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Model UN members posing for a group photo with a sign that read South Africa
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

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Inside UMassD December 4, 2025

Campus Community Accomplishments

Model UN members posing for a group photo with a sign that read South Africa
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

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Inside UMassD November 20, 2025

Campus Community Accomplishments

Melissa Cronin, assistant professor of fisheries oceanography at SMAST, leader of the Shared Seas lab
New lab at SMAST focuses on fishing communities and manta ray conservation

National Geographic explorer Melissa Cronin leads the Shared Seas lab at SMAST

Students, faculty, staff, and alumni posing for a photo
Center for Women, Gender & Sexuality commemorates 55 years of impact with community celebration

Celebrating a legacy of equity and empowerment at one of the nation’s oldest collegiate women’s centers

Aerial view of UMass Dartmouth's main quad.
Workers' Education Program receives over $1.2 million to expand adult education and workforce training

Funding enhances access to education, career pathways, and student support services

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UMass Dartmouth Arnold M. Dubin Labor Education Center Celebrates 50 Years

AFL-CIO’s Liz Shuler was recognized at the 50th anniversary celebration of the Dubin Labor Education Center

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Civil engineering major Malaika Pollard at the National Society of Black Engineers convention
Malaika Pollard '27: Belonging in STEM
From first-gen student to NSBE president, Malaika Pollard ’27 is building belonging in STEM.
Elijah Facchiano standing with his arms crossed in front of lab benches
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
UMassD Alum in Washington D.C. outside of the Capital Building
Maryana Sawaged '21: "Policy is about people"
Empowered by education, driven by purpose: one alum’s rise in public policy
UMass Dartmouth alumnus Aditya Sahu, AI engineer at Amazon
Aditya Sahu MS '25: AI engineer at Amazon
Computer science alum starts career as an AI engineer at Amazon
College of Engineering Dean Rob Griffin
Meet Engineering Dean Rob Griffin
Rob Griffin brings optimism and interdisciplinary vision to the College of Engineering
SMAST PhD student Lindsay Graff in the field
Lindsay Graff PhD '27: Shark conservation research
SMAST PhD student shares what it's like to study sharks all over the world.
Anna Burke '29, Hannah Abrams '29, Hayley Mimoso '29, Amelia Breese '29, Jacob Rocha '29, Kylie Monteforte '29, Whitney Berger '29
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.
Claire Yost '25 in army uniform
Claire Yost ’25: “Lethal on paper."
Claire Yost ’25 channels her service experience into a new mission: public policy.
Mia Oliveira '26 sitting on a boat smiling while holding research equipment
Mia Oliveira '26: Networking the coast
Marine biology major conducts field research across the Cape and Islands while making industry connections at her SMAST internship

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