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A team of UMass Amherst faculty, librarians, staff, and students and their partners at the Pioneer Valley History Network (PVHN) are among the partnering projects awarded $349,803 from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) in support of the project “Enslaved: Peoples of the Historical Slave Trade,” also known as Enslaved.org, which is an open-access […]
In early July, former President Donald J. Trump received a somewhat unlikely visitor at his golf club and estate in Bedminster, N.J.: Michael Harris, the founder of Death Row Records, who had been imprisoned for drug trafficking and attempted murder, came to meet privately with the man who had pardoned him. Mr. Harris was connected […]
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (November 16, 2023) – United Soccer Coaches announced the recipients of its 2023 Coaches Communities Awards of Excellence on Thursday. The recipients will be honored during the annual Advocacy Hour Reception at 4:00 pm on Friday, January 12, 2024, and the annual Coaches of Women’s Soccer Breakfast at 8:00 am on Saturday, January […]
Five new students representing four disciplines have arrived to the Kroc Institute as part of its interdisciplinary Doctoral Program in Peace Studies in fall 2023. Incoming students were selected from a highly competitive pool of applicants from around the world. These students join the Institute’s 26 other doctoral students, for a total of 31 students […]
WASHINGTON, Aug 24 (Reuters) – The U.S. Justice Department sued Elon Musk-owned rocket and satellite company SpaceX on Thursday for allegedly discriminating against asylum recipients and refugees in hiring. “The lawsuit alleges that, from at least September 2018 to May 2022, SpaceX routinely discouraged asylees and refugees from applying and refused to hire or consider […]
Dr. Mary Valentich began her social work career as a social work case aide at the Hamilton General Hospital in 1963. From 1965 to 1968 she worked as a social worker at Lakeshore Psychiatric Hospital, Toronto, with one year in the first behavioral modification unit for adolescents in Canada. She joined the St. Patrick’s School […]
Princeton’s recent Ph.D. and master’s degree recipients were honored May 29 at the 2023 Hooding and Recognition Ceremony for completing their advanced degrees during this past academic year. The graduates gathered under sunny skies on Cannon Green, surrounded by family, friends and the many supporters of their years of effort. “This ceremony is a welcome […]
From business success to civil rights, from fine art to visionary mathematics, the honored guests of UConn’s commencement ceremonies bring a wealth of experience, insight, and wisdom to share with this year’s graduates. Speakers at the ceremonies, which begin on May 6, include: Joshua D. Angrist, Ph.D. (Doctor of Science, Graduate School – Masters Ceremony […]
The Office of Research and Engagement has announced the 2023-24 Samuel F. Conti Faculty Fellowship Awardees. The Conti Fellowship acknowledges the high quality and importance of a faculty member’s accomplishments in research and creative activity at UMass Amherst and their potential for continuing excellence, particularly with respect to the project that they propose to undertake […]
Saujani will receive an honorary degree at the event. Honorary degrees will also be awarded to: Lulu Garcia-Navarro, Peabody Award–winning journalist and New York Times Opinion podcast host Gabby Giffords, former United States Representative and gun control advocate Susan Goldin-Meadow, Ph.D., psychologist, previous president of the Association for Psychological Science and founding editor of the […]