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By STEVE PFARRER

AMHERST — After nearly 18 years at the helm of the largest art gallery at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, Loretta Yarlow will step down from the University Museum of Contemporary Art (UMCA) at the end of June.Yarlow, who came to the Valley...

Despite holding the No. 1 power play in the country, the UMass Minutemen couldn’t convert with the extra man against UMass Lowell on Friday night. The Minutemen (9-13-3) dropped a 1-0 decision in Lowell, continuing their six game skid. Goaltender Luke...

By KYLE GRABOWSKI

AMHERST — Duquesne drew national attention this week when a YouTube prankster walked onto the court during play impersonating a DoorDash delivery driver. The Dukes handled Loyola Chicago on Wednesday to win their 14th game of the season, more than...

By HANNAH BEVIS 

AMHERST – With the Mullins Center filled to bursting with screaming schoolchildren on Field Trip Day, the UMass women’s basketball team had a mixed bag of a game against VCU on Thursday afternoon. The basketball itself was good, with the Minutewomen...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — Close to the middle of the University of Massachusetts campus, a large building to feature 623 beds for undergraduate students continues to take shape for the fall semester.But unlike the nearby dormitories, including the towers and low...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — Amherst’s Community Responders for Equity, Safety and Service is still in its infancy, but an evaluation of the unarmed responders program, including the calls it is handling, is expected to soon get underway.The Town Council voted 11-1 this...

By KYLE GRABOWSKI

AMHERST – The trip to UMass Lowell’s Tsongas Center has never been a pleasant or simple one for the UMass hockey program, even when it was firing on all cylinders.UMass has beaten the 18th-ranked River Hawks just twice there in the past decade. That...

By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL

AMHERST — Daniel Ellsberg, the whistleblower who leaked classified information pertaining to the Vietnam War known as the “Pentagon Papers,” was awarded an honorary degree from University of Massachusetts Amherst in a ceremony held in San Francisco...

By KYLE GRABOWSKI

Richmond’s offense might be one of the last things a struggling UMass men’s basketball defense wants to see. The Spiders, which visit the Mullins Center at 7 p.m. Wednesday (NESN), use a version of the Princeton offense with constantly churning...

By KYLE GRABOWSKI

Rahsool Diggins didn’t leave the bench the first time he returned home to Philadelphia as a college athlete.UConn didn’t include him among the nine Huskies that took the floor Feb. 5, 2022, at Villanova. Diggins only appeared in nine games his...

By KYLE GRABOWSKI

AMHERST – A pair of Henrik Lundqvist New York Rangers replica pads seduced Henry Graham.Graham’s parents had finally allowed the UMass junior goalie and his brothers to play hockey. His mother Victoria eventually convinced his father Mark, and they...

By HANNAH BEVIS 

Since the NCAA removed the ban for student-athlete compensation in July 2021, the NIL era has quickly blossomed in college athletics. Student-athletes have now been afforded avenues to receive compensation for the use of their name, image or...

By KYLE GRABOWSKI

AMHERST – The pillars of the UMass hockey program – its experienced seniors and graduate students – haven’t been providing any stability lately. Senior captain Eric Faith, assistant captains Reed Lebster and Jerry Harding and four-year player Cal...

By EMILY THURLOW

AMHERST — The light from the torch for social justice burned bright as the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. was celebrated at the University of Massachusetts on Tuesday morning.The inaugural “Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Racial Healing Community...

By KYLE GRABOWSKI

AMHERST – Ber’Nyah Mayo brought UMass back scoring at will.She put the Minutewomen over the edge with a perfectly placed pass.UMass trailed Atlantic 10-leading Saint Joseph’s by a point with 1 minute, 29 seconds left after Hawks guard Olivia Mullins...

By KYLE GRABOWSKI

AMHERST – A mirror holds most of the UMass hockey team’s problems of late.The Minutemen are just 2-4-2 in their last eight games and haven’t won a Hockey East game since beating UMass Lowell in Northern Ireland on Nov. 25. They’re allowing 2.75 goals...

By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL

AMHERST — Two years after the events of Jan. 6, 2021, when supporters of former President Donald Trump forced their way into the U.S. Capitol, the views of what happened that day remain firmly entrenched along partisan lines, according to a new...

By KYLE GRABOWSKI

Maybe like many college students, the UMass men’s basketball team lost its home over holiday break.The Minutemen allowed just 65.7 points per game in 12 games before the 11-day hiatus after non conference play. Only two opponents cracked 70 points,...

By KYLE GRABOWSKI

AMHERST – Winning elicits a different level of intensity from opponents. After a 9-3 start in nonconference play, the UMass men’s basketball team hasn’t always matched what its first three Atlantic 10 foes have brought.“When you lose games, it's easy...

By KYLE GRABOWSKI

Saint Louis point guard Yuri Collins stepped backward to avoid a Dyondre Dominguez screen. He followed the scouting report on UMass freshman point guard Keon Thompson, who had missed the first nine triples of his career.Thompson rose without...