Commencement for this coming spring at UMass Amherst has been re-envisioned to celebrate the entire Class of 2023—both undergraduate and graduate students—at one ceremony on Friday, May 26, 2023 at 9 a.m. at McGuirk Alumni Stadium.
The Town of Amherst Select Board, Planning Board, and Town Manager invite you to the second in a series of community forums on Downtown Amherst on Wednesday, December 6, 2017, from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. in the Bangs Community Center, 70 Boltwood Walk. The purpose of the forum is to continue our discussion about the Downtown – our town center – and to begin to make a plan for the future. We want to hear from everyone – residents, students, business people, workers, walkers, bicyclists, movie-goers, library patrons, shoppers, visitors – whoever you are.
From the Daily Hampshire Gazette. Amherst Police, meet landscape architecture.
Police in recent months have turned to the concepts of environmental design — installing or removing fences and vegetation, enhancing lighting and improving security — in hopes of cutting down on partying hotspots in town.
“This is about how to reduce crime through subtle or significant changes to the environment,” said William Laramee, the Amherst Police neighborhood liaison officer.
Police in recent months have turned to the concepts of environmental design — installing or removing fences and vegetation, enhancing lighting and improving security — in hopes of cutting down on partying hotspots in town.
Tony Maroulis, executive director of external relations and university events, is interviewed about how officials at UMass Amherst work with town officials to deal with a variety of issues related to student behavior.
In March, I attended a conference sponsored by the Boston Town Gown Association with representatives from the UMass Panhellenic and Interfraternal Councils, Amherst inspection services and the Amherst police.
Last summer, I attended a weeklong course at the UMass Police Department on “Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design,” often referred to by the acronym “CPTED,” a crime prevention theory that changes to the built environment can lead to a reduction in the fear of crime as well as an improvement in the quality of life.
University of Massachusetts Amherst officials will present a public update on the campus master plan on Tuesday, Jan. 24 at 5:30 p.m. in 162-65 Campus Center.
Thomas Shaw, director of Design and Construction Management, said the presentation will include a review of planning and construction since 2013 and will show how that reality matches the master plan.
Party Smart, a pilot program encouraging off-campus UMass Amherst students to register gatherings with the Amherst Police to reduce noise complaints and increase student responsibility at social gatherings, is off to a successful start.