Xiaochuan Tong, PhD, ’21 at commencement The College of Management’s recent PhD graduate , Xiaochuan Tong, ’21 was awarded the 2022 KPMG Outstanding Dissertation Award from the American Accounting Association (AAA) in the Gender Issues and Work-Life Balance (GIWB) section, which is awarded to only one…
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Assistant Professor of Urban Education, Leadership, and Policy Studies Abiola Farinde-Wu Assistant Professor of Urban Education, Leadership, and Policy Studies , Abiola Farinde-Wu, has received the American Educational Research Association’s Division K Early Career Award for her inspiring, high quality, and impactful research on recruiting and retaining Black teachers.…
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From left to right: Chancellor Mark A. Fuller with Alumni Award recipients (l-r) Brian Helgeland ’83, Carol Spencer-Monteiro, LMHC ’92, MA ’96, Lisa Tedeschi Vergara ’83, Jeanne Leduc, and Christiaan…, Brian Helgeland ’83, received the Lifetime Achievement Award for his career as an award-winning Hollywood screenwriter, producer, and director. In 1997, he won an Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay for “L.A.…, Lisa Tedeschi Vergara ’83, received the Alumni Volunteer Service Award, given to a graduate in recognition of service to the UMass Dartmouth and the community. Vergara founded Storytime Crafts Inc., a nonprofit in her…, arol Spencer-Monteiro ’92, MA ’96, , assistant vice chancellor for student success, received the Faculty/Staff Recognition Award. A first-generation college student and first-born American in her family, Spencer-Monteiro embarked on…, Christiaan Rees ’12, was selected for the Rising Star Alumni Award, which celebrates the accomplishments of a UMassD graduate of the last 10-15 years whose exceptional achievements in career, public service, or…, Jeanne Leduc, , for her lifelong dedication to helping individuals overcome health, education, and food insecurity challenges. This award is given to an individual who is not a graduate of UMass Dartmouth, but…
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Giulia Po DeLisle, associate teaching professor in the Department of World Languages and Cultures, accepts her OERscar award at the second-annual ceremony, held recently at Moloney Hall. “Why isn’t…
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2022 Greeley Scholar for Peace Studies, Soe Mying, sits and smiles at camera This year’s Greeley Scholar page at UML Greeley Scholar for Peace Studies , a Burmese journalist in hiding from the…
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EMTs, from left, Andrew Finerty, Angela Piso and P.J. Roe stand in front of UMass Lowell EMS car Neither rental car snafu nor ice storm could keep 16 students from UMass Lowell’s Emergency Medical…
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Art and Design Associate Professor Ingrid Hess, center, with Sheila Kirschbaum, right, director of the Tsongas Industrial History Center and co-editor of one of Hess's books, and Paulette Renault-…
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The University of Massachusetts has received a $330,000 grant from the Richard and Susan Smith Family Foundation to support development of a pilot “early college” program that would provide high…, , However, more than 80 percent of Massachusetts high school students do not have access to an approved early college program, and few of those students live within reasonable travel distance to a…, UMass President Marty Meehan, said. “With the Commonwealth Collegiate Academy, we want to build on existing partnerships and build new ones to lower the barriers that are preventing too many young people from achieving their…, Katherine S. Newman, UMass System Chancellor for Academic Programs & Senior Vice President for Economic Development, said: “The creation of the Commonwealth Collegiate Academy is consistent with the University’s mission of providing broad access to the life-changing benefits provided by a college degree. We are…, Erika Giampietro, Executive Director of the Massachusetts Alliance for Early College, , said. “The Commonwealth Collegiate Academy can help make meaningful progress towards our goal of serving 45,000 students with high-quality Early College and ultimately closing a quarter of the…, Massachusetts Business Alliance for Education Executive Director Ed Lambert, said. “The delivery of high-quality content in accelerated career themed pathways is something that the state's bu~siness leaders strongly support. Early College works and scaling up this evidence-…, , Support, tutoring, and advising will be provided by partner high school staff members working in close collaboration with UMass staff members. The program would be, rolled out over a four-year period, beginning as soon as fall 2022. The first phase of the pilot will include UMass Dartmouth and UMass Lowell, with UMass Amherst and UMass Boston joining the pilot…
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McKenzie Ferrari, a 2022 Goldwater Scholar Physics major McKenzie Ferrari ‘23 has been named a 2022 Goldwater Scholar, becoming the first recipient of the prestigious recognition in UMass Dartmouth’s…
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Three students at the University of Massachusetts Amherst have won scholarships from the prestigious Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Foundation . Zeynep Alptekin The…, Zeynep Alptekin, ’23, , Ashley Eng, ’23, and , Wyatt Tran, ’23, who all will be dedicating their careers to work as scientists, mathematicians and engineers. The Goldwater Foundation provides a continuing source of highly qualified scholars to work as…
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