UMass Amherst warns of coming move-out, commencement traffic

The University of Massachusetts Amherst is advising the public that road closures will be in effect because of student move-out and commencement activities Wednesday through Sunday. The university ...

Award-winning chef charged with killing wife at UMass Amherst Campus Center Hotel

Award-winning chef Jeffrey MacDonald is accused of killing his wife Emma MacDonald inside Hotel UMass in Amherst, ...

Amherst girls lacrosse takes down Belchertown to claim WMass Class B title (video)

The Hurricanes won their second WMass title in the last three years, powered by Ava Carey's hat trick and four other goal ...
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UMass Amherst researchers develop BactiSee, smartphone bacterial detector

Food scientists at the University of Massachusetts Amherst have developed BactiSee, a smartphone-based technology designed to ...

Colleges got more rural students to apply. The challenge is getting them to attend

Some of the nation's most selective institutions are slowly increasing their rural enrollment with the help of millions of ...
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UMass Amherst study finds over half of type 2 diabetes cases preventable

A new study led by researchers at the UMass Amherst suggests that more than half of type 2 diabetes cases could be prevented ...

Izote Latin and American Kitchen opens in Amherst

The Amherst businesswoman came to America as an immigrant looking for work. She is now an entrepreneur who has hired a half ...