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The National Science Foundation has awarded UMass Dartmouth Associate Professor of STEM Education and Teacher Development Walter Stroup a $457,755 grant to develop new strategies for middle school and high school teachers to excite their students about science, technology, engineering and math careers. ...

The University of Massachusetts at Dartmouth was awarded $525,967 by the Environmental Protection Agency to study how effective oysters are when it comes to cleaning local waterways.

Bristol Community College's Fall River campus officially unveiled its newest building since 2001 Thursday afternoon during a ribbon cutting ceremony for the John J. Sbrega Health and Science Building.

FRC robotics team 5846, the SouthCoast Corsairs, are raising funds so the team can head to St. Louis for the FIRST Robotics Competition where they will face off from teams around the world.

A new video system to assess the population of cod developed by a team of scientists at the UMass Dartmouth School for Marine Science and technology (SMAST) looks promising after its first test at sea.

With the possibility of NOAA Fisheries relocating its Northeast Fisheries Scince Center out of Woods Hole, New Bedford Mayor Jon Mitchell will happily welcome the new lab to the city's harbor.

The New Bedford School Department is taking steps to convert Normandin Middle School into an Innovation School, with special emphasis on subjects like science, technology, engineering, art and math. School Department spokesman Jon Carvalho says district leaders are hoping to boost educational attainment at Normandin...

Scientists are reporting that Mars appears to have not only frozen water but flowing streams of salty water, at least in the summertime.

Communication is key. That was the message that resonated from a meeting between NOAA's Northeast Fisheries Science Center and representatives of the fishing industry at University of Massachusetts Dartmouth's SMAST Wednesday morning.

New Bedford School officials say there will be a Robotics Program at New Bedford High School.