Friday, November 13, 2009
In the University of Massachusetts dining commons, what students don't know could help them.
Wednesday, November 4, 2009
AMHERST - In an apparently unprecedented move, anonymous donors have pledged to donate $125 million to Amherst College over the next five years, college officials announced Tuesday.
Monday, October 19, 2009
Although slavery was abolished following the Civil War, the book on slavery in America is hardly closed.
New legislation filed by state Rep. Byron Rushing, D-Boston, is attempting to add a new chapter to that book.
Saturday, October 17, 2009
After a year of decline, area college and university endowments are finally seeing some improvement.
Following last August's Wall Street meltdown, colleges nationwide were concerned endowments could lose as much as 30 percent of their value by the end of the fiscal year, forcing institutions to slash operating budgets.
Friday, October 16, 2009
Crime rates remained relatively stable on the Five College campuses from 2007 to 2008, according to the latest college crime reports.
The 2009 Clery Report, a compilation of campus crime statistics mandated by the federal government, was made available to the public this month. Individual campus reports provide information for 2008.
Tuesday, October 13, 2009
They may be draped in crimson, purple and blue, but the color of our Valley campuses is green.
According to the College Sustainability Report Card, an annual ranking of the nation's colleges' green efforts, Amherst and Smith colleges are among the most eco-friendly in the states.
Thursday, October 8, 2009
AMHERST - About 340 employees at the libraries of the Five Colleges - Amherst, Hampshire, Mount Holyoke and Smith colleges and the University of Masachusetts - are stewards of more than 7.1 million academic items, including books, maps periodicals, specials collections, CDs and other media.
