Governor Healey to attend the inauguration of Chancellor Javier Reyes at UMass Amherst
by WWLP.com
WWLP.com— Governor Maura Healey will join the University of Massachusetts Amherst community on Friday, for the inauguration of Chancellor Javier Reyes, the university’s 31st leader.
WWLP.com—Pro-Palestinian protest outside of chancellor’s inauguration at UMass Amherst. UMass Amherst celebrated the inauguration of its new chancellor on Friday while student activists protested in support of Palestine.
WWLP.com—Clashes, 135 arrests at UMass Amherst protest. Campus police arrested 135 pro-Palestinian protestors at the University of Massachusetts Amherst late Tuesday night, hours after students established their second encampment this semester to demand the university divest from organizations connected to the defense industry and Israel.
WWLP.com—Governor Healey enforces shelter time limits. Governor Healey signed a spending bill Tuesday that will enforce a time limit on stays in the state's emergency shelter system, it reverses a 40-year-old "right to shelter" for families and pregnant women.