The Francis College of Engineering has launched countless careers since it was founded as the Lowell Textile School in 1895.
It also helped to launch a university 2,000 miles away in Lubbock, Texas.
The Southcoast Health COVID-19 surge hospital located in the Tripp Athletic Center at UMass Dartmouth has closed. The hospital was built in partnership with the Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency (MEMA) to safeguard the capacity of the region’s hospitals during the COVID-19 spring surge. No patients were admitted to the hospital.
Southcoast Health and MEMA are currently removing all medical equipment from the site and the entire facility will be professionally cleaned. The cleaning process is expected to finish on June 1, 2020.
The UMass Dartmouth Center for Marketing Research released a new report to shed light on one of the big debates among parents and educators in America - school choice.
I am saddened to learn of the passing of Joseph Corcoran, a leader, a builder -- and a kind and generous man. As the founder of the pioneering Corcoran Jennison real estate development company, Mr. Corcoran was UMass Boston’s friend and neighbor, creating the Harbor Point residential community and nearby ventures at Bayside. During the course of his remarkable life and career, Joe’s business achievements were many, as were his philanthropic and civic contributions.
Dear Campus Community:
The tragic passing of George Floyd, who died while in police custody this past Monday, is a devastating and heart-wrenching loss to the City of Minneapolis, the African-American community, and everyone who believes in equality and the sanctity of human life. This incident, following the senseless deaths of Breonna Taylor in Kentucky and Ahmaud Arbery in Georgia, is further proof that implicit bias and systemic racism continue to plague our country and, as they did on May 25, can result in deadly consequences.
Responding to the need for trained professionals to serve in one of the fastest growing career fields, UMass Dartmouth partnered with Salve Regina University to develop a pathway for students to earn a bachelor’s degree in mathematics from Salve and a master’s degree in data science from UMass Dartmouth in just five years.
Dear Campus community:
Professors Heidi Levitt, Elizabeth Bussiere, and Werner Kunz will be honored when UMass Boston holds its in-person 2020 Commencement ceremony. The three will receive Chancellor’s Awards in the areas of scholarship, teaching, and service during the ceremony, on a date still to be set.
The Office of Graduate Studies this year selected two students to receive top honors and serve as commencement speakers:
Dear Students, Staff, and Faculty,
As the leader of a majority-minority campus, an institution devoted to social justice and the cardinal principles of equality, it is incumbent on me to speak out about the intolerable violence that has been visited on black citizens like George Floyd.