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UMass provost Katherine Newman to take on new position
07-18-2017 9:10 AM

By DUSTY CHRISTENSEN

AMHERST — The University of Massachusetts Amherst’s provost and senior vice chancellor is stepping down from her position to transition to the role of senior vice president for academic affairs, student affairs and international relations in the...


UMass prof’s study of erosion leads to top award
07-09-2017 11:43 PM

By DUSTY CHRISTENSEN

AMHERST — A University of Massachusetts Amherst geosciences assistant professor has won one of the field’s most prestigious awards for those early in their career.The American Geophysical Union’s Earth and Planetary Surface Processes Focus Group...


Columnist Bill Newman: Unanswered questions in UMass overdose death conviction
06-02-2017 8:24 PM

By BILL NEWMAN

This is a story of sadness and punishment compounding tragedy and pain.On Oct. 4, 2013, Eric Sinacori, a 20-year-old kinesiology major at the University of Massachusetts, was found dead in his apartment at Puffton Village in Amherst. He died from a...


Warren urges grads to pursue issues that make their hearts flutter
05-14-2017 3:47 PM

By DUSTY CHRISTENSEN

AMHERST — U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren took aim at Donald Trump and his administration during Friday’s keynote address at the University of Massachusetts Amherst commencement ceremony, where she pushed students to engage in politics.Making jokes at...


As students again leave all their stuff, reuse efforts gain traction at UMass
05-10-2017 10:15 PM

By DUSTY CHRISTENSEN

AMHERST — In his short story “The Daughters of the Moon,” the writer Italo Calvino described a mythological New York City “where every object was thrown away at the slightest sign of breakage or aging, at the first dent or stain, and replaced with a...


Slimy underdogs: UMass researchers using new 3-D models to help chronicle, save frogs, amphibians from extinction
05-10-2017 9:52 AM

By DUSTY CHRISTENSEN

AMHERST — Earth is in the midst of a mass extinction of animal life, and the term “Anthropocene extinction” gives an obvious clue as to the cause: human activity.Due to everything from habitat destruction to environmental degradation and climate...


UMass students stump judges with lip-smacking good ice cream creations
05-05-2017 5:30 PM

Seniors in the food processing class at the University of Massachusetts proved they are top-notch ice cream creators this week, stumping a panel of judges who couldn’t pick just one winner among the four recipes competing in the annual contest...


UMass to student: Tibetan flag not allowed in commencement ceremony
05-03-2017 11:07 PM

By DUSTY CHRISTENSEN

AMHERST — As a first-generation college student, 22-year-old Kalsang Nangpa was thrilled to take part in the University of Massachusetts commencement ceremony next week.As part of the ceremony, there is a parade of flags from the different nations...


UMass grad student wage woes: Union presses demands as contract talks begin
04-29-2017 4:46 PM

By DUSTY CHRISTENSENand NICOLE DEFEUDIS

AMHERST — Mishka Murad, a doctoral candidate at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, often wonders whether the groceries she is buying are going to prevent her from making it to her next paycheck. So she collects coupons, doesn’t own a car and...


Paralympian brings awareness of meningitis risks, protection to UMass workshop
04-07-2017 12:26 PM

By DUSTY CHRISTENSEN

AMHERST — When he was an athletic 14-year-old hiking the Berkshires during a YMCA summer camp, Nick Springer would never have imagined that two months later he’d wake up from a coma weighing just 53 pounds, his arms and legs amputated after a vicious...

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