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Colson Whitehead cancels UMass Amherst commencement speech over "shameful" protest arrests
CBS News· 4 days agoAuthor Colson Whitehead will no longer be the keynote speaker for the University of Massachusetts ...
Large, loud parties in Amherst lead to arrests on last weekend before UMass graduation
Daily Hampshire Gazette· 1 day agoEight college-age people are facing criminal charges for violating the town’s noise bylaw after...
Will UMass Amherst cancel commencement ceremony due to pro-Palestinian protests?
WWLP Springfield· 6 days ago22News spoke to UMass Amherst’s administration to find out if they are canceling or delaying ...
Police arrest 130 at UMass Amherst; College says protesters refused to take down encampment
CBS News· 6 days agoPolice arrested about 130 people at the University of Massachusetts Amherst Tuesday night after the...
‘None of us deserved this’: Community members arrested at UMass Gaza protest critical of crackdown
Daily Hampshire Gazette· 4 days agoAn Amherst resident with two children in the public schools, Jill Brevik made her way to the...
These are the 5 graduations most likely to be disrupted by protests in Mass.
The Republican· 5 days agoEditor’s note: This article was updated to reflect Colson Whitehead’s decision to withdraw as...
UMass student gov votes 'no confidence' in Reyes, as McGovern says protest arrests 'very concerning'
GBH News· 5 days agoOf those, UMass estimated 70 were students at the university and six were faculty.
UMass faces criticism for breaking up protest
The Eagle-Tribune· 5 days agoEarly Tuesday, campus, state and local police arrested 132 protestors who built a makeshift encampment on the university’s sprawling campus. Of those...
UMass commencement speaker cancels; Police break up MIT encampment
WCAX-TV Vermont· 4 days agoPulitzer Prize-winning author Colson Whitehead has pulled out of giving the commencement address at...
UMass undergrads call for Chancellor Javier Reyes’ resignation; grad speaker Colson Whitehead pulls...
The Republican· 5 days agoA new chancellor’s decision this week to send police to clear a student protest at the University of...