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  1. Trotter Institute, Art Department, Team up to Showcase Art, Business Development in Upham’s Corner
    On Friday, 13 students in the University of Massachusetts Boston’s Art Department will show off their work in three storefronts, two of them vacant, as part of a project to kick off an arts-based initiative aimed at revitalizing Upham’s Corner.
  2. Students, Community Come Together for Day of Service
    About 80 University of Massachusetts Boston students, faculty, staff, and community members joined Project Serve Saturday, April 21, for the annual Spring Into Action: Day of Service.
  3. Butterfly Festival
    As a part of The Big Read, WUMB Radio is hosting a Dominican Butterfly festival based on Julia Alvarez's book In The Time of The Butterflies.
  4. UMass Boston Basketball Team Shares Skills with Local Youth
    UMass Boston’s Office of Community Relations worked with Head Coach and Vice Chancellor for Athletics and Recreation Charlie Titus to bring the men’s basketball team to the Grove Hall Community Center for an afternoon.
  5. Take Back The Night
    UMass Boston's 8th Annual Take Back the Night features a presentation by the Asian Task Force Against Domestic Violence in addition to a community meeting, dinner, workshops, and speakers.
  6. Take Back the Night Film Discussion
    UMass Boston’s 8th Annual Take Back the Night: Shatter the Silence, Stop the Violence
  7. MGS Community Partnerships on Display at Recent UMass Boston Symposium
    McCormack Graduate School colleagues showcase community-engagement activities.
  8. UMass Boston SIFE Holding Dodgeball Tournament to Benefit The Jimmy Fund Thursday
    UMass Boston’s Students In Free Enterprise (SIFE) and The Jimmy Fund are teaming up to host a campus-wide dodgeball tournament at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday, April 5, in the Clark Center Hockey Rink.
  9. Go Project Purple
    Join former NBA star Chris Herren as he shares his inspirational story.
  10. Faculty, Staff Encouraged to Learn About, Strengthen Partnerships
    On Thursday, April 5, faculty and staff members will have a chance to share their involvement with community partnerships as part of the first annual Community-Engaged Partnerships Symposium.
  11. Community Meeting
    UMass Boston will host a community meeting to discuss the progress in planning and implementing the university's master plan.
  12. UMass Boston and City of Boston Unveil “Mentoring Matters” Billboards in Neighborhoods
    UMass Boston wants to encourage residents and local businesses to realize the importance of mentoring youth in their communities.
  13. Defendants, Prosecutors Get Day in Court at UMass Boston
    UMass Boston’s Healey Library was transformed into a courtroom March 5, when the Massachusetts Appeals Court held session there.
  14. 2012 Community-Engaged Partnerships Symposium
    The symposium will offer professional development workshops as well as showcase the efforts and achievements of UMass Boston faculty and staff.
  15. Office of Community Relations Helps Make Skating Dreams Comes True
    UMass Boston's Office of Community Relations arranged for students at Lawrence Family Development Charter School to be able to have an afternoon of skating at the Clark Athletic Center.
  16. Spring 2012 Global Voices Reading Series
    Readings featuring E.C. Osondu, Gail Mazur, Martha Collins, Charles Bock, and more
  17. Tuskegee Airmen Take Center Stage during Cuba Gooding Jr.’s Visit to UMass Boston
    Close to 600 people came out to hear Cuba Gooding Jr. talk about his new movie Red Tails, which opened in theaters last month.
  18. UMass Boston to Provide $2M in Scholarships for BPS Students
    Boston public high school seniors with a 3.0 GPA or above who enroll at UMass Boston the semester after their graduation will receive a $1,000 scholarship.
  19. Sunflowers for Vincent Makes its Debut at UMass Boston
    Last month UMass Boston added the eye-catching bright yellow Sunflowers for Vincent to Arts on the Point, the university’s public arts initiative.
  20. McCormack Graduate School Donates to Local Food Pantry
    Alumni and staff collected over 250 food items for the Weymouth Council for the Hungry
  21. Rebuilding Sustainable Communities after Disasters in China: Best Practices and Lessons Learned
    The central goal of this conference is to examine best practices and lessons learned in reducing the socio-economic impact of various forms of disasters on vulnerable communities in China.
  22. UMass Boston to Host Beacon Tailgate Party on Saturday
    UMass Boston will host a Beacon Tailgate Party at the Clark Athletic Center on Saturday, December 10, beginning at 1 p.m. as the men's and women's basketball teams take on Keene State.
  23. Habitat for Humanity Build Day
    UMass Boston is hosting multiple events as part of a nationwide effort to bring greater awareness to the problems of hunger and homelessness.
  24. Turkeypalooza
    November 14-21 is National Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week
  25. Housing First: Homelessness Discussion
    UMass Boston is hosting multiple events throughout the week as part of a nationwide effort to bring greater awareness to the problems of hunger and homelessness.
  26. ProjectServe Clothing Drive
    November 14-21 is National Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week
  27. National Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week: November 15
    UMass Boston is hosting multiple events throughout the week as part of a nationwide effort to bring greater awareness to the problems of hunger and homelessness.
  28. Beacon Tailgate Party: Basketball
    The University of Massachusetts Boston will host its second Beacon Tailgate Party at the Clark Athletic Center on Saturday, December 10.
  29. Seasonal Flu Clinic
    University Health Services has arranged for Flu Shot Clinics to be offered to the entire UMass Boston campus community by Maxim Health Services.
  30. Seasonal Flu Clinic
    University Health Services has arranged for Flu Shot Clinics to be offered to the entire UMass Boston campus community by Maxim Health Services.
