BOSTON, MA – The University of Massachusetts Boston is launching an innovative department of Urban Public Health (UPH) with the goal of preparing students for jobs in the public health field uniquely focused on improving the health of diverse urban populations.

The Black Faculty, Staff, and Student Association (BFSSA) hosted “A History of Black Activism in Boston Sports” webinar last month, as part of the campus’s Black History Month activities.

In the spring of 1950, a small doughnut shop in Quincy rebranded from Open Kettle to become Dunkin’ Donuts. Over the next seven decades, Dunkin’ has grown into a multibillion-dollar brand, with more than 11,000 stores around the world.

UMass Boston Professor of History Bonnie Miller helped tell the story of how founder Bill Rosenberg turned Dunkin’ Donuts into one of the world's largest coffee and baked goods chains on a recent episode of The History Channel’s hit documentary series The Food that Built America.

Assistant Professor of Urban Education, Leadership, and Policy Studies Abiola Farinde-Wu has received the American Educational Research Association’s Division K Early Career Awar

The College of Management’s recent PhD graduate Xiaochuan Tong ’21 was awarded the 2022 KPMG Outstanding Dissertation Award from the American Accounting Association (AAA) in the Gender Issues and Work-Life Balance (GIWB) section, which is awarded to only one recipient each year.

Michelle Wu, the first woman and person of color elected to lead the city of Boston as mayor, will deliver the keynote address at the university’s 54th commencement ceremony on Friday, May 27, 2022. The Class of 2022 graduation will be held, for the first time, at the Boston Convention and Exposition Center.

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Jamila Lyiscott, assistant professor of social justice education, was awarded the 2022 Ernest D. Morrell African Diaspora Emerging Scholar Award by the Comparative & International Education Society (CIES).

Graduate programs in several disciplines at the University of Massachusetts Amherst rank among the best in the nation as reported in the new 2023 edition of U.S. News & World Report’s Best Graduate Schools.

In the weeks leading up to spring break, UMass Amherst political scientist Charli Carpenter had been closely following the war in Ukraine.