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Education
Image of UMass Boston sign in front of dorm building on campus

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:

Impact
Natalicia Tracey
Natalicia Tracey. Image by: Courtesy of Natalicia Tracy and OSHA

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.

Impact, Research
Aerial image of East Boston

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.

Leadership
Bill Owens. Image by: Courtesy of the Owens family
Bill Owens
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.

Impact, Research
USCGA Superintendent Rear Admiral William Kelly and UMass Boston Chancellor Marcelo Suárez-Orozco sign the agreement on Friday. Image by: Gray Milkowski
USCGA Superintendent Rear Admiral William Kelly and UMass Boston Chancellor Marcelo Suárez-Orozco sign the agreement on Friday.
Impact
Society of Women Engineers e-board members practice building catapults in preparation for outreach at Acushnet Middle School. Pictured left to right: Jillian Wilson, Rebecca Rodrigues, Victoria Silva, Alexa Van Voorhis (Photo courtesy of A. Van Voorhis).
Society of Women Engineers e-board members practice building catapults in preparation for outreach at Acushnet Middle School.
Education, Student Life, Impact
UMass Law's Arc of Justice Atrium
UMass Law's Arc of Justice Atrium, designed by Mattapoisett artist John Magnan '99, who also contributed three unique works of his own, was dedicated last fall.
Research
Black hole graphic
Graphic courtesy Tia Martineau '18 (B.S. Physics), current PhD candidate studying binary neuron star mergers at the University of New Hampshire

UMass Dartmouth Assistant Professor Scott Field, Ph.D., and graduate students, Tousif Islam and Feroz H.

Research
Abigail Keith works in a lab at UMass Dartmouth
Abigail Keith (BS '20; MS '21) collaborated with Dr.
Student Life, Impact
UMassD celebrates Black History Month graphic

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