msquebanh, 11 days ago to random

“Let us be the generation that holds morality close to our actions and hold each other accountable.”

Aysha Affaneh, a #graduating #student from the #UniversityOfIllinoisChicago #UIC, dedicated her #graduation #speech to expressing #solidarity with the #Palestinian people in #Gaza.

During her speech, she also called on all universities, including UIC, to #divest from “companies complicit and constructing #genocide” in Gaza.

https://youtu.be/y2-K1wLg-CU?si=SNSPBetQlq2E-Tl6

#StudentSpring #FutureLeaders #AntiWar

asakiyume, 14 days ago to random

Excellent article in yesterday's Daily Hampshire Gazette about UMass's violent suppression of student protests. #FreePalestine #UMass #PoliceViolence #LocalJournalism https://www.gazettenet.com/More-than-100-arrested-at-UMass-pro-Palestinian-encampment-on-Amherst-55049834#:~:text=AMHERST%20—%20More%20than%20130%20people,from%20police%2C%20according%20to%20UMass

adachika192, 16 days ago to palestine

https://dailycollegian.com/?p=181398

Protesters arrested in waves following second encampment (Massachusetts Daily Collegian, 2024-05-08)

"Over 64 arrested during Gaza solidarity protest" at the University of Massachusetts #Amherst campus on Tuesday night, including faculty staff.

"Among the arrested protesters was Associate Professor Kevin Young. He was part of the negotiations with administration hours earlier"

see also:
https://www.wbur.org/news/2024/05/08/umass-amherst-protest-encampment-arrests

‹Faculty for Justice in Palestine› statement on Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/p/C6sNB5CszT9/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==

@palestine #ProPalestineEncampment
#UMASS

jrefior, 19 days ago to Massachusetts

"On Friday, the inauguration of the University of #Massachusetts Amherst’s 31st chancellor, Javier Reyes, faced numerous disruptions and walkouts by pro-Palestinian students and faculty calling for the university to cut ties with weapons contractors and drop academic discipline charges against 56 students and a faculty member arrested for a sit-in in October.

"Hundreds of protestors marched from the Mullins Center to the Old Chapel.."
https://theshoestring.org/2024/04/27/be-revolutionary-pro-palestine-demonstrations-interrupt-umass-chancellors-inauguration/
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#UMass #WesternMass #shoestring

ifnotnowboston, 25 days ago to Palestine

BREAKING: Students at #UMass Amherst have launched a solidarity encampment for #Palestine. Follow their Instagram for updates: www.instagram.com/umass_sjp

HOW YOU CAN HELP 1. Camp out with us 2. Bring water, food, tents, art supplies! 3. Ask your professor to hold classes near or at the encampment 4. Sign our petition

josh, 3 months ago to architecture

Stumbled across this lovely post by photographer Darren Bradley and it made me feel very differently — warm and fuzzy, even — about our campus architecture, which he describes as being "one of the finest collections of Modernist architecture in the United States."

https://www.darrenbradleyphotography.com/post/umass-amherst-the-reluctant-modernists

@academicchatter #UMass #Modernism #architecture

ferricoxide, 7 months ago to cfb

@cfb

#UMass QB, after that hit, looked over at the sidelines like, "you said this game pays for the rest of our season, right?

#UMASSvsPSU
#CFB
#NCAAfootball

andthisismrspeacock, 8 months ago to CollegeFootball

#UMass 14
#Auburn 59

Sigh. The really sad part is that it's not as bad as I expected.

#CollegeFootball #FBS #CFB #UMassFootball

BenjaminHCCarr, 10 months ago to FormulaE

‘It was an accident’: the scientists who have turned #humid air into #renewable power
In May, a team at the #UMass Amherst published a paper declaring they had successfully generated a small but continuous #electric current from #humidity in the air. It’s a claim that will probably raise a few eyebrows, and when the team made the discovery that inspired this new research in 2018, it did.
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2023/jul/02/it-was-an-accident-the-scientists-who-have-turned-humid-air-into-renewable-power

knizer, 10 months ago to boston

The #Weekend is almost upon us! Top tier stuff to do in the coming days:

See that Scottish #play by #shakespeare on the #BostonCommon - Free - 8pm - most nights through 6 August

https://commshakes.org/production/macbeth/

#Boston #BostonWeekend (1/?)

jda, 11 months ago to random

Morning Mastodonians!

Still recovering from the fantastic and fantastically busy Friday, where went to see @adrienne graduate with a degree in Veterinary Sciences from UMass Amherst. Beautiful sunny day, which meant hot in the stands for the 2 ceremonies but it was lovely and tearjerking to see her finally walk that stage. A good dinner and then a long drive back made for a long day.

#graduation #umass #flagship #amherst #graduate

The proud papa (me!) with Adrienne in front of a tree. I'm a goofy looking white guy, with glasses and wearing a white shirt with a Massachusetts pride ball cap on. She is in her black cap & gown, holding a 3 bunches of flowers. Needless to say, we both have big smiles!
The whole fam damily outside in front of tree. I'm on the left, then Adrienne, then her sister, a fellow UMass grad wearing a green dress is next. Then the proud momma.
Adrienne standing in front of a UMass Amherst rolling signing, tossing up her cap.