University of Massachusetts

Five Things No One Ever Tells You About College

Marlena Bradford | Posted 04.10.2012

Marlena Bradford

Accepted student tours provide you with such cursory information as, "This is the library" and "It's good to study here." I thought that I'd provide incoming freshmen with some tips that they won't get from their tour guide.

Which University Won the Intercollegiate Programming Championship?

David Thielen | Posted 04.13.2012

David Thielen

Each team wrote the A.I. for a computer game. The contest is then the A.I.s from each team fighting each other where one will reign victorious over the others on the field of battle.

University Of Massachusetts Students Injured In Bus Accident

dailycollegian.com | Posted 05.25.2011

Over a dozen students were injured when a bus transporting University of Massachusetts students on a ski trip overturned and slid into an embankment o...

Towson President Interviews For Head Of U Mass

thetowerlight.com | Posted 05.25.2011

Towson President Robert Caret has made it to the second round of candidates to take over the presidency at the University of Massachusetts, according ...

Average Debt Load At U Of Mass Tops $20,000

The Daily Collegian | Posted 05.25.2011

Twenty-one thousand six hundred fourteen dollars -- that's the amount of debt facing the average University of Massachusetts Amherst graduate of 2008,...

UMass Sophomore Eyes Senate Seat

The Daily Collegian | Posted 05.25.2011

Many college students are involved in campus politics, but University of Massachusetts Lowell sophomore Jonathan Loya is shooting for Beacon Hill. ...

AB 32 Opponents Vulnerable on Pollution's Health Hazards

Jonathan Kim | Posted 05.25.2011

Jonathan Kim

Opponents of legislation that seeks to reduce greenhouse gases in California to 1990 levels by 2020 are asking us to put short-term economic interests ahead of people's health and safety.

Raymond Luc Levasseur To Speak At UMass After All

bostonherald.com | Herald Wire Services | Posted 05.25.2011

Gov. Deval Patrick won't take anymore action to prevent a convicted terror bomber from speaking at the University of Massachusetts Amherst despite his...

Asia Society's Prez on Global Citizens Like Obama

Jim Luce | Posted 05.25.2011

Jim Luce

Asia Society president Vishakha Desai says, "Ours is a complex institution, and those experiencing it can describe it in the same way the blind men touch and describe an elephant."

Fonkoze: Haitian Diaspora Unites Across U.S.

Jim Luce | Posted 05.25.2011

Jim Luce

"The Diaspora is the driving force for the economic development of the country, but in order to reach that objective, overseas Haitians need to be organized locally, state-wide, and nationally."