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U.S. Marine Corps Veteran Named UMass Boston JFK Award Winner
May 27, 2009 by Office of Communications
University of Massachusetts Boston Chancellor J. Keith Motley today announced that U.S. Marine Corps veteran Dominique Powell has been chosen as the recipient of the 2009 John F. Kennedy Award for Academic Excellence.Tags: us marine corps jfk award veteran
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Subsidized Housing at Risk of Loss, New UMass Boston Study Says
May 04, 2009 by Office of Communications
Over the next decade, close to 17,000 units in 130 federally and state-financed developments in Massachusetts could be lost as affordable housing as they reach the end of their 40-year subsidized mortgage terms, according to a new report released by the Center for Social Policy (CSP) in the McCormack Graduate School at the University of Massachusetts Boston.
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Chancellor Motley Receives Honorary Degree from Northeastern University
April 30, 2009 by Communications & Community Relations
University of Massachusetts Boston Chancellor J. Keith Motley was presented with a degree of doctor of humane letters, honoris causa, at the 2009 Northeastern University commencement ceremony on May 1. The award recognizes his service to the field of higher education over the past 25 years.Tags: chancellor
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UMass Boston to Unite Youth Violence Prevention Leaders at Roundtable
April 20, 2009 by Communications & Community Relations
In an effort to bring leaders and organizations together to work more collaboratively to prevent youth violence, the University of Massachusetts Boston will host “Breaking the Cycle and Stepping Back from Violence: A Roundtable to Develop Strategies for Youth Violence Prevention” on April 29.
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UMass Boston’s Urban Scholars Celebrates 25th Anniversary
April 13, 2009 by Communications & Community Relations
The University of Massachusetts Boston on May 2 will host “25 Years, 1,500 Lives, Talent for Tomorrow,” an evening benefit to highlight the successes of Urban Scholars program and honor its co-founder, Charles Desmond.Tags: urban scholars
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Gaston Institute Releases Report on English Language Learners in Boston’s Public Schools
April 08, 2009 by Office of Communications
Today the Mauricio Gastón Institute for Latino Public Policy and Community Development at the University of Massachusetts Boston, in collaboration with the Center for Collaborative Education, released “English Learners in Boston Public Schools in the Aftermath of Policy Change: Enrollment and Educational Outcomes, AY2003-AY2006.”The report analyzes the changes in enrollment and educational outcomes for English learners in Boston after 2003, when the Transitional Bilingual Education (TBE) was replaced with Sheltered English Immersion (SEI) in response to the approval of Referendum Question 2.Tags: community research gaston
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