An Avid UMass Basketball fan and devoted professor, Fergus Clydesdale may be one of the most loyal individuals working within our university. A native of Canada, Clydesdale moved to Amherst in the early 1960’s after a tempting offer to study at the University of Massachusetts, and he’s never looked back.
Clydesdale was born in [...]
Once an 1842 gristmill, the Bookmill in Montague, Mass. brings students in the Pioneer Valley an alternative study spot with shelves of used books and old armchairs in a large mill house alongside the Sawmill River.
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The sun has yet to rise and the birds are just beginning to chirp at 6 a.m. when Cathy Keough opens the Wheatberry Bakery and Café. Though the café doesn’t open until 7:30 a.m., she arrives early to get the day’s products baking. Wheatberry is located on Main Street five minutes from Amherst Center, where [...]
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This is a report done for Professor Steve Fox’s Multimedia Journalism class. They produced question and answer videos on a variety of topics.
The first in a series of profiles of some of the University’s most interesting professors.
The March 4th Day of Action to Defend Education- UMass Amherst Coalition issued a set of demands to Vice Chancellor Jean Kim on Thursday, March 4th at around 1:00 p.m.
The march began at the Student Union with chants and shouts for economic justice. When the crowd, led by megaphone-brandishing Sarah Meunier of the March [...]
Students from all five colleges and members of the Amherst community gathered together in the FAC to celebrate the Dominican Republic Independence Day.
