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UMass To Offer Many Illegal Immigrants Free Tuition Next School Year

Four public universities in Massachusetts recently announced a free tuition program that covers illegal immigrants. The four University of Massachusetts undergraduate campuses — UMass Amherst, UMass Boston, UMass Darmouth, and UMass Lowell — announced that they will cover tuition and mandatory fees at University of Massachusetts campuses for undergraduate students from households

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Wahlberg’s Boston Marathon bombing movie seeks extras

Local residents of the Greater Boston area will have a chance to play a role in the re-telling of one of the region's most harrowing events. Boston Casting, Inc. said it will hold an open casting call in Allston on Sunday, March 13 for extras for the movie

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UMass-Amherst says Harambe jokes are micro-aggressions, violate Title IX

AMHERST — Students at the University of Massachusetts' flagship campus are going ape over a recent email from resident assistants ordering them not to crack jokes about Harambe, the fallen Cincinnati gorilla who happened to have a very similar name as that of a designated African heritage student living area.

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Meehan sees ‘reasonable’ increase in UMass student costs in 2016-17

STATE HOUSE — The University of Massachusetts Board of Trustees is expected to take up tuition and fee rates at a pair of June meetings, setting the stage for what UMass President Marty Meehan has predicted could be a "reasonable" rate increase. Tuition and fees will be on the

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Another New England university considers symbolic fossil fuel divestment

A Dartmouth College presidential committee report suggests divesting fossil fuels would be relatively easy since only a sliver of the school's overall endowment is sunk in oil.

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UMass divests from fossil fuel industry that ‘perpetuates injustice’

(CNSNews.com) – The winters are cold in Amherst, Massachusetts, where the state university relies on a modern central heating plant that burns natural gas most of the time, switching to fuel oil when gas is not available. But no matter.

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Active shooter detection systems recommended by Senate for UMass

The Senate on Tuesday tacked onto its budget a directive for the University of Massachusetts to study the feasibility of installing on every campus a system to detect gunfire and alert the authorities. The amendment filed by West Roxbury Sen. Michael Rush requires the UMass system to look into installing

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UMass growth in spending and non-resident students challenged

BOSTON – Rapid growth in enrollment and capital spending in the University of Massachusetts system may be coming at the expense of its mission to serve in-state students, according to a study released this week by the Pioneer Institute in Boston. The study calls for tuition increase for out-of-state students. It