- UMass Boston Academic Symposium Panelists Offer Hope for a Better FutureUMass Boston hosted an afternoon academic symposium on April 5 as part of the events celebrating Chancellor Marcelo Suárez-Orozco's inauguration as the ninth chancellor of the university. Three concurrent academic sessions featured keynote speakers and panel discussions on education, health and wellness, and climate change.
- Massachusetts Appeals Court On CampusUMass Boston is proud to announce our partnership with the Massachusetts Appeals Court (MAC), bringing court sessions back to our campus.
- UMass Boston Academic Symposium Panelists Offer Hope for a Better FutureUMass Boston hosted an afternoon academic symposium on April 5 as part of the events celebrating Chancellor Marcelo Suárez-Orozco's inauguration as the ninth chancellor of the university. Three concurrent academic sessions featured keynote speakers and panel discussions on education, health and wellness, and climate change.
- Massachusetts Appeals Court On CampusUMass Boston is proud to announce our partnership with the Massachusetts Appeals Court (MAC), bringing court sessions back to our campus.
- Vanessa Kerry Urges Courageous Leadership in Addressing Global Climate-Health CrisisThe climate crisis is a health crisis, and every delay in addressing the issue is “going to cost us in lives,” global public health expert Vanessa Kerry told the crowd at the UMass Boston Chancellor’s Lecture Series on April 3.
- Focusing on Transformation, UMass Boston Celebrates Chancellor Suárez-Orozco’s InaugurationChancellor Marcelo Suárez-Orozco was formally installed as the ninth chancellor of the University of Massachusetts Boston in a ceremony in the Clark Athletic Center on April 5, with dignitaries including Governor Maura Healey, UMass President Martin Meehan, UMass Board of Trustees Chair Stephen Karam, Education Secretary Patrick Tutwiler, and Congressman Stephen Lynch by his side.
- New Book Offers Compassionate Perspective on Family Planning in a Climate CrisisUMass Boston associate professor in the School for Global Inclusion and Social Development Meghan Elizabeth Kallman has debuted a new book exploring how the climate crisis is affecting family planning, parenting, and political action, with co-author and climate activist Josephine Ferorelli.
- ASLO Honors Robert Chen with the 2024 Ramón Margalef Award for Excellence in EducationThe Ramón Margalef Award for Excellence in Education is presented each year to recognize outstanding teaching and mentoring in the fields of limnology and oceanography.
- UMass Boston Introduces Fully Online Modality for Graduate Business ProgramsNew online modality enhances flexibility and student success.
- Red Sox Manager Alex Cora to Serve as UMass Boston Sport Leadership and Administration Program’s 2024 Executive in ResidenceWorld Series champion manager will provide mentorship for students in the BA program sponsored by New Balance during spring and fall semesters
- Mayor Wu Announces $21 Million for Behavioral Health Services and Programming for Youth and FamiliesBoston Public Health Commission and Boston Public Schools are partnering with local universities and community partners like UMass Boston to add more behavioral health specialists, improve BPS policies and systems, and develop a more diverse workforce to serve youth in Boston.
- UMass Boston Hosts the Inauguration of Chancellor Marcelo Suárez-Orozco on April 5Chancellor Marcelo Suárez-Orozco is set to be officially installed as the 9th chancellor of the University of Massachusetts Boston in a distinguished Inauguration Ceremony scheduled for Friday, April 5.
- Boston targets $21M to combat youth mental health ‘crisis’UMass Boston, under the leadership of Chancellor Marcelo Suarez-Orozco, has been awarded a $2.5 million grant from the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA).
- UMass President Marty Meehan Delivers State of the University MessageUniversity of Massachusetts President Marty Meehan this week delivered his annual State of the University message, calling for a three-fold expansion of enrollment in the university’s early college programs over the next five years.
- Uncharted - Healey Library AdventureEach month we're highlighting uncharted locations at UMass Boston! This month's hidden gem is the Healey Library.
- Businesses Encouraged to Submit Projects for BEST Boston 2024 Summer SessionBEST (Business Engagement for Students) Boston, a pioneering initiative at UMass Boston’s College of Management, is extending a special invitation to local Boston-area businesses and organizations to participate in its upcoming summer session.
- Radium Girls, the True Story of a Fight for Justice, Opens April 4A century ago, radium was nothing short of magic. Marie Curie was curing cancer with it. Industry jumped at commercializing its luminescence, wonderous products that “shine in the dark”. In Newark, New Jersey, the U.S. Radium Company hired young women to paint fine details to make glow-in-the-dark clocks. To do this work, they used their lips to get precise points on paintbrushes wet with radioactive paint. It seemed like a good job, on the forefront of innovation, at first. Until mysterious and deadly illness came.
- Physics Professor Mohamed Amine Gharbi Receives NSF CAREER AwardAward will further the study of the dynamics of living active materials at structured complex fluid interfaces.
- UMass Boston Earns Silver STARS Rating for Sustainability AchievementsUMass Boston recently earned a silver Sustainability Tracking, Assessment & Rating System (STARS) rating from the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE). The STARS system is a transparent, self-reporting framework for colleges and universities to measure their sustainability performance based on environmental, social, and economic dimensions of sustainability.
- College of Management Prioritizes Student Success by Appointing New Director of Career ServicesThe College of Management is proud to announce a significant investment in the future of its students by appointing a dedicated Director of Career Services. This strategic move underscores the institution's unwavering commitment to empowering students with the tools and resources necessary to excel in their professional endeavors.
- U.S. News Ranks UMass Boston Online Programs Among the Nation’s BestUMass Boston’s online bachelor’s degree and online graduate programs, including the MBA and master’s in education, are listed among the nation’s best in the U.S. News and World Report 2024 Best Online Programs rankings, released this week.
- Professor Fulton Receives National Endowment for the Arts Creative Writing FellowshipEnglish Professor and Director of the MFA in Creative Writing Program John Fulton has been selected by the National Endowment for the Arts as one of 35 writers to receive an FY 2024 Creative Writing Fellowship of $25,000. This year’s fellowships are in fiction and creative nonfiction and enable the recipients to set aside time for writing, research, travel, and general career development.
Load more...
Loading...