University of Massachusetts-Amherst

Police and college safety officers in Dudley, Massachusetts broke up a large off-campus party near Nichols College Saturday night, prompting worries about the spread of COVID-19.  Dudley Police Chief Steven Wojnar said there were “between 50 and 100 kids” at the party, the Worcester Telegram & Gazette reported Wednesday. Police discovered the gathering when they accompanied the fire department as…

Nichols College is threatening to shut down the campus in Dudley after a party nearby.

College students’ return to Boston has long prompted fears of coronavirus spikes. Reports of parties at schools in the region have left some city leaders are questioning whether students will follow rules.

The University of Massachusetts Amherst changed its fall reopening plan Thursday, less than three weeks before the start of the semester, announcing that students whose classwork is completely remote will no longer have the option of living on campus.

An in-person commencement may have been off the table this year, but the University of Massachusetts Amherst still brought plenty of fanfare to its virtual ceremony on Friday. Actors, athletes, politicians and more helped make the day unique for the graduates and their families watching on computer screens. A video chat-assembled wind ensemble of UMass students kicked off the virtual…

A color-changing test swab that would turn pink in minutes if a person tests positive for the coronavirus could be available next year. Three University of Massachusetts Amherst chemists — Sankaran “Thai” Thayumanavan, Jeanne Hardy and Trisha L. Andrew — received a $198,000 federal grant to develop the technology over the next year from the National Science Foundation. Andrew described…

Chemists at the University of Massachusetts Amherst are creating a color-coded coronavirus swab test for people to take at home

House Speaker Robert DeLeo is forming a special committee to investigate claims of inappropriate conduct against Rep. from Dedham

Family members on Tuesday identified the swimmer whose body was recovered from a Medford, Massachusetts, lake as a high school senior from the same town. Relatives confirmed to NBC10 Boston that Apurba Devkota, 18, drowned in Upper Mystic Lake on Monday while swimming with friends.

A federal judge has dismissed a class-action lawsuit brought by three students who attended a Massachusetts college that abruptly closed. The lawsuit was filed in November against Mount Ida College and former administrators and trustees. The students alleged that college officials deliberately misled them about the severity of the school’s financial problems before it closed in May 2018.

A panel discussion about Palestinian rights at the University of Massachusetts-Amherst will be allowed to move ahead following a challenge by a group of Jewish students at the school. A Superior Court judge on Thursday ruled against the students who argued the forum was anti-Semitic and should be forced off campus.

A group of Jewish students at the University of Massachusetts Amherst is asking a judge to order a panel discussion about Palestinian human rights off campus because it is anti-Semitic.

The parents of a Massachusetts woman who died in the Ethiopian Airlines crash earlier this month are planning a reception to honor their daughter.

A woman who grew up in Massachusetts was one of the 157 people who died in an Ethiopian Airlines crash last weekend. Family members say 24-year-old Samya Stumo was aboard the plane that crashed Sunday minutes after takeoff. Stumo grew up in Sheffield and graduated from Mount Everett High School in 2010. She graduated from the University of Massachusetts Amherst...

A special committee investigating whether Massachusetts Rep. Paul McMurtry violated the House sexual harassment policy concluded in a report Wednesday that there was “insufficient evidence” to support allegations that he inappropriately touched an incoming lawmaker at an orientation for freshman in December. The public report, a 15-page executive summary filed by House counsel early Wednesday evening, indicated that a special...

A woman who grew up in Massachusetts was one of the 157 people who died in an Ethiopian Airlines crash last weekend. Family members say 24-year-old Samya Stumo was aboard the plane that crashed Sunday minutes after takeoff. Stumo grew up in Sheffield and graduated from Mount Everett High School in 2010. She graduated from the University of Massachusetts Amherst...

Joe Biden has not even announced whether he will run for president in 2020 but a new poll finds that he is leading among Democratic New Hampshire voters. According to the poll released Wednesday by the University of Massachusetts Amherst, 28 percent of likely Democratic voters say they would support Biden. Twenty percent said they would support Sen. Bernie Sanders...

Hundreds of students gathered Sunday night on the grounds of the University of Massachusetts Amherst campus to celebrate the Patriots’ win in Super Bowl LIII. New England beat the Los Angeles Rams 13-3 in Atlanta, the sixth title the team has won with the tandem of head coach Bill Belichick and quarterback Tom Brady.

Massachusetts House Speaker Robert DeLeo is forming a special committee to investigate reports of inappropriate conduct during an orientation event for newly elected lawmakers. The speaker’s office said in a statement that four members of the House reported that they had heard of the inappropriate conduct but did not have firsthand knowledge of the alleged incident and did not identify...