Campus Community Accomplishments
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UMass Dartmouth recently announced the expansion of its athletics programs starting in 2026–27 by adding women's flag football and reinstating men's lacrosse and men's swimming as varsity sports. The move aims to increase opportunities for student-athletes and reflects growing national momentum for women's flag football, which the NCAA recently recognized as an emerging sport.
Professor Brian Williams (History) was featured in an article on the recent assault on Iran and the wider applications for the region.
Professor Tim Walker's (History) research on the historical maritime Underground Railroad was profiled in a recent article.
Assistant Professor Stephanie McGoldrick (Architecture and Design) published the chapter "Impactful Community-Based Design Projects" in Making Design Public: Education Beyond the Studio. The chapter explores community-based service-learning in design education, emphasizing experiential learning, reciprocal partnerships, and small-scale, real-world projects.
Assistant Teaching Professor Basil H. Aboul-Enein (Health & Society) recently co-published "A Scoping Review of Preventive Interventions to Reduce Violence Against Women Across Southeast Asian Countries" in the Journal of Aggression, Maltreatment & Trauma. The article identifies interventions available to address violence against women across Southeast Asia and highlights structural gaps, culturally grounded approaches, and opportunities for cross-sectoral learning to develop policy responses.
Research Associate Nicolas Calabrese (Fisheries Oceanography), SMAST Dean Kevin D. E. Stokesbury, and students Stephanie L. Merhoff and Helena L. Norton co-published "A Review of the Fishery, Biology, and Life History of the Little Tunny (Euthynnus alletteratus) in the Northwest Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico" in Reviews in Fisheries Science & Aquaculture. The paper synthesizes existing information on the fisheries, biology, and life history of little tunny, with emphasis on U.S. waters.
Professor Pingguo He (Fisheries Oceanography) received $102,759 from AIS Inc. for "Expanding and Optimizing AI-Powered Automated Discard Accounting in New England Groundfish Fisheries". The project will expand and refine AI-powered automated discard accounting systems in New England's groundfish fisheries, improving the quality and efficiency of electronic monitoring data for species subject to bycatch and discard.
Assistant Professor Micheline Labrie (Estuarine & Ocean Sciences) received $199,255 from the Town of Mashpee for "Mashpee-Wakeby Nutrient Inactivation Treatment-Phase I: Treatment Plan, Monitoring and Permitting". The project will assess water quality and provide pre-, during-, and post-treatment monitoring to support a nutrient inactivation treatment within the Wakeby Basin in Mashpee.
Assistant Research Professor Siqi Li (Fisheries Oceanography) received $95,794 from the Town of Falmouth for "Re-assessing the Environmental Impact of the Proposed Outfall from a Site off Kite Park, Falmouth, in Vineyard Sound". The project will enhance the dispersion and dilution simulations for wastewater treatment plant discharges from the Falmouth DPW and WQMC-selected outfall site at KP using the updated Mass-Coastal FVCOM.
Assistant Research Professor Christopher S. Ward (Estuarine & Ocean Sciences) received $295,875 for "Understanding Winter Nitrogen Cycling Across Gradients of Winter Severity and Impacts on Phytoplankton Communities in an Inland Freshwater Sea, Lake Erie." The project aims to understand the relationship between ice cover and winter nitrogen dynamics in Western Lake Erie and how this influences phytoplankton communities in winter and throughout the year.
Head Men's Basketball Coach Brian Baptiste won the 2026 NABC Hillyard Golden Anniversary Award for his more than four decades of coaching collegiate basketball.