Graduate smiles and waves at crowd during ceremony. Image by: Bob Durling More than 7,500 graduates from UMass Boston鈥檚 Class of 2020 and Class of 2021 were honored Thursday as the university held in鈥, Chancellor Marcelo Su谩rez-Orozco, applauded the remarkable achievements of the two graduating classes of Beacons, praising their resilience, determination, and ability to improvise. 鈥淚n the face of the grave challenges of our day,鈥, 3,860 members of the Class of 2021, and , 3,727 in the Class of 2020. , Graduates hail from more than 140 countries around the world, and speak 100 different languages. More than 50 percent of UMass Boston students are first-generation college students. The university鈥, Martin Meehan, , Secretary of the Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs, Kathleen Theoharides G鈥07, and Boston Globe columnist Adrian Walker. Theoharides and Walker both received a Chancellor鈥檚 Medal for Distinguished Service., Undergraduate JFK Award winners Maurice Roberson 鈥21 and Maria Vasco 鈥20, and graduate student speakers Anthony C. Martin 鈥21, Christie Towers 鈥20, and Marta Pag谩n-Ortiz 鈥20 also offered words of鈥, Adrian Walker delivers speech during commencement Walker told the Class of 2020 to continue to be champions of equity, justice, and truth. 鈥淚f there鈥檚 one thing that defines UMass Boston, in my eyes鈥, Theoharides , spoke of how it won鈥檛 be science alone that brings us back from the pandemic or helps us rebuild. 鈥淪cience is what gives us answers and solutions, and yes even hope,鈥 she said. 鈥淏ut it will be people鈥, Theoharids said., UMass President Marty Meehan, told graduates that we are at the threshold of reaching a better place. 鈥淲e can sense a reawakening,鈥 Meehan said. 鈥淭he world needs the members of this very special class to help it reawaken, to鈥
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After more than a year of virtual learning due to the COVID-19 pandemic, UMass Boston鈥檚 Class of 2021 graduates were eager to celebrate their academic achievements in person. Family and friends鈥
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AMHERST, Mass. 鈥 David Sela, a nutrition scientist at the 黑料app Amherst, has received a five-year, $1.69 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to鈥
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Joint statement from Michael F. Collins, MD, Chancellor, UMass Medical School, and Senior Vice President for the Health Sciences, UMass; Eric Dickson, MD, President & CEO, UMass Memorial Health鈥
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First-year students and roommates Adam Zecher, left, and Max Valin couldn't wait to meet new people on East Campus on move-in weekend. Standing outside University Suites, where columns of red, white鈥
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New student has help from family on move-in day After three semesters of mostly remote learning and work, UMass Dartmouth recently welcomed back all students, faculty, and staff to campus for the鈥, Chancellor Mark Fuller, said 鈥淚 talk a lot about what UMass Dartmouth can bring to you. A quality education. A diverse and dynamic community. Opportunity for the future. But today, what I鈥檓 most grateful for is what you鈥
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Recently, over 60 college-aged students gathered together in the Applied Science Center at UMass Amherst鈥檚 Mount Ida campus in Newton. The first cohort of the Commonwealth Fintech Bootcamp, they were鈥
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UMass Medical School was awarded a $1.7 million grant from The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust to address the increasing prevalence of Crohn鈥檚 disease in Puerto Rico in a cost-鈥
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A new video series featuring scientists from the Institute for Drug Resistance at UMass Medical School is designed to promote the importance of biomedical research. Celia Schiffer, PhD, the Gladys鈥
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The Vaccine Corps is expanding thanks to students in the School of Medicine and Graduate School of Nursing at UMass Medical School. On Tuesday, Aug. 10, a group of second-year medical students and鈥
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