* 1974-First classes at UMass Boston's Harbor Campus.

UMass Boston's faculty of more than 900 consists of roughly half tenure-stream and half non-tenure track (" adjunct ") professors.

UMass Boston's undergraduates are represented by the Undergraduate Student Government, which consists of the Undergraduate Student Senate, the executive office of the USG President, and the office of the USG Chief Justice.

UMass Boston's graduate students are represented by the Graduate Student Assembly.

UMass Boston's graduate student employees ( teaching assistants, research assistants, and administrative assistants ) are represented by the Graduate Employee Organization / UAW Local 1596 — UMass Boston Chapter.

UMass Boston ’ s is known for its growing and diverse student body of more than 11, 000 undergraduates and nearly 4, 000 graduate students, making it the second largest campus in the system.

* The UMass Lowell Connector ( student newspaper )

The campus, also known as UMass Dartmouth, " UMassD ", or " UMD ", has an overall student body of 9, 155 students, including undergraduate, graduate students, and ( PCE ) continuing education students.

A student may use his or her " UMass Pass " swipe card to pay at these locations if he / she has a meal plan or money pre-loaded onto the card ; otherwise cash, debt and credit is also accepted.

Radio at UMass Lowell was started in 1952 by a student named Ed Bonacci.

Much of the controversy surrounded the lack of student input in making these changes, prompting open meetings to be held where students, alumni and staff of UMass Lowell could discuss the changes.

The American site was first at Sam Houston State University under George Greenwade, in 1995 it moved to UMass Boston where it was run by Karl Berry.

" On October 16, 2006, the Lowell, Massachusetts newspaper The Sun announced that " Radio personality Christopher Lydon's lucrative and controversial contract with UMass Lowell to broadcast an hourlong radio show will not be renewed when it expires in December.

The University of Massachusetts Boston, also known as UMass Boston, is an urban public research university and the second-largest campus in the five-campus University of Massachusetts system.

UMass Boston is the only public university in Boston.

UMass / Boston is part of the Greater Boston Urban Education Collaborative, In 1982 it merged with Boston State College ( est.

The John F. Kennedy Library | John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