AMHERST, Mass. (WWLP) -Students at the University of Massachusetts Amherst reported issues accessing the Canvas online learning platform Thursday afternoon during a nationwide outage affecting multiple colleges and universities.

At University of Massachusetts--Amherst, a public institution, all of the online education classes are recorded and archived so students can access the information on their time. Ninety-five percent of students are already employed when they first enroll ...

The United States has revoked the visas of four international students at Worcester Polytechnic Institute and 13 students at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, university officials confirmed. WPI learned of the students’ visas being revoked ...

On February 7, 2025, the University of Massachusetts Amherst (“UMass Amherst “) filed a notice of data breach with the Attorney General of Massachusetts after discovering that confidential information in the organization’s possession was subject to ...

The University of Massachusetts Amherst will require students, faculty, staff, contractors and visitors to wear face-coverings in all indoor public spaces. (Deborah Becker/WBUR) The flagship University of Massachusetts campus in Amherst plans to hold ...

The University of Massachusetts Amherst announced Thursday night that students were no longer invited to return to campus if they had only online classes, a significant change to its fall plans aimed at drastically reducing the population in the ...

Mary Malinowski, president of the University Staff Association, agrees. “The fight to save public work and bring these positions back to UMass Amherst isn’t over,” Malinowski said. “In the end, even UMass must be accountable to the law, and we won’t stop until this theft of public work is put right.”

Police clashed with and arrested more than 130 protesters on the University of Massachusetts Amherst campus Tuesday night, after students reestablished an encampment in solidarity with Palestine. "Further details on the charges and the schedule for ...

University Hospitals (UH) has opened a new urgent care facility in Amherst. University Hospitals Urgent Care Amherst opened June 28 at 900 N. Leavitt Road in Amherst. (Submitted) UH Urgent Care Amherst is a welcome addition to patients in the community and ...

You would think that Boston would be on a list of top college towns in the Northeast. Most of the time you would be right; however, this time, Amherst gets the honor. Amherst was ranked No. 1 on a list of the top 10 best college towns in the Northeast and ...