The Town of Amherst and the University are working together to find a solution to disruptive off-campus student behavior on the weekends.
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Increased fines, education outreach aimed at curbing weekend disturbances
Tags: amherst, Donna Van Boom, Fearing Street, student behavior
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District Attorney’s Office debuts sexual assault prevention campaign
A series of PSAs aimed at ending sexual assault on college campuses were unveiled at a conference last Friday.
Tags: District Attorney's Office, PSA, sexual assault, sexual assault on campus
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Divest UMass aims to end University investment in fossil fuel corporations
Part of a growing movement across the nation, the newly formed Fossil Fuel Divestment Campaign on campus aims to end UMass’s investment with fossil fuels.
Tags: Bill McKibben, campaign, divest umass, fossil fuels, jim sowell, UMass, van jones
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UMass seniors create concussion analyzing helmet
A team of electrical and computer engineering majors have designed a Real-time concussion analyzer for their Senior Design Project.
Tags: concussion, concussion helmet, Engineering, prototype, senior design project
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Florida tuition proposal gets mixed reactions from UMass community
Fla. Gov. Rick Scott’s proposal, that calls on Fla. public universities to freeze tuition for students seeking job-friendly degrees, has received mixed reactions from the UMass community.
Tags: Florida, governor rick scott, public universities, UMass
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Campus Perspective: Picking a major at a cost
Florida’s proposed decision to freeze tuition costs for STEM majors and raise fees on others in an effort to steer students towards job-friendly degrees has left some UMass students feeling as though such an economic strategy devalues a liberal arts education.
Tags: Florida, governor rick scott, liberal arts education, majors, public higher education, STEM, student perspective, tuition, tuition costs
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UMass biology professor to hold lecture on Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals
R. Thomas Zoeller will be speaking 4 p.m. Monday on “The Brain on Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals” in the Mullins Center’s Massachusetts Room.
Tags: endocrine disrupting chemicals, endocrine society, Mullins Center, r. thomas zoeller, Study, umass biology department, University of Massachusetts
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Professor Vinnie Ferraro pushes students to question the world around them
Vincent “Vinnie” Ferraro is not your ordinary professor. He has been rocking to his own beat in the classroom for nearly 40 years, drawing students in with his unique style of teaching.
Tags: Mount Holyoke College, Professor, UMass, Vincent "Vinnie" Ferraro
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Slideshow: Homelessness during the winter
Images of individuals facing homelessness in the Pioneer Valley during the long and cold winter months.
Tags: Homelessness
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Out cold: homelessness during winter
During the winter season, the cost of homelessness becomes higher for individuals as well as the organizations that provide them aid.
Tags: Craig's Place, Emergency Shelter, Hampshire County, Homelessness
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