Ph.D. candidate Mariamar Gutierrez Ramirez leads a Monitoring Avian Productivity and Survivorship (MAPS) station to band, weigh and measure local breeding birds and give interested students hands-on experience in field ornithology…
Enobong (Anna) Branch, associate professor of sociology, has been appointed by Chancellor Kumble Subbaswamy to the position of associate chancellor for equity and inclusion and chief diversity officer.
“Through her academic research on race and gender as well as her professional activities...
The following statement was sent to the campus community on Aug. 15:
As the summer winds down and we prepare for the coming academic year, our nation is grappling with the emergence of a pernicious form of hatred and intolerance. The horrific events that unfolded over the weekend at the University...
Nearly 90 elementary-age students from the Greater Holyoke YMCA took part in a campus scavenger hunt on July 28 as part of university outreach efforts to get young students, especially those from underrepresented populations, to begin thinking about college.
The students were from the Power...
UMass Amherst undergraduates in the Stockbridge School of Agriculture have set up a hydroponic food farm on campus. They grow leafy greens, vegetables and fruits in raised water beds, and they aim to supply fresh produce to the campus community year-round.
Kent Poey, 73, of Amherst, retired assistant director and psychologist at University Health Services, died Aug. 9.
Born April 10, 1944, he grew up in Glen Head, Long Island, where he was captain of the varsity...
Sonia Kudla, 65, of South Hadley, retired business manager of the Fine Arts Center, died Aug. 12.
Born Nov. 11, 1951, she attended Holyoke public schools and was a 1973 graduate of UMass Amherst. After several years...
Women Leaders in College Sports has named Pat Griffin, professor emerita of education, the 2017 recipient of one its most distinguished awards, the Honor Award.
The award recognizes outstanding achievement and...
The graduate dean invites all graduate faculty to attend the final oral examinations for the doctoral candidates scheduled as follows:
Peng Lin, Ph.D., Electrical and Computer Engineering. Monday, Aug. 28, 9:30 a.m...
The Town of Amherst has scheduled crews to pave North Pleasant Street between Massachusetts Avenue and Eastman Lane from 6 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Monday, Aug. 21 and Tuesday, Aug. 22.
This represents a change in the...
The department of English will revive a long-running symposium devoted to the study of the teaching of writing, founded and endowed in 1999 by professor Peter Elbow. In recognition of his generosity and dedication to...
