The University of Massachusetts Amherst continues to be among the nation’s most environmentally responsible higher educational institutions, according to The Princeton Review’s 2021 Guide to Green…
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Tim Scalona, a graduate student at the School of Public Policy, has been elected student trustee for the Amherst campus on the University of Massachusetts Board of Trustees, where he plans to…
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Seven UMass Boston students have been selected as the inaugural cohort of the Civic Action Fellows Program . The fellows will build their civic agency and skills for collective action through bi-…
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The Practitioner Scholars Program (PSP) pilot has launched its third cohort this fall, bringing together a new group of distinguished government, business, and community leaders who will co-teach…, Liz Miranda, and Brockton City Councilor , Tina Cardoso, , along with distinguished community and business leaders , Cara Cogliano, , director of Chelsea Community Connections; , Charles Smith, , senior vice president and SBA program manager at Eastern Bank; and , Sam Williams, , a faculty member and coach at the School & Main Institute. Their faculty counterparts include Assistant Professor of Psychology https://www.umb.edu/academics/cla/faculty/devin_g_atallah Devin…, This year's courses are:, PSYCH 415: Psychological Trauma: Individual and Society , Faculty: https://www.umb.edu/academics/cla/faculty/devin_g_atallah Devin Atallah , Assistant Professor of Psychology, Department of Psychology, College of Liberal Arts Practitioner: Sam Williams…, WGS 376: Women of Color in the US , Faculty: Aminah Pilgrim , Senior Lecturer II, Department of Women's, Gender and Sexuality Studies, College of Liberal Arts Practitioners: Elizabeth Miranda , Massachusetts State Senator and …, UPCD 750: Planning Studio , Faculty: Antonio Raciti , Assistant Professor of Ecological Design, School for the Environment Practitioner: Cara Cogliano, Director, Chelsea Community Connections, AF 495: Financial Policy , Faculty: Kristen Callahan , Senior Lecturer of Finance, Department of Accounting and Finance, College of Management Practitioner: Original URL: https://enterprisectr.org/speakers/charles-smith/…
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Marcelo Suárez-Orozco remembers Boston from the decade he taught at Harvard and raised his family in Cambridge, in the late ’90s and early aughts, as a city in the throes of physical upheaval—the Big…
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On a typical day, family nurse practitioner , Valery Joseph ’10, G’18, sees between 15 and 18 patients at the Whittier Street Health Center in Boston’s Roxbury neighborhood. Most of her patients range in age from 50 to 90. About 90 percent speak Spanish, one of four…, Goddard House Renews Support for Mid-Career Nursing Students, In March, Goddard House, the oldest nonprofit elder care organization in Massachusetts, pledged a $500,000 gift over five years to the Goddard House–Doane Scholarship program. The program provides…
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Four hundred years after the first Thanksgiving—a three-day harvest feast celebrated in 1621 by a band of desperately struggling English settlers and a group of neighboring native Wampanoag— it…, Elizabeth Tarulis G’20, , a master’s student at the time of the discovery, said finding evidence of constructed features that have disappeared over time is different from finding tangible artifacts. “Because soil is…, Constance the Calf, In 2014, when UMass Boston researchers began to find 17thcentury artifacts such as pottery, tins, trade beads, and musket balls, they were cautiously optimistic that they had found a location inside…
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The UMass Boston campus was closed, but that didn’t stop dozens of students, faculty, and staff from standing together—to grieve, express their anger, and to be heard. In the days following the death…
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Whether it’s through film, drawing, music, theater, or dance, , Maria Servellón ’12, has always been creating art in one form or another. But it wasn’t until her sophomore year at UMass Boston that she considered turning her talents into a career. “I originally pursued psychology,…
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UMass Dartmouth announces that the National Security Agency and the Department of Homeland Security have designated the university as a National Center of Academic Excellence in Cybersecurity - Cyber…, UMass Dartmouth Acting Chancellor Mark Preble, . “This recognition showcases the incredible work being conducted by our faculty, opportunities for our students, and commitment to the greater good.” In recent years, UMass Dartmouth has poised…, Dr. Michael Goodman, . “This recognition reflects the emergence of our College of Engineering as a major player in the critically important field of Cyber Research”. Identifying the growing federal, state, and local…, Dr. Jean VanderGheynst, , Dean of the UMass Dartmouth College of Engineering and Interim Dean of the School for Marine Science and Technology. The University offers an undergraduate concentration and graduate certificate…
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