After four months of uncertainty, Robert Green, the owner of Amherst Typewriter, finally got the money he needed to save his 35-year-old store.
Monday, May 21, 2012 | last update: 1:48 am
Independently serving the UMass community since 1890
Shop in downtown Amherst saved due to support from locals
Tags: amherst, Typewritter
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Highest endowed schools see enrollment increase
Professors at a recent admissions conference said there was an increase in the number of freshmen admitted to the “Top 20” schools in the country.
Tags: College Admissions, Michael McPhearson, Skidmore College, UMass Freshmen
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UMass Professor works on technology to help the blind
Professor Aura Ganz is working on PERCEPT, a new technology to help the visually impaired navigate their way through unfamiliar buildings.
Tags: Blindness, Faculty, Impared Vision, Research, technology
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Hazing, Stoppable or Not? That is the Question.
The University of Maine and the National Collaborative for Hazing Research and Prevention’s initiatives to rid colleges and universities of hazing shine a light on hazing prevention and prevalence at the University of Massachusetts.
Tags: Chad Ellsworth, hazing, HazingPrevention.org, Michael Wiseman, Shawn McGuirk
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Recent University of Massachusetts graduate plans to build frisbee golf course connecting Orchard Hill and Sylvan
No more traveling to Northampton or Conway to play frisbee golf because, if passed, students will be able to play disc golf right here on the UMass campus.
Tags: frisbee golf, orchard hill, sylvan
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UMass cuts its usage plastic bottles and aluminum cans
This year the university joined a nationwide effort by colleges to cut down use of plastic bottles and soda cans. Instead the schools plan on introducing greener drinking vessels such as compostable cups.
Tags: dining services, Grab & Go, green initiative, Ken Toong, plastic bottles
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Assistant Professor Christopher Condit and team of NASA astronauts in training explore the heavens on earth
UMass geology professor Christopher Condit worked with NASA on its Desert Rats (DRATS) program last summer simulating conditions on the moon and Mars north of Flagstaff, Arizona.
Tags: AZ, Christopher Condit, DRATS, Flagstaff, NASA
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