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Student next to bluebike, contest winner Rafaela Astudillo

Graduate's Winning Bluebikes Design Celebrates Boston Communities

06/16/2026 | Madeline Kaprich

Bob Chen

UMass Boston Professor Will Be ASLO’s Next President-Elect

06/09/2026 | Elizabeth Deatrick

A crowd of students celebrate their graduation.

New UMass Boston Graduates Look to the Future

06/04/2026 | Elizabeth Deatrick

Tall Ships in the Boston Harbor plus UMB logo

Marine Operations Offers Tall Ships Harbor Cruises

06/03/2026 | Office of Communications

A poster for the CSM Showcase stands in the atrium of the Campus Center, in front of a crowd of presenters and their posters

CSM Showcase Highlights Innovative Student Research

06/02/2026 | Elizabeth Deatrick

Senator Markey speaking at 2026 Commencement

At UMass Boston Commencement, Sen. Markey Praises Graduates as Embodiment of America’s Future

05/28/2026 | Crystal Valencia

Headshot of JFK Award Winner Madeeha Syeda on UMass Boston waterfront water background

Madeeha Syeda Named 2026 JFK Award Winner and Undergraduate Commencement Speaker

05/28/2026 | Madeline Kaprich

Sachin Gupta, the 2026 graduate commencement student speaker, stands in front of the waters of Boston Harbor.

2026 Graduate Commencement Speaker Sachin Gupta Builds Communities in Physics, and Beyond

05/27/2026 | Elizabeth Deatrick

Graduate Students Celebration at Commencement

Graduate Commencement Celebrates Class of 2026's Commitment to Service and Leadership

05/27/2026 | Madeline Kaprich

Students celebrate at the 2026 Doctoral Hooding ceremony

2026 Doctoral Hooding Ceremony Confers 122 Degrees

05/27/2026 | Elizabeth Deatrick

Chancellor Getting the Give Liberty a Hand Award from MIRA Coalition

Chancellor Suárez-Orozco Receives MIRA Coalition’s 2026 Community Champion Award

05/21/2026 | Madeline Kaprich

Katherine Dafforn receives her Climate Leadership Award from Mayor Wu

Katherine Dafforn, Director of the Stone Living Lab at UMass Boston, Wins Climate Leader Award

05/20/2026 | Elizabeth Deatrick

Headshot of psychology professor Jean Rhodes

Psychology Professor Jean Rhodes Named Zuckerberg Leadership Chair

05/15/2026 | Madeline Kaprich

Students, sitting dow, listen to their instructor during discussion

UMass Boston Program Earns State Approval for Community Health Worker Certification in Therapeutic Mentoring

05/14/2026 | Crystal Valencia

A student, Abigail Raymond, shows off her poster about Green Gentrification to Green Reparations at the 2026 Earth Day Symposium

UMass Boston Celebrates Earth Month

05/11/2026 | Elizabeth Deatrick

Senator Edward Markey and Former Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo

Senator Edward Markey and Former Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo to Speak at 2026 UMass Boston Commencement

04/29/2026 | Office of Communications

Dr. Farinde Wu Headshot

CEHD Professor Receives National Award for Research on Equity and Social Justice in Teacher Education

04/27/2026 | Madeline Kaprich

grad students sitting in a lecture hall

U.S. News: UMass Boston’s Graduate Programs Among Nation’s Best in 2026

04/15/2026 | Office of Communications

Officials cut the ribbon on the new police station

UMass Boston Celebrates Opening of New Police & Public Safety Station

04/14/2026 | Crystal Valencia

Dr. Melissa Colón at the Night of Scholarship presentation

University Hosts Night of Scholarship Event and Discussion of Latino Education in Massachusetts

04/01/2026 | Madeline Kaprich