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Left to Right: Adam Katz '97, owner of PLAY Arcade, and senior marketing majors Vanessa Pino, Kalvin Garcia, and Kristine Yancey

Marketing majors partner with local New Bedford businesses

Senior marketing management class helps NB100! small businesses develop brand identity and create strategic marketing plan

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NASA, ESA move forward on science supported by UMass Dartmouth faculty

UMassD faculty and students play prominent role in probing the history of the universe

Graphic courtesy Tia Martineau '18 (Physics)

UMassD PhD students and faculty gain new insights on binary black holes

PhD students lead international study on gravitational waves and black hole mergers

The Jia Lab, photographed on the campus quad in the spring of 2023

Xiaofei Jia awarded two NIH R01 grants to study HIV-1 eradication

Biochemistry professor wins two R01 grants in two months

Biology students investigating microbiomes in Iceland

Biology class studies microbial diversity in Iceland

Students earn three credits in two weeks with European peers

Shakhnoza Kayumova named U.S. Fulbright Scholar

Associate Professor of STEM Education will conduct research in Uzbekistan during the spring semester of 2024

Associate Professor of management & marketing Arpita Joardar

Arpita Joardar named U.S. Fulbright Scholar

Associate Professor of Management & Marketing will teach in India during the spring 2024 semester

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News & Public Information

UMass Dartmouth’s School for Marine Science and Technology receives grant to create new offshore wind graduate certificate program

The new program in Ocean Observing, Modeling, and Management of Offshore Wind will begin enrolling students in spring 2025

PhD student David Anchieta in Sydney, Australia

Electrical engineering PhD student wins Best Paper Award from Acoustical Society of America

David Campos Anchieta recently received the award for a paper he presented at the ASA meeting in Sydney, Australia

Corsairs honored: 51st Alumni Awards celebrate extraordinary excellence

Students, faculty, alumni, and friends of UMass Dartmouth convened in the Marketplace on campus to honor five Corsairs for their outstanding professional and community contributions.

UMass Dartmouth receives $1M from Greater Fall River Development Corporation with $500,000 in matching funds from the UMass Foundation for local student scholarships

Greater Fall River Development Corporation Scholarship will support Fall River area students while at UMass Dartmouth

Marketing majors partner with local New Bedford businesses

Senior marketing management class helps NB100! small businesses develop brand identity and create strategic marketing plan

The 2024 Outstanding Scholarship Mentorship awards announced

Awards were given for Outstanding Scholarship by Graduate and Undergraduate students and Outstanding Mentorship by Faculty on Scholarship

UMass Dartmouth to award compassionate and innovative leaders with Honorary Degrees during Commencement

Justice Geraldine Hines, Martin Kurzweil, and Steve Pemberton to be honored during 2024 Commencement Ceremony

Feature Stories

Feature stories

Olivia Munyambu '24: Researching the mental health of UMassD students of the African diaspora

Honors nursing major's research exposes healthcare disparities in the U.S.

Junior interior architecture + design major Apeksha Prasai '25 pictured in CVPA

Apeksha Prasai '25: Embracing change

Junior interior architecture and design major hopes to make home country more accessible

Olivia Collins: Developing a laser light technique to detect early cancer

In memory of her mom, Honors bioengineering major hopes her research will contribute to the prevention, detection, and treatment of cancer

Matthew Gruneberg, JD candidate '24: From draftsman and illustrator to lawyer

After making a career change, Gruneberg says law is "what I was meant to do"

UMassD’s Jan Reynolds ’82 honors parents, value of education with philanthropy

After Reynolds graduated from UMass Dartmouth with her father in 1982, she maintains a special connection to their alma mater with her extensive philanthropic history.

Seth Shea standing in front of the ocean

Seth Shea '24: Lobsterman turned environmental engineer

Civil and environmental engineering student says experience as a lobsterman inspired his interest in environmental resources.

Ashlee Shuemaker '24: From intern to inspiration

STEMming While Black secretary is set to graduate with a job offer from Dell Technologies

McCord Murray '24, Data Science and Mathematics dual major.

McCord Murray '24: The science of math

Data science and math dual-major unlocks his potential

Frank Scarano: A cornerstone of UMass Dartmouth’s MLS community

Professor and chairperson of Medical Laboratory Science demonstrates unwavering faith in countless generations of Corsairs that have relied on his leadership and guidance.

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Events

Event Calendar

Apr

4:30PM

Student Leadership Awards Celebration

Join us as we celebrate our outstanding student leaders and their accomplishments! The Marketplace | UMass Dartmouth 4:30pm Hors D'oeuvres 5:00 pm Presentation of Awards RSVP to claib@umassd.edu by Mon April 22, 2024 Contact: Chris Laib, claib@umassd.edu 508-999-8217 Sponsored by the Division of Student Affairs

Apr

7:00PM

Italian Studies Film Series - Once Upon a TIme in the West (1968)

Italian Studies invites you to enjoy a year of Spaghetti Westerns. Starting in the 1960s Italian directors began to apply their own artistic approach and their own political and social concerns to the old-fashioned western genre. The result? Some of the most artistically exciting movies of the 1960s and 1970s. All films will be screened in LARTS-111 at 7:00. For questions write msneider@umassd.edu.

Apr

2:00PM

Reproductive Rights and Advocacy in Action from the Perspective of a Doula

Dashanna Hanlon will share her perspective as a Black Doula on Reproductive Rights and Advocacy in Action. Come find out about career pathways in birthing justice, what does a birth Doula do? She will discuss her role in fighting the black maternal mortality health epidemic in the United States. Light Refreshments will be served. Bring your friends! Sponsored by Women's and Gender Studies and Health & Society. Room CCB 340

Apr

3:00PM

Financial Aid FAFSA Help Labs LARTS 203

Financial Aid Services wants to remind all students to file their FAFSA! Join Financial Aid Services for FAFSA Help Labs in LARTS 203 on Wednesdays and Fridays from 3-4pm for help filing your FAFSA and learning more about financial aid. Contact Mark Yanni myanni@umassd.edu

Apr

8:00PM

Observatory Open House

Observatory Open House For updates on weather conditions please refer to www.assne.org

Apr

9:00AM

Mechanical Engineering Senior Design (Capstone) Presentations, Class of 2024

Mechanical Engineering (MNE) Senior Design (Capstone) Presentations April 30, 2024 9:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. (Poster and prototype preview begins at 8:00 a.m.) Woodland Commons The Mechanical Engineering Department is proud to share this highly anticipated event with students, faculty, staff, family, friends, and any other interested guests! This is a culmination of the Class of 2024's Senior year team project with industry, or UMD research faculty. Attend all day, or come and go as your schedule allows. For more information please contact Dr. Hamed Samandari/Instructor (hsamandari@umassd.edu) or Sue Cunha/Administrative Assistant (scunha@umassd.edu).