Du Bois in our Time: A CP Special

Du Bois in our Time: A CP Special

This Connecting Point Special features a screening of the film DuBois in Our Time. Prior to the screening, the Executive Producer for the film Loretta Yarlow talks with Connecting Point’s Jim Madigan. Du Bois in Our Time A film that explores how ten contemporary...
Brain Disease Book Author

Brain Disease Book Author

Harvard Medical School Professor Allan Ropper, MD and University of Massachusetts Amherst Professor Brian David Burrell discuss their book, “Reaching Down the Rabbit Hole: A Renowned Neurologist Explains the Mystery and Drama of Brain...
Web Exclusive: Women in Politics

Web Exclusive: Women in Politics

Massachusetts may be a Democratic state but it still struggles to elect women to state office. That’s according to research and an article done by Linda Killian for The Daily Beast. It’s never had a female governor and Elizabeth Warren was the first female...

Beauty & Self-Confidence

“Beauty is the beast.” That’s the name of a recent Forbes article that talks about how the focus on beauty is eroding women’s self-confidence. Professor Susan Whitbourne from UMass Amherst got into a deeper discussion on this in her blog and talks to us about what...

Climate Report

Professor Michael Rawlins, Manager of the Climate System Research Center at the University of Massachusetts, discusses the recently-released Federal National Climate Assessment Report, which foresees major changes in the weather—especially here in the Northeast—if...

Hear Our Stories

Last summer a group of young teen mothers from Holyoke participated in a program called Hear Our Stories: Diasporic Youth for Sexual Rights and Justice.  The program was funded by the Ford Foundation and is the result of a partnership between WGBY, UMass Amherst, The...

Banning “Bossy”

Sheryl Sandberg, Chief Operating Officer of Facebook and author of the best-selling book “Lean In,” is spearheading the launch of a campaign to ban the word “bossy,” arguing the negative put-down stops girls from pursuing leadership roles. Some...

Amherst Survival Center

UMass Dining is hosting their annual Dash & Dine race on April 12th at 11am to support the Amherst Survival Center and to promote healthy eating and fitness. Last year they raised $5,000 for the cause and this year they are hoping to double it. Garrett DiStefano...

Ten Years of Making Connections

Prof. Mike Hannahan, Director of Civic Initiative at the University of Massachusetts in Amherst, discusses “Ten Years of Making Connections.” The civic initiative, which is celebrating its 10th anniversary, brings UMass students in contact with students from...