• UMass Amherst Celebrates $200,000 Verizon Foundation Gift to Digitize Du Bois Papers
  04/03/2009
  The W.E.B. Du Bois Library at UMass Amherst will digitize an estimated 100,000 items from its Du Bois collection, thanks to a $200,000 grant from the Verizon Foundation. The campus community and special guests celebrated the gift at a ceremony in the library's Learning Commons on April 3, 20...
• UMass Amherst-Springfield Partnership Celebrated
  11/07/2008
  Officials from the University of Massachusetts Amherst and the City of Springfield formalized a new Greater Springfield-University of Massachusetts Amherst Partnership designed to promote collaborations that will lead to the revitalization of Springfield's economy.
• Engineers Without Borders Travel to Kenya To Improve a Village's Water Supply
  09/03/2008
  Members of the Engineers Without Borders (EWB) student chapter at the University of Massachusetts Amherst recently returned from a three-week trip to Kenya, where they worked to improve drinking water for a rural farming village.
• Du Bois Homesite Renovations Showcased
  07/24/2008
  UMass Amherst officials and the Friends of the W.E.B. Du Bois Homesite in Great Barrington hosted a special preview of the site on July 24. The special event, featuring plans to develop a memorial to the life of W.E.B. Du Bois at the Du Bois Boyhood Homesite, was scheduled for outgoing Chanc...
• Ecotourism in Belize: Gauging the Impact
  06/12/2008
  Peter Kumble of the University of Massachusetts Amherst is working with the government of Belize to limit the environmental impact of ecotourism on these sensitive natural wonders.
• UMass Amherst Celebrates 138th Undergraduate Commencement
  05/24/2008
  Approximately 4,000 candidates received bachelor's degrees in nearly 100 majors during the 138th undergraduate Commencement of the University of Massachusetts Amherst. The ceremony was held in Warren P. McGuirk Alumni Stadium and was attended by about 20,000 people.

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