University of Massachusetts

The University of Massachusetts (commonly referred to as UMass) is the five-campus public university system of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. The five campuses are Amherst, Boston, Dartmouth, Lowell, and the Medical School. It also has an online school called UMassOnline.

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Commonwealth of Massachusetts - Amherst - Boston - Dartmouth - Lowell - Medical School

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Like many colleges and universities, the university was founded as a land-grant college in the 1860's, receiving initial start-up funding as part of the Morrill Land-Grant Colleges Act. Amherst is the flagship campus of the system and is part of the Five Colleges consortium in the Pioneer Valley area of Western Massachusetts.

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Land-grant college - 1860's - Morrill Land-Grant Colleges Act - Amherst - Five Colleges - Pioneer Valley - Western Massachusetts

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Among its numerous residence halls, are five 20+ story hi-rise towers, named for George Washington, and the four U.S. Presidents from Massachusetts, John Adams, John Quincy Adams, Calvin Coolidge, and John Kennedy.

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George Washington - John Adams - John Quincy Adams - Calvin Coolidge - John Kennedy

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