BOSTON -- April 6, 2016:UMass President Marty Meehan today announced that the University's own spending on financial aid for students rose by nearly $20 million during the current academic year,…, Highlights of the financial aid report include:, UMass students this year received $334 million in need-based aid. Need-based aid accounted for $105 million of the University's own spending on financial aid. The average net cost for a UMass in-…
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BOSTON - President Marty Meehan today praised Governor Baker and the Legislature for approving funding that he said would allow UMass "to build on its current surge of progress and success." "The…
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BOSTON - The five student trustees representing the 73,000 students of the UMass system today participated in the 2016 Public Higher Education Advocacy Day on Beacon Hill, asking state government…
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BOSTON - Feb. 23, 2016:Despite the tightening of the funding environment, the University of Massachusetts saw sponsored research increase by 4.3 percent during the past year, reaching a record $629…
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BOSTON -- President Marty Meehan today said the University of Massachusetts now spends three out of four capital dollars on renovation and repair and has significantly reduced its maintenance backlog…
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BOSTON -- President Marty Meehan today announced that the university expects to open student housing on its Boston campus in September 2018, achieving a long-held goal of providing UMass Boston…
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January 20, 2016:The University of Massachusetts Building Authority (UMBA), an organization established by the Massachusetts Legislature to build academic buildings, laboratories, athletic facilities…, About the UMASS Building Authority, The UMass Building Authority is currently managing a $3.8 billion capital plan with more than 50 current construction projects that will significantly improve teaching, learning and student life on…, MEDIA CONTACT:, Paula Gates Regan Communications 617-488-2853 pgates@regancomm.com
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BOSTON -- President Marty Meehan today announced that he has appointed former Muhlenberg College President Peyton Randolph (Randy) Helm as the interim chancellor of UMass Dartmouth. Citing Helm's…
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BOSTON - James J. Karam, a prominent business and civic leader and former chairman of the University of Massachusetts Board of Trustees, has donated an additional $50,000 to a scholarship fund that…, About the UMass Foundation, The UMass Foundation is a private, non-profit corporation founded in 1950 to foster and promote the growth, progress and general welfare of the University of Massachusetts, recently ranked as the No…
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BOSTON - Dec. 23, 2015:The Massachusetts Technology Transfer Center (MTTC) today announced $320,000 in awards to eight UMass faculty researchers who are developing promising technologies that range…
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