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By GARRETT COTE

Dynasty isn’t a term that gets thrown around loosely – that word holds a ton of weight in the sports world. It takes a lot of success over an extended period of time to call something a dynasty.But that’s exactly what South Deerfield native G.P....

AMHERST — Girls will have the opportunity to try a variety of sports and games as Amherst College’s female athletes help lead a regional celebration for the Women’s Sports Foundation’s National Girls and Women in Sports Day on Saturday.Running from 10...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — Peter Pouncey, Amherst College’s 16th president, who led the college from 1984 to 1994, died on May 30 at 85, according to the college.Pouncey’s tenure began at a time of unrest and transition, following the unexpected death of President...

By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL 

AMHERST — Even after her term as Amherst College’s first female president ended, Biddy Martin found a way to continue to break barriers at the school.The former president attended a ceremony at Amherst College’s Johnson Chapel for the unveiling of her...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — A record-setting enrollment of Black students in Amherst College’s first-year class is garnering attention from a publication that focuses on the status of African-Americans in higher education.For college officials, topping The Journal of...

By BERA DUNAU

AMHERST — Amherst College President Biddy Martin plans to travel and work on writing projects after she steps down as the college’s leader next summer, before returning to the college to teach.Martin has served as college president since 2011, and...

By STEVE PFARRER

AMHERST — It began as a one-building school, with a few dozen students, a tiny handful of faculty, and a curriculum based around math, Latin, oratory, philosophy and, above all, piety. The school’s founders wanted to provide a classical education for...

By MIKE MORAN

Colin Minicus thought his lacrosse career was over.With his senior season at Amherst College cut short due to the COVID-19 pandemic, he threw his name into the NCAA transfer portal to see if an opportunity came up.One did, just not from the portal. On...

EDITED BY MAX DUTZIK HENRICKS,PARKER PETERS, NICO RIBADENEYRA and MIRANDA DEBRUYN

Note: This is the first of three narrative reports in a special series produced by Professor Kathy Roberts Forde’s “Longform Narrative” class in the Journalism Department at the University of Massachusetts Amherst.Until the COVID-19 crisis disrupted...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — Costs associated with Amherst College’s decision to move instruction online, and sending students home for the remainder of the semester in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic, could exceed $10 million, according to a memo sent to students and...

By Steve Pfarrer

At first glance, it looked like a scene from a typical day at Amherst College: about 100 students sat in a lecture hall, on tiered seating on three sides of the room, notebooks and digital devices like iPads at hand, while a professor stood in the...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

Jim Brassord has competed in a number of marathons and Ironman competitions, but it’s been the near daily rowing of his boat northward along the eastern seaboard that he describes as the most grueling activity he’s ever undertaken.More than a month...

By DUSTY CHRISTENSEN

Several local colleges have been included on a list of schools “doing the most for the American dream.”In The New York Times’ third annual College Access Index measuring colleges’ commitment to economic diversity, Amherst College was ranked No. 7 —...

By CHANCE VILESFor the GazetteAMHERST — Amherst College was bustling with graduates and their families Sunday for the school’s 196th commencement.The excited sounds of a graduating crowd filled the campus’ main quad as about 480 seniors filed into...

By MATT VAUTOUR

For the UMass tennis team to continue its magical run in the NCAA Tournament, the Minutewomen are going to have to pull a monumental upset. UMass’ reward for winning the Atlantic 10 championship in Orlando, Florida, Sunday, was a trip back to the...

Staff reports

The UMass baseball team scored six runs in the bottom of the fourth inning to beat Northeastern, 6-5, in the Beanpot consolation game, Wednesday at Fenway Park in Boston.Mike Geannelis had two hits and three RBIs.Jon Avallone added two hits.Casey...

Staff reports

Northampton’s Leila Kouakou scored four goals with an assist for the Mount Holyoke lacrosse team in a 11-6 win over Coast Guard Academy on Wednesday in New London, Conn.Kaitlin Braz and Mary Lavigne each added two goals for the Lyons (2-10).Mia...

Amherst College should ask Russia for mammoth It is interesting how sometimes seemingly disparate news items can jell together in a moment of clarity and suggest a clear course of action.I recently read of a group of Russian geneticists who were in...

By KYLE GRABOWSKI

AMHERST — A chorus of “Go Mammoths” will soon erupt from the stands of LeFrak Gymnasium, Lehrman Stadium and around the Amherst College campus.The school announced its first official mascot Monday — the Mammoths.It won a vote of alumni, students,...

By KYLE GRABOWSKI

The divide between varsity athletes and the rest of the student body is a primary concern detailed in a report Amherst College released last week.Amherst President Carolyn “Biddy” Martin commissioned the report, titled “The Place of Athletics at...