Talk:University of Massachusetts

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Notable alumni?
The president of Samsung Electronics is UMass grad. Please someone add him to the notable alumni list. --Hychu

13:22, 5 September 2007 (UTC)Thomas Pock is a notable Alumn of University of Massachusetts-Amherst. you already have him in the system of Wikipedia, but he deserves to be with the rest of Notable Alumni. Current member of the NY Rangers. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Pock   —Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.202.145.2 (talk) 13:22, 5 September 2007 (UTC)

"Most violent campus" controversy
I moved the section on "Most violent campus" controversy to this talk page. I figured it needed consensus. --Mark Adler (Markles)  23:11, 17 December 2005 (UTC).

Here was the reaction:
 * Someone tossed in an unsourced assertion that "The University of Massachusetts-Amherst has the highest crime rate of any university in the country."
 * Quite properly, you removed it.
 * I did some checking, and inserted a statement that ABC News said it had the highest rate of violent crime, and ABC News did say that. Or, at least, the Boston Globe says ABC News said that. I added that UMass officials said ABC News was full of bull, and gave their reasons.
 * And I sourced this all to a Boston Globe article which anyone can verify for themselves at this link.


 * So, what's your issue? Did I give too much weight to ABC News and not enough to UMass? Has ABC issued a retraction? Do you think this item is unimportant? Do you think it's Wikipedia's job to present UMass in a positive light? Or what? Dpbsmith (talk) 23:20, 17 December 2005 (UTC)


 * OK. You're right.  Back it goes to the article page.  --Mark Adler (Markles)  01:12, 18 December 2005 (UTC).


 * Duh. (Striking forehead with base of palm). And now, over it goes to University of Massachusetts Amherst, since that's what the issue is about. Dpbsmith (talk) 01:49, 18 December 2005 (UTC)


 * Looking at the actual available UMass Amherst crime statistics (PDF Warning) Amherst currently has a comparatively low incidence of violent crime. Considering major errors have been found in the assumptions of the controversy, it seems like this has been resolved in the main article.  Just pointing these stats out here.

Introduction
I'm tinkering the introductory section to clue people in that they may want the University of Massachusetts Amherst. I was wondering myself why this article is so skimpy. I'm also editing the pipes to read "UMass Amherst," etc. as "Amherst" and "Dartmouth" by themselves tend to make people think of other educational institutions. I keep thinking that UMass really ought to start a campus in Harvard, Massachusetts just to make the confusion as complete as possible. Dpbsmith (talk) 02:19, 18 December 2005 (UTC)

Residence Halls
Doesn't that "residence hall" paragraph refer to UMass Amherst, too? Dpbsmith (talk) 02:19, 18 December 2005 (UTC)

Introductory wording
"Is this wording better?" Yes.

However, what it's lacking&mdash;and what I'd like to see&mdash;is something near the top of the page that positively encourages people to look at the UMass Amherst article, because, without trying to put down the other campuses, it is what people usually think of when they think of UMass... and it's where most of the information on UMass is.

I'm going to try something... Dpbsmith (talk) 18:27, 18 December 2005 (UTC)

Revert
I reverted to remove recently added reference to U Mass. Amherst being refered to as "The Zoo" or "Zoo-Mass Slamherst" since it does not appear to be verifiable. --Hansnesse 03:05, 2 January 2006 (UTC)


 * Locally it is actually referred to as ZooMass, while it assuredly originated for a derogative purpose, it has come to be accepted more as a joke. It really doesn't seem belong on this page it would probably be better integrated in the actual Amherst page.

flagship
what is meant by flagship campus —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 194.70.181.1 (talk) 18:54, 11 December 2006 (UTC).

Fair use rationale for Image:Umasslogo.gif
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Unsubstantiated Claims for UMass Boston
On what grounds would anyone call UMass Boston a major research university? That's like calling New Hampshire a major center for the citrus industry. Living in Boston, I never hear of any research from UMB, except for some political polling. I need citations. I also need a citation for its being a “national model,” and I'm not counting the university’s own PR department.Bostoner (talk) 02:40, 19 July 2010 (UTC)

Great image resource
Alexey Sergeev, a physics professor, has licensed photographs at his web page (http://www.asergeev.com/) under the GFDL. A directory of these images are available here. A number of these images are related to this institution. I encourage interested editors to upload these images at Commons with the license tag Commons:Template:Alex Sergeev permission. --GrapedApe (talk) 01:23, 11 October 2010 (UTC)