Tag: Umass Dartmouth
UMass Dartmouth Police Department awarded $105K grant for crisis response training
DARTMOUTH – The University of Massachusetts Dartmouth on March 17 announced that its police department received a $105,000 Byrne State Crisis Intervention Program grant.
The...
UMass Dartmouth receives $75K from BayCoast Bank to promote educational attainment
DARTMOUTH – The University of Massachusetts Dartmouth has received a $75,000 grant from BayCoast Bank to fund the university’s college and career awareness initiatives.
Among...
UMass Dartmouth studio arts programming moving out of Star Store building
NEW BEDFORD – Citing that funding from the commonwealth has ceased, the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth will immediately move its studio arts programs out...
UMass system mandates COVID-19 boosters for students, employees
DARTMOUTH – The University of Massachusetts is the latest local college to announce it will make COVID-19 vaccine booster shots mandatory for students and...
R.I.’s new guard in higher ed
The region is in the midst of a changing of the guard among higher education leaders.
Since 2019, five new college administrators have taken the...
UMass Dartmouth receives $2.1M grant to bring computational thinking skills to...
DARTMOUTH – Researchers at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth have received a $2.1 million grant from the National Science Foundation to help elementary school...
UMass Law sees 21.5% boost in first-year student enrollment for 2019-20
DARMOUTH – The law school on the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth campus increased first-year student enrollment by 21.5%, to 113, for the 2019-20 academic...
UMass Dartmouth creates honors college, expands scope of College of Nursing
DARTMOUTH – The University of Massachusetts Dartmouth is establishing an honors college and expanding the school of its College of Nursing to add health...
UMass board approves in-state tuition hike of 2.5%
PROVIDENCE – Tuition at the University of Massachusetts will increase 2.5% for in-state students to $14,722 in the 2019-2020 academic year, the state university...
Technology at heart of R.I.’s economic growth
Technology giant Infosys Ltd.’s expected arrival in Providence brings the promise of up to 500 new jobs by 2023.
The India-based company’s partnership with Rhode...