Juilliard awards full scholarship to UMass Amherst student Natalie Lewis
Updated May 04, 2021;
Posted May 04, 2021
Natalie Lewis of UMass Amherst has earned a fellowship to the Julliard School in New York City.
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AMHERST Natalie Lewis was preparing to accept an offer from one of the graduate music programs she applied to when she received a letter that changed her plans entirely.
“I had applied to five schools including Juilliard and had heard back from everyone except them,” said Lewis, a senior in the Department of Music and Dance at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. “It was a day until the deadline when they were supposed to send out acceptance letters, so I basically talked myself out of it. I know Juilliard can be very expensive and I figured even if I got in I probably couldn’t afford to go there.”
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May 3, 2021
AMHERST, Mass. – The University of Massachusetts Amherst has received a $1 million gift from two alumni to create a new center that will forge new collaborations between nurses and engineers, bringing together two fields that can improve personal well-being and save lives.
Committing $1 million in seed funding to help establish the Center for Nursing and Engineering Innovation, Michael ’76 and Theresa (Murphy) ’77 Hluchyj hope the center will be a place where nurses and engineers can collaborate on clinical solutions in new ways. “We are excited to support UMass in this new initiative,” says Michael Hluchyj. “Innovation is often accelerated at the intersection of different academic disciplines. The worldwide health crises resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic make clear the critical need for innovative solutions in clinical settings where both nursing and engineering play vital roles.”
The Great Experiment Continues: Taking the waves as they come
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Editor’s note: The story is part of a special series called “The Great Experiment Continues.” The series is produced by Professor Kathy Roberts Forde’s “Longform Narrative” class in the Journalism Department at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. The series is a sequel to “The Great Experiment” series her class reported for the Gazette last spring when the pandemic was new.
Now one year into the pandemic, Professor Forde’s students document how UMass and its students, faculty and staff have tried to build social connections during a time that demands social distance, exploring what has been lost and gained along the way.
The Great Experiement: Of Jedis and lightsabers
Frank Catalano, right, a UMass freshman, started a Jedi Academy on Sunday nights where he practices lightsaber skills and duels with friends and willing participants. Here he prepares for a sparring session with Alex Qi, a senior at UMass, on a recent Sunday evening on the Amherst campus. SABATO VISCONTI/fOR THE GAZETTE
Alex Qi, a UMass senior, shows his lightsaber twirls during a Jedi Academy session on a recent Sunday night on the Amherst campus. SABATO VISCONTI/fOR THE GAZETTE
UMass freshman Frank Catalano waits for a challenger during his weekly Jedi Academy sessions. SABATO VISCONTI/fOR THE GAZETTE