UMass Boston physics major and Honors College student Joseph Farah is sharing in a $3 million Breakthrough Prize for being part of the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) Collaboration that took the first image of a black hole in April. When the image was recorded, Farah was the only undergraduate on the 347-member team.

School for the Environment Interim Dean Bob Chen has put ostriches on the MBTA to tell people about climate change, and he’s let kids do the talking through their artwork on the T.

Thirty graduate students marked an educational and professional milestone at their Graduate Entry Pathway (GEP) Pinning Ceremony at UMass Medical School on Monday, Sept. 9. The members of the GEP Class of 2022 took an oath to practice their profession of nursing faithfully and received pins unique to the GSN symbolizing their entry into the profession.

By facilitating direct transactions and interactions between parties, companies like Airbnb, Uber and Facebook are some of the best known – and most profitable – multisided platforms (MSPs) around.

But what about traditional companies that simply provide products and services to customers? How are they supposed to compete on this relatively new and rapidly growing MSP playing field? Or should they even try?

For seven years, the Cool Science program has shown that children’s artwork is effective in teaching adults in the Lowell area about climate science.

Joseph N. Cooper has been named the inaugural J. Keith Motley Endowed Chair for Sport Leadership and Administration at UMass Boston. Cooper taught for six years at the University of Connecticut’s Neag School of Education, where he specialized in sport management, gender and race in sport, and higher education.  

AMHERST, Mass. – Internationally recognized climate scientist and Distinguished Professor Raymond S.

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.