Beacons Baseball Shuts Out MIT In First-Ever Game At Monan Park

Inspirational. And good. That’s what the community members of the UMass Boston Orchestra have to say about our student players. Listen to the orchestra and learn about what makes the makeup of our musicians so special in this video. The UMass Boston Orchestra will perform the program Art. Life. on Friday, April 19 at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $5 for students and alumni and $10 for the general public. Get tickets online or at the door.

Current: Kenji Nakayama & Pat Falco uses elements from Kenji and Pat's actual studio space. The artists talked with University Hall Gallery Curator Sam Toabe ahead of the opening reception, happening Wednesday, November 29 from 6 to 8 p.m. Current runs through January 5, 2018. For show information and gallery hours, go to https://www.umb.edu/in_the_community/arts/university_gallery

Before being inducted into the RockGodz Hall of Fame in Hollywood, California on Thursday, guitar legend and Lowell native Gary Hoey coached the 21 members of UMass Boston’s Pop/Rock Ensemble. Here he listens to, and then gives advice to One Credit Later, playing Ray Charles’s “(Night Time Is) The Right Time.”

This year 194 graduates of Boston Public Schools and new UMass Boston freshmen received the Boston City Scholarship, and many of them received additional merit scholarships. Interim Chancellor Barry Mills, BPS alumna and Honors College junior Sonia Chien, and Boston Mayor Marty Walsh congratulated our newest scholarship recipients during a reception on Monday. To see the list of scholarships UMass Boston offers incoming freshmen, go to: https://finaid.umb.edu/freshman-student-aid/scholarships

Former Boston Red Sox slugger David Ortiz spoke to UMass Boston's Class of 2021 on September 13, 2017. In this clip, he talks retirement, making a lifetime deal with the Boston Red Sox, and the New York Yankees.

Fakisha Fabre, a student in the Master’s in Public Administration Program in the McCormack Graduate School, is the 2017 "29 Who Shine" award winner from the University of Massachusetts Boston. To receive the award, students must be Massachusetts residents graduating from one of the 29 state universities and community colleges who plan to continue living and working in the state after graduation. Winners plan to pursue a career in a needed field in the commonwealth, work at a startup, or take on a community service role. Learn more about Fakisha here: https://www.umb.edu/news/detail/umass_boston_grad_student_fakisha_fabre_umass_bostons_29_who_shine_winner