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If you're searching for a large, diversified campus set in a beautiful rural area of New England, look no further than the main campus of the University of Massachusetts.

College campuses across America are becoming a cesspool of dangerous crime. What are parents and students doing to protect themselves?

Henry Ward Beecher was probably the most famous minister in American in the 1800's. Based in Brooklyn, Beecher became known far and wide for his preaching.

Following the death of President Harding, Calvin Coolidge was informed that he had become the 30th President of the United States in 1923.

After the sudden death of Warren G. Harding, Calvin Coolidge became the unlikely 30th President of the United States, attempting to bring a nation back together.

Soft-spoken Calvin Coolidge was an unlikely choice for Vice President of the United States, but in 1920, he made it to this position nonetheless.

Find meaning in college ranking guides and assess value in colleges. Help with selecting a college or university.

Reconstructed mid-19th century landscape features unite Poet Emily Dickinson's home The Homestead and her brother Austin's adjacent home The Evergreens in Amherst, MA.

According to U.S. News & World Report, Harvard and Princeton are the best national universities, while Amherst and Williams are the top liberal arts colleges.

African American scientists and inventors have created products and services that have had wide-reaching benefits.

In this article learn about which private universities offer the best financial aid packages.

Julia Child created a cook book, and almost 50 years later, Julie Powell created a blog about it.

William G. Tapply, well known for his elegant, easy style and unforgettable characters, died at his home in Hancock, New Hampshire on July 28, 2009.

Brief biography and poems of famous American poet Emily Dickinson.

"Cope's" memories include watching his father dig in the woods, desparately looking for the remains of his missing daughter. Twenty year later, the memory still haunts.

Clarence Birdseye revolutionized the food industry with flash-freeze methods he observed in Labrador, Canada.

The "Hidden Ivies" provide students with an excellent education comparable to the Ivy League schools. "The Public Ivies" introduces America's best public universities.

Whenever college baseball is mentioned, the Northeast doesn't always come to mind as a college baseball hotbed. Several Major League Baseball teams did think so, however.

Written around 1861, this more brazen example of Dickinson's verse has incited debate over its subject since its publication in the early 1890s.

In the 1990s, Professor Kent Johnson published poetry, claiming it was written by a Hiroshima survivor. Then it was discovered that no such poet ever existed.