From UMass Amherst to Smith College: The best college dorms in Massachusetts in 2020, ... Unlike any other dorms on campus, the Honors dorms have AC, carpet flooring, modern design.

And June 1, the latest project begins construction, the $177 million Commonwealth Honors College residential complex - a building that will provide a community for the college's scholars.

UMass Amherst has just over 1,000 professors, down from the high of about 1,200 a generation ago. Some students have trouble finding an honors thesis advisor, Gordon acknowledged to students.

Beyond UMass’s housing crisis, people in Amherst and throughout the Pioneer Valley are struggling to find affordable housing. According to a 2021 report by UMass’s own Donahue Institute, Hampshire ...

A 21-year-old student at the University of Massachusetts Amherst died in her dorm room over the weekend, university officials said. Skip to Main Content Open Close Menu ...

AMHERST, MA (WGGB/WSHM) - A brush fire broke out near campus dorms at UMass Amherst Monday night. Fire officials said that the fire, which spanned approximately 1.1 acres in size, appears to be ...

AMHERST, MA (WGGB/WSHM) -- A UMass Amherst student will be heading to court after a fire in a university dorm room. Amherst Fire Chief Lindsay Stromgren said that a passerby called 911 to report ...

A University of Massachusetts Amherst student from Needham died in her dorm room over the weekend, university officials said Monday. The student was identified as Chloe Malast in an e-mail from ...

AMHERST, Mass. (WWLP) – Amherst firefighters took out a fire at Commonwealth Honors College in UMass early Friday morning. Amherst Fire Chief Time Nelson told 22News, the Amherst Fire Department ...

Earlier this month, UMass Boston converted its honors programs into an honors college. This past fall, UMass Amherst opened the first physical home for its honors college, a seven-building, $192 ...

A request from a UMass Amherst residence director that a sign explicitly condemning Nazis be taken down from a dorm room window has triggered a wave of criticism toward the school. Photos of the ...

The Honors After Party – designed and hosted by current Honors students with help from several departments – offered 229 prospective Honors students and their families a preview of the program.