For this issue of Beacons, we asked you: How did you spend your time at UMass Boston?

The 2025 summer cohort shares their experiences working as Gardner Ambassadors at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum.

The College of Management at UMass Boston recently celebrated the third annual BEST Boston program—a fast-growing business and community initiative that equips business students with experiential learning while helping local companies thrive.

The UMass Boston Orchestra has a new conductor for the coming year, as accomplished music educator and trumpeter Ryan Noe has been named visiting assistant professor in music. Noe has played trumpet with the orchestra many times since joining UMass Boston in 2021 and is looking forward to leading students and community members he previously sat next to. In addition to conducting, the position includes teaching Music Education and a Special Topics in Composition course.

Physical activity may help slow the growth of an aggressive form of prostate cancer according to a recent study published in the journal Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise.

Vice Chancellor of Athletics and Recreation at UMass Boston, Dr. Jacqueline Schuman, has been selected as a 2025 Women Leaders in Sports Nike Executive of the Year Award Winner, as announced by the Women Leaders in Sports organization.

Meghan Bailey, processing archivist in UMass Boston’s Healey Library University Archives & Special Collections (UASC), is using her Innovative Grant award from the artists’ foundation Art + Everywhere to transform archives into a creative catalyst.

A new public artwork now greets visitors outside University Hall at UMass Boston: Transmutation by the highly acclaimed artist Cannupa Hanska Luger.