UMass Dartmouth will honor three local leaders with honorary degrees at its commencement ceremonies, recognizing their achievements.

In Amherst, this year’s Blarney Blowout ended with fewer arrests, fewer ambulance calls, and a plan to keep it that way.

UMass will face the winner of No. 7 Bowling Green vs. No. 2 Ball State in the second round. All metrics show the Cardinals as the overwhelming favorite and the likely semifinal matchup. A quarterfinal win over Toledo sets up a heavyweight semifinal: the Minutewomen’s No. 2 defense versus Ball State’s No. 1 offense.

But researchers at UMass Amherst have been developing a new tool to help improve safety. “The idea is that we’re going to use the bike simulator to assess different infrastructure designs. Whether those are for bike lanes or the integration of bike lanes and bus stops to understand how bicyclists interact with those,

The less than 10-mile drive from the Tsongas Center to Merrimack College hasn’t been a pleasant one for the UMass Lowell hockey team. The River Hawks are 0-2 in North Andover this

The spring equinox occurs at 10:46 a.m. Eastern Daylight Time on March 20, when the sun crosses from the southern to the northern half of the celestial sphere. This astronomical transition marks spring’s arrival in the Northern Hemisphere and fall’s beginning in the Southern Hemisphere.

Each year, Bay State agriculture experts ranging from local farmers to soil specialists pack the Great Hall of Flags to network with each other and inform lawmakers about their work and what they

Expert recap and game analysis of the UMBC Retrievers vs. UMass Lowell River Hawks NCAAM game from March 10, 2026 on ESPN.