolis, are…
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