UMASS AMHERST

As the public learned Thursday morning about the beating death of Emma MacDonald, allegedly at the hands of her husband, at a UMass Amherst hotel, organizers were setting up an annual girls empowerment conference in the same building. The juxtaposition of events was stark.

UMass Amherst economists found there's an uptick in patent applications among states with legal recreational pot, but federal research restrictions still make clinical trials hard to do.

A University of Massachusetts student involved in “Students for Justice in Palestine” was suspended in December, according to his attorneys. Now he is suing the school, alleging his First Amendment rights were violated.

A UMass Amherst professor explains how President Donald Trump is using a 200-year-old foreign policy position to justify the extraction of Venezuelan president Nicholas Maduro.

The first day of inter was Sunday December 21, the time of year in the Northern hemisphere when the Earth's axis is tilts most strongly away from the sun.

When politicians use food benefits as political football, Prof. Mariana Chilton says the country — not only hungry families — experience a collective trauma.

UMass Amherst poll shows Healey would win again if the election were today. It also shows Mike Kennealy leading the Republican contenders for the job.

UMass Amherst researchers found that not only did low income patients have more insurance claims turned down, but they were less likely to contest those claims or have them reversed.

Officials at the University of Massachusetts Amherst say with lack of clarity on federal funding cuts, proactive financial planning is now an urgent matter.

The visas of four more international students who attend the University of Massachusetts Amherst have been revoked, according to school officials, bringing the total to 10 since last week.