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Speakers and urban public health students gather for a photo at announcement event.

Mayor Wu, UMass Boston Announce New Agreement Providing Students Real World Experience Delivering Public Health Education in High Schools

09/21/2026 | Office of Communications

The PIs on the U54 grant that supports the cancer partnership stand in front of a wooden wall. From left to right, they are K. Viswanath, Gregory Abel, Jill Macoska, and Adán Colón-Carmona.

Over 20 Years, Cancer Partnership Has Trained Hundreds of Researchers

02/26/2026 | Elizabeth Deatrick

Digital Homecare Simulation Lab Ribbon Cutting

Digital Homecare Simulation Lab Opens at UMass Boston

05/12/2025 | DeWayne Lehman

Rosanna DeMarco (second from right) and colleagues

A ‘Living Legend’: Associate Provost Rosanna DeMarco Honored by the American Nurses Association Massachusetts

04/23/2024 | Crystal Valencia

UMass Boston Nursing Students

Open Forum on Advancing Health Equity Highlights the Power of Collaboration

01/19/2024 | Danielle Bilotta

Chancellor Suarez-Orozco and Mayor Wu speak to Suha Ballout

UMass Boston, Mass General Brigham Celebrate Expansion of Clinical Leadership Collaborative for Diversity in Nursing, $20 Million Commitment

12/11/2023 | Crystal Valencia

UMass Boston, Mass General Brigham to Invest in Nursing Clinical-to-Career Pathway

07/20/2023 | DeWayne Lehman

Nina M. Silverstein, PhD, Professor of Gerontology.

Mentor, Researcher, Friend: Gerontology Professor Nina Silverstein Retires

06/29/2023 | Lisa A Watts

Adriana Hernandez, awardee of the Frank Caro Scholarship for Social Justice in Aging.

Frank Caro Scholarship Honors Students and Immigrant Parents

06/29/2023 | Lisa A Watts

Dr. Laura Lucia Hayman, center, is honored at International Nurses Day.

Nursing Professor Receives High Honor in Ceremony at the United Nations

05/16/2023 | Office of Communications

Ellen Birchander

Gerontology Department Receives Massachusetts Health and Human Services Pilot Grant: Program Director Ellen Birchander to Lead Project

04/10/2023 | Adam Mooney

Eddie Miller, Gerontology Department Chair

McCormack’s Gerontology Programs Informed by Policy, Aging, and Public Service Studies

01/24/2023 | Adam Mooney

Elders practicing tai chi.

UMass Boston Professors Looking at Tai Chi’s Impact on Reducing Falls in Older Adults to Conduct Pilot Studies

12/07/2020 | Colleen Locke

Nursing students practicing skills in the South Skills Lab of the CCER

Tripled in Size, New Center for Clinical Education and Research Gives UMass Boston Nursing Students Extra Edge

02/27/2020 | Colleen Locke