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More than 2,100 degrees were handed out Saturday to UMass Dartmouth  graduate and undergraduate students.  According to the University, the graduates come from 29 countries, and 20 different states in this country.  Also, 34 PHD's were awarded, the most ever...

The UMass Dartmouth community mourns the loss of Sean Peters, a Crime and Justice major and four-year member of the men's lacrosse team, who passed away Saturday at the age of 22 due to complications related to Type 1 Diabetes. Sean came to UMass Dartmouth from Medway High School...

A property group is taking another shot at creating off-campus student housing near UMass Dartmouth. David Sullivan, a representative for Vision Properties, presented a citizens petition to the Dartmouth Select Board on Monday. The petition proposes a zoning by-law change that would allow for a housing community to be built at the Pine Hill gravel site near the campus...

Following a year of dialogue among faculty, students and administrators, the UMass Dartmouth College of Visual and Performing Arts is restructuring to streamline administration and create more flexibility for students. The proposal, which reduces the number of academic departments within the college from six to three without eliminating any course offerings, was recently endorsed by CVPA faculty o

The Claire T. Carney Library Associates will be sponsoring the 11th Annual Authors Brunch, which will take place on Sunday, April 2 at 12 p.m. on the campus of UMass Dartmouth.

Bristol County Sheriff Thomas Hodgson and Somerville Mayor Joe Curtatone have had some interesting comments about each other this week, as the two come down on opposite sides of the sanctuary city debate. This coming Thursday, the two will have the chance to discuss it face-to-face in Dartmouth...

Scientists with the UMass Dartmouth School of Marine Science and Technology have received a $1 million grant from the federal government to continue sea-scallop research projects. The scientists will conduct surveys with underwater cameras to estimate scallop biomass, address bycatch reduction, and working with the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute to develop a project to better understand scallo

More than 1,000 seventh grade students from Keith Middle School, Normandin Middle School, and Roosevelt Middle School in New Bedford will visit UMass Dartmouth on March 21, 23 and 28 to get an up-close look at college life. The initiative is funded by the Community Foundation of Southeastern Massachusetts - Jacobs Family Educational Attainment Fund...

The UMass Dartmouth women’s basketball team has made it all the way to the sectional semi-finals for the first time EVER. The Corsair’s take on the SUNY New Paltz Hawkes this evening at the UMass Amherst LeFrak Gymnasium at 5 PM. Not to jinx anything, but if the Corsair’s win the game tonight they will advance to the semi-finals tomorrow ...

Dr. Robert E. Johnson was named chancellor of the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth today by a unanimous vote of the UMass Board of Trustees. Johnson, president of Becker College in Worcester since 2010, was recommended for the UMass Dartmouth chancellorship by UMass President Marty Meehan...