Springfield resident Victor Woolridge named as new UMass Board of Trustees chairman

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...achelor of arts degree in legal studies. Updates a story posted Monday at 11:11 a.m. SPRINGFIELD — While one Springfield resident resigned as UMass Board of Trustee chairman Monday, Gov. Charlie Baker has named another ... (Read Full Article)

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Want to finish college? UMass 'University Without Walls' offers undergraduate degrees, takes life experience into account

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...cause it provides our students easier access to an affordable education at a world class institution like the University of Massachusetts right in downtown Springfield," he said." The great thing is that the center bring... (Read Full Article)

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UMass Five College Credit Union opens branch at Mercy Medical Center in Springfield | masslive

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...e Mercy Medical Center at the Weldon Rehabilitation Hospital in Springfield, at 233 Carew Street in Room 110. SPRINGFIELD - UMassFive College Federal Credit Union has opened a branch at Mercy Medical Center in Springfiel... (Read Full Article)

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UMass grant to help improve health of Springfield Caring Center patients

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...decrease the no-show rate." AMHERST - University of Massachusetts researchers along with health care staff at Springfield's Caring Center are hoping to improve the rate of patients showing up for appointments and for the... (Read Full Article)

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UMass, Hampshire, Mount Holyoke receive community engaged designation from Carnegie Foundation

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...th the community, according to a UMass Amherst press release. Hampshire College,Mount Holyokein South Hadley, Springfield Collegein Springfield and Worcester State University were also named along with Williams College i... (Read Full Article)

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Oliver Kayego, of West Springfield, helps design solar-electric taxi

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...st at all. LOWELL - Oliver Kayego, of West Springfield, a junior electrical engineering major, is one of five University of Massachusetts at Lowell students who designed, built and tested a prototype solar-electric-power... (Read Full Article)

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UMass President Robert Caret 'saddened' to leave post he has held for nearly 4 years

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...ld-class university." He also listed a myriad accomplishments during his tenure including the opening of the UMass Center at Springfield, which opened in September, and a record enrollment of 73,000 students system-wide... (Read Full Article)

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Massachusetts announces $1.5 million for manufacturing training and additional

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...hools after hours: Putnam Vocational Technical Academy in Springfield, Westfield Vocational Technical School, Springfield Technical Community College and Asnuntuck Community College in Enfield, Connecticut. "We work wit... (Read Full Article)

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Wellspring Cooperative plans worker-owned greenhouse to grow produce for local hospitals, colleges

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...e littered with bottle caps and old tires now, but within a year the fallow land at Bay and Tapley streets in Springfield could be home to an environmentally conscious greenhouse initiative. Springfield-based economic d... (Read Full Article)

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Peter Picknelly says Court Square hotel advances in partnership with MGM Springfield

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... the design center at least temporarily to the UMass Center, a satellite facility at Tower Square in downtown Springfield. In addition, the apartment tenants are being assisted with relocation, the spokesman said. ... (Read Full Article)

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STCC professor, Beth McGinnis-Cavanaugh, earns Carnegie honor

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...ation for the Advancement of Teaching and the Council for Advancement and Support of Education recently named Springfield Technical Community College professor Beth McGinnis-Cavanaugh, a city resident, their 2014 Massach... (Read Full Article)

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Economist: Springfield jobs picture encouraging | masslive

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...ions announced Tuesday This story follows: Springfield unemployment falls to 8.4 percent as a region, Greater Springfield unemployment falls to 6 percent AMHERST - Year-over-year jobs gains are just what the Western Mas... (Read Full Article)

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Holyoke Community College honored for skills training | masslive

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...ke, the Ludlow Area Adult Learning Center, and also at the new University of Massachusetts center in downtown Springfield. Dunkleberg said: “I worked with Anne for several years. She was a leader who really effected a ... (Read Full Article)

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Springfield Innovation Hub plans cafe, co-working space and 'activation' of Bridge Street Park where Steiger's once stood | masslive

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... by MassMutual Financial Group. "Let's get the UMass Springfield Center students out to it," Bean said. The Springfield Innovation Hub will be one of the tenants in the Springfield Innovation Center being created by De... (Read Full Article)

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Minutemen at the MassMutual Center: UMass basketball coach Derek Kellogg, Springfield officials gather to celebrate ...

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... and my family," said Kellogg, who graduated from Cathedral High School before playing at UMass from 1991-95. SPRINGFIELD –  When the University of Massachusetts basketball team heads to the MassMutual Center on Dec. 7 t... (Read Full Article)

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New England Public Radio goes live from Springfield downtown studios | masslive

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...ays. The Springfield location also fits with the University of Massachusetts' goal of being more involved in Springfield. The station is still licensed through the university. The university's Springfield center is acro... (Read Full Article)

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Gov. Deval Patrick announces $66 million in Massworks grants for 31 projects across the state

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...nion Station Regional Transportation project and $2 million to the Massachusetts Development Finance Agency – Springfield Innovation Center – to rehabilitate two existing buildings to create the Springfield Innovation Ce... (Read Full Article)

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Viewpoint: CNR Changchun's plan to build facility in Springfield complements bright future for region

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... Tuesday; the new rail service from New Haven to Vermont; the refurbishing of Morgan Square apartments, UMass Springfield downtown campus, and of course the $800 million MGM casino downtown. If voters say “no” to casino... (Read Full Article)

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UMass President Robert Caret, trustee chairman Henry M. Thomas touring state with Springfield, Amherst stops

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...usetts President Robert L. Caretis on the move this time a three-day statewide bus tour that began in Boston. Springfield resident Henry M. Thomas III, the chairman of the UMass Board of Trustees, joins him. Caret initia... (Read Full Article)

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UMass rated among top 100 universities in world by international survey

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...s a jump of 41 places from the 2013 ranking when UMass was listed as the 132nd best university in the world. UMass officials were quick to point out that when the rankings are arranged by geography, UMass is rated 41st ... (Read Full Article)

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Governor: New UMass center in downtown Springfield provides bridge to success

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...e Governor and university officials and staff for their support of Springfield. Hannah Beaulieu, a junior at UMass in Amherst, in the nursing program, said the experience has been great at the Springfield center. She an... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Domenic J. Sarno   Governor Deval L. Patrick   University of Massachusetts

Gov. Deval Patrick among officials set to celebrate new University of Massachusetts center in downtown Springfield

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...ret, UMass Amherst Chancellor Kumble R. Subbaswamy, university Board of Trustee Chairman Henry M. Thomas III, UMass Building Authority Chairman Philip W. Johnston, Springfield Mayor Domenic Sarno, state Sen. James T. Wel... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Domenic J. Sarno   Governor Deval L. Patrick   University of Massachusetts

Taxes just one factor in Greater Springfield Area income inequality, local economists say

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...y when so many other factors carry more weight. Rose named lack of entry-level jobs as a major source of the Springfield area's income inequality. Employment is the No. 1 barrier to social mobility, he said. But a prog... (Read Full Article)

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Springfield Technology Park gets $3.1 million bond for Phoenix Public Charter Academy | masslive

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...n M1 rifles during World War II,said Paul Stelzer, president of Appleton Corporation and manager of the park. SPRINGFIELD - Springfield Technology Park has received $3.1 million in tax-exempt bond funding too build the P... (Read Full Article)

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