  31. UMass Boston Gerontology Students Participate in Memory Walk
    UMass Boston Gerontology students raise money for Alzheimer's Association by participating in the annual Memory Walk.
  32. Chancellor Motley Defines The University
    Chancellor J. Keith Motley updated the community and laid out his vision for this year and beyond at the 2011 Fall Convocation.
  33. Elizabeth Warren Tells Students to Fight for Causes They Believe In
    Elizabeth Warren shared her story of perseverance and opportunity with an audience of more than 700 at UMass Boston's Fall Convocation.
  34. Chancellor Motley, Elizabeth Warren Speak at UMass Boston’s Fall Convocation
    Chancellor Motley focuses on the theme of community; Elizabeth Warren shares her story of perseverance.
  35. UMass Boston Hosts Events & Volunteer Opportunities in Honor of 9/11
    UMass Boston is remembering September 11, 2001 through reflection and service.
  36. UMass Boston Cosponsors Boston Harbor Islands 2011 Native American Summer Festival
    UMass Boston's Institute for New England Native American Studies is cosponsoring the Boston Harbor Islands Native American Festival on August 6.
  37. Celebrate Boston’s 28th Annual National Night Out at UMass Boston on August 2
    Mayor Thomas Menino and the Boston Police Department will host the city's 28th Annual National Night Out celebration at UMass Boston on August 2, 2011.
  38. UMass Boston Students Selected for Latino Leadership Initiative
    Four University of Massachusetts Boston students have been selected to participate in the second annual Latino Leadership Initiative.
  39. Exercise and Health Sciences Faculty and Students Help Children with Disabilities at YMCA
    Students are participating in All Abilities Active, a physical activity program for children with physical, intellectual, and sensory disabilities.
  40. UMass Boston to Host Forum on Project Labor Agreement
    UMass Boston will host a community forum to discuss the implementation of the project labor agreement (PLA) for the construction of campus facilities.
  41. UMass Boston Honors East Boston Housing Advocate with Quinn Award at 25th Annual Community Breakfast
    UMass Boston honored Mossik Hacobian, an outspoken advocate for affordable housing, with the Robert H. Quinn Award for Outstanding Community Leadership.
  42. UMass Boston Holds First Labor-Neighbor Breakfast
    Union representatives, city and state legislators, and labor students and researchers came together for the first UMass Boston Labor-Neighbor Breakfast.
  43. Chancellor J. Keith Motley Honored with a Good Guys Award
    UMass Boston Chancellor J. Keith Motey was honored at the Tenth Annual Good Guys Awards Luncheon, held by the Massachusetts Women's Political Caucus.
  44. UMass Boston to Establish New Center for Community Democracy and Democratic Literacy
    The new Center for Community Democracy and Democratic Literacy will be located in the John W. McCormack Graduate School of Policy and Global Studies at UMass Boston.
  45. Boston State College Graduates Gather for Fourth Annual Celebration
    More than 140 Boston State College graduates gathered for the Fourth Annual Boston Stage College Celebration and Education for Service Awards reception.
  46. UMass Boston Students Provide Organizational Structure to One of Boston’s Best Known Nonprofits
    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.
  47. UMass Boston will Manage New Mashpee Wampanoag Native Tribal Scholars Program
    The U.S. Department of Education has awarded the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe $1.2 million to fund a pre-college initiative in Massachusetts.
  48. ICI Receives $16.8 Million to Improve Employment Services for People with Disabilities
    The Institute for Community Inclusion at UMass Boston was recently awarded a $16.8 million, five-year grant from the U.S. Department of Education.
  49. UMass Boston and Boston Police Team Up with City Youth to Create Peace Billboards
    UMass Boston and its community partners recently launched a new youth-driven billboard campaign, titled, “Peace: What’s it to you?”
  50. UMass Boston’s Project ALERTA Honored at White House as Top After-school Program
    Project ALERTA was one of only 15 after-school programs chosen from 458 nominations nationwide for an award from the White House.
  51. Chancellor Appoints UMass Boston Board of Visitors
    A new University of Massachusetts Boston Board of Visitors comprised of about 50 alumni, leaders, and friends of the university has been established.
  52. Boston-led Consortium to Meet in Haiti to Plan Rebuild of Higher Education System
    UMass Boston and the UMass President’s Office are bringing together a consortium of colleges to support rebuilding and improving higher education in Haiti.
  53. First Lady Michelle Obama Honors UMass Boston’s Project ALERTA at White House
    First Lady Michelle Obama presents a National Arts and Humanities award to 5th grader Noelia Lugo and Project ALERTA founder Lucia Mayerson-David.
  54. A Walk Through UMass Boston’s “Arts on the Point”
    Arts on the Point makes a statement about UMass Boston, declaring that this urban, public university is home to innovation and intellectual discipline.
  55. Aspiring computer scientists participate in UMass Boston’s Tech Savvy Computing Camp
    UMass Boston hosted a one-day computing camp designed to serve as the launching point for developing a week-long summer science camp.
  56. Shriver and Kennedy family members help with Camp Shriver’s fifth summer of fun and friendship
    Anthony Shriver, founder and chairman of Best Buddies International, and the son of Eunice Kennedy Shriver, visited the last day of Camp Shriver.
  57. UMass Boston Acquires Former Bayside Property
    UMass Boston has closed on the Bayside site at 200 Mt. Vernon Street. The 20-acre site will support the construction of academic buildings on campus.
  58. After Earthquake, UMass Boston Increases Its Efforts in Haiti
    By the weekend after the Haiti earthquake, UMass Boston faculty, staff, and students had already started putting into place a far-reaching strategy to help the