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More than 4,000 first-year students will move into campus dorms this fall, facing the challenges, anxieties, and excitements of living away from home.
Earth Week took place at UMass the week of April 20 on the Library Lawn. Photo slideshow by Caitlin Coughlan.
Due to an accidental ammonia discharge on April 16, the Mullins Center interior had been turned into a shelter and emergency patient triage, the outside was an area reserved for decontamination of the infected. The one thing missing, however, was the accidental ammonia discharge.
On a daily basis, thousands of UMass Amherst students file into the dining commons, eat untold amounts of food, and leave without ever giving a thought to where the food comes from, or how it was handled prior to arriving on their plates.
If you’re sick with the flu or cold and thinking about dropping by the urgent care clinic at University Health Services, you might want to think again — and pick up a phone instead.
Chances are you’ve noticed an abundance of sniffling and coughing going on around campus lately. That’s because the flu season has gotten a later start this winter than in past years.
In an e-mail to the campus community March 12, Chancellor Robert Holub disclosed his plans for reorganizing the system of colleges on campus. A move that was initially intended to help compensate for the significant budget deficit UMass faces in Fiscal Year 2010, it is also described by Holub as an opportunity to make UMass more competitive as a top public research institution.
Chances are if you are reading this, you’re a college student and Godiva truffles and diamonds aren’t in your budget. There are several inexpensive and free things to do that are far more creative than a stuffed pink gorilla wielding a heart from CVS. Trust me, with these ideas you don’t need to buy anyone’s love.
