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A group of six students stand for a photo on Haigis Mall with the Welcome Carnival behind them during Welcome 2025 festivities
University News

Welcome Back: Scenes from Move-In and Welcome Week 2025

New students and those returning to the UMass Amherst campus were greeted with a bevy of events and festivities as fall move-in and Welcome to UMass marked the start of the new academic year.

Below are just some of the highlights from the week. To keep up-to-date on all of the happenings around campus throughout 2025-26, follow the various institutional, school, college and athletics accounts, all of which can be found on the UMass Social Media Directory page.