Students look over the syllabus for their Calculus 3 course with Asst. Teaching Prof. Erica Yankowskas on UML's first day back to in-person learning. Computer engineering majors Cameron Albers and…
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Jacquie Moloney With masked students settled in their Tsongas Center seats and robed UML deans and dignitaries in place on the Convocation stage, Provost Joseph Hartman leaned into the microphone and…
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AMHERST, Mass. – New research from the University of Massachusetts Amherst shows that enrolling 9th graders who are struggling academically in an ethnic studies course greatly improves the likelihood…
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In a victory for the University of Massachusetts as it works to keep its 75,000 students, 24,000 employees and host communities safe throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, a federal judge has denied a…, UMass President Marty Meehan, said. “It also sends a strong message to those higher education institutions across the country that are putting the well-being of their campus communities first as we all begin a new academic year.…
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The journey toward achieving a doctorate degree in any discipline is already paved with obstacles and deterrents. And that’s without factoring in a global pandemic. “It’s an overwhelming sense of…
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2021 UMass Boston graduates. Image by: Bob Durling At long last, the class of 2020 had their moment. Seventeen months after they were sent to learn remotely, and fifteen months after COVID-19…
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Graduate smiles and waves at crowd during ceremony. Image by: Bob Durling More than 7,500 graduates from UMass Boston’s Class of 2020 and Class of 2021 were honored Thursday as the university held in…, Chancellor Marcelo Suárez-Orozco, applauded the remarkable achievements of the two graduating classes of Beacons, praising their resilience, determination, and ability to improvise. “In the face of the grave challenges of our day,…, 3,860 members of the Class of 2021, and , 3,727 in the Class of 2020. , Graduates hail from more than 140 countries around the world, and speak 100 different languages. More than 50 percent of UMass Boston students are first-generation college students. The university…, Martin Meehan, , Secretary of the Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs, Kathleen Theoharides G’07, and Boston Globe columnist Adrian Walker. Theoharides and Walker both received a Chancellor’s Medal for Distinguished Service., Undergraduate JFK Award winners Maurice Roberson ’21 and Maria Vasco ’20, and graduate student speakers Anthony C. Martin ’21, Christie Towers ’20, and Marta Pagán-Ortiz ’20 also offered words of…, Adrian Walker delivers speech during commencement Walker told the Class of 2020 to continue to be champions of equity, justice, and truth. “If there’s one thing that defines UMass Boston, in my eyes…, Theoharides , spoke of how it won’t be science alone that brings us back from the pandemic or helps us rebuild. “Science is what gives us answers and solutions, and yes even hope,” she said. “But it will be people…, Theoharids said., UMass President Marty Meehan, told graduates that we are at the threshold of reaching a better place. “We can sense a reawakening,” Meehan said. “The world needs the members of this very special class to help it reawaken, to…
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After more than a year of virtual learning due to the COVID-19 pandemic, UMass Boston’s Class of 2021 graduates were eager to celebrate their academic achievements in person. Family and friends…
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AMHERST, Mass. – David Sela, a nutrition scientist at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, has received a five-year, $1.69 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to…
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Joint statement from Michael F. Collins, MD, Chancellor, UMass Medical School, and Senior Vice President for the Health Sciences, UMass; Eric Dickson, MD, President & CEO, UMass Memorial Health…
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