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  • Chancellor MacCormack's Graduate Commencement Remarks

    Chancellor Jean F. MacCormack delivered remarks at today's graduate Commencement, the last in her 13 years as the University's leader

  • Claire T. Carney Library Update and FAQs

    Update and FAQs for August 21

  • Academic building heat and hot water shutdown Saturday for system repairs

    Repairs expected to be completed by 4 p.m.

  • Nationally-renowned photographer shows work at Star Store

    "Frank Gohlke: Miles and Miles of Things I've Never Seen" opens tonight

  • UMass Dartmouth marks milestone at the MAB

    "Topping off ceremony" ends first stage of biomanufacturing center construction

  • Bristol County Savings Charitable Foundation makes major gift to UMass Dartmouth

    $250,000 donation will go to new classrooms at Charlton College of Business

  • UMass Dartmouth professor receives $158k to help blind children half a world away

    Macrine's most recent book, Critical Pedagogy in Uncertain Times: Hope and Possibilities, also honored with the McLaren Foundation's Citation of Merit

  • UMass Dartmouth professor gets $400k to see cells in an "iron glow"

    Novel molecular imaging probes to aid pioneering research into health impacts of iron

  • Dec. 4: "World's top public intellectual," Noam Chomsky, comes to UMass Dartmouth

    Special lecture to cover "the State, Democracy and Public Education"

  • UMass Dartmouth student wins Fulbright to teach in Brazil

    New Bedford resident first student at University to win prestigious Fulbright in five years

  • Lecture Explores How the Design of Cold Storage Influenced the Economy and Politics of Food

    The second presentation in the Creative Economy Lecture Series will feature scholars Susanne Freiberg and Michael Osman

  • 2012 Digital Media Festival to be held Friday

    20th Annual Digital Media Festival features distinguished alum Christopher Mascio '96

  • Irish statesman, former prisoner Martin Ferris to speak Tuesday at UMass Dartmouth

    Irish member of parliament to talk about the future of Irish reunification

  • UMass Dartmouth Library Associates present Author Debby Applegate December 3

    Pulitzer-Prize winning writer Debby Applegate will speak on Henry Ward Beecher on December 3 from 7 -- 9 p.m. Admission is free and sponsored by the Claire T. Carney Library Associates.

  • UMass Dartmouth Observatory will be open for sky viewing November 3

    The public is invited to a free open house and night-sky viewing session at UMass Dartmouth Observatory on Saturday, November 3, at 7:30 p.m. Viewing will take place through the Observatory's 16-inch telescope and other telescopes operated by ASSNE members.

  • UMass Dartmouth Boivin Center guest speaker is Joan Nathan November 19

    UMass Dartmouth Boivin Center guest speaker is Joan Nathan November 19 at 7:45 at UMass Dartmouth 285 Old Westport Rd., Dining Commons, second floor.

  • Campus to re-open Wednesday

    All classes at all sites will be held as scheduled on Wednesday. Unless noted below, all facilities and offices will be open and all services, including transportation and dining, will be operating on normal schedules.

  • NASA backs SMAST-led effort to discover coastal waters' effect on CO2

    NASA backs SMAST-led effort to discover coastal waters' effect on CO2

  • HURRICANE SANDY UPDATE - Campus closed Tuesday, October 30

    Please return to umassd.edu and check university email throughout the day for updates.

  • Hurricane Sandy Update - Campus closed Monday, October 29

    Please return to this page for news and updates related to Hurricane Sandy.

  • UMass Dartmouth's Robert Waxler brings secret of rehabilitation to Boston Book Festival

    Founder of Changing Lives Through Literature moderates discussion: literacy and reading proven to reduce recidivism in prison populations

  • Donald Howard, beloved Dean of Students, passes away at 82

    Longtime student affairs leader touched thousands of lives at SMU, UMass Dartmouth

  • Honors roll in for UMass Dartmouth fisheries scientist

    SMAST professor receives simultaneous local, national, and international recognition

  • Former UMass Dartmouth professor, "Alternative Nobel" winner, speaks at University

    Sharp, "world's foremost expert on nonviolent revolution" cited as influence behind the Arab Spring, popular uprisings in Serbia, Ukraine, Burma and Iran

  • Tonight in Fall River at the ATMC: Bielat, Kennedy debate the "American Dream"

    Fourth Congressional District Issues Debate to focus on jobs, the economy, and the future of the middle class

  • UMass Dartmouth students get head start on their careers

    Business Career Fair brings together 30+ employers, hundreds of students for networking

  • NEH grant of $171,011 awarded to UMD Professor Gerard M. Koot

    The National Endowment for the Humanities, a United States government agency, has awarded a grant of $171,011 to Dr. Gerard M. Koot, Emeritus Chancellor Professor of History at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, to direct a Summer Seminar for School Teachers on 'The Dutch Republic and Britain: The Making of Modern Society and a World Economy.'

