UMass Boston

On Campus Resources 

• NIH Initiative for Maximizing Student Development
• NIH-Bridges to the Baccalaureate Program
• NIH-U54 UMass Boston-Dana Farber/Harvard Cancer Center Partnership to Advance Cancer Health Equity (PACHE)
• U54 Research Education Core Services
• Summer Program to Advance Research Careers (SPARC) program at the Dana Farber/Harvard Cancer Center

UMass Boston STEM Community News 

• Annual Environmental Research Colloquium Brings Together STEM Students 
• UMass Boston Graduate student receives American Chemical Society Award for green chemistry research
• Faculty receive $1.1 Million NSF grant to study effectiveness of STEM assessment practices 
• Under the Radar radio show (Interview with Lorna Rivera about Latinos in MA)

Student Organizations

• Biology Club
• TriBeta Honor Society
• Society of Physics Students
• American Society of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
• Service Through STEM 

News articles 

• Traditional Teaching May Deepen Inequality. Can a Different Approach Fix It? 
• Rethinking the Narrative of Diversity in Science 
• What does a scientist look like? Children are drawing women more than ever before 
• Study Finds Women and Minorities in STEM are Discriminated Against, to the Shock of No One 

Research articles 

• Graduate STEM Education for the 21st Century: Consensus Study Report
• Advancing STEM Professionals and Students: Diversity in Action - May/June 2018 Ed.
• 1 + 1= 3 (or More): The Value of Collaborations for Diversity and Inclusion In Biomedicine
• Improving Underrepresented Minority Student Persistence in STEM 
• Massachusetts STEM Plan 2013 
• Getting The Most Out Of Living Abroad: Biculturalism and Integrative Complexity as Key Drivers of Creative and Professional Success
• Innovating at Cultural Crossroads: How Multicultural Social Networks Promote Ideas Flow and Creativity

Academic support 

• Tutoring program 
• Directions for Student  (pre-admission support) 
• Student Resource Center
• Success Communities
• Academic & College Success - West End House
• Success Boston: College Completion Initiative

Opportunities 

• Research opportunities for undergraduates 
• Scholarships
• Cancer Research Partnership
• McNair Program
• STEM education and career training opportunities 

Mental Health

• On-Campus Resources 
• Mindfulness & meditation