Chancellor , Marcelo Suárez-Orozco, pledged to expand the role UMass Boston plays in the city during a conversation last week with Boston City Council President , Kim Janey, , who is poised to become the city’s next mayor. “We need to be the go-to place for madam president when she becomes our mayor, for city government, for NGOs, for communities,” he said. “To, with us…, Kenneth Cooper, , senior editor for GBH News. More than 100 people gathered virtually on Thursday, February 18 to hear UMass Boston faculty and organizational leaders across Boston deepen the dialogue around how the…, Cynthia Orellana, , director of the Office of Community Partnerships. “One of these is to actionably stand with our city, with urban communities that are core to our institutional mission in good times and in times…, Andrew Leong, , an associate professor of philosophy, legal studies, Latino and Asian studies; , Rebecca Herst, , director of the Sustainable Solutions Lab; , Betty Francisco, , general counsel at Compass Working Capital and co-founder of Amplify Latinx; , Eric Esteves, , executive director of The Lenny Zakim Fund; and , Maicharia Weir Lytle, , president and CEO of United South End Settlements. The community partners spoke of how UMass Boston has played an active role in both educating and uplifting the city’s children and being a…, Celine Voyard, ‘22 and political science major , Layanie Oscar, ‘22 sharing their original poem, “Hello, my name is.” Nursing student , Isabel Raymond, ’24 sang "My Grand Plan" from The Lightning Thief musical. This is the Office of Community Partnerships’ fourth annual fireside chat with faculty and community leaders. Orellana says the fireside…
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Study.com has ranked UMass Dartmouth’s accounting program, offered at the Charlton College of Business, #21 among 50 on their list of "2021 Best Degrees in Accounting." Hundreds of universities…
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Two faculty members from the Department of Mathematical Sciences Department of Mathematical Sciences , Asst. Profs. Asst. Prof. Min Hyung Cho Min Hyung Cho and Asst. Prof. Nilabja Guha Nilabja…, New Statistical Tools, Guha received a three-year, $140,000 grant for his project, “ NSF grant New Directions in Bayesian Change-Point Analysis ,” which aims to fill a gap in the statistical tools used in the analysis of…
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Dan Muise profile at UMass Lowell website Dan Muise ’16 didn’t know what he wanted to study when he arrived at UMass Lowell. He was still narrowing it down when he graduated from the university and…, Sandra Adome ’18 – Medical Laboratory Science, Medical Laboratory Science Medical laboratory science major Sandra Adome ’18 joined the Honors College because she wanted to challenge herself. “It was a way for me to prove to myself that I’m…, Caitlin Pinkham ’13 – History , In retrospect, Caitlin Pinkham ’13 says her History landing page history major, the Honors College and hands-on experiences helped her to discover the personality traits and develop the skills –…, Willie Boag ’16 – Computer Science, Computer-science landing page Computer science graduate Willie Boag ’16, now a Ph.D. student at MIT specializing in ethics and artificial intelligence in health care, says the Honors College…
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When transfer student Michael Hines began as an exercise physiology major at UMass Lowell, he had already taken two-plus years of college business classes and worked for several years. The exercise…
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First-year business students Sarah Curley and Khadija Mir Khadija Mir have become good friends since meeting last year during the launch summer intro UML Launch! Summer Program . They take several…, Discord Servers, Danielle Le and Andrew Parker met on campus in fall 2019 as freshmen in the link this for engineering landing page Francis College of Engineering and quickly struck up a friendship. When the…, Student Organizations, Senior environmental science major Evelynn Cousey remembers when she first met fellow link this for Sciences landing page Kennedy College of Sciences students Evan Paige and Erin McGuire. “We were…
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A year ago, when Health-Sciences landing page Zuckerberg College of Health Sciences researcher Quinn-Margaret Margaret Quinn began work on a SafeHomeCaregrantrelease-Feb2020 $2.48 million…, Work Informed by Decades of Research, In many ways, the effort represents the culmination of Quinn’s decades of research into working conditions in the home care industry, in which aides perform the majority of daily care tasks. They…, Providing Stability for a Vulnerable Workforce, While Quinn and team have identified hazards and advocated for improvements over the years, from using syringes with safety devices to installing grab bars and using lifts when patients need…
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The entire University of Massachusetts community mourns the loss of Joseph D. Duffey, the distinguished former UMass Amherst chancellor and UMass president who fought for excellence in public higher…
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"On behalf of the 75,000 students, 18,000 faculty and staff, half million-plus alumni of the University of Massachusetts, we extend our gratitude to the Massachusetts Congressional delegation for its…
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University of Massachusetts campuses are deploying the energy, expertise, and ingenuity of students, faculty and staff in support of the Commonwealth’s COVID-19 vaccination effort. After 10 months…, Vaccination clinics, The UMass Amherst vaccination clinic, launched January 11, is run by the university’s Public Health Promotion Center (PHPC) and has vaccinated thousands of people. The Mount Ida Campus of UMass…, , has partnered with the Holtzman Medical Group to launch a COVID-19 vaccine clinic at its Newton site. The clinic, which is currently scheduled to be open on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays through…, Research, Using RNA as the basis for current therapies (including the first two COVID-19 vaccines, from Pfizer and Moderna) dates back to 1998 with research by Craig Mello at UMass Medical School and his…, Community outreach, UMass Medical School faculty who are expert in community-engaged research are organizing and hosting a dozen virtual community forums to meet with select, multilingual, vulnerable populations in…
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