Critics challenge Karl Rove at UMass talk attended by 400

AMHERST — National GOP strategist Karl Rove spent most of an hour railing against federal spending under the Obama administration and ripping apart the Affordable Care Act during a talk at the University of Massachusetts Tuesday night, a … 3

Greenfield Community College to receive $1.1 million under House budget plan

GREENFIELD — Greenfield Community College stands to see a funding increase of $1.1 million next year, after the state’s House Ways and Means Committee affirmed Gov. Deval Patrick’s community college budget recommendations Wednesday. This will allow the college … 0

College students explore Holyoke's immigrant heritage

HOLYOKE — Far from the classroom, a busload of college students steps out onto a sidewalk on East Dwight Street in South Holyoke. Students clutch notebooks and look around at aging multi-family apartment buildings and the community garden … 0

• Amherst College courses seeks to get students into community

UMass robot aids stroke victim with speech and movement

A little machine with a funny name may rank as one of a 72-year-old man’s best friends. Researchers from the communication disorders and computer science departments at the University of Massachusetts Amherst recently collaborated to help this man, … 0

Sequester will force universities to scale back scientific research

WASHINGTON — Marian Alicea, an engineering student who is slated to graduate from college this spring, needs a doctorate degree to achieve her lofty career goal of becoming a White House environmental adviser with scientific expertise. But the … 0

Karl Rove’s scheduled visit to UMass sparks controversy

AMHERST — David Kaufman, president of the Republican Club at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, said his group has been working for months to bring national GOP strategist Karl Rove to campus. So, when the head of the … 1

Neighborhood trash patrol in Amherst

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