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Alumni Achievements

“This university gave me everything I needed to know about attitude."
Global Engagement

“The kids were so grateful for the sneakers, they dusted them off and walked home with bare feet.”
In the Community

“As part of the UMass Boston hockey program, we’re very involved with outreach in the community.”
Building Our Campus

The Integrated Sciences Complex will be a catalyst for cutting-edge research, teaching, and training
Life on Campus

“If you want to go somewhere in the entertainment industry, the professors give you many tools.”
Life on Campus

“UMass Boston’s focus on community service is going to help as I become a researcher practitioner.”
Life on Campus

“It’s a diverse place. It’s a place that says, ‘This is you now, where do you want to be?'"
In the Community

“UMass Boston’s urban mission is no better fulfilled than when it works with schools.”
Life on Campus

“I transferred to UMass Boston because it was affordable, close to home and had the major I wanted.”
Life on Campus

“I have access to a diverse community, affordable education, and faculty who love to teach.”
Outstanding Faculty

Lloyd Schwartz is a scholar, poet, music critic, Pulitzer Prize winner, and teacher at heart.
Alumni Achievements

“The quality of the teaching was outstanding.”
Alumni Achievements

The Boston Globe calls UMass Boston alumnus Chico Colvard’s documentary “a small revelation."
Boston

Sixty-five paid internships demonstrate the clout we have with Boston’s top venture backed startups.
Global Outreach

“Our mission is to provide services and opportunity to populations who are in need.”
Life on Campus

“As an athlete, what attracted me to UMass Boston was the athletics. We’re just one big family.”
Creativity & Innovation

Professor Ed Tronick was one of the first to show babies are affected by their parents' emotions.
Life on Campus

“UMass Boston gave me the structure and guidance to actually set up a business. Now I’m a CEO.”
Life on Campus

“People from all over are coming to play hockey. I’ve met so many people that have shaped my life.”
Outstanding Faculty

“They call me an urban oceanographer because I study the ocean water right off Morrissey Boulevard.”
Creativity & Innovation

“There’s nowhere in the country I would rather do my work."
Boston

The proximity of the UMass Boston campus to downtown and the water make it an ideal location.
Alumni Achievements

"I couldn't afford to buy new things. That's when I first thought of becoming a fashion designer."
Creativity & Innovation

“Being surrounded by other high-tech startups presents exciting possibilities for collaboration.”
Outstanding Faculty

“Our caring faculty really does have the success of our students at heart.”
Outstanding Faculty

The Web Nurse named Jacqueline Fawcett one of the 20 most influential scholars in nursing.
Building Our Campus

“Our new facilities will provide forward-thinking resources for teaching, learning, and research.”
Building Our Campus

“What we are doing is unlike anything anywhere in the world. We’re going to bring history alive.”
Global Engagement

Professor Padraig O’Malley has served as a facilitator of peace in Ireland, South Africa, and Iraq.

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EEOS Major Greg Meyers took this picture of an orchid in the UMass Boston Greenhouses, where he is a work study student.

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Maurice T. Cunningham
Feb 09, 2012

Sal DiMasi Comes Home

“Sal DiMasi should be getting off the Bureau of Prisons bus by now, possibly to testify against former legislative colleagues in the Probation Department case. DiMasi’s reintroduction to Massachusetts calls to mind the changing face of political corruption. Yes it’s … Continue reading →...”

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