Summer Research Fellowship Opportunity!

The UMass Center for Justice, Law, and Societies and the Academic Fellows Program invites students to apply for our inaugural summer undergraduate research fellowship. All participating students will earn $5000 of summer funding, working approximately 30 hours each week for …

By Felicia Griffin-Fennell
Felicia Griffin-Fennell Director of the SBS RISE Program & Lecturer in Sociology
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ONSA Offering Spring Info Sessions on the Fulbright Program

UMass Amherst’s Office of National Scholarship Advisement (ONSA) is offering spring info sessions on the Fulbright U.S Student Program and other postgraduate scholarships.
In our Fulbright General Info Session, ONSA advisors will cover general overviews including types of Fulbright grants, …

By Adrian Grace
Adrian Grace Director of Undergraduate Advising
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SPP’s Roberts to Lead Initiative on Public Administration Engagement with Non-democratic Governments

From the Office of News & Media Relations:

Alasdair Roberts, director and professor at the School of Public Policy, has been named co-chair of an American Society for Public Administration (ASPA) committee focused on how scholars in public administration should …

By Adrian Grace
Adrian Grace Director of Undergraduate Advising
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Short Term Loans: DOSO

The Dean of Students Office extends Short Term Loans (up to $500) to matriculated undergraduates and (up to $1000) to graduate students for temporary financial emergencies, hardship, or unforeseen personal/family emergencies. To apply, please submit a completed Short Term Loan …

By Adrian Grace
Adrian Grace Director of Undergraduate Advising
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Ukraine Crisis Drop-In Support Space

2 p.m. Tuesday, March 8 | via Zoom

Join CCPH in this supportive space for UMass students to connect and share about how the Ukraine war is impacting them.

Pre-register here for Zoom link.

By Center for Counseling & Psychological Health
Center for Counseling & Psychological Health
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Legal Studies Student Edward Lew Co-Authors New Book about Medical Pioneer Halstead Holman

Edward R. Lew, an undergraduate student pursuing his degree in legal studies at UMass Amherst, has co-authored a new book about the incredible life and career of medical pioneer Halsted Reid Holman.

To read more, link here.

By UMass Office of News and Media Relations
UMass Office of News and Media Relations
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Collins’ Research Featured Extensively in FiveThirtyEight Article on Supreme Court Nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson

(From MJ Petersen and the Political Science Newsletter)

Research by Paul Collins and his coauthors, Christy Boyd and Lori Ringhand, was featured in a FiveThirtyEight article about how Supreme Court nominee Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson’s confirmation hearing is likely to …

By Adrian Grace
Adrian Grace Director of Undergraduate Advising
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UMass Amherst Changemakers: Tatishe Nteta

Tatishe Nteta, associate professor of political science at UMass Amherst and director of the UMass Poll, conducts groundbreaking research on the underlying dynamics of political attitudes, opinions and behaviors.

Nteta’s central research is about trying to understand the impact of …

By UMass Office of News and Media Relations
UMass Office of News and Media Relations
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Waitlisted? Some strategies and perspectives

Private pre-law advisor Ann Levine has produced a great article of tips for waitlisted law school applicants. First she’s got some great perspectives on what the waitlist looks like from the law school’s side:

Most law schools don’t even think …

By Diane Curtis
Diane Curtis Pre-Law Advisor & Senior Lecturer
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Apply to the Community Scholars Program!

Now more than ever, students might be seeking an opportunity to work on issues of social change.  Mounting and intersecting crises are deepening inequality and suffering in the U.S. and across the globe. Thankfully, there are many examples of resistance, …

By Candice Travis
Candice Travis Advisor & Outreach Coordinator
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