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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First-year students and roommates Adam Zecher, left, and Max Valin couldn't wait to meet new people on East Campus on move-in weekend. Standing outside University Suites, where columns of red, white…
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New student has help from family on move-in day After three semesters of mostly remote learning and work, UMass Dartmouth recently welcomed back all students, faculty, and staff to campus for the…, Chancellor Mark Fuller, said “I talk a lot about what UMass Dartmouth can bring to you. A quality education. A diverse and dynamic community. Opportunity for the future. But today, what I’m most grateful for is what you…
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Recently, over 60 college-aged students gathered together in the Applied Science Center at UMass Amherst’s Mount Ida campus in Newton. The first cohort of the Commonwealth Fintech Bootcamp, they were…
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UMass Medical School was awarded a $1.7 million grant from The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust to address the increasing prevalence of Crohn’s disease in Puerto Rico in a cost-…
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A new video series featuring scientists from the Institute for Drug Resistance at UMass Medical School is designed to promote the importance of biomedical research. Celia Schiffer, PhD, the Gladys…
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The Vaccine Corps is expanding thanks to students in the School of Medicine and Graduate School of Nursing at UMass Medical School. On Tuesday, Aug. 10, a group of second-year medical students and…
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