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President Obama speaks at TechBoston Academy on March 8, 2011.

UMass Boston’s Teach Next Year Catches President Obama’s Attention ›

March 18, 2011 - Colleen Locke

President Obama recognized UMass Boston in a speech during his March 8, 2011 visit to TechBoston Academy in Boston’s Dorchester neighborhood.

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City Councilor Maureen Feeney, former Boston Teachers Union President Ed Doherty, Susan Moir, director of the Labor Resource Center

UMass Boston Holds First Labor-Neighbor Breakfast ›

March 07, 2011 - Crystal Bozek

Union representatives, city and state legislators, and labor students and researchers came together for the first UMass Boston Labor-Neighbor Breakfast.

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English MA students involved with GRLS Read/Guys Read show off their selections

UMass Boston Grad Students Make Reading Fun for City Kids ›

February 18, 2011 - Pamela Worth

UMass Boston graduate students are guiding girls and boys ages 8 to 12 through graphic novels and as part of a collaboration with the Boston Public Library.

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Chancellor J. Keith Motley announces the UMass Boston/MENTOR Research Alliance at a youth mentoring summit in Washington, D.C.

Youth Mentoring Research to Take Center Stage at UMass Boston ›

February 04, 2011 - Crystal Bozek

UMass Boston MENTOR/ National Mentoring Partnership have partnered up to form an institute that will support the advancement of mentoring efforts.

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UMass Boston Upward Bound students will travel to Guatemela during spring break to build a school out of waste.

From Trash to Treasure: Upward Bound Students Raise Money to Build School in Guatemala ›

January 21, 2011 - Crystal Bozek

UMass Boston Upward Bound students will travel to Guatemela during spring break to build a school out of waste.

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Students in Professor Stephanie Hartwell's Foundations of Applied Sociology class.

UMass Boston Students Provide Organizational Structure to One of Boston’s Best Known Nonprofits ›

December 10, 2010 - Pamela Worth

Professor Stephanie Hartwell's Foundations of Applied Sociology class are conducting a year-long program evaluation of one of the city’s best known nonprofits: the Louis D. Brown Peace Institute, based in Dorchester.

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Buddhist leader Daisaku Ikeda receives his honorary degree from Chancellor J. Keith Motley at a special ceremony in Tokyo.

Chancellor Delivers Honorary Degree to Buddhist Leader, Cultivates International Ties ›

December 01, 2010 - Pamela Worth

Chancellor J. Keith Motley and others from UMass Boston traveled to Tokyo to present an honorary degree to Buddhist leader and scholar Daisaku Ikeda.

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Katie Stuart-Shor takes the medical history of a patient during a health screening at Kambui Health Center.

UMass Boston Students Find Their Hearts in Kenya ›

November 12, 2010 - Pamela Worth

This was the third summer UMass Boston's College of Nursing and Health Sciences students have traveled to Kenya to screen for heart disease and diabetes.

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Project ALERTA founder Lucia Mayerson-David, Noelia Lugo, and First Lady Michelle Obama pose for a photograph at a White House ceremony

UMass Boston’s Project ALERTA Honored at White House as Top After-school Program ›

November 01, 2010 - Crystal Bozek

Project ALERTA was one of only 15 after-school programs chosen from 458 nominations nationwide for an award from the White House.

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Freshman Success Communities were developed by College of Science and Mathematics dean Andrew Grosovsky, seen in this photo.

Freshman Success Communities: Learning and Bonding ›

October 07, 2010 - Pamela Worth

CSM dean Andrew Grosovsky developed Freshmen Success Communities in response to the challenges facing undergraduate students at UMass Boston.

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