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Elizabeth Chen ’14 ’16, and Leslie Stevenson ‘16, speak on Zoom with UMass Boston students.

UMass Boston Alumni Share their Path-Breaking Experiences as Women of Color in Public Leadership Roles

12/21/2020 | Anusha Chaitanya

Students hold up a beaker in a chemistry lab.

$300K NSF Grant Funds Research on Improving Success, Equity in Chemistry Education

12/15/2020 | DeWayne Lehman

Music education alums Kelly Pry, Andrew Sell, Sasha White, and Ray Fallon

UMass Boston Music Ed Alums Navigate K-12 Teaching in the Age of COVID

12/09/2020 | Bill Doncaster

Students wearing masks on a train.

Research Team Releases Third Report on Living in Boston During COVID-19

12/08/2020 | DeWayne Lehman

Joseph Berger

College of Education’s Dean Berger Appointed Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs

12/07/2020 | Office of Communications

Students walking through the Catwalk

UMass Boston Earns New $1.3M AANAPISI Grant

12/02/2020 | DeWayne Lehman

Graphic says, She’s forgetting the feeling of hugs.

Six-Word Story Contest Winners Tackle 2020, Pandemic, Politics, Hope

12/02/2020 | Crystal Valencia

People in Boston wearing masks

UMass Boston Teams with Northeastern, City on COVID-19 Research Reports

12/01/2020 | DeWayne Lehman

Graphic says 4th Biennial New England Women’s Policy Conference

New England Women’s Policy Conference Aims to Transform Systems, Achieve Racial and Gender Justice

11/27/2020 | Office of Communications

Professor Sharon Horne presenting at the Irish Psychological Association.

Professor Wins Top Award for Contributions to the International Advancement of Psychology

11/18/2020 | Crystal Valencia

Kathleen Kirleis, Dina Scarpelli, and Rhonda Hodge ran a virtual Boston Marathonon the HarborWalk.

UMass Boston’s Run for Krystle Team Reaches the Finish Line for Scholarship Fund, Despite Marathon Being Canceled

11/18/2020 | Crystal Valencia

Professor of Latin American & Iberian Studies Reyes Coll-Tellechea

UMass Boston Faculty, Staff, and Students Create Webinar to Help Latinx Students Excel During Pandemic

11/12/2020 | Crystal Valencia

Joseph Cooper

Chancellor Appoints First Special Advisor for Black Life at UMass Boston

11/12/2020 | Office of Communications

Female student stands by an I Can't Breathe, Black Lives Matter sign.

UMass Boston Hosts First Annual Black Lives Matter Day

11/05/2020 | Crystal Valencia

Screen shows Zoom webinar with Carol Cohn speaking

More than 1,000 Attend UMass Boston Climate Crisis Symposium Highlighting Innovative Feminist Pathways to Just and Sustainable Futures

11/03/2020 | Consortium on Gender, Security and Human Rights

Images shows Boston Harbor and says Resilience Through Research

Stone Living Lab Launches as New Hub for Nature-Based Resilience Solutions

10/28/2020 | Office of Communications

Civic Action Fellows met on October 21st as part of their bi-weekly program session.

UMass Boston Launches New Civic Action Fellows Program for Students from Marginalized Communities

10/23/2020 | Julia Hvoslef

Image shows UMass Boston professors speaking to each other on a Zoom meeting.

UMass Boston Launches Third Cohort of Faculty-Practitioner Co-Teachers

10/22/2020 | Anusha Chaitanya

Site of a dig on Burial Hill in Plymouth, MA

At the Site of the First Thanksgiving

10/20/2020 | Colleen Locke

Abdullah Beckett ’21 installs names of 109 victims of racism and police brutality as part of a #saymyname art installation at UMass Boston

Voices Raised Against Racism

10/20/2020 | Crystal Valencia