UMass Amherst

President of UMass Robert L. Caret puts a medallion on new Chancellor of UMass Kumble Subbaswamy, Saturday, during Subbaswamy's inauguration at UMass.

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. After the UMass band, seated in a … 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

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 as the number of owner-occupied homes being converted into rental housing — mostly for students … 0