AMHERST, Mass. – The University of Massachusetts Amherst has climbed into the Top 25 of the nation’s premier public universities, coming in at No. 24 among the approximately 130 public institutions ranked in the Best Colleges 2020 guide published by U.S. News & World Report.
After a whirlwind weekend getting settled on campus, the university’s largest-ever incoming class – nearly 3,400 strong – took a collective deep breath at Convocation 2019.
The freshmen and new transfer students actually took several deep breaths as keynote speaker Pierce Freelon, an Emmy Award-winning producer and director, led them through a meditative exercise on overcoming adversity and achieving goals.
Of the nearly 100 campus improvement projects that Facilities Management worked on over the summer, the one most likely to stop students in their tracks is the new Cumnock Courtyard.
The university has transformed the former parking lot between Cumnock, Ball and Perry halls into an inviting outdoor plaza with accessible walkways connecting the North Campus buildings. Students can now relax on courtyard benches between classes, surrounded by a well-manicured landscape of freshly planted trees and shrubs.
The Institute for Early Education Leadership and Innovation (the Leadership Institute), housed in UMass Boston’s College of Education and Human Development, announces today that it has been selected to administer the Department of Early Education and Care’s (EEC) three-year, $12.4 million StrongStart Training and Technical Assistance Grant.
As the fall semester gets underway, a number of construction and campus improvement projects are progressing.
The Student Union renovation and Worcester Commons projects are taking steps toward completion, while the Campus Core Utilities, Landscaping and Accessibility Project and the improvement of recreational athletic fields have begun.
UMass Dartmouth researchers have been awarded a $2,116,315 grant by the National Science Foundation to help elementary school teachers integrate problem-solving skills common for computer programming into their math and science classes.
After a period of extensive outreach and careful preparation, the University of Massachusetts has launched its search for a permanent chancellor for UMass Boston with the creation of a committee that is as distinguished and diverse as the campus itself.
Faculty members form the core of the search committee, with eight of panel’s 21 members holding academic positions at the University: five UMB faculty members, two UMB deans, and the vice chancellor for research at UMass Lowell.
AMHERST, Mass. – The University of Massachusetts Amherst will welcome an outstanding academic entering class, and the largest in university history, when students return to the Commonwealth’s flagship campus over Labor Day weekend.
BOSTON — The UMass Boston Chancellor Search Committee, holding its inaugural meeting, today launched an effort to attract “world-class candidates” for the 16,000-student urban public research university.
Search committee member Robert Lewis, founder and president of The BASE, said the task ahead was identifying and recruiting candidates capable of leading “a world-class institution for a world-class city.”
Expressing similar sentiments, UMass President Marty Meehan said, “UMass Boston is in a great position to attract world-class candidates.”
UMass Boston raised $23.8 million in fiscal year 2019, setting a new annual record for fundraising in the university’s 55-year history. The previous record was $17.6 million.
The fundraising total more than doubled the $10.5 million campus goal set by the UMass System and nearly tripled the amount raised in fiscal year 2018. UMass Boston this past year also completed its $100 million fundraising campaign, Just Imagine, which raised $114.6 million and was the most ambitious campaign in the university’s history.