University of Massachusetts Amherst Facts for Kids

The University of Massachusetts Amherst (UMass Amherst, UMass) is a university in Amherst, Massachusetts. UMass Amherst has an annual enrollment of about 1,300 faculty members and more than 30,000 students.

The university offers academic degrees in 109 undergraduate, 77 master's and 48 doctoral programs.

According to the National Science Foundation, UMass spent $211 million on research and development in 2018, ranking it 111th in the nation.

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Old Chapel constructed in 1884 at the campus
Welcome sign at the university (west gate)
Goodell Hall
$182 million new Commonwealth Honors College complex being constructed at the university.
Mather House, the admissions office at the university.
The W. E. B. Du Bois Library is the world's 2nd tallest library and the tallest university library.
Stockbridge Hall, Stockbridge School of Agriculture.
rnold House, part of Northeast Residential Area, the oldest residential area at UMass Amherst.
$160m Life Science Laboratories Building on the campus.
The University Museum of Contemporary Art at UMass Amherst.
Campus scene.
Fine Arts Center at the campus.
The University of Massachusetts Minuteman Marching Band during a pre-game show.
2010 UMass Football Team at Warren McGuirk Alumni Stadium.
Russell Hulse, Nobel Prize in Physics (1993)
Catherine Coleman, NASA astronaut
Gen Andrew Iosue, United States Air Force General
LTG Jody Daniels, 34th Chief of Army Reserve
Col Jason Fettig, 28th Director of United States Marine Band
Nemat Shafik, 16th Director of the London School of Economics
Zhou Qifeng, 13th President of Peking University
Jack Welch, Former Chairman and CEO of General Electric
Steven Sinofsky, Former President of Windows at Microsoft
Anshuman Jain, Former co-CEO and co-Chairman of Deutsche Bank
John Legere, Former CEO of T-Mobile US
Wayne Chang, Founder of Crashlytics and i2hub; director of product strategy at Twitter
Ben Cherington, Former general manager of the Boston Red Sox
Charles B. Curtis, Former Chairman of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission and United States Secretary of Energy
Madeleine Kunin, First female Governor of Vermont and United States Ambassador to Switzerland
Kang Kyung-wha, Former UN Under-Secretary-General
Betty Shabazz, Civil rights advocate
Natasha Trethewey, U.S. Poet Laureate and Pulitzer Prize-winner
Serena Williams, Four-time Olympic Gold Medalist and 23-time Grand Slam winning tennis player
Julius Erving, Hall of Fame basketball player
Briana Scurry, Soccer goalkeeper; recipient of two Olympic Gold Medals and 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup champion
Richard Gere, Film actor and producer
Bill Pullman, Film and stage actor
Buffy Sainte-Marie, Singer-songwriter and activist, first indigenous person to receive an Academy Award
Taj Mahal, Grammy Award-winning blues musician
Natalie Cole, Grammy Award-winning singer
Black Francis, Alternative rock musician, frontman of Pixies
Shirley Jackson (DSc), Chair of the President's Intelligence Advisory Board
Ruth Simmons (DHL), 18th President of Brown University
Andrew Card, 21st White House Chief of Staff.
Jake Tapper (DHL), CNN Chief Washington Correspondent.
Billie King (DHL), former professional tennis player.
Joseph Taylor Jr., Nobel Prize in Physics (1993)
Vernon L. Smith, Nobel Prize in Economics (2002)
Biologist Lynn Margulis
Writer and MacArthur Fellow Ocean Vuong
Pulitzer Prize-winning writer James Tate
Jazz musician Max Roach

University of Massachusetts Amherst facts for kids

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