UMass Chan Medical School alum Christine Cassel, MD’76, has made her mark as a clinical, education and policy leader, and now as a benefactor to her alma mater. The Christine K. Cassel MD’76 Faculty Scholar Award has been established with a gift of $200,000, which will endow an annual award recognizing an assistant or associate professor for accomplishments related to medical ethics, human rights and social justice.
UMass alumni Dan and Diane M. Casey Riccio, PhD, have pledged $15 million to UMass Chan Medical School to further expedite and support advances in neuroscience research. The gift includes $10 million for what will be named the Riccio ALS Accelerator Initiative and $5 million to expand and endow the Riccio Fund for Neuroscience, providing seed money for research collaborations.
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The Boston Teachers College Scholarship Fund recently surpassed its $1 million goal.
UMass Boston’s online bachelor’s degree and online graduate programs, including the MBA and master’s in education, were listed among the nation’s best in the U.S. News and World Report Best Online Programs rankings, released today.
Most notable among the rankings was the university’s online bachelor’s degree, which jumped 54 spots.
The new top 100 rankings include:
Natalicia Tracy’s career speaks for itself.
A double Beacon who went on to earn her PhD, become a UMass Boston professor, and lead Boston’s Brazilian Worker Center as executive director, she has spearheaded labor initiatives in Boston and around New England, and now has the chance to affect change on a national scale.
The Sustainable Solutions Lab at UMass Boston has released new research exploring the question of what is necessary for true community and climate resilience in East Boston.
Image by: Courtesy of the Owens family
Bill Owens, the first Black State Senator to serve in Massachusetts’ upper chamber and a former member of the UMass Boston William Monroe Trotter Institute advisory board, passed away peacefully late last week at age 84.
