The Great Experiment Continues: Taking the waves as they come Submitted photo Monday, May 03, 2021 Print 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.