2021 Archive
![(clockwise)Paul Watanabe, Lorna Rivera, Georgianna Meléndez, Marcelo Suárez-Orozco, Charles Desmond, J. Keith Motley, Connie S. Chan, and Mi](/media/umassboston/content-assets/news-images/editoruploads/images/news/Untitled-2.jpg)
UMass Boston Faculty, Chancellor Named to Regional List of 50 Most Influential People of Color in Higher Education
04/20/2021 | Crystal Valencia
![George Floyd mural](/media/umassboston/content-assets/news-images/editoruploads/images/news/georgefloyd_blacklivesmatter_news_760x400.jpg)
Statement on the Verdict in the Trial of Derek Chauvin
04/20/2021 | Chancellor Marcelo Suárez-Orozco
![Leslie Wang and her new book](/media/umassboston/content-assets/news-images/editoruploads/images/news/Wang_NewBook_ChasingAmericanDream.jpg)
UMass Boston Professor Publishes New Book, Chasing the American Dream in China
04/16/2021 | Crystal Valencia
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UMass Board Of Trustees Approves Massachusetts Student Tuition Freeze For 2021-2022 Academic Year
04/15/2021 | UMass President's Office
![Suffolk County District Attorney Rachael Rollins, Joanne Dunn, Gladys Vega, and Lisa Wong](/media/umassboston/content-assets/news-images/editoruploads/images/news/GLP_Scholars_Rollins_0421_news_760x400.jpg)
UMass Boston’s Center for Women in Politics and Public Policy Announces New Distinguished Public Service Fellows
04/06/2021 | Center for Women in Politics and Public Policy
![Sarah True](/media/umassboston/content-assets/news-images/editoruploads/images/news/True_GoldwaterScholarship_0421_news_760x400.jpg)
Physics Major Earns Prestigious Goldwater Scholarship
04/06/2021 | DeWayne Lehman
![UMass Boston Nursing Sim Lab](/media/umassboston/content-assets/news-images/editoruploads/images/news/simlab_nursing_news_760x400-2.jpg)
U.S. News: UMass Boston’s Graduate Programs Among Nation’s Best
04/02/2021 | Crystal Valencia
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The CatCH Scholars Program Adapts to Remote Research
03/31/2021 | Danielle Bilotta
![The Five to Ten Line Poetry Contest](/media/umassboston/content-assets/news-images/editoruploads/images/news/five_to_ten_line_poetry_news.jpg)
Creative Writing Program Hosts “The Five to Ten Line Poetry Contest”
03/25/2021 | Crystal Valencia
![Assistant Professor of Chemistry Niya Sa with her research team.](/media/umassboston/content-assets/news-images/editoruploads/images/news/Niya-Sa-Research-Team-760x400.jpg)
Chemistry Professor Niya Sa Receives CAREER Grant to Study Beyond Lithium Ion Rechargeable Batteries
03/23/2021 | Danielle Bilotta
![A sick child participates on a Zoom call with Princess Elsa.](/media/umassboston/content-assets/news-images/editoruploads/images/news/Elsa_PrincessProgram_Zoom_Banks_news_760x400.jpg)
UMass Boston Student Brings Magic to Sick Children Through Princess Nonprofit
03/23/2021 | Crystal Valencia
![Betty Taymor (L) with Elizabeth Sherman, the founding director of the Center for Women in Politics and Public Policy](/media/umassboston/content-assets/news-images/editoruploads/images/news/betty_taymor_cwppp_news_760x400.jpg)
Center for Women in Politics and Public Policy to Celebrate the 100th Birthday of Women’s Leadership Advocate Betty Taymor
03/17/2021 | Center for Women in Politics and Public Policy
![Students wearing masks walk the HarborWalk](/media/umassboston/content-assets/news-images/editoruploads/images/news/masks_students_fall2020.jpg)
UMass President Meehan to Recommend Tuition Freeze for the Second Straight Year
03/16/2021 | UMass President's Office
![Satellite view of Boston](/media/umassboston/content-assets/news-images/editoruploads/images/news/Boston_map_view.jpg)
Climate Justice Research Grant Winners Announced
03/05/2021 | Sustainable Solutions Lab
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UMass Boston Experts Predict Domestic Policies Under the Biden-Harris Administration
02/25/2021 | Danielle Bilotta
![Chancellor Marcelo Suárez-Orozco, Boston City Council President Kim Janey, and Kenneth Cooper, senior editor for GBH News participate in a d](/media/umassboston/content-assets/news-images/editoruploads/images/research/communiversity_janey_chancellor_0221_news_760x400.jpg)
UMass Boston and Community Leaders Discuss How University Can Best ‘Stand with the City’
02/24/2021 | Crystal Valencia
![Senior Lecturer in Nursing Linda Chiofar stands by a sign on the Grace Trail](/media/umassboston/content-assets/news-images/editoruploads/images/news/Accept_sign_gracetrail_news_760x400.jpg)
UMass Boston College of Nursing and Health Sciences Faculty Install a Grace Trail® on the HarborWalk
02/08/2021 | Crystal Valencia
![This graph shows a model-based estimate of the geographic distribution of new daily infections through time across U.S. states from Revell’s](/media/umassboston/content-assets/news-images/editoruploads/images/research/covidgraph_liamrevell_news_760x400.jpg)
Biology Professor Develops Interactive Website Analyzing COVID-19 Data
02/03/2021 | DeWayne Lehman
![Maria Ivanova](/media/umassboston/content-assets/news-images/editoruploads/images/research/Maria_Ivanova_conferenceroom_news_760x400.jpg)
Science and Policy Impact: Maria Ivanova Appointed to the World Climate Research Programme Joint Scientific Committee
02/01/2021 | Danielle Bilotta
![Graphic shows figure surrounded by words like uncertainty, money, covid, health.](/media/umassboston/content-assets/news-images/editoruploads/images/research/COVID19_Mentalhealth_news_760x400.jpg)
Report Finds Disparities in Physical, Mental Health Effects of COVID-19
01/27/2021 | DeWayne Lehman