http://www.umass.edu/newsoffice/slideshows/ en-us 2009 University of Massachusetts Amherst Slideshows from the UMass Amherst News Office. http://www.umass.edu/newsoffice/slideshows/ http://www.umass.edu/newsoffice/audio/rss/itunes.jpg http://www.umass.edu/newsoffice/slideshows/clip.php?id=201 http://www.umass.edu/newsoffice/slideshows/clip.php?id=201 The W.E.B. Du Bois Library at UMass Amherst will digitize an estimated 100,000 items from its Du Bois collection, thanks to a $200,000 grant from the Verizon Foundation. The campus community and special guests celebrated the gift at a ceremony in the library's Learning Commons on April 3, 2009. Fri, 03 Apr 2009 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.umass.edu/newsoffice/slideshows/clip.php?id=181 http://www.umass.edu/newsoffice/slideshows/clip.php?id=181 Officials from the University of Massachusetts Amherst and the City of Springfield formalized a new Greater Springfield-University of Massachusetts Amherst Partnership designed to promote collaborations that will lead to the revitalization of Springfield's economy. Fri, 07 Nov 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.umass.edu/newsoffice/slideshows/clip.php?id=141 http://www.umass.edu/newsoffice/slideshows/clip.php?id=141 Members of the Engineers Without Borders (EWB) student chapter at the University of Massachusetts Amherst recently returned from a three-week trip to Kenya, where they worked to improve drinking water for a rural farming village. Wed, 03 Sep 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.umass.edu/newsoffice/slideshows/clip.php?id=121 http://www.umass.edu/newsoffice/slideshows/clip.php?id=121 UMass Amherst officials and the Friends of the W.E.B. Du Bois Homesite in Great Barrington hosted a special preview of the site on July 24. The special event, featuring plans to develop a memorial to the life of W.E.B. Du Bois at the Du Bois Boyhood Homesite, was scheduled for outgoing Chancellor Thomas W. Cole, Jr. and showcased recent improvements, including a parking lot, signage and a pathway to a memorial boulder installed in 1969. Thu, 24 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.umass.edu/newsoffice/slideshows/clip.php?id=81 http://www.umass.edu/newsoffice/slideshows/clip.php?id=81 Peter Kumble of the University of Massachusetts Amherst is working with the government of Belize to limit the environmental impact of ecotourism on these sensitive natural wonders. Thu, 12 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.umass.edu/newsoffice/slideshows/clip.php?id=101 http://www.umass.edu/newsoffice/slideshows/clip.php?id=101 Approximately 4,000 candidates received bachelor's degrees in nearly 100 majors during the 138th undergraduate Commencement of the University of Massachusetts Amherst. The ceremony was held in Warren P. McGuirk Alumni Stadium and was attended by about 20,000 people. Sat, 24 May 2008 00:00:00 -0400