THE COLLEGE CONNECTION

As part of Smith College’s Chaired Professor Lecture series, Professor Elliot Fratkin presents his lecture, titled “Africa: The Good, the Bad, the Unexpected,” discussing his anthropological research. Introduction by Professor Gregory White, Mary Huggin...

Professor David E. Schneider, Amherst College, speaks on Stravinsky’s Rite of Spring and Musical Modernism on the Eve of World War I. Earle Recital Hall, Smith College, Northampton, MA http://www.smith.edu/music/artsfest/

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...

Ken Burns will be on campus to screen his new film The Central Park Five. In 1989, five black and Latino teenagers from Harlem were arrested and later convicted of raping a white woman in Central Park. They spent between six and 13 years in prison before a serial rapist confessed...

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...

Over the past year leading up to the recent elections, many pundits and politicians framed the contest as a crossroads for our nation– a clear choice between two different paths for America. Six billion dollars and one election later, the United States is left with a...