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‘Helping babies breathe’ in Ghana: Local group fighting infant mortality by training midwives 
08-28-2023 10:40 AM

By MADDIE FABIAN

EASTHAMPTON — In November, a local group of medical professionals and researchers will travel to Ghana to hold a training conference for Ghanaian midwives from rural health centers.The trip is an effort of the Midwifery Exchange in Ghana, a group that...


UMass Amherst dining takes top honors again
08-16-2023 12:43 PM

By SOPHIE HAUCK

AMHERST — The University of Massachusetts Amherst has won bragging rights for having the best campus food in the country for the seventh consecutive time, the Princeton Review determined, based on feedback from college students across the country.The...


Researchers at UMass find anti-tumor therapy could treat Lyme disease
08-04-2023 4:23 PM

By MADDIE FABIAN

AMHERST — Medication used to halt the growth of cancer cells might one day become an effective treatment for Lyme disease, according to a new study led by a University of Massachusetts Amherst team at the New England Regional Center of Vector-Borne...


Electricity out of thin air: Researchers stumble on way to tap electrical charge of water vapor
07-06-2023 6:00 PM

By JAMES PENTLAND

AMHERST — What if all you needed to generate electricity was thin film material, microscopic fibers and air?Researchers at the University of Massachusetts have proved it can be done, and now they’re showing that many different kinds of materials can...


Amherst, UMass strike new partnership deal
06-28-2023 4:59 PM

By Scott Merzbach

AMHERST — The town will get approximately $5.5 million, including $700,000 annually for emergency medical and fire service, under the terms of a new five-year strategic partnership deal announced Wednesday.The deal, which is retroactive to July 1,...


Unearthing clues: UMass class teaches students the science of buried bones
06-25-2023 10:09 AM

By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL

AMHERST — Nested within a thickly wooded area behind UMass Amherst’s School of Education, a group of college students stand hunched over the soil in a fenced area, looking for bones.Using small 4½-inch trowels, the students slowly scrape the dirt...


UMass economist co-authors study that finds hormone therapy may cut trans youths’ suicide risk
06-07-2023 5:57 PM

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — Even as a number of states have moved to prohibit gender-affirming medical care for transgender minors through legislation and policy changes, a University of Massachusetts economist has co-authored a just-released report showing that...


Provost headed to West Coast
06-05-2023 5:28 PM

AMHERST — A provost and senior vice chancellor for academic affairs at the University of Massachusetts since last summer is leaving her position at the end of July to take a similar role at the University of Washington.Tricia Serio, who assumed the...


Big Amherst traffic changes guide UMass non-grads out, graduation visitors in
05-30-2023 9:04 AM

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — Some roads near the University of Massachusetts will be closed and traffic patterns modified as 11,000 students begin leaving the campus for the semester this week, in advance of the undergraduate and graduate commencement Friday...


Big Amherst traffic changes guide UMass non-grads out, graduation visitors in
05-23-2023 5:04 PM

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — Some roads near the University of Massachusetts will be closed and traffic patterns modified as 11,000 students begin leaving the campus for the semester this week, in advance of the undergraduate and graduate commencement Friday...


State auditor will look at UMass jobs transfer to private foundation
05-15-2023 7:42 PM

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — State Auditor Diana DiZoglio is seeking a legal review of the potential transition of state employee positions that handle University of Massachusetts advancement and fundraising functions to the private UMass Amherst Foundation.The auditor...


UMass finds new home for pavilion in Orchard Hill area of campus
05-10-2023 4:20 PM

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — A pavilion to recognize University of Massachusetts service workers appears to be heading to the Orchard Hill portion of campus.The pavilion, originally planned on the grounds of the Arthur F. Kinney Center for Renaissance Studies at 650...


UMass Advancement unions taking case to governor
05-08-2023 5:00 PM

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — Unions representing the Advancement division at the University of Massachusetts are taking their appeal for keeping 100 or more workers from losing their state employment to Gov. Maura Healey, asking her to intervene in the ongoing situation...


COVID vaccine mandate ending at UMass as state stands down from emergency 
05-02-2023 1:30 PM

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — A mandate for students, faculty and staff at the University of Massachusetts to be vaccinated against COVID-19 is ending.“Effective July 1, 2023, the university will no longer require faculty, staff and students to receive a COVID-19...


Layoffs next in fight over UMass transferring employees to private foundation
05-01-2023 8:27 PM

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — A planned shift of the University of Massachusetts Advancement Services’ fundraising, alumni communications and event planning to the private UMass Amherst Foundation is getting underway this week, despite continued opposition to the...


Sustainable Engineering Labs at UMass expected to catapult campus to forefront of climate solutions
04-24-2023 5:04 PM

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — On Earth Day in 2022, University of Massachusetts Chancellor Kumble Subbaswamy announced an ambitious to goal to make the Amherst campus net-zero for carbon emissions, prioritizing sustainability throughout all of its operations.A year after...


UMass announces death of student
04-20-2023 4:49 PM

AMHERST — The University of Massachusetts announced this week the death of Anjali Khare, a senior psychology major from Belmont.“We extend our sincere condolences to Anjali’s family and friends,” Dean of Students Evelyn L. Ashley wrote in an email...


Extravaganja comes to the Franklin County Fairgrounds on Saturday
04-14-2023 2:22 PM

By Liesel Nygard

GREENFIELD — After a three-year hiatus during COVID, Extravaganja returns Saturday for its 29th event to take place at the Franklin County Fairgrounds, facilitated by the University of Massachusetts Amherst Cannabis Education Coalition. Tickets for...


Arts Briefs: Author talks in Northampton and South Hadley, a musical at UMass Amherst, and more
04-13-2023 2:56 PM

A slant on SondheimAMHERST — The 1987 musical “Into the Woods,” with music written by Stephen Sondheim and a plot based on selections from the Brothers Grimm fairy tales, won a number of awards and has had several successful revivals over the year.Now...


UMass will lead regional transportation research center
04-13-2023 1:18 PM

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — Traffic fatalities were up more than 10% year-over-year nationally in 2021, as the per-mile rate of deaths for Black and Hispanic Americans remains much higher than the per-mile rate of deaths for white Americans. Those of low socioeconomic...

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