2020 Archive
![Elizabeth Chen ’14 ’16, and Leslie Stevenson ‘16, speak on Zoom with UMass Boston students.](/media/umassboston/content-assets/news-images/editoruploads/images/news/OCP_civicleaders_zoom_mccormack_news_760x400.jpg)
UMass Boston Alumni Share their Path-Breaking Experiences as Women of Color in Public Leadership Roles
12/21/2020 | Anusha Chaitanya
![Students hold up a beaker in a chemistry lab.](/media/umassboston/content-assets/news-images/editoruploads/images/news/chemistry_students_news_760x400.jpg)
$300K NSF Grant Funds Research on Improving Success, Equity in Chemistry Education
12/15/2020 | DeWayne Lehman
![Music education alums Kelly Pry, Andrew Sell, Sasha White, and Ray Fallon](/media/umassboston/content-assets/news-images/editoruploads/images/clapz/Music_ed_alums_fall_2020.jpg)
UMass Boston Music Ed Alums Navigate K-12 Teaching in the Age of COVID
12/09/2020 | Bill Doncaster
![Students wearing masks on a train.](/media/umassboston/content-assets/news-images/editoruploads/images/af/masks_on_train760x400.jpg)
Research Team Releases Third Report on Living in Boston During COVID-19
12/08/2020 | DeWayne Lehman
![Joseph Berger](/media/umassboston/content-assets/news-images/editoruploads/images/news/berger_news_sept17_hb_760x400.jpg)
College of Education’s Dean Berger Appointed Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs
12/07/2020 | Office of Communications
![Students walking through the Catwalk](/media/umassboston/content-assets/news-images/editoruploads/images/news/AsianAmericanStudents_news_760x400.jpg)
UMass Boston Earns New $1.3M AANAPISI Grant
12/02/2020 | DeWayne Lehman
![Graphic says, She’s forgetting the feeling of hugs.](/media/umassboston/content-assets/news-images/editoruploads/images/news/Six-word_contest_2020_news_760x400.png)
Six-Word Story Contest Winners Tackle 2020, Pandemic, Politics, Hope
12/02/2020 | Crystal Valencia
![People in Boston wearing masks](/media/umassboston/content-assets/news-images/editoruploads/images/news/masks_Boston_crowd_news_760x400.jpg)
UMass Boston Teams with Northeastern, City on COVID-19 Research Reports
12/01/2020 | DeWayne Lehman
![Graphic says 4th Biennial New England Women’s Policy Conference](/media/umassboston/content-assets/news-images/editoruploads/images/news/NEWPC_G_news_760x400.png)
New England Women’s Policy Conference Aims to Transform Systems, Achieve Racial and Gender Justice
11/27/2020 | Office of Communications
![Professor Sharon Horne presenting at the Irish Psychological Association.](/media/umassboston/content-assets/news-images/editoruploads/images/news/Sharon_Horne_APA_Ireland_news_760x400.jpg)
Professor Wins Top Award for Contributions to the International Advancement of Psychology
11/18/2020 | Crystal Valencia
![Kathleen Kirleis, Dina Scarpelli, and Rhonda Hodge ran a virtual Boston Marathonon the HarborWalk.](/media/umassboston/content-assets/news-images/editoruploads/images/news/RunforKrystle_marathon_virtual_sunrise_news_760x400.jpg)
UMass Boston’s Run for Krystle Team Reaches the Finish Line for Scholarship Fund, Despite Marathon Being Canceled
11/18/2020 | Crystal Valencia
![Professor of Latin American & Iberian Studies Reyes Coll-Tellechea](/media/umassboston/content-assets/news-images/editoruploads/images/news/Coll_Tellechea_Latinx_Video__news_760x400.jpg)
UMass Boston Faculty, Staff, and Students Create Webinar to Help Latinx Students Excel During Pandemic
11/12/2020 | Crystal Valencia
![Joseph Cooper](/media/umassboston/content-assets/news-images/editoruploads/images/news/cooper_DSC_3894_news_jul19_cl_760x400.jpg)
Chancellor Appoints First Special Advisor for Black Life at UMass Boston
11/12/2020 | Office of Communications
![Female student stands by an I Can't Breathe, Black Lives Matter sign.](/media/umassboston/content-assets/news-images/editoruploads/images/news/BLMDay_woman_CantBreathesign_news_760x400.jpg)
UMass Boston Hosts First Annual Black Lives Matter Day
11/05/2020 | Crystal Valencia
![Screen shows Zoom webinar with Carol Cohn speaking](/media/umassboston/content-assets/news-images/editoruploads/images/news/consortium_climatechange_news_oct20_760x400.jpg)
More than 1,000 Attend UMass Boston Climate Crisis Symposium Highlighting Innovative Feminist Pathways to Just and Sustainable Futures
11/03/2020 | Consortium on Gender, Security and Human Rights
![Images shows Boston Harbor and says Resilience Through Research](/media/umassboston/content-assets/news-images/editoruploads/images/news/stonelivinglab_umass_news_oct2020.jpg)
Stone Living Lab Launches as New Hub for Nature-Based Resilience Solutions
10/28/2020 | Office of Communications
![Civic Action Fellows met on October 21st as part of their bi-weekly program session.](/media/umassboston/content-assets/news-images/editoruploads/images/news/Civic_Fellows_OCP_news_760x400.jpg)
UMass Boston Launches New Civic Action Fellows Program for Students from Marginalized Communities
10/23/2020 | Julia Hvoslef
![Image shows UMass Boston professors speaking to each other on a Zoom meeting.](/media/umassboston/content-assets/news-images/editoruploads/images/news/PSP_Virtual_Institute_news_oct20_760x400.jpg)
UMass Boston Launches Third Cohort of Faculty-Practitioner Co-Teachers
10/22/2020 | Anusha Chaitanya
![Site of a dig on Burial Hill in Plymouth, MA](/media/umassboston/content-assets/news-images/editoruploads/images/news/plymouthdig_atthesiteofthefirstthanksgiving_2020alumnimagazine_DSCF1083_news_760x400.jpg)
At the Site of the First Thanksgiving
10/20/2020 | Colleen Locke
![Abdullah Beckett ’21 installs names of 109 victims of racism and police brutality as part of a #saymyname art installation at UMass Boston](/media/umassboston/content-assets/news-images/editoruploads/images/news/voicesraisedagainstracism_2020alumnimagazine_GettyImages-1221107613_SK_news_760x400.jpg)
Voices Raised Against Racism
10/20/2020 | Crystal Valencia