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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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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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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Learn about opportunities for bilingual and international students at AlphaSights

On March 8 at 5:00 PM EST, AlphaSights is hosting a webinar, Applying Your Language Skills in an International Environment.

Are you bilingual? AlphaSights is looking for language speakers interested in launching a client-facing career on a dynamic, global team. …

By Carol Sharick
Carol Sharick Director of Career and Professional Development for Undergraduates, College of Social and Behavioral Sciences
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Scholarship Spotlight: Internship Opportunity in Legal Studies

John W. Lederle Endowed Student Internship Fund in Public and Non-Profit Service Scholarship is for selected undergraduate or graduate students who would benefit from practical internship experience with local, state, and national government or non-profit agencies. First generation college students, socioeconomically disadvantaged students, …

By Adrian Grace
Adrian Grace Director of Undergraduate Advising
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