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A solitary person walks past the W.E.B. Du Bois Library at the University of Massachusetts Amherst on Monday morning, Feb. 8. STAFF PHOTO/KEVIN GUTTING
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On a campus that had been suspended in time and silence, students have returned to the University of Massachusetts Amherst for the spring semester. The intensifying COVID-19 crisis has reshaped higher education, pushing college lectures and student events onto Zoom as the seasons continue to pass with no end in sight. While it has only been a week, a rising coronavirus outbreak takes hold at the university.
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UMass adds a new chapter to racial justice history with Black Presence Initiative
Updated Feb 08, 2021;
Posted Feb 08, 2021
The Black Presence Initiative will create new platforms for exploring the Black experience and history at the University of Massachusetts, according to Nefertiti Walker, UMass vice chancellor for Equity and Inclusion.
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AMHERST In the past year, a growing number of colleges have devoted attention and resources to issues of racial and social justice, but the University of Massachusetts has been committed for decades.
“We have deep roots of activism and social and racial justice, especially racial justice. Our office has only four people, but we serve as a center to amplify the work being done by many others on campus,” said Nefertiti Walker, vice chancellor for the Office of Equity and Inclusion.