Out cold: homelessness during winter
During the winter season, the cost of homelessness becomes higher for individuals as well as the organizations that provide them aid.
View ArticleSlideshow: Homelessness during the winter
Images of individuals facing homelessness in the Pioneer Valley during the long and cold winter months.
View ArticleProfessor Vinnie Ferraro pushes students to question the world around them
Vincent "Vinnie" Ferraro is not your ordinary professor. He has been rocking to his own beat in the classroom for nearly 40 years, drawing students in with his unique style of teaching.
View ArticleUMass biology professor to hold lecture on Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals
R. Thomas Zoeller will be speaking 4 p.m. Monday on “The Brain on Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals” in the Mullins Center’s Massachusetts Room.
View ArticleCampus Perspective: Picking a major at a cost
Florida's proposed decision to freeze tuition costs for STEM majors and raise fees on others in an effort to steer students towards job-friendly degrees has left some UMass students feeling as though...
View ArticleFlorida tuition proposal gets mixed reactions from UMass community
Fla. Gov. Rick Scott's proposal, that calls on Fla. public universities to freeze tuition for students seeking job-friendly degrees, has received mixed reactions from the UMass community.
View ArticleUMass seniors create concussion analyzing helmet
A team of electrical and computer engineering majors have designed a Real-time concussion analyzer for their Senior Design Project.
View ArticleDivest UMass aims to end University investment in fossil fuel corporations
Part of a growing movement across the nation, the newly formed Fossil Fuel Divestment Campaign on campus aims to end UMass’s investment with fossil fuels.
View ArticleDistrict Attorney’s Office debuts sexual assault prevention campaign
A series of PSAs aimed at ending sexual assault on college campuses were unveiled at a conference last Friday.
View ArticleIncreased fines, education outreach aimed at curbing weekend disturbances
The Town of Amherst and the University are working together to find a solution to disruptive off-campus student behavior on the weekends.
View ArticleFunding increase freezes UMass tuition and fees
Tuition and fees at the University of Massachusetts will remain flat this academic year following a push by higher education officials to ease the financial burden on students.
View ArticleUMass researchers get National Science Foundation grant
Project to develop network of researchers to improve infrastructure response to coastal hazards.
View ArticleUMass website sees improved homepage
The University has redesigned its gateway and launched its new News and Media Relations branch.
View ArticleStudents protest ban on gay blood donors
UMass students protested the FDA’s policy of “deferring” gay men from donating blood at a 9/11 memorial blood drive last week.
View ArticleTibetan Buddhist monks to construct sand mandala at UMass
Visiting monks will use colored sand to construct a traditional Buddhist symbol of the universe in the Fine Arts Center lobby on Sept. 25.
View ArticleUMass grads start charitable clothing line
UMass senior Dan Barrenechea is the founder of Nazca Line Apparel, and as of last week, the company has donated $2,000 to aid children in Peru.
View ArticleChancellor Kumble Subbaswamy signs the Real Food Challenge as part of Campus...
UMass is now the largest institution to sign the nationwide campaign, committing to serve 20 percent local, sustainable or fair-trade food by 2020.
View ArticlePolice arrest 15 as UMass students celebrate Red Sox championship
After the Red Sox clinched their third World Series title in a decade last night, UMass students gathered in the Southwest Residential Area to celebrate with their peers.
View ArticleVideo: Drum majors preparing for Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade
The UMass Marching Band is preparing for its upcoming gig in New York City, and the drum majors are setting the pace.
View ArticleAmherst Styrofoam ban goes into effect
Restaurants must now use more environmentally friendly containers for food and beverages, despite added cost.
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