UMass Amherst Magazine

A Song, A Season, A Lifetime
Nobody bleeds maroon like current and former members of the Minuteman Marching Band

Soul Man
Chicken Soup for the Soul creator Jack Canfield ’72G tells us what he’s learned.

Leaving New Orleans
Bidding bittersweet adieu to a troubled city.

Prerequisite

Time Warp: Old voices have new tricks when they're singing from the heart.
250 Plan: We introduce new faculty hired under an ambition plan to boost their ranks.
Morrill Made Easy: Ever been perplexed about the seemingly crazy-quilt pattern of the Morrill Science Center’s numbering system?
Pump Up the Volume: Three young alums rock the dot-com music world.
Outstanding in His Arena: A former all-American pioneers newfangled football and practices old-fashioned philanthropy.
Women’s Lit: Three books by UMass Amherst faculty explore the feminine mystique.
Portrait of the Artist: Several times a day Walter Kamys climbs the wooden stairs to return to an unfinished canvas.
The Man Behind the Food: Ken Toong ’04G serves up lively sustenance to the masses.
Stick-to-it-iveness: UMass became the first New England team in lacrosse history to reach the national finals and just the third to reach the national semifinals.
Quabbin’s Keeper: For 40 years, Bruce Spencer has tended the forest surrounding the reservoir and thus the water it supplies.
Emerald Cities: Rutherford Platt makes cities greener places to live better.