The Society of College and University Planning has awarded an Excellence in Landscape Architecture for General Design Honor to the University of Massachusetts Amherst for its Life Science Laboratories.
The 41st annual Northeast Organic Farming Association Summer Conference will bring hundreds of backyard gardeners, organic farming families, food activists and others to UMass Amherst from Aug. 14-16.
UMass Dining took gold for the fifth year in a row at the American Culinary Federation sanctioned competition held during the 21st annual Tastes of the World Culinary Conference held June 7-12 at the University of Massachusetts Amherst.
At the 93nd commencement for the Stockbridge School of Agriculture, speakers told graduates they will become stewards of the world through their chosen professions, leaders in the sustainability movement and the latest proud addition to a long-standing family of graduates who support each other.
As the nation marks Earth Day, UMass Amherst is rated as one of the top 50 most environmentally responsible colleges, according to the just-released The Princeton Review’s Guide to 353 Green Colleges.
The Central Heating Plant (CHP) currently uses the effluent from the Amherst Waste Water Treatment Plant (reclaimed water) as boiler make-up water to produce steam for the campus and for the CHP cooling towers. To increase water conservation, and to maximize the capability of the existing Reclaimed...
Josh Fox, director and producer of the Academy Award-nominated documentary “Gasland” and its sequel “Gasland Part II,” will be the keynote speaker for the observance of Earth Day on Thursday, April 23 at UMass Amherst.
AMHERST, Mass. – Amherst College visiting professor Michelle Olsgard Stewart will present “The Rush for ‘Himalayan Gold’ in Tibetan China” on Tuesday, April 7 at 6:30 p.m. in the Student Union Ballroom as the 2015 Daffodil Lecturer on Sustainability and Environment at...
UMass Amherst senior Hannah Weinronk of Lexington, Mass., a public health sciences major with a concentration in food systems, was part of a three-person Real Food Challenge team that recently won first place and $75,000 from the unite4:good foundation’s national unite4:inspiration competition.
Note: This report has been updated with a corrected 2015 STARS score.
In recognition of its sustainability accomplishments in areas such as operations, academics and research, engagement, and administration, the campus has once again received a gold rating announced this month from the...
