Colleges

Hampshire’s 300 graduates urged to confront challenges

Saturday, May 18, 2013

AMHERST — Student moderator Aaron Richmond-Havel broke into dance on the stage, and the crowd of more than 2,500 people cheered, whistled, and screamed for the approximately 300 graduates awarded bachelor’s degrees Saturday during the 43rd spring commencement at Hampshire College. President Jonathan Lash said he could sense the excitement in the air as early as last week when he … 0

University of Massachusetts Amherst chancellor Kumble Subbaswamy, right, chats with UMass band director Timothy Anderson during the Founders Day celebration on Goodell Lawn Monday.
KEVIN GUTTING

UMass chancelor Kumble Subbaswamy takes on bullying in workplace

Friday, May 17, 2013

AMHERST — Saying he wants the University of Massachusetts to do better, Chancellor Kumble Subbaswamy has launched a campaign to address workplace bullying. In a memo sent to faculty and staff Thursday, Subbaswamy wrote that the university will be taking steps to deal with the bullying at UMass that came to light in … 0

Farmer Tobin Porter-Brown works Tuesday on anti-flapping tubes for the rollup sides of a greenhouse at Book & Plow Farm in Amherst.

SARAH CROSBY

Book & Plow: Amherst College farm takes shape on campus

Friday, May 17, 2013

AMHERST — Since the warm weather arrived, Peter McLean and Tobin Porter-Brown have been in the fields on Tuttle Hill in South Amherst building a greenhouse for the 45-acre farm they are starting from scratch. “We’ve been working really hard at getting this structure built and purchasing the necessary equipment to begin preparing … 0