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  • Students and alum outside Taunton Trial Court
    UMass Law graduates find success in public service employment

    Mission of the Commonwealth’s only public law school drives ranking in recently released American Bar Association data

  • UMass Dartmouth receives Davis Educational Foundation Grant to improve budget transparency and accountability

    Goal is to "make every dollar invested by families, taxpayers and donors count toward excellent education, groundbreaking research and meaningful community engagement."

  • Barnes and focus group students
    Charlton College of Business introduces qualitative research course

    New elective involves using focus groups, comprised of undergraduate and graduate students, to assess and address specific client needs

  • Astronaut Scott Tingle
    Q&A: UMassD alumnus and NASA astronaut reflects on his time on campus.

    On Friday, December 1, NASA astronaut and UMass Dartmouth alumnus Scott Tingle (’87) was interviewed about his time at UMassD. Tingle is currently residing at the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia to prepare for his upcoming space flight. He will be heading to the International Space Station on December 17.  

  • Center for Marketing Research releases 2017 report of social media usage trends

    Study demonstrates usage trends among Fortune 500 Companies based on various platforms

  • UMass leaders express opposition to federal tax reform package

    UMass President Marty Meehan and the chancellors of the five UMass campuses issued a statement opposing provisions of the federal “Tax Cuts and Jobs Act” that they say will have a negative impact on UMass students and college students.

  • Unlocking the Power of Waves

    UMass Dartmouth experts discuss ocean waves as a source of sustainable, renewable energy

  • Deepwater Wind Pledges $1M Seed Funding for New Blue Economy Initiative at University of Massachusetts

    New Research Effort Will Examine How Ocean Industries Can Coexist and Thrive

  • UMass Dartmouth scientists awarded $34,232 for study based on rapid response to Hurricane Harvey’s impacts

    The research will determine Harvey’s impacts on coastal carbon cycle, metabolic balance, and ocean acidification.

  • A crate of freshly-picked Early Black fruit
    UMass Dartmouth receives $250,000 to advance research into cancer-fighting compounds of cranberries

    $150,000 gift from Leo and Anne Albert Charitable Trust will be combined with $100,000 state public health investment to support Cranberry Health Research Center

  • New course addresses significance of climate change

    Introduction to Climate course offered this spring will equip undergraduates with an understanding of the effects of climate change.

  • Dr. Kevin Stokesbury, Professor of Fisheries Oceanography at UMass Dartmouth's School for Marine Science & Technology
    PBS’s NOVA Next profiles video survey that may help manage cod fishery

    Live video camera designed by scientists at UMass Dartmouth may present a more accurate count of Atlantic cod fishery

  • Student in classroom
    UMass Law bar pass rate surpasses three private Massachusetts law schools

    At Worcester Regional Chamber of Commerce meeting, Dean Eric Mitnick cites exam scores, expanded partnerships with Massachusetts colleges, 100,000 hours of service to the community

  • Astronaut Scott Tingle
    Capt. Scott Tingle, '87, heading for International Space Station Dec. 17

    Will join astronauts from Russia and Germany for four-month mission

  • UMass Dartmouth scientists played a supporting role in discovery leading to Nobel Prize in Physics

    2015 discovery of gravitational waves proved Einstein’s theory

  • Steven Cadrin
    UMass Dartmouth professor recognized for outstanding service

    Dr. Steven Cadrin awarded for his contributions to the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea

  • Eric Mitnick named Dean of UMass Law

    UMass Dartmouth-based school of law earned national accreditation and multiple recognitions for excellence and service since 2016

  • Group of people cutting ribbon at SMAST East 2017
    UMass Dartmouth opens marine science research facility in New Bedford

    New teaching, research and policy center built in collaboration with the state Division of Marine Fisheries triples university’s marine science presence in nation’s top fishing port

  • Classroom photo
    College of Engineering accreditation renewed

    ABET seal of approval reaffirms excellence of undergraduate bioengineering, civil, computer, electrical and mechanical engineering programs

  • 400 young adults to gather at UMass Dartmouth Sept. 28 for substance abuse summit

    Health care, law enforcement, student, and community leaders will focus on “help, hope, and recovery” as Massachusetts confronts opioid challenge

  • Peace pole to be dedicated International Day of Peace Sept. 21

    University peace pole is one of more than 100,000 in 180 countries around the world

  • Arnie the Corsair gives a high five to a student
    Gratitude Day & Talk Like a Pirate Day

    Arrrr! We’re putting a Corsair spin on Gratitude Day, Sept. 19.

  • Black History 4 Seasons programming begins

    UMass Dartmouth's Black History 4 Seasons Council announces events for the 2017-2018 academic year

  • College of Arts & Sciences
    UMass Dartmouth moves up in U.S. News Tier 1 national rankings

    After achieving Tier 1 status for the first time last year, the only Massachusetts Tier 1 research university south of Boston moves from 220 to 207 among 311 national universities. There are more than 3,000 degree-granting four-year institutions in the United States.

  • Statements regarding DACA

    Chancellor Johnson, President Meehan, other UMass chancellors respond to rescinding of DACA

  • Dr. Robert E. Johnson, Chancellor, UMass Dartmouth - vertical portrait - low resolution for WEB
    Chancellor Robert E. Johnson: "It's possible."

    Message to students, faculty, and staff encourages belief in possibility thinking, succeeding against the odds

  • Public Safety advises caution at main entrance during road repair

    Several lanes to be closed August 24-25

  • Observatory with blue sky and clouds
    Solar eclipse viewing at UMass Dartmouth observatory

    Rain date: April 8, 2024

  • Dr. Robert E. Johnson talking with students at the Claire T. Carney Library
    Statement by Chancellor Robert E. Johnson

    "It is only through civil discourse in a free and open society that we can deprive hate of its oxygen..."

  • Chandra Orrill
    UMass Dartmouth STEM research center gets new director on 10th anniversary

    Dr. Chandra Orrill seeks to build on the late James Kaput’s vision of “democratizing math education”

  • Students and alum outside Taunton Trial Court
    UMass Law students exceed 100,000 hours of community service

    Since the establishment of the Commonwealth's first public law school in 2010, its students have contributed nearly $3 million of pro bono legal services and other assistance to community organizations

  • Dr. Robert E. Johnson, UMassD Chancellor
    A message from Chancellor Robert Johnson

    "It is an honor for me to join you in this endeavor, and stand with you on the shoulders of so many who have contributed to this institution for generations."

  • UMass Dartmouth completes transfer of WUMD-FM license to RIPR

    University receives $1.5 million for need-based student aid and other initiatives; RIPR brings local public service journalism to region; WUMD goes online; UMass Dartmouth and RIPR to collaborate on new journalism efforts

  • Center for Portuguese Studies and Culture announces new Advisory Council members

    Distinguished members of community and university will lend expertise and experience to the nation’s preeminent Center devoted to sharing the cultural and intellectual capital of the Lusophone world

  • End of an era at WUMD-FM, but WUMD.R0CKS ready to roll Monday

    UMass Dartmouth’s radio station to celebrate 42 years of broadcasting, and begin anew as online station

  • Biology Research
    New Integrative Biology doctoral program designed to strengthen region’s life science position

    First students expected to start this fall

  • Marketing Professor Nora Barnes wins prestigious Manning Prize for teaching and service

    The award established in 2016 by UMass Lowell alumni Rob and Donna Manning to honor UMass professors from all five campuses

  • UMass Dartmouth online Public Policy program earns top 10 ranking

    BestColleges.com ranks programs based on “career support services, available specializations, student outcomes, and course availability”

  • UMass Dartmouth and Rhode Island Public Radio enter final stage of license transfer

    WUMD 89.3 expected to go fully online by end of June following May 1 FCC approval; proceeds to support need-based student aid and community engagement initiatives at UMass Dartmouth

  • Southern Poverty Law Center founder Morris Dees urges UMass Law graduates to defend the rule of law over the “rule of the mob”

    49 Juris Doctor degrees awarded to Class of 2017 that performed more than 7,000 hours of pro bono and other law-related service to the community.

  • Highlights from UMassD 2017 Commencement
    Celebrations of success: 2017 Commencement ceremonies

    Photos and videos are now available for UMass Dartmouth's and UMass Law's 2017 Commencement ceremonies.

  • Nina Totenberg
    UMass Dartmouth awards 1,529 undergraduate degrees at Xfinity Center

    National Public Radio Legal Correspondent Nina Totenberg awarded honorary degree, urges Class of 2017, “don’t just listen to things you agree with.” Obama-era White House Photographer Pete Souza awarded Chancellor’s Medal for capturing “the essence of the powerful and the powerless and the momentous events that have engulfed them both.”

  • UMass Dartmouth awards 535 graduate degrees at Xfinity Center

    MacArthur Foundation Managing Director Cecilia Conrad awarded honorary degree, urges master’s and doctorate graduates to “shape environments that inspire creativity.” Author LGBT activist Jennifer Finney Boylan awarded Chancellor’s Medal for her “unyielding commitment to recognizing and protecting the core truth of every individual.”

  • Peer health educator among "29 Who Shine" statewide

    Evangeline Sarah Kuzmech described as “a living billboard for the UMass Dartmouth motto, ‘Corsairs Care.’”

  • UMass Dartmouth Commencement 2017 student speakers announced

    Educational Leadership and Policy Studies doctorate candidate Michael Savaria of Westport; undergraduate psychology major Brandi Bass of Springfield, and law degree candidate Sheyla Lors of Brooklyn, New York will deliver remarks to classmates May 13-15

  • National NAACP approves UMass Dartmouth chapter

    Student-led organization will collaborate with New Bedford NAACP Branch and New Bedford NAACP Youth Council

  • UMass Law student Shayla Mombeleur to receive 2017 Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. Scholarship from Massachusetts Bar Association

    It has long been her dream to attend law school with an aim to help the most vulnerable in society.

  • UMassD Commencement
    Commencement 2017 honorees announced

    NPR Legal Affairs Correspondent Nina Totenberg, Southern Poverty Law Center founder Morris Dees, MacArthur Foundation Managing Director Cecilia Conrad to be awarded honorary degrees. Obama White House Chief Photographer and Dartmouth native Pete Souza, author and LGBT activist Jennifer Finney Boylan to receive Chancellor’s Medals.

  • Confronting the opioid crisis earns nursing student Newman Civic Fellowship

    Callie Nunez of Whitman wants to “set a standard for other colleges.”

  • Improved long-range weather forecasting goal of Fulbright Scholar’s work

    Dr. Amit Tandon will collaborate with scientists from multiple universities in study of Bay of Bengal monsoons.

  • UMass Law student’s patient safety ideas win national award for legal writing

    Mary Chaffee ’17 is one of ten students from across the country who will be presented with the prestigious Burton Award at the Library of Congress in May

  • “Making Her Mark” CVPA student capstone exhibition highlights 19th century women artists

    Show opens April 12 at the main campus art gallery with reception and gallery talk

  • Student innovators make their case on Azores business trip.

    Start Up Weekend held at Nonagon Science and Technology Park. Projects to be presented Tuesday, March 28 at 5 p.m. at Charlton College of Business

  • responsive home page
    Web Team launches new university home page

    Responsive home page for UMass Dartmouth

  • Fishing Boat
    NOAA awards SMAST scientists $1M for fisheries research

    New science designed to improve management of scallop and flounder fisheries

  • UMass Dartmouth sociology professor wins Fulbright to study sexual violence in Hungary

    Research will focus on underreporting of rape and sexual assault in Hungary, and training of legal and victim response professionals to improve reporting and understanding of sexual violence.

  • National Institutes of Health awards UMass Dartmouth researcher $616,170 to study how type 2 diabetes increases risk of bone fractures

    Largest ever NIH grant to UMass Dartmouth will help bioengineering Assistant Professor Lamya Karim’s team to investigate diabetes-related skeletal fragility to improve prevention and management.

  • 1,000-plus New Bedford 7th graders to visit UMass Dartmouth March 21, 23, 28

    More than 1,000 seventh grade students from Keith Middle School, Normandin Middle School, and Roosevelt Middle School in New Bedford will visit UMass Dartmouth on March 21, 23 and 28 to get an up close look at college life.

  • Acclaimed filmmaker Clennon L. King to visit UMassD

    Award-winning film Passage at St. Augustine chronicles movement that led to passage of Civil Rights Act of 1964.

  • Law School student studying in the library
    UMass Law awarded Massachusetts Bar Association's Public Service Award

    The Massachusetts Bar Association has recognized UMass Law for its commitment to providing an excellent, affordable, and accessible legal education.

  • Nora Barnes
    Dr. Nora Ganim Barnes awarded 2017 Manning Prize

    Barnes’ teaching portfolio shows a sustained program of reflective and innovative teaching practice.

  • Appointment of Robert Johnson as chancellor earns praise

    Governor Baker and other leaders from across Massachusetts cite Dr. Johnson's innovative leadership, energy, and vision

  • Dr. Robert E. Johnson named Chancellor of UMass Dartmouth

    Selection praised as innovative leader with entrepreneurial spirit

  • UMass Dartmouth student joins Sen. Warren for President Trump's address to Congress
    UMass Dartmouth student joins Sen. Warren for President Trump's address to Congress

    Tiba Faraj '18 came to the U.S. after a seven-year journey from Iraq, earned citizenship, and is now studying accounting.

  • UMass Dartmouth chancellor finalist visits announced

    Three candidates scheduled to meet with students, faculty, staff and community leaders March 1-3

  • An Update on the University's Flag Policy

    Decision to refer the current flag policy back to a small working group for refinement and clarification.

  • Chancellor's Statement on Transgender Rights

    The University considers transgender rights to be human rights, and remains fully committed to supporting transgender students, staff, and faculty.

  • Search committee recommends three finalists for chancellor at UMass Dartmouth

    President Meehan lauds quality of candidates

  • Charlton to celebrate opening of Technology Center Feb. 23

    The inaugural ceremony, featuring demonstration of Bloomberg Trading Terminals, will immediately be followed by Chambers of Commerce Business After Hours event dedicated to the memory of Dr. Godwin Ariguzo.

  • MANNING PRIZE FOR EXCELLENCE IN TEACHING 2017

    The winner of the Manning Prize for Excellence in Teaching for 2017 is Nora Ganim Barnes of the Department of Management and Marketing.

  • students with sign outside
    UMass Dartmouth to host two-day teach-in focused on diversity and social justice

    Multiple events on March 1-2 designed to promote active civic engagement and open dialogue

  • Collaborative learning focus of $457,755 NSF grant

    Goal is to teach middle and high school students science and math through collaborative problem solving

  • Statement of the UMass Dartmouth Faculty Regarding the Executive Order “Protecting the Nation from Foreign Terrorist Entry into the United States”

    The following statement was approved by the UMass Dartmouth Faculty Senate at its February 13, 2017 meeting.

  • Area UMass Dartmouth students deliver 2,000 pounds of basic need supplies to Haiti

    Share Esperanza, a UMass Dartmouth student organization, collected and delivered 2,096 pounds of basic need supplies, including personal care packages, food, water, clothing, and school supplies to the la Plaine region of Haiti in January.

  • UMass Dartmouth professor wins grant to develop new course on the role of Islam in shaping the political landscape of the Middle East

    University of Notre Dame-based Global Religion Research Initiative program designed to promote understanding of the role of religion in the lives of individuals and societies worldwide

  • Irene Scharf, UMass Law faculty
    Q&A: UMass Law professor on immigration executive order

    President Trump's Executive Order banning immigration from seven countries has been contested in federal courts here in Massachusetts and several others. The order has left thousands of visa-holders in limbo, and has left universities and companies across the country considering the impacts. UMass Law Professor Irene Scharf directs the UMass Law Immigration Clinic and has been teaching and practicing immigration law since the 1970s. Here are her responses to two questions on the issue:

  • National Science Foundation awards UMass Dartmouth professor $778,770 to advance science education for English language learners

    NSF CAREER Award designed to support promising young scientists

  • Memo on Executive Order

    The strength of our university rests in our ability to attract the best students and faculty from across the world to our programs regardless of nationality, religious affiliation, or immigration status. The strength of our university is directly linked to our diverse community of faculty, staff, and students and to our shared engagement in creating and transmitting knowledge that enhances lives.

  • Chancellor Helm reaffirms university commitment to a "safe and welcoming environment"

    Statement reiterates policies and values related to diversity

  • Statement from professors Mazdak Tootkaboni and Arghavan Louhghalam

    These faculty members are scholars in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering.

  • A message to the UMass Dartmouth community

    Chancellor Helm and Provost Karim react to detention of two faculty members at Logan Airport

  • SouthCoast Food Security Forum

    UMass Dartmouth will host the SouthCoast Food Security Forum on Wednesday, February 1, 2017 from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the Charlton College of Business Learning Pavilion and Auditorium.

  • Cod
    UMass Dartmouth scientists deploy new video system to survey Atlantic Cod population on the Stellwagen Bank fishing grounds

    School for Marine Science and Technology team aims to measure abundance, density, and size distribution to aid in management of the fishery

  • UMass Dartmouth welcomes Core Ensemble performance Of Ebony Embers: Vignettes of the Harlem Renaissance January 27

    7 p.m. event at Main Auditorium is free and open to the public

  • Chancellor letter: Looking backwards and forwards

    "We are starting a new semester and a new year."

  • UMass Dartmouth and Rhode Island Public Radio create new collaboration

    The University will transfer its WUMD-FM broadcast license to RIPR. The University will receive $1.5 million to endow student need-based financial aid and community engagement activity. RIPR will also provide on-air promotion for the University and collaborate with UMASS Dartmouth on internships and other academic efforts. RIPR will nearly double its geographical footprint, providing its audience with consistent, immediate, locally-sourced coverage and access to National Public Radio content. WUMD will move to a fully online global program format.

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