BOSTON, Mass. – UMass Boston’s Camp Shriver will relocate to the Mount Ida Campus of UMass Amherst in Newton for summer 2021. The change of location was prompted by significant construction activity…, About the Center for Social Development and Education at UMass Boston, Camp Shriver is hosted by the Center for Social Development and Education (CSDE) at UMass Boston, a multidisciplinary research and training institute. The CSDE’s mission is to promote the social…, About the Mount Ida Campus of UMass Amherst, The Mount Ida Campus of UMass Amherst serves as a center for student experiential learning, industry engagement, academic and research collaboration, and fundraising in Greater Boston, which is home…
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BOSTON – Nearly 19,000 students will receive degrees from the University of Massachusetts over the next month during a combination of in-person and online ceremonies. The celebrations begin this week…, UMass President Marty Meehan, recognized the graduates for their resilience throughout the pandemic and their “can-do attitude that has come to define the University of Massachusetts for generations.” “There has been a spirit…, UMass commencement celebration details, UMass Amherst, UMass Amherst will host Graduate Commencement 2021 in person on Thursday, May 13 at 4 p.m. in McGuirk Alumni Stadium. Two guests per graduate will be allowed to attend. The ceremony will be live-…, UMass Boston, On Thursday, May 27 at 10 a.m., the university will share a congratulatory video that will feature brief remarks from the Provost and Chancellor, along with student stories and a celebratory montage…, UMass Dartmouth, On Friday, June 11, two ceremonies will be held for the Class of 2020 and one for the School of Law classes of 2020 and 2021. On Saturday, June 12, three ceremonies will held to celebrate the Class…, UMass Lowell, UMass Lowell will honor members of the Class of 2021 both in-person and virtually. S even ceremonies will be held from Wednesday, May 12 to Friday, May 14 to celebrate this year’s graduates: in-…, UMass Medical School, UMass Medical School will celebrate its 2021 graduates and award honorary degrees to four individuals at its 48th Commencement ceremony on Sunday, June 6. Two hundred eighty-five students from the…
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UMass Boston lacrosse junior attackman Darragh Fahey has been selected as one of five finalists for the 2021 Yeardley Reynolds Love Unsung Hero Award, the One Love Foundation announced last week.…
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Once a week this winter, UMass Boston master’s nursing student , Mirna Flores Raudez , would make her way to the East Boston Neighborhood Health Center vaccination clinic. There, she helped Spanish-speaking community members and others receive their first doses of the COVID-19 vaccine…, Linda Thompson, said. “They saw this challenge as a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to be part of the solution to a major public health crisis. “When the vaccines were available, our students volunteered to…, Ariane Nicole Theriault, , a nursing master’s student who works in a local hospital, also volunteered at the East Boston Neighborhood Health Center with Flores Raudez and seven other master’s students. She said it was a…
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In honor of Earth Week 2021, Transportation Services has unveiled 11 new EnelX EV Charging Stations in the West Garage, giving electric vehicle owners effective and convenient charging options on…
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UMass Dartmouth Professor Bridget A. Teboh (History) has been awarded a 2020-2021 fellowship by the Carnegie African Diaspora Fellowship Program (CADFP) . The fellowship will enable her to travel to…, Teboh, . As a Carnegie Fellow, Teboh will spend 82 days during the summer of 2021 to strengthen the existing curriculum and co-develop new courses for the BSUM History Department as well as facilitate the…
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Maggie Sullivan ’21, of West Roxbury, Massachusetts was celebrated by Governor Charlie Baker at a virtual ceremony as a “29 Who Shine Award” recipient. The Massachusetts Department of Higher…, Sullivan, . As a College Positive Tour Coordinator, Sullivan worked with local school districts to provide tours of the UMass Dartmouth campus to all 7th graders in Fall River and New Bedford. During the tour…, Mark A. Fuller, Interim Chancellor of UMass Dartmouth, . “Maggie embodies so many of the traits that we as a public institution of higher education strive to instill in our students: innovative leadership, academic excellence, and a dedication to helping…
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A University of Massachusetts Amherst epidemiologist has received a five-year, $3 million Outstanding New Environmental Scientist (ONES) grant from the National Institute of Environmental Health…
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Jennifer Rauch , assistant professor of biochemistry and molecular biology, is collaborating on a two-year, $700,000 National Institutes of Health grant to develop a new technology to treat…
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An international team of researchers, led by the University of Massachusetts Amherst, recently announced in the journal Current Biology that an amoeba called Naegleria has evolved more distinct…
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