UMass tweaks Title IX policy language, but not because of Trump’s Executive Order on DEI
With a new administration in Washington, D.C., the university has taken steps to comply with executive orders that target the ...
UMass Lowell reaches ‘prestigious’ R1 distinction, indicating high research activity
The University of Massachusetts Lowell has just joined sister schools UMass Boston and UMass Amherst as a designated R1 ...
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Planting hope in the garden: Artist Carrie Mae Weems, who named a peony for W.E.B. Du Bois, dreamed of a memorial garden
In 2013, the widely acclaimed artist Carrie Mae Weems — a charismatic artist, activist and educator, known for installations, ...
DiMare family gives $35 million to UMass Chan Medical School, the university’s third-largest gift in history
The family foundation’s gift will go to an endowment to fund research into curing ALS and other neurodegenerative diseases at ...
Two Massachusetts institutions designated R1 for research activity
The schools are the 10th and 11th ones in the state to receive the prestigious R1 designation, which is granted to only seven ...