The Western Massachusetts Health Equity Network, a project of the UMass Amherst School of Public Health and Health Sciences, will host a series of free art and informational events in the next several weeks to highlight issues of community health and.
By State House News Service
The four undergraduate University of Massachusetts campuses are expecting to bring back more students in the spring than the small number who were living in dorms this fall semester, but would all still be operating at less than half-occupancy under estimates shared Thursday.
The UMass campuses in Amherst, Boston, Dartmouth and Lowell are expecting to operate in a partially remote model in the spring, university treasurer Lisa Calise told the system s trustees Thursday.
Lower numbers of students on each campus because of that model mean that UMass will take in about $80 million less than anticipated in housing and dining revenue, contributing to a $335 million shortfall the university is managing through this fiscal year.
The four undergraduate University of Massachusetts campuses are expecting to bring back more students in the spring than the small number who were living in dorms this fall semester, but all still would be operating at less than half-occupancy, under estimates shared Thursday.
The UMass campuses in Amherst, Boston, Dartmouth and Lowell are expecting to operate in a partially remote model in the spring, university treasurer Lisa Calise told the system s trustees Thursday.
Lower numbers of students on each campus because of that model mean that UMass will take in about $80 million less than anticipated in housing and dining revenue, contributing to a $335 million shortfall the university is managing through this fiscal year.
UMass trustees, union reps clash on need for layoffs
Updated Dec 10, 2020;
Posted Dec 10, 2020
11/15/2019 - Amherst - The W.E.B Du Bois library on University of Massachusetts Amherst campus. (Hoang Leon Nguyen / The Republican)
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Union representatives described an autocratic, uncaring administration. University officials portrayed a staggering financial challenge that requires wrenching decisions.
The University of Massachusetts board of trustees meeting Thursday was filled with numbers and projections, but at its heart was a deep philosophical division that has dogged the system from the start of the coronavirus pandemic.
Four union spokespeople excoriated administrators for furloughs and layoffs during the pandemic. Their comments during the Zoom meeting came after treasurer Lisa Calise laid out an uncertain 2021 scenario with only partial reopening of campuses, and projections of encouraging news and unanticipated losses running about equally.