The Massachusetts Women of Color Coalition (MAWOCC) and the UMass Boston Center for Women in Politics and Public Policy will jointly host a virtual forum entitled, “Standing in our Power: Women of Color Leading Change,” on Saturday September 19 and 26. The forum will focus on civic engagement, voting, electoral representation, and policy reform.
Officially launching an “anything but ordinary” academic year with a virtual convocation address, UMass Boston Chancellor Marcelo Suárez-Orozco called on the higher education community to “sharpen its focus and redouble our endeavors to forge anew the indispensable tools for social justice.”
Harvard University’s James Bryant Conant University Professor Danielle Allen delivered the keynote address at UMass Boston’s virtual 2020 Fall Convocation, outlining “red flags” signaling that American democracy is deeply troubled but also offering a path forward for a more resilient democracy.
AARP Foundation has awarded a grant to the Gerontology Institute at the University of Massachusetts Boston for a two-year project to increase access to economic opportunities for older people of color in the greater Boston area.
Today, U.S. News & World Report announced their 2021 College Rankings, and UMass Dartmouth again ranked high for its impact on the upward social mobility of its students. UMass Dartmouth, the only nationally ranked Massachusetts doctoral research university located south of Boston, ranked #76 nationwide and #2 in Massachusetts on the social mobility ranking list.
The Leduc Center at UMass Dartmouth has recently started a Jumpstart for Young Children (Jumpstart) program that will pair 30 UMass Dartmouth students as tutors and mentors with 100 Pre-K children at People Acting in Community Endeavors (PACE) Head Start in New Bedford. The program, typically delivered in person, is scheduled to begin virtually this fall.
When Lowell Community Health Center got a state grant to offer free COVID-19 tests to city residents this summer, two UMass Lowell alumni were central to the mobile testing campaign.
Given the uncertainty of the coronavirus pandemic, Assoc. Prof. of Spanish Studies Daniel Arroyo-Rodriguez prepared for every possible teaching scenario this fall: in-person courses on campus, virtual classes online, or a hybrid of the two.
Jasmine Varona has hit the ground running at UMass Lowell.
But that’s really no surprise, given that the first-year Manning School of Business student from Haverhill, Mass., has been getting a running start on college for years.
Varona is the first student to complete Haverhill High School’s NAF Academy of Finance, a certificate program developed by the Massachusetts Society of Certified Public Accountants (MSCPA) in partnership with UMass Lowell to introduce young students to the accounting profession.
They could have done what so many other engaged couples did and postpone their weddings until next year.
But these River Hawk lovebirds didn’t want to let the coronavirus pandemic dictate the terms of their happily-ever-afters.
So in spite of the pandemic, several UMass Lowell alumni and students got married this summer — in safe and responsible, socially distanced ceremonies where veils and open bars were replaced by face masks and hand sanitizer.