UMass Amherst

Region's Colleges and Universities Heighten Commencement Security

Date: 05/07/2013

Contributor: Henry Epp

UMass Dartmouth, where one of the Boston Marathon bombing suspects was a student, is stepping up security and limiting the number of people who can attend commencement ceremonies.

Date: 04/30/2013

Contributor: Henry Epp

A leading sexual assault prevention organization honored the co-director of UMass Amherst's Center for Women and Community Tuesday.

Date: 04/01/2013

Contributor: Harmonie Charland

Interest rates on federal student loans are set to double July 1st, jumping to 6.8 percent from the current 3.8 percent.

Date: 03/27/2013

Contributor: Henry Epp

UMass Amherst announced this week that it's expanding the school's agriculture program. It will now offer a Bachelor's degree in sustainable food and farming.

"Fracking" Conference Held at UMass Amherst

Date: 12/13/2012

Contributor: Henry Epp

Hydraulic fracturing, or "fracking," could be coming to the Connecticut River valley. A conference on the controversial method of extracting shale gas was held Thursday at UMass Amherst.

Date: 10/23/2012

Contributor: Henry Epp

Four Pittsfield, Massachusetts teenagers were arraigned Monday on rape charges in the alleged sexual assault of an eighteen year old female UMass Amherst student.

Date: 10/22/2012

Contributor: Henry Epp

UMass Amherst police are investigating an alleged rape of an 18-year-old student by four residents of Pittsfield, Massachusetts.

Date: 08/30/2012

Contributor: Henry Epp

UMass Amherst has received a $10,000 grant from the Monsanto Fund, the philanthropic branch of the Monsanto Company. Monsanto is an agricultural biotechnology corporation.

Date: 08/10/2012

Contributor: Henry Epp

The annual Northeast Organic Farmers Association summer conference is being held at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst this

Date: 07/23/2012

Contributor: Henry Epp

The University of Massachusetts-Amherst announced today [Monday] it is establishing an "Agricultural Learning Center" on the north side of its campus to give hands-on farming experience to students

Date: 03/28/2012

Contributor: Anne Mostue

The new pick for chancellor of UMass Amherst, Kumble Subbaswamy, was system President Robert Caret's top choice, and the system's trustees voted unanimously Monday night in his favor.

New UMass President Visits Amherst Campus

Date: 09/27/2011

Contributor: Anne Mostue

UMass system president Robert Caret says he won't be sharing any new information on the reasons for the departure of current UMass Amherst Chancellor Robert Holub, who announced in June that he will leave at the end of...

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