UMass Amherst announces new furloughs
Talia Heisey, News Writer
September 16, 2020
Chancellor Subaswammy has announced a round of new furloughs of UMass staff due to the approximate 170 million dollars in financial losses incurred by the pandemic.
It’s time that faculty-student relationships, in all forms, are prohibited at UMass Amherst
Joanna Buoniconti, Copy/Managing Editors
September 15, 2020
Other colleges within the five-college-consortium have taken the initiative to ban faculty-student romantic relationships, while in a Masslive article it was stated that at UMass they are only “strongly discouraged.”
Judging Books By Their Covers: YA novel, “Say What You Will,” highlights a nuanced perspective on mental and physical disabilities
Joanna Buoniconti, Copy/Managing Editor
September 14, 2020
The novel offers a refreshing perspective on the genre that features two main characters learning to cope with their mental and physical disabilities.
Virtual community forum held to discuss UMass and Town efforts to reduce spread of COVID-19
Rebecca Duffy, Campus News Editor
September 4, 2020
With the number of COVID-19 cases rising at universities across the country, officials from UMass and the Town of Amherst held a virtual community forum to discuss how they are working to reduce the spread of COVID-19.
App of the week: AllTrails
Emma Sammuli, Lifestyle Editor
September 2, 2020
AllTrails is the perfect app to download this fall for hikers of all experience levels.
U-Más Fuerte Together: Establishing ‘a beloved community’
Joanna Buoniconti, Managing Editor
August 14, 2020
"It is a big platform that we’re trying to share with as many people as possible. And we're trying to ensure that when we’re creating this, it’s truly a better community for everybody."
COVID-19 Update(s): What we know right now
Joanna Buoniconti, Brianna Silva, and Talia Heisey
August 6, 2020
In-person classes have been suspended for the remainder of the semester. We'll provide daily updates from Whitmore and beyond.
U-Más Fuerte Together: UMass Racial Justice Coalition unites with UMass for Black Lives
Julia Donohue, Managing Editor
July 23, 2020
Empty words and empty platitudes and empty promises are things that UMass has prided itself on for years.
Nurse manager discusses how COVID-19 impacted Winchester Hospital and her own life
Sarah Walsh, Contributing Writer
July 19, 2020
Winchester Hospital has seen a major influx of patients due to COVID-19. Chrissie Quill, a nurse manager at the hospital, talks about how the staff have adjusted to treating their patients and her personal experience with COVID-19.
Boycott! Divest! Sanction!: An Open Letter to the UMass Amherst Faculty Senate and Massachusetts Society of Professors
Timmy Sullivan
July 19, 2020
I am writing today to implore you and your colleagues to act with similar moral conviction as you did in October and to translate that commitment to academic freedom into symbolic and material action, by authoring and passing a BDS resolution through the Faculty Senate and the Massachusetts Society of Professors.
A pediatric infectious disease specialist shares his knowledge of COVID-19
Ella Adams, Contributing Writer
July 18, 2020
Dr. Mark Denison, a pediatric infectious disease specialist at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, talks about the history of coronaviruses, the future of COVID-19 and how we can protect ourselves.
Trustee Woolridge: It’s Time for UMass to Live Up to Its Promise
UMass Racial Justice Coalition
July 16, 2020
The Racial Justice Coalition works to take many of the action items listed in Trustee Woolridge’s piece and make them a reality. We strive to make UMass Amherst truly reflective of the values it promotes. Hate has a home at our university, despite claims to the contrary.
