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BOSTON (AP) - Black students at Harvard University are organizing a graduation ceremony of their own this year. Harvard's first Black Commencement will recognize the achievements of black students and faculty members some say have been overlooked...

NEW BEDFORD - The Boston University Superfund Research Program has released the results of a years-long study concerning contamination in the New Bedford Harbor. A press conference held Thursday at Riverside Park in New Bedford released those results, which Dr...

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 has converted over 60 of it's bathrooms into all-gender bathrooms.

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...

BOSTON (AP) _ Officials at the University of Massachusetts say they're holding off on setting tuition rates for the 2016-2017 academic year until after a new state budget has been finalized. UMass President Marty Meehan said Wednesday that the wait-and-see approach is best because it will let the university push for the strongest possible budget deal for the five-campus system...

Los Angeles - Two people are dead after a shooting on the UCLA campus today.  Police were telling news outlets the people were shot around 10 a.m. today. They are looking for an active shooter or shooters and the campus remains on lockdown...

Hundreds of students braved the early afternoon showers Saturday to take part in UMass Dartmouth's annual Relay for Life fundraising event.

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) _ A committee made up of faculty, students, alumni, and staff has recommended that Harvard Law School ditch its seal because of its ties to an 18th century slaveholder. The committee announced Friday that it recommended to the university's governing body that the seal be dropped...