Amherst Bulletin8h
Planting hope in the garden: Artist Carrie Mae Weems, who named a peony for W.E.B. Du Bois, dreamed of a memorial garden
In 2013, the widely acclaimed artist Carrie Mae Weems — a charismatic artist, activist and educator, known for installations, ...
DiMare family gives $35 million to UMass Chan Medical School, the university’s third-largest gift in history
The family foundation’s gift will go to an endowment to fund research into curing ALS and other neurodegenerative diseases at ...
UMass tweaks policy language to temper the university’s stance on DEI
With a new administration in Washington, D.C., the university has taken steps to comply with executive orders that target the ...
Banker & Tradesman1d
BU Unveils Mass Timber Tower that Could Become State’s Tallest
BU’s Pardee School of Global Studies would occupy the 12-story tower at 250 Bay State Road, consolidating classrooms and ...
Daily Hampshire Gazette1d
Around Amherst: Eight days of WinterFest kicks off in North Amherst
WinterFest Amherst, being called eight days of frosty fun, is beginning with cold-weather games and activities at Mill River ...
The Landmark1d
Confessions of a library director
Pam Chenevert is the library director of the Richards Memorial Library in Paxton, Massachusetts. She is currently reading Killingly by Katerine Beutner and recently watched The Substance. She earned ...
Harvard warns ‘discovery of new treatments would slow’ under NIH funding cuts
In fiscal year 2024, 219 organizations in Massachusetts received approximately $3.46 billion in National Institutes of Health ...
The Massachusetts Daily Collegian4d
UMass’ response to the Orchard Hill brush fire
Given that the town of Amherst addressed the drought and that many campus community members witnessed the brush fire on ...