The College of Nursing and Health Sciences’s Center for Clinical Education and Research (CCER) has long given UMass Boston nursing students an advantage as they embark on clinicals and paid nursing jobs. With its move to the first floor of the Quinn Administration Building this semester, the CCER has gone from about 3,000 square feet to just over 10,000, with even more amenities that prepare our students for the workforce.
The UMass Dartmouth Portuguese Department, Ferreira-Mendes Portuguese-American Archives, and School of Education in the UMass Dartmouth College of Arts & Sciences hosted a delegation of graduate Education students from the University of the Azores. The students were joined by their instructor Graça Castanha and the poet Manuela Bulcão. They offered a workshop entitled, “Teaching Portuguese through Universal Design for Learning and Happiness”. The event, which took place on Friday, 21 February 2020 from 1 p.m.
Anna Maria Siega-Riz, dean of the School of Public Health and Health Sciences and professor in the departments of nutrition and biostatistics and epidemiology, received the Distinguished Alumni Award from the University of North Carolina (UNC) department of nutrition at an event held in her honor on Friday, Jan. 17. A former professor and associate dean at the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health, Siega-Riz earned a bachelor’s degree in public health from UNC, a master’s degree in food and nutrition from UNC-Greensboro and a doctoral degree in nutrition and epidemiology from UNC.
Ximena Zúñiga will be recognized with the American College Personnel Association (ACPA) - College Student Educators International Lifetime Achievement Award at the ACPA Convention in Nashville, Tennessee on Tuesday, March 3.
Drawing upon players of the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra, the West-Eastern Divan Ensemble, led by the orchestra’s concertmaster Michael Barenboim, embarks on its first tour, including a performance in Bowker Auditorium on Monday, March 2 at 7:30 p.m. The Ensemble will perform works by Brahms and Mendelssohn as well as new work by Benjamin Attahir. There will be a pre-performance talk at 6:30 p.m.
Two UMass Amherst buildings were recognized by the Boston Society of Architecture (BSA) at the organization’s annual award ceremony on Thursday, Jan. 23 at the BSA Space in downtown Boston.
Two students, juniors Meg Davis and Rhada Dave, have developed a device to measure water usage in dorm showers. They used an $1,800 grant from the Sustainability, Innovation and Engagement Fund (SIEF) to create a prototype for their project.
AMHERST, Mass. – Two tree species native to the Northeast have been found to be structurally sound for use in cross-laminated timber (CLT) – a revolutionary new type of building material with sought-after sustainability characteristics, according to research by a University of Massachusetts Amherst timber engineer.
With the regular decision application deadline just days away, UMass Boston's Office of Undergraduate Admissions has received more than 14,000 applications, putting UMass Boston on track for one of its largest applicant pools in university history.
"The Class of 2024 is large, it is diverse, and it is accomplished," Director of Undergraduate Admissions Corey Ford said at Saturday's Welcome Day for Admitted Students event.
The American Educational Research Association (AERA) today named Mark R. Warren, a professor of public policy and public affairs in the McCormack Graduate School, one of its 2020 AERA fellows. Only 12 scholars were selected for their notable and continuous research achievements.