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A UMass Dartmouth assistant professor has received a grant of almost $800,000 to advance science and technology education for English Language Learners. Dr. Shakhnoza Kayumova of the Kaput Center for Research and Innovation in STEM Education received the $778,700 grant from the National Science Foundation through the prestigious CAREER Award for Faculty Early Career Development...

The two UMass Dartmouth professors of Iranian descent that were detained coming back from France over the weekend under President Donald Trump's executive order on immigration have released a statement through the university: January 31, 2017 Statement from UMass Dartmouth professors Mazdak Tootkaboni and Arghavan Louhghalam We are happy and relieved to be home and back to work, doing what we lov

NEW BEDFORD - A research team at UMass Dartmouth's School for Marine Science and Technology has improved upon a new fish video surveillance system. SMAST has been working on the technology for several years in order to get the most accurate count of fish possible for researchers conducting fish population surveys...

LAKEVILLE - State Representative Keiko Orrall says she'll be paying close attention to UMass Dartmouth's new flag policy. Orrall says she's received several calls from concerned constituents who feel the decision to run the Black Lives Matter banner up the flagpole on the campus is a show of anti-police sentiment...

UMass Dartmouth Campus Police say a woman has reported being a victim of a sexual assault on the campus. University Police issued a warning this week, saying the woman claimed she was sleeping in a friend's room in the on-campus housing at Cedar Dell West when she was sexually assaulted by an unknown male at about 5 A...

One of the young women struck by a car Thursday night in Dartmouth has been released from the hospital. The unidentified 19-year-old UMass Dartmouth student was released from St. Luke's Hospital after she and a 21-year-old fellow student were hit by a car after 6pm at the intersection of Old Westport and Cross Roads...

Campus police are investigating after gunshots were fired at UMass Dartmouth early Sunday morning. Campus police say initial reports of the gunshots were made around 3am Sunday in the campus' Cedar Dell area. Campus police responded, finding no evidence of gunshots...

Massachusetts Education Secretary Jim Peyser met with area education leaders Wednesday morning at the UMass Dartmouth School of Law. Secretary Peyser discussed national and statewide education issues, and zeroed in on key issues affecting education on the Southcoast...

A South Dartmouth man has died following a horrific crash in Westport this week. Westport Police say 27-year-old Taylor Green died Monday night at Rhode Island Hospital after losing control of his 2006 Nissan Altima on State Road early that morning...

Researchers at UMass Dartmouth's School of Marine Science and Technology have been issued a U.S. Patent for technology that would help along New Bedford's waterfront. The technology uses an onboard 3D camera system to help monitor commercial fishing vessels and manage depleted fish stocks...