UMass bans Iranians from some engineering, science programs

Associated Press ^ | February 16, 2015

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AMHERST, Mass. — The University of Massachusetts at Amherst has banned Iranian nationals from admission to certain graduate programs in a move that school officials say aligns its policy with U.S. sanctions against Iran.

The university will no longer admit students from Iran to some programs in engineering and natural sciences.

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In the late 70's the hot set up was to go to STCC ( Springfield Technical Community College In Springfield MA ) and Transfer to UMass to save $, start in Pre-Engineering @ STCC. Many engineering students did it. Including the Iranian ones at STCC, they had a boat load of them. One day during the Iranian hostage Crisis, they decided to protest the US and go from STCC down State Street in a protest in the middle of the Street. That went over like a loud fart in church, and it made national news if my memory is correct.

BTW, the seem to have some sort of high end physics and "experimental" program...

hmmm.... What Obama connections are tied to UMass?...

http://www.physics.umass.edu/

http://www.physics.umass.edu/

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OOPs...Check this out:

http://www.physics.umass.edu/acfi/experimental-nuclear-physics