  • UMass Dartmouth announces Fall Music Series

    Free on-campus concerts at UMass Dartmouth's College of Visual and Performing Arts this fall include performances in memory of late colleague Rick Britto

  • Celebrated Authors to Appear at UMass Dartmouth on October 3 and December 3

    The University of Massachusetts Claire T. Carney Library Associates are proud to announce the following programs for the fall semester. The prolific, highly popular writer, Jon Land, will talk on his literary work on October 3, and the distinguished, Pulitzer-Prize winning writer, Debby Applegate, will speak on Henry Ward Beecher: The Most Famous Man in America on December 3. Chancellor Professor Emeritus Mel B. Yoken, program chair of the Library Associates, will host the two programs which are free and open to the public.

  • UMass Dartmouth ranked #1 public regional university in New England by U.S. News & World Report

    College of Engineering undergraduate program listed among best in the nation

  • Value for students, value for community: Washington Monthly ranks UMass Dartmouth 25th in nation

    University earns sky-high marks on "goals of increasing social mobility, producing research, and inspiring public service"

  • Keating and Sutter to debate on campus, Thursday, August 30

    9th Congressional District Democratic candidates debate at Main Auditorium

  • MREC partners with NREL on marine renewable energy

    Marine Renewable Energy Center partners with feds on energy of the future

  • Update on the Claire T. Carney Library

    Update on August 20

  • Update on the Claire T. Carney Library

    Update on August 19

  • Update on the Claire T. Carney Library

    Update on August 17

  • Update on the Claire T. Carney Library

    Update on August 16, 2012

  • What would you ask the candidates?

    Area residents invited to Community Forum at UMass Law on August 21 in advance of Keating-Sutter debate

  • UMass Dartmouth staffer's $100,000 grant to help kids break down gender stereotypes

    Center for Women, Gender and Sexuality's Juli Parker wins grant for innovative statewide outreach

  • UMass Dartmouth professor gets $1 million for some 'light' research

    Prof. Yifei Li of Walpole earns Air Force grant for photonics study

  • UMass Dartmouth wins grant to expand work protecting coastal towns from stormtides

    Federal NERACOOS grant funds continuing research at UMass Dartmouth, six other partner institutions

  • New England Marine Renewable Energy Center conducts second round of testing of technology

    UMass Dartmouth-based public-private partnership building strength with focus on job creation.

  • UMass Dartmouth awarded $100,000 for creative economy initiatives

    UMass President's Creative Economy Initiatives Fund awards three grants to UMass Dartmouth faculty

  • UMass Law announces three-year freeze in tuition and law school fees

    Need- and merit-based aid also planned to make law school opportunity more accessible; application deadline extended to July 30

  • Bristol County Savings Bank Freedom Festival at UMass Dartmouth July 3

    Featuring Santa Mamba, Entrain, members of UMass Dartmouth a cappella group Mental Note and fireworks

  • UMass Law earns American Bar Association national accreditation

    The American Bar Association notified the University of Massachusetts School of Law -- Dartmouth (UMass Law) today that it has been granted provisional national accreditation.

  • New UMass Law dean appointed

    CUNY School of Law associate dean brings dedication to quality, diversity and justice to Massachusetts' public law school

  • UMass Dartmouth holds 112th Commencement undergraduate ceremonies

    1573 undergraduate students accepted their degrees before a crowd of 10,500 family and friends.

  • Author, human rights activist Roxana Saberi addresses Class of 2012

    "We all have our own prisons. We're all tested in our own ways throughout our lives. We can try to turn these challenges into opportunities."

  • Chancellor MacCormack's Undergraduate Commencement Remarks

    Chancellor MacCormack delivered remarks to her last Commencement after 13 years as the University's leader.

  • Graduate Commencement Student Speaker Remarks

    Kristina Monteiro, '10, '12 represented her fellow graduate-degree recipients at the 112th Commencement

  • Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution President Susan Avery addresses graduate commencement, delivered the Graduate Commencement Address

    "The system of systems that sustains our planet is at risk. Build a system of systems of human beings, to collaborate and foster creativity. Our planet needs you. And you need it."

  • UMass Dartmouth holds 112th Commencement graduate ceremonies

    466 graduate students -- including 45 from the Law School, the first Ph.D in Nursing, and the most Ph.Ds in the University's history -- accepted their degrees as part of the 112th Commencement ceremonies

  • Governor joins UMass officials, regional leaders to break ground on first-in-nation biomanufacturing center

    First-in-nation Massachusetts Accelerator for Biomanufacturing at UMass Dartmouth will provide companies with unique testing, research, production and workforce resources; expands Mass. life sciences supercluster; expands competitive edge

  • University of Massachusetts Dartmouth Claire T. Carney Library Associates to hold their 37th Annual Meeting and Election of Officers May 22

    Vice President of Library Associates will speak on Memorial trip on the Azamara, May 22 at 7 p.m., at UMass Dartmouth Woodland Commons.

  • UMass Dartmouth announces 2012 commencement speakers and honorees

    Roxana Saberi, journalist and human rights activist, to deliver undergraduate commencement address; Susan Avery, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution president, to deliver graduate address; Rep. Barney Frank and Elizabeth O'Neill LaStaiti to receive Chancellor's Distinguished Service Medal; Honorary doctorates to be conferred on Susan Avery, Hubie Jones and Gil Santos; UMass President Robert Caret to attend; Last commencement for Chancellor MacCormack

  • Civic Engagement Center renamed for Robert and Jeanne Leduc

    Last year, UMass Dartmouth service primed area economy by $4.8 million

  • UMass Dartmouth Observatory Open House is April 28

    The UMass Dartmouth Observatory and the Astronomical Society of Southern New England (ASSNE) are pleased to invite the general public to a FREE open house and night-sky viewing session at the campus Observatory on Saturday, April 28, 2012 starting at 8:30 PM. Viewing will take place through the Observatory's 16-inch telescope and other telescopes operated by ASSNE members.

  • UMass Dartmouth awarded $535,000 grant to develop ocean energy technology

    Marine Renewable Energy Center also designated by state to manage proposed 27-square-mile test site.

  • Dr. Divina Grossman elected Chancellor of UMass Dartmouth

    New leader to build on Chancellor MacCormack's "era of accomplishment"

  • UMass Law students 5,500-plus hours of legal service for community

    UMass Law students gain professional experience and advance their careers while serving the community.

  • ABA Speaker Series at UMass Dartmouth on April 24

    UMass Dartmouth, in partnership with The Evergreen Center and Beacon ABA Services will hold the third annual Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) Speaker Series featuring keynote speaker and noted professor, Dr. James Mulick on April 24th from 5 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. at Woodland Commons, UMass Dartmouth.

  • Get your poetry and prose published

    Temper, the literary journal of UMass Dartmouth students, is accepting submissions through April 13. This year, the journal makes history by going online.

  • Career Expo April 11

    Biggest event for student job seekers since "great recession" began.

  • Free performance of Contemporary Cape Verdean Dance at UMass Dartmouth on April 19

    Kaminhu Longe, The Long Journey, a performance of contemporary Cape Verdean Dance is Thursday, April 19, 2012 at 7:30 p.m. at University of Massachusetts Dartmouth Bailey Theatre/Main Auditorium. Admission is free.

  • Chancellor candidates to visit campus

    Students, faculty, staff and community invited to forums scheduled for March 30 through April 6.

  • UMass Dartmouth Observatory Open house on March 31

    The UMass Dartmouth Observatory and the Astronomical Society of Southern New England (ASSNE) are pleased to invite the general public to a free open house and night-sky viewing session at the campus Observatory on Saturday, March 31, 2012 starting at 8:00 PM. Viewing will take place through the Observatory's 16-inch telescope and other telescopes operated by ASSNE members.

  • Chancellor finalists chosen

    Six candidates will visit campus in coming weeks

  • Wed., March 28 at UMD: Prof. uses humor to explore Italian American culture, stereotypes in Sopranos, Jersey Shore and more

    Prof. Fred Gardaphe to deliver free Esposito lecture, "Looking for the Laugh: Humor and the Future of Being Italian American"On March 28

  • SMAST Dean Steven Lohrenz takes on national ocean science leadership post

    Lohrenz elected by peers to Consortium for Ocean Leadership's Board of Trustees

  • UMass Dartmouth receives President's Higher Education Community Service honor

    US: UMass Dartmouth in the top 1% of colleges nationwide for service; UMass Dartmouth only top honoree in Mass., among two in New England; Students, staff and faculty performed 175,000+ hours of service last year

  • UMass Dartmouth College of Nursing makes top 100: US News & World Report

    Southeastern Massachusetts' only four-year nursing school in top 12% of nursing colleges nationwide

  • UMass Dartmouth Partners with NSTAR to Slash Campus Energy Use

    Multiple Projects Will Save Nearly $1 Million in Energy Costs Annually

  • UMass Dartmouth marks International Women's Day; Outstanding Women Awards honor four

    12th annual awards ceremony features keynote remarks by Egyptian woman, witness to last year's revolution; Posthumous honoree's award accepted by brothers; Chancellor given surprise award

  • UMass Law dean search committee named

    The official search for a new permanent Dean of the UMass School of Law at UMass Dartmouth has begun with the naming of the search committee.

  • Three UMass Dartmouth professors win top awards, $1 million for pathbreaking research

    Three UMass Dartmouth professors have earned highly prestigious CAREER Awards from the National Science Foundation for work that has the potential to revolutionize their area of research while teaching students who will carry that research forward.

  • UMass Dartmouth leads statewide effort to train top teachers as Lead Mentors

    Project SUCCESS program to collaborate with 21 Mass. school districts to train mentors, retain new teachers in "high-need" areas

  • Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Ellen Goodman coming to UMass Dartmouth

    Ellen Goodman, a Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist, author, speaker, and commentator, will be the keynote speaker for the 5th Annual Fundraiser benefiting UMass Dartmouth's Women's and Gender Studies Program and Center for Women, Gender & Sexuality on April 12.

  • UMass Dartmouth Women's History Month is March

    The Center for Women, Gender & Sexuality at UMass Dartmouth presents Women's History Month 2012: Women Enacting Change. The month is filled with a variety of events in celebration of women's history. A special feature this month is the new space grand opening for the Center.

  • BioHonors program offers unique opportunities for students

    BioHonors program offers unique opportunities for students

  • UMass Dartmouth announces scholarships to study in Lisbon, European "City of the Year"

    $30,000 gift from Elisia and Mark Saab will help up to 30 students to study at UMass in Lisbon

  • $150,000 donation to UMass Dartmouth College of Nursing to support cutting-edge training program

    Region's only virtual hospital and lifelike mannequins deliver "as real as it gets" training

  • UMass Dartmouth partners with Zipcar to offer car sharing on campus

    First-on-SouthCoast program to add convenient, cost-effective and environmentally-friendly alternative to owning a car

  • UMass Dartmouth Announces Black History Month Events

    Month-long schedule of events honors African-Americans, focus on unique contributions of black women and black history on SouthCoast

  • University of Massachusetts Dartmouth Police Department Awarded "Certification" Status

    On January 26, 2012, the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth Police Department was 53rd in the state to receive state Certification from the Massachusetts Police Accreditation Commission and is one of only four universities in the state to be certified by the Commission.

  • UMass Dartmouth swears in three new police officers

    Dartmouth native and two New Bedford natives join University's Department of Public Safety

  • National Panel Issues Final Peer Review of Massachusetts Estuaries Project Science

    Report by national experts endorses model used by UMass Dartmouth School of Marine Science and Technology team

  • UMass Music Department to host vocal Pedagogy Conference January 20-22

    The University of Massachusetts Dartmouth Music Department will host the 5th annual Contemporary Commercial Music Vocal Pedagogy Conference, January 20-22, at the Star Store campus 715 Purchase Street, New Bedford, MA. The weekend features New York voice specialist Jeannette LoVetri and her method Somatic Voicework(TM), a singing technique utilized by many famous performers of commercial music styles.

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