Colleges' safety chief moves to Princeton

SOUTH HADLEY - Paul L. Ominsky, director of public safety at Hampshire, Mount Holyoke, and Smith colleges, will leave the Valley in January to head up the public safety department at Princeton University.

Veterans flock to UMass: Campus on track to meet new needs

AMHERST - The number of veterans at the University of Massachusetts grew by almost 35 percent this year, a gain driven in part by improved education benefits. To accommodate these new students - who come to campus with different needs - UMass is implementing a host of programs.

Health care coverage change upsets UMass grad students

AMHERST - The high cost of health care is taking its toll on University of Massachusetts graduate students.

In an email survey of 500 graduate students, 66 percent of respondents said increased costs and changes to their health care coverage have dissuaded or inhibited them or family members from seeking care this fall.

Immigrant tuition bill to get new push

CHELSEA - It seemed like a given that Mario Rodas would go to college.

The Guatemalan-born student certainly had the academic credentials, going from English as a second language classes to taking advanced placement exams for college credit his senior year at Chelsea High School.

Grants may bring back New WORLD Theater back

AMHERST - There is still some life left in the New WORLD Theater at the University of Massachusetts.

After its closing in July, Fine Arts Center administrators said several grants they received for the contemporary, multicultural theater will allow them to consider a possible revival.

Outraged police rally on UMass campus

AMHERST - Hundreds of police officers holding candles and signs bearing slogans including "Cop killers not welcome here" stood outside as former political radical Pat Levasseur took the microphone Thursday night at the University of Massachusetts School of Management.

College eating 2009: With an eye to healthy bodies and a healthy planet, college dining changes

In the University of Massachusetts dining commons, what students don't know could help them.