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Recent UMass Journalism alumnae Rahmah Pauzi of Amherst shoots video Thursday for UMass's first ever Massive Open Online Course. SARAH CROSBY

UMass lecturer launches first Massive Open Online Course

Wednesday, May 22, 2013

AMHERST — Large classes aren’t unusual at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. But a new one launched this week sets a record. “Building a Basic Website,” taught by a leader of the school’s online journalism program, counts 1,000 students on its roster from around the country — and around the globe. The enormous reach of the course is no accident. … 0

Kumble Subbaswamy was inaugurated as Chancellor, Saturday, in the Mullins Center at UMass Amherst. SARAH CROSBY

Kumble Subbaswamy installed as UMass chancellor

Saturday, April 27, 2013

AMHERST — During the inauguration ceremony Saturday for University of Massachusetts Chancellor Kumble R. Subbaswamy, speakers praised the man they affectionately call “Swami” for his academic brilliance, personal warmth and commitment to leading the public research university. The celebration was part of Founders Week, celebrating the 150th anniversary of the university’s flagship campus. … 0

Keith Lilly, Assistant Farm Superintendent for UMass' Center for Agriculture, prepares to attach a rototiller piece to the back of the tractor, Wednesday, at a field on North Pleasant St. in Amherst. Lilly rototilled part of the field in preparation for a tree planting on Thursday, April 25, 2013. The field will be used by UMass as an agricultural learning center, providing students with "hands-on educational activities, such as working with vegetables, fruits, field crops and the turf industry," according to Stephen Herbert, Associate Dean for the Agricultural Center at UMass. SARAH CROSBY

Agricultural Learning Center groundbreaking at UMass 

Thursday, April 25, 2013

AMHERST — Growing up in Foxborough, Stockbridge School of Agriculture senior Jordan Tedoldi didn’t have many opportunities to work on farms before arriving in Amherst. As a new 50-acre farm known as the Agricultural Learning Center begins life a short distance from the University of Massachusetts campus, Tedoldi and other Stockbridge and UMass … 0

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Many Amherst residents resent the way some students renters have littered their neighborhoods and disrupted their peace and quiet with late-night partying. KEVIN GUTTING

UMass steps up efforts to address off-campus housing conflicts

Tuesday, April 23, 2013

AMHERST — In recent years, the University of Massachusetts Amherst has stepped up efforts to work with Amherst on town-gown issues pertaining to students living off campus. Recently, tension between off-campus students and year-round residents has boiled over … 0

UMass students to strut the runway for Safe Passage

Saturday, April 13, 2013

AMHERST — A fashion show on the UMass campus Saturday aims to do more than just sell designer clothes. Organizers of the annual fashion show, the campus chapter of Sisters on the Runway, hope to raise $4,000 for a shelter for battered women in Northampton. Sisters on the … 0

Karl Rove speaks Tuesday at the University of Massachusetts Student Union. JERREY ROBERTS

Critics challenge Karl Rove at UMass talk attended by 400

Tuesday, April 9, 2013

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

UMass student and member of Pi Kappa Phi, William Riech throws out a bag of trash collected from Amherst neighborhoods, Sunday. All UMass fraternities and sororities spent the morning cleaning up the trash in the aftermath of their partying peers. SARAH CROSBY

Neighborhood trash patrol in Amherst

Sunday, April 7, 2013

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Tiffany Liu and Hee-Tae Jung work with UBot-5 in the Laboratory for Perceptual Robotics at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. KEVIN GUTTING

UMass robot aids stroke victim with speech and movement

Sunday, April 7, 2013

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

UMass plans memorial service for former chancellor Randolph Bromery

Monday, April 1, 2013

AMHERST — The University of Massachusetts Amherst will celebrate the life of the late former chancellor Randolph W. Bromery on May 17 from 2 to 4:30 p.m. in the Marriott Center on the 11th floor of the Campus … 0

Massachusetts Institute of Technology doctoral candidate in mechanical engineering Nikolai Begg poses in an MIT workshop in Cambridge, Mass., Friday, March 15, 2013. Begg is concerned about whether government funding losses could force undergraduates who are contemplating higher degrees to enter the workforce for financial reasons, meaning a loss of American ingenuity in the end. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)

Colleges say federal budget cuts reducing research funds could cause brain drain

Saturday, March 16, 2013

BOSTON — At the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, faculty fret about the future of the school’s Plasma Science and Fusion Center. Thirty miles away, administrators at the state university campus in Lowell worry that research aimed at designing … 0

UMass sees research cuts if budget gridlock persists

Wednesday, February 13, 2013

BOSTON — UMass leaders are warning that the university system could face a $32 million cut in federally funded research if Congress fails to avoid across-the-board cuts forced by the looming sequestration deadline. “Our worry going forward is that this growth will be substantially slowed, which would have … 0

Florida professor Tim Anderson named engineering dean at UMass

Thursday, January 17, 2013

AMHERST (AP) — The University of Massachusetts has named a longtime professor at the University of Florida as the Amherst campus’ new engineering dean. UMass announced Thursday that Tim Anderson has been selected to lead the College of Engineering, effective March 1. Anderson has been on Florida’s faculty … 0

UMass urges students to get flu vaccination before returning to campus next week

Tuesday, January 15, 2013

AMHERST — With an aggressive flu season under way, officials from the University of Massachusetts are urging students to get vaccinations before returning to campus next week. This year’s flu has killed at least 18 in Massachusetts, and last week prompted Boston Mayor Thomas Menino to declare a … 0

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