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Living in the Pioneer Valley is an experience on its own. And being the college town that it is, the Valley houses students from all around the world, who come from large cities or very different environments to spend a large chunk of their life here. It took me 18 months to

Professor Calestous Juma of Harvard’s Kennedy School will give the inaugural lecture in the PERI African Development Policy Program’s Speaker Series on “GROWING AFRICA: Agricultural Innovation and Economic Transformation”. Calestous is one of the leading scholars on

The UMass Visiting Writers Series will host authors Emily Barton and Melanie Rae Thon. Emily Barton is the author of two novels, Brookland and The Testament of Yves Gundron, both named New York Times Notable Books of the Year. She has received grants from the Guggenheim

We are proud to announce the inauguration of the STPEC Activist Brown Bag Lunch Series. Most acclaimed for her pioneering work fighting mass incarceration, Lois Ahrens has been an activist and organizer for social justice for more than forty-five years. In 2000 she began the Real

Earl MacDonald & Hartford Jazz Society’s New Directions Ensemble 10 instruments performing fresh compositions & arrangements by pianist/leader MacDonald, including UMass’ Jeffrey W. Holmes

University of Massachusetts historian Stephen R. Platt will offer rare glimpse into the Taiping Civil War on Thursday, Jan. 24 as part of a celebration of his book “Autumn in the Heavenly Kingdom: China, the West and the Epic Story of the Taiping Civil War,” which won McGill

Mark Anthony Neal is Professor of Black Popular Culture in the Department of African and African-American Studies at Duke University. He has written and lectured extensively on Black popular culture and music, Black masculinity, sexism and homophobia in Black communities, and

Doron Goldman is a former lecturer in the Mark H. McCormack Department of Sport Management at UMass Amherst. Doron “Duke” Goldman is currently a baseball historian and presenter as well as an elder care researcher. At UMass Amherst, Doron taught a course called “Baseball: Myths

The National Conference for Community & Justice Presents: Rebuild the Dream A Talk and Book Signing by Van Jones Thursday, October 18, 2012 Mahar Auditorium University of Massachusetts Amherst Van Jones is a globally recognized pioneer in human rights and the clean energy

On Jan. 3, 2012, at age 22, Morse was sworn in as the youngest mayor in Holyoke’s history. He has spent much of his time since then working on early childhood literacy; building a local economy around art, innovation and technology; supporting community policing initiatives; and