UMass On Track To Establish Satellite Campus In Springfield

WAMC Northeast Public Radio | By Paul Tuthill

Published September 21, 2013 at 12:49 PM EDT

The University of Massachusetts is poised to establish a first-ever satellite campus. It would be located in downtown Springfield. Springfield Mayor Domenic Sarno has lobbied for several years to get a UMass campus in the city. WAMC’s Pioneer Valley Bureau Chief Paul Tuthill spoke earlier this week with the Chairman of the UMass Board of Trustees, Henry Thomas, who is Springfield resident.

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