Fall may not seem like a good time for planting, but cool temperatures and ample soil moisture can help plants settle in, says viticulture expert Elsa Petit at UMass, whose students in the Stockbridge School of Agriculture have been busy planting dozens of cold-tolerant grapes at the campus’s first student-run vineyard.  

Just in time for Halloween, a brand new Trash Monster has moved into the Blue Wall to tackle the monstrous problem of consumer waste. The Trash Monster reminds students and others using the Campus Center’s dining hot spot about the importance of reducing their carbon footprint by using fewer disposables.

UMass Amherst has again been named to the Princeton Review’s list of Top 50 Green Colleges, which are schools that have “superb sustainability practices, a strong foundation in sustainability education, and a healthy quality of life for students on campus.”