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 ...
NIH grants threatened by Trump include work at Baystate, Western New England University, Mount Holyoke, Smith colleges
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Is a college degree really worth it? Inside the heated debate about the value of higher education.
The answer is usually yes — but not always, according to a new return-on-investment tool that’s gaining traction among ...
Massachusetts federal judge temporarily blocks Trump administration’s NIH funding cuts after AG Andrea Campbell sues
Massachusetts federal judge temporarily blocks Trump administration’s NIH funding cuts after AG Andrea Campbell sues ...
New England’s salt marshes store 10 million cars’ worth of carbon—and add another 15,000-worth every year
In the race to combat global climate change, much attention has been given to natural “carbon sinks:” those primarily ...
Harvard University sued for paying workers only once a month: ‘Withholding… millions of dollars’
Harvard University is the latest local school that has been slapped with a lawsuit for reportedly paying its employees only ...
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Animal rights protesters clash with staff at University of Massachusetts event
Animal rights protesters clashed with staff at a University of Massachusetts event. PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of ...
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UMass opens multipurpose space in downtown Amherst
UMass Downtown is a campus information center offering retail, event and meeting options as well as evening lectures, readings and workshops.
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How the Department of Education came into existence
The Department of Education was created in 1979, but its origins date back much farther. Take us back to post-Civil War, when ...
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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, videos and photographs that invite the viewer to reflect on issues of race ...
These are NJ students' favorite out-of-state colleges | College Connection
New Jersey has long been known for its “brain drain,” as more than half of its college-bound students head out-of-state for ...