Students in UMass Boston's Honors College showed off their work in and outside the classroom during Honors College Week. To learn about the Honors College, visit: http://www.umb.edu/honors

Students who signed the final beam for General Academic Building No. 1 on April 30 talk about why they braved the wind and the rain to make their mark.To learn about the Topping Off ceremony, visit: http://www.umb.edu/news/detail/final_beam_raised_on_umass_bostons_newest_academic_building

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.

With more than 900 community partnerships documented in 2014, it's clear UMass Boston faculty, staff, and students are making the university's civic engagement mission a priority. Learn about just some of those partnerships, which were represented at the Office of Community Partnerships's third annual Community-Engaged Partnership Symposium. To read about other partnerships, visit: http://www.umb.edu/news/detail/students_integral_to_umass_boston_partnership_development_expansion and http://www.umb.edu/ocp

Never been to a UMass Boston Film Series screening? Watch this video to get a feel for what they are like before the screenings on April 10 and April 24. (See the lineup and film summaries at http://www.umb.edu/filmseries.) Who Taught You to Drive? Filmmaker Andrea Thiele took part in a Q&A session after the Boston Premiere of her film on March 27.

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.

Accepted students: Get a taste of the many experiences and valuable opportunities awaiting you at the university at our annual Welcome Day for Accepted Students, Saturday, April 12, 2014. Get a taste for Welcome Day with this video.To sign up, visit http://www.umb.edu/welcome

The University of Massachusetts Boston and the University of Limerick celebrated St. Patrick's Day by signing a memorandum of understanding (MOU), formally launching a strategic partnership between the two universities. The agreement was signed at the Boston Harbor Hotel following the 22nd annual Irish American Partnership St Patrick's Day Breakfast Celebration. This is a short video of the event.For pictures, see: http://www.flickr.com/photos/umass_boston/sets/72157642500005424/For an explanation of what the partnership entails, see: http://www.umb.edu/news/detail/umass_boston_marks_st._patricks_day_with_the_university_of_limerick

The future Gisele Bündchen is at UMass Boston. The Office of Career Services and Internships, Office of Alumni Relations, and the Alumni Association sponsored the first UMass Boston Dress for Success event, a professional dress fashion show, on March 11, 2014, and they're doing it again on February 24, 2016. The show starts at noon sharp.The Office of Career Services and Internships is available to help current UMass Boston students and alumni with preparing for a job interview. Visit http://www.careers.umb.edu.

Four years ago, Molly Schaus was standing on the Olympic podium in Vancouver, Canada. But she didn't get the gold medal she and her teammates wanted. Now, the silver medalist is back on the Olympic team, headed for Sochi, Russia, with the added experience of serving as the University of Massachusetts Boston assistant women's ice hockey coach for the last three years. We talked to her about going for gold for this video.To learn about Schaus and the Beacons, visit: http://www.beaconsathletics.com/sports/w-hockey/coaches/schaus_molly