UMass Amherst

Two UMass students say there’s great concern across the Amherst campus over several incidents of a college-aged man recording female students taking showers.

Pulitzer Prize winner Colson Whitehead will not deliver the keynote speech at UMass Amherst’s graduation next week after dozens of protesters were arrested Tuesday. About 130 people were arrested at a pro-Palestinian encampment on campus. Whitehead spoke out Thursday against the arrests, and the school confirmed on its website that he had withdrawn. “I was looking forward to speaking next…

Supporters of Israel and the Palestinian people are making their voices heard at MIT campus protests.

About 130 people were arrested at a pro-Palestinian encampment at UMass Amherst Tuesday night, the university said. The encampment — one of many that to have sprung up at college campuses across Massachusetts and the country as the war in Gaza rages on — was unauthorized, according to UMass Amherst, and people involved didn’t follow police orders to disperse. The…

Tensions on college campuses in Massachusetts, including at MIT and UMass Amherst, are continuing to skyrocket Wednesday morning.

A student at the University of Massachusetts Amherst is accused of assaulting a Jewish student and spitting on an Israeli flags last week after a demonstration on campus that called for the return of the hostages being held by Hamas, according to school officials.

A student at the University of Massachusetts Amherst is accused of assaulting a Jewish student and spitting on an Israeli flags last week after a demonstration on campus that called for the return of the hostages being held by Hamas, according to school officials. The student approached the crowd on Friday and “aggressively” gave them the “middle finger,” wrote UMass…

Fifty-seven pro-Palestinian protestors at the University of Massachusetts Amherst were arrested by campus police Wednesday night for trespassing during a sit-in protest at the Whitmore Administration Building, where students demanded Chancellor Javier Reyes condemn the Israel Defense Forces’ attacks on Gaza and cut the university’s ties with defense contractor Raytheon Technology. Students rallied in front of the student union...

Lily Fitts, a 22-year-old singer from Massachusetts, has taken social media by storm with her singing talent.  Under the username @lilyfittsmusic, Fitts captivated audiences on TikTok and Instagram with her covers of popular songs, amassing about 100,000 followers combined. Fitts has recently gained attention after renowned musicians such as Zach Bryan, The Lumineers and Noah Kahan reposted her renditions of…