News & Press Releases
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Corsair Replay: The top 20 UMass Dartmouth stories of 2025
A year of innovation, achievement, and community impact—from groundbreaking research and national honors to student success stories that shaped an extraordinary year
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Year in review: UMass Law's top 10 stories of 2025
UMass Law reflects on a year of achievement, service, and impact in 2025
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Inside UMassD December 11, 2025
Campus Community Accomplishments
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Corsair Replay: The top 20 UMass Dartmouth stories of 2025
A year of innovation, achievement, and community impact—from groundbreaking research and national honors to student success stories that shaped an extraordinary year
Inside UMassD December 4, 2025
Campus Community Accomplishments
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UMass Dartmouth Model UN Delegation Earns Honorable Mention at NMUN Canada 2025 Conference
Team’s strong performance highlights commitment to global citizenship and collaborative leadership
Inside UMassD November 20, 2025
Campus Community Accomplishments
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New lab at SMAST focuses on fishing communities and manta ray conservation
National Geographic explorer Melissa Cronin leads the Shared Seas lab at SMAST
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Sam Riley '26: Finding direction, discipline, and purpose
First-gen College Now student reflects on how UMass Dartmouth helped him grow into a leader and entrepreneur
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Malaika Pollard '27: Belonging in STEM
From first-gen student to NSBE president, Malaika Pollard ’27 is building belonging in STEM.
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Elijah Facchiano '26: Researching real-life Iron Man
4+1 BS/MS chemistry student makes scientific and personal connections to fulfill his passion for impactful research
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Maryana Sawaged MPP '21: "Policy is about people"
Empowered by education, driven by purpose: one alum’s rise in public policy
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Aditya Sahu MS '25: AI engineer at Amazon
Computer science alum starts career as an AI engineer at Amazon
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Meet Engineering Dean Rob Griffin
Rob Griffin brings optimism and interdisciplinary vision to the College of Engineering
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Lindsay Graff PhD '27: Shark conservation research
SMAST PhD student shares what it's like to study sharks all over the world.
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High-achieving SouthCoast students enroll at UMass Dartmouth: Why top local graduates chose UMassD
21 of UMass Dartmouth’s class of 2029 students are among the top 10 graduates of local Bristol and Plymouth County high schools.
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Claire Yost MPP ’25: “Lethal on paper."
Claire Yost ’25 channels her service experience into a new mission: public policy.