UMass Boston has benefitted from the acts of kindness from Donna Manning, Robert Manning and Boston State College Alumnus Dan Rea. With their generous donations, the school’s nursing program will continue to thrive and grow, and athletes will be able to push themselves like they never have before.
On Friday, Oct. 1, the Black Student Center held a demonstration addressing recent acts of racism on campus, and the administration’s lack of response to them. The demonstration occurred in the same space and at the same time as a scheduled safe space gathering hosted by the university and l…
On Tuesday, Sept. 28, UMass Boston’s Office of Career Services and Internships held its annual Business, Accounting and Finance Career Expo. The event was held in a virtual capacity, and roughly 350 students were in attendance.
On Sunday, Oct. 3, UMass Boston’s Alumni Engagement is hosting their first in-person Beacon 5K. The event will be held on the Harborwalk as well as in a virtual capacity. All members of the campus community are invited.
This year, UMass Boston hired a new Assistant Dean of Students, Chiquita Baylor. The Mass Media conducted an interview with Baylor regarding her new position.
Following a year of holding online events, UMass Boston’s Student Arts and Events Council is now holding its Welcome Week events in-person and on campus. The carnival-themed events began on Tuesday, Sept. 7, and will end on Wednesday, Sept. 22.
As the fall 2021 semester begins, UMass Boston is in the process of launching Aira, a visual interpreting app for people who are blind or have low vision. When using Aira, a professional agent looks through a user’s smartphone camera at their surroundings, and helps to guide them through campus.
On Monday afternoon, Vice Chancellors Marie Bowen for Human Resources, Gail DiSabatino for Student Affairs, and Executive Director of University Health Services Robert Pomales issued an email to the UMass Boston community, stating that the school “will require vaccinations for all UMass Bost…
Earth Week has come back again, and even though it was virtual, that did not stop Earth Week events from taking place. Here is what happened at UMass Boston and elsewhere this Earth Week.
On April 22, the UMass Boston School for the Environment will be hosting their ninth Annual Earth Day Symposium via Zoom Webinar.
UMass Boston’s Undergraduate Student Government held a General Assembly on April 7 in which mental health legislation was passed, and a veto regarding legislation surrounding the condemnation of hate toward Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders was overridden.
We are less than two months away from graduation, the day where all of the students completing their Bachelors, Masters, and Doctorates join together and celebrate their massive accomplishments. Usually, this day is filled with joy, excitement, and tears both happy and sad. But of course, du…
After nearly a year of being shut down, the Office of Urban and Off-Campus Support Services, or U-ACCESS, food pantry is slated to reopen on Tuesday, March 2, 2021.
On Monday, Dec. 7, Chancellor Marcelo Suárez-Orozco sent out an email to the campus community announcing the establishment of the Restorative Justice Commission at UMass Boston, and he called for nominations for the newly established commission.
As the Fall 2020 semester comes to a close, both undergraduate and graduate students have again been granted an extension on the Pass/Fail and withdrawal deadlines for their courses.
On Thursday, Oct. 29, Chancellor Marcelo Suárez-Orozco sent out an email to the campus community stating that the majority of courses will be held remotely once again during the Spring 2021 Semester.
On Monday, Nov. 2, UMass Boston held its first annual Black Lives Matter Day.
The first University of Massachusetts Boston Virtual Involvement Fair took place on Wednesday last week, Oct. 21, from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m.
For the last couple of fall semesters at UMass Boston, September introduced a flourishing campus humming with student life. The dorms would be overflowing with new students, each one excited to start their college experience. This year, things look very different. Only a limited number of st…
Note: Interviews with students were conducted over the summer.
UMass Boston’s 2020 virtual Convocation ceremony was held on Thursday, Sept. 17. At 11 a.m., the ceremony began streaming on the UMass Boston Convocation Website, the UMass Boston Facebook page and the UMass Boston YouTube channel.
Welcome Week, hosted by the Student Arts and Events Council, has taken on a “Six Million Light-Years Apart” theme and a virtual form for the Fall 2020 semester.
U-ACCESS, more formally known as the Office of Urban and Off-Campus Support Services, helps UMass Boston students meet their day-to-day needs so that they can succeed in the classroom. From an on-campus food pantry to free legal counseling, U-ACCESS offers a variety of services to fight syst…
A change in the appearance of UMass Boston will be arriving during the upcoming Spring semester. The old Science Building, the Clark Athletic Center pool, and the catwalks connected to the Science Building and McCormack Hall are all receiving a new makeover this spring with the old Science B…
Wednesday, Nov. 6, UMass Boston held its second annual campus-wide safety walk. The event began at 4:30 p.m. in a meeting room on the second floor of the Campus Center. Students and faculty all filed in, socializing and enjoying the Safety Walk refreshments. Refreshments included fruit, bott…
This fall, the UMass Boston Performing Arts department is putting o…
The morning of Friday, Oct. 8 was a scary and stressful one for the…
A recent UMass Boston alum, Abigail Dickson, is running for city co…
In light of recent events on campus, the Mass Media spoke to member…
As students returned to UMass Boston for the Fall 2021 semester, th…
Friday, Nov. 1, 2019—UMass Boston student Marlen Godinez shares her story.
The Dining Services team and the Office of Urban and Off-Campus Support Services (U-ACCESS) have partnered in order to create a program in which students can donate one of their Guest Meal swipes to a student in need of a meal.
The Red Flag Campaign is a campaign to raise awareness of domestic abuse and domestic violence in the everyday lives of people. On the first floor Campus Center Terrace on the wall directly next to the entrance hallway to the dining hall is a black and red art piece. Small red flags hang off…
Aug. 31, 2019—“No mainstream media.” -Mark Sahady, Vice President of Super Happy Fun America.
Monday, May 6—Interim Chancellor Katherine Newman announced before a small gathering of students that she would indeed be moving forward with Referendum Question 1, which adds a small, non-waivable fee to the undergraduate tuition for the purpose of increased MBTA subsidies.
Friday, May 3—From 1 to 3 p.m., the Office of Housing and Residential Life at the University of Massachusetts Boston held the first ever Beacon Block Party, to celebrate the end of the first year of the Residence Halls being occupied.
May 2—The 27th Annual Beacon Leadership Awards recognized the works of a multitude of students for their exemplary actions for the University of Massachusetts Boston over the past two semesters. In this historic year, they had 138 nominations total for the ten awards, and Vice Chancellor for…
April 30, 2019 brought people together to celebrate the University of Massachusetts Boston’s two student literary magazines releases.
Run by the Student Arts and Events Council, Beacon Week is the annual school spirit week. Usually right before the end of each term, SAEC leads a week of sponsored events. Here's a summary of some of last week's Beacon Week events.
Wednesday April 24—UMBeneath The Sheets had their debut performance in the Campus Center at the University of Massachusetts Boston. The show ran from 7 to 8 p.m. with a total run time of 45 minutes. UMBeneath The Sheets is a sex-positive theater troupe, aiming to educate students on campus a…
