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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 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 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 SCOTT MERZBACH
AMHERST — A longtime restaurant operating from Amherst’s oldest building, primarily serving faculty on the University of Massachusetts campus but also open to the public and students, is permanently closed.The University Club and Restaurant, or the...
By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL
AMHERST — An anti-war group at the University of Massachusetts Amherst called the Dissenters is demanding that the university’s business school sever its ties with the defense and aerospace company Raytheon Technologies.The university, however, says...
By SCOTT MERZBACH
AMHERST — The arrest of a University of Massachusetts student during an altercation with a campus police officer is being reviewed by the campus leadership team after witnesses expressed concern for the person taken into custody, according to a...
By SCOTT MERZBACH
AMHERST — On the day that the University of Massachusetts holds its 2023 commencement, many off-campus students with yearlong leases may already be out of their local homes.That is expected to be the case for junior Hailey Roseman, whose lease for an...
By SCOTT MERZBACH
AMHERST — Thomas W. Cole Jr., who came out of retirement to lead the University of Massachusetts Amherst campus as its chancellor for the 2007-2008 academic year and established Founders Day, died last week.An Atlanta resident at the time of his death...
By SCOTT MERZBACH
AMHERST — The University of Massachusetts is pushing back its commencement ceremony to late May beginning next year, the result of a revised academic calendar that features a new six-week winter session.But the decision by the Faculty Senate, causing...
By SCOTT MERZBACH
AMHERST — An in-depth study of traffic on the University of Massachusetts campus is underway after recent crashes that killed one pedestrian and seriously injured another.Vanasse Hangen Brustlin Inc., with a local office in Springfield, was recently...
By SCOTT MERZBACH
AMHERST — A 17-unit townhouse development in the shadow of the tower dormitories in the Southwest Area of the University of Massachusetts campus is being proposed for a 2.2-acre parcel at the corner of Sunset Avenue and Fearing Street.The process of...
By SCOTT MERZBACH
AMHERST — A vast library of science fiction books and other materials available to students, alumni, and the public has been part of the University of Massachusetts campus since 1964, but was recently given the heave-ho from its longtime space.Whether...
By SCOTT MERZBACH
AMHERST — A project that would bring 800 beds for University of Massachusetts students to new apartment-style developments along Massachusetts Avenue remains on track to open by fall 2023.UMass officials this week announced that Balfour Beatty Campus...
By SCOTT MERZBACH
AMHERST — Preliminary plans for the new building to house the Newman Catholic Center on the University of Massachusetts campus will be presented to the Planning Board Wednesday.Vinsu Shah, a representative of CBT Architects of Boston, will discuss...
By SCOTT MERZBACH
AMHERST — The Newman Center, which for more than 55 years has served as the Catholic hub for students, faculty and staff at the University of Massachusetts, is being sold for $12.5 million to the UMass Building Authority.The sale by the Roman Catholic...
By JACQUELYN VOGHEL
AMHERST — In what researchers are describing as an unintentional discovery, a team at the University of Massachusetts has developed new technology capable of generating electricity from moisture in the air.The device, called an Air-gen, is “a totally...
By STEVE PFARRER
For a long time, he was unsure of his singing voice, wondering if it was really good enough to front a band. And for a good part of the time he was making albums, he also shunned most live performances, not feeling he could sing in front of an...
By SCOTT MERZBACH
AMHERST — A University of Massachusetts fraternity suspended under the student code of conduct over hazing allegations and facing four grand jury indictments is being suspended by its parent organization.The Pi Kappa Alpha International Fraternity,...
By Shell Lin
Every fall, college freshmen arrive on campus, excited to meet their new dorm mates. But what if one of those new neighbors has fur? More and more students are facing this reality with new policies regarding “comfort animals,” which are basically pets...
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