A group of undergraduate and graduate students spent five weeks looking for the site of the original Pilgrim settlement as part of the Archaeological Field School offered through UMass Boston's College of Advancing and Professional Studies in collaboration with the Andrew Fiske Memorial Center for Archeological Research and the Anthropology Department.To see photos from the dig, go to: https://www.flickr.com/photos/umass_boston/sets/72157645346184146/To learn about the field school, go to:
http://www.umb.edu/academics/caps/summer_programs/field_study/archaeological_plymouth
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Running in 1967, before women were officially allowed to participate in the marathon, Kathrine Switzer was physically accosted on the route by a race official, but she persevered and completed the race. She talked about her own experience and her thoughts on the 2014 Boston Marathon at UMass Boston on April 17, 2014. - 1:472014 Community-Engaged Partnerships Symposium: Poster Session
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Oscar-winning director Oliver Stone visited UMass Boston on April 4, 2014, to screen a portion of his recent Showtime miniseries, "The Untold History of the United States." This video represents just some of what Stone and Peter Kuznick, who coauthored the accompanying book, had to say. To learn more about the project, visit: http://www.untoldhistory.com/#aboutUMass Boston's Joiner Institute for the Study of War and Social Consequences, the Political Science Department, and History Department cosponsored the event.
