- 0:34SAEC 50th Birthday Bash
UMass Boston's Student Arts and Events Council served up a 50-foot cake with cupcakes on top spelling out "UMass Boston 50th Year" for the university's 50th birthday. Watch this video to see how quickly the cake disappeared. You can see more photos here: https://www.flickr.com/photos/umass_boston/sets/72157647376204072/ - 2:01Identify Giant Kelp with Floating Forests
Jarrett Byrnes, assistant professor of biology at the University of Massachusetts Boston, wants you to take part in his latest marine ecology research – and you don’t even have to get your feet wet. Byrnes, along with colleagues from California, Portugal, and Chile, is trying to find out whether climate change is having an impact on giant kelp forests. To do that, he needs citizen scientists identify these green patches of kelp forest – from space. Visit http://www.floatingforests.org and http://www.umb.edu/news/detail/you_can_help_scientists_track_giant_kelp_from_space to learn more. Photos are from Santa Barbara Coastal LTER. - 0:39UMass Boston's Birthday Block Party
On June 18, 1964, Governor Endicott Peabody signed the legislation that established the University of Massachusetts Boston as the second undergraduate campus in the UMass system. On June 18, 2014, the university community and neighbors marked that signing with a block party and by doing some signing of their own—signing an extra large birthday card. See how else UMass Boston celebrated its 50th anniversary, watch this video. To see other photos from the event, go to: https://www.flickr.com/photos/umass_boston/sets/72157645294226383/ - 1:23Student Playwright Wraps up Theatre Boot Camp at O'Neill Theater Center
UMass Boston English and theatre arts major Rick Chason is finishing up his two weeks as a critic fellow at the Eugene O'Neill Theater Center's National Critics Institute. It's a boot camp for theatre writers. Chason earned this opportunity after receiving the Kennedy Center American Theatre College (KCACTF) Award to attend the National Critics Institute in Washington, DC this spring. He's been working with playwrights on their new plays.You can learn about the boot camp here: http://www.theoneill.org/professional-development-and-education/nci/You can learn about the UMass Boston Student Playwrights Project here: http://www.umb.edu/news/detail/call_for_submissions_umb_playwrights_project_fall_2014 - 2:01UMass Boston Students Seek Original Plymouth Settlement Walls
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 - 2:19UMass Boston State House Day Highlights (2:20)
The Massachusetts legislature passed the bill establishing the University of Massachusetts Boston on June 16, 1964, which Gov. Endicott Peabody signed on June 18, 1964.On June 16, 2014, members of the legislature and the daughters of UMass Boston's co-founders took part in a celebration at the State House.This video shows just some of the event. For the full speaking program, go to: http://youtu.be/kDnzWke40No - 3:54Magazine Extra: Asian American Studies Partners with Mather School
A UMass Boston partnership with a Dorchester elementary school helps Asian American students succeed. To read about the partnership, go to: http://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/umass-boston/alumni_springsummer14/#/16For current and past issues of UMass Boston Magazine, go to: http://www.umb.edu/magazine - 2:102014 Business Launch Competition Winner Announced
This year's winner of the fourth annual Business Launch Competition, hosted by the College of Management's Entrepreneurship Center and held at the University of Massachusetts Boston's Venture Development Center, was announced on May 8, 2014. We followed three of the five finalists throughout their journey, meeting with them on April 15, April 29, and May 8.To learn about the competition, visit: http://www.umb.edu/news/detail/overthink_notes_wins_best_student_startup_in_business_launch_competition - 1:03UMass Boston Junior Selected to Speak at Jumpstart Event
UMass Boston junior Yihra Peralta is representing UMass Boston at Jumpstart's annual fundraising event, Scribbles to Novels, today, May 15. She talks about Jumpstart and the essay she'll be delivering in this video.UMass Boston students Bianca Baldassarre and Kathleen Kelleher will also be telling their stories at the conference.To learn more about the event, visit: http://www.jstart.org/campaigns/scribblesbostonTo learn more about Jumpstart, part of UMass Boston's Office of Student Leadership and Community Engagement, visit: http://www.umb.edu/life_on_campus/student_involvement/oslce/students/jumpstart - 1:37Celebrating the College of Education and Human Development: April 2014
During a celebration of the University of Massachusetts Boston's College of Education and Human Development, students, faculty, and community partners talked about their projects in the areas of teaching, research, and service. Four of the projects are featured in this video. To see more, look at the slideshow posted here: https://www.flickr.com/photos/umass_boston/sets/72157644460664404/To learn about the anniversary event, visit: http://www.umb.edu/news/detail/education_advocate_jonathan_kozol_talks_preschool_standardized_testing
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