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UMass Amherst Launches Early College Program
The University of Massachusetts Amherst has launched an early college pilot program aimed at allowing high school students to earn college credits…
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UMass Amherst Police Arrest 57 Anti-Israel Protesters During Sit-In
Fifty-seven people protesting Israel were arrested on trespassing charges Wednesday during a sit-in outside the offices of the chancellor of…
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UMass Medical School Wants Name of Plantation Street In Worcester Changed
The state's public medical school is asking the Worcester City Council to change the name of three public streets near…
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UNH Fraternity Party Spreads Coronavirus, School Officials Say
States have a coronavirus threat they didn't during the past severak months: colleges. Not only do many colleges have students…
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Eighteen Walks? UMass Lowell Pitchers Have Trouble Finding Plate
Five pitchers for the University of Massachusetts at Lowell varsity baseball team issued 18 walks, hits three batters, and threw eight wild…
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Graduate Students Demand Less Policing At UMass In Order To Fight Racism
Getting rid of the campus police anonymous tip line and severing the university's relationship with town police were among the…
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Tufts Creates New ‘Race, Colonialism, and Diaspora’ Department
Tufts University has created a new academic department called Race, Colonialism, and Diaspora. The field of study has been covered by an…
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Harvard Fired Employee for Showing Up Early
An employee of Harvard's University Health Services was fired for insubordination earlier this year – including "arriving at work 30…
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UMass-Amherst Investigated 87 Sexual Harassment or Misconduct Cases in Five Years
The flagship campus of the University of Massachusetts looked into 87 allegations of sexual harassment or sexual misconduct between January 1, 2013…
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Drunk UMass Senior Who Helped Himself Into Strangers’ House With No Pants Must Serve Suspension
The senior told a judge he wants to graduate with his class this spring, and that University of Massachusetts at Amherst officials…
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UMass ‘Graduate’ Can’t Get Diploma Because of Unresolved Sex Complaint Made Nearly A Year Ago
The unnamed man has filed a federal lawsuit against the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. He gets solicitations for alumni donations but…
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UMass-Boston Admins Say White Supremacist Posters Have Popped Up On Campus
BOSTON –University of Massachusetts-Boston students were instructed Wednesday to be on the lookout for a series of posters and fliers purportedly…
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Bangladeshi Muslim LGBTQ Artist Speaks At University of Maine
Ali Asgar once gave a performance series called "Shameless," which was "an exploration of social views about shame, eroticism,…
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Not Listening Can Be A Micro-Aggression, UMass Anti-Racism Workshop Organizer Says
Another organizer of the event at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst says "if you're a white person, you…
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Journalists Not Hard Enough on Trump, UMass Journalism Professors Say
One journalism professor at the panel discussion at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst suggested that reporters stop covering President Donald Trump…
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Fired Mizzou professor Melissa Click joins Gonzaga faculty
Melissa Click, the disgraced University of Missouri (MU) professor who was fired for attacking a student journalist, is back in action after…
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Official sees UMass chargers rising in lower end of 5-8 percent range
The University of Massachusetts Board of Trustees on Thursday plans to consider increases in student charges in the lower end of the…
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UMass climbs on worldwide list of universities granted patents
Jumping 13 spots from its ranking in 2014, the University of Massachusetts ranked 30th worldwide in rankings released Tuesday of universities granted…
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UMass prof vows to bring social justice teachings to classroom
AMHERST — An aspiring University of Massachusetts professor of postcolonial literature has made a public vow to "shift the focus" of…
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Meehan refutes report critical of UMass aid policies
BOSTON — Bristling at a report that the University of Massachusetts sent more merit scholarship dollars to out-of-state students, university officials…
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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…
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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'…
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UMass dumping fossil fuels cheers greens but may prove costly
BOSTON – The University of Massachusetts became the first major public university system in America to completely divest fossil fuel-related investments, a…
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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…
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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…
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Mass. Senate ready to make case for higher education funding increases
STATE HOUSE — The Massachusetts Senate is poised in the coming weeks to press the House and Gov. Charlie Baker to make larger…
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UMass critics decry veer to left in required courses
AMHERST – The University of Massachusetts has turned a corner and begun to more explicitly prescribe political attitudes and views that students – and…
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Mass. program helps foreign entrepreneurs create jobs
BOSTON – Boston and its environs boast world-class universities and a bustling innovation economy. People from all over the world travel to…
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I am deeply disappointed by an event which recently transpired at my beloved alma mater, UMass-Amherst. The UMass-Amherst Graduate Employee…
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‘Free speech’ panel triggers insults at UMass Amherst
AMHERST – When three conservatives sought to speak about freedom of speech at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, they drew shouted insults, apparently…
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Demands for ‘safe’ spaces lead to campus debates
NEWTON – While many Massachusetts campuses have become battlegrounds over acceptable forms of expression – such as what constitutes "hate speech" or…
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UMass posts record financial aid but faces long-term budget gap
BOSTON — The University of Massachusetts spent more on student financial aid this academic year than ever before, thanks in part to the…
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Outsized ‘boat checks’ from state schools prompt call for probe
BOSTON – Reports about the soaring compensation costs resulting from perks offered to senior officials in the state university system prompted a call…
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UMass-Lowell faces lawsuit spawned from affair gone bad
LOWELL – A student from Cameroon claims in a lawsuit that he was robbed of due process by University of Massachusetts-Lowell administrators…
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UMass-state funding deal to freeze costs dies
BOSTON – A deal that ensured state funding to cover half the cost of attending the University of Massachusetts provided the school froze…
