University of Massachusetts Amherst News

UMass Pays Out $10K After Tiff With Insurer Over Student’s Prize for Half-Court Shot

UMass said it would pay a student the $10,000 prize for a halftime promotion at a women’s basketball game after a dispute with an insurance company over whether he stepped over the line when he made a half-court shot. Noah …

New Jersey Woman Sues UMass Over Son’s Fatal Drug Overdose

The mother of a University of Massachusetts Amherst student who died of a heroin overdose has filed a $6 million lawsuit against the school and another student charged with selling her son the drugs. Francesca Sinacori’s suit seeks $5 million …

UMass Amherst Gets $15M From MassMutual for Data Science, Cybersecurity

The University of Massachusetts Amherst is receiving a $15 million donation to strengthen its data science and cybersecurity programs. The 10-year donation comes from the MassMutual Foundation, a charitable arm of the Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company. UMass announced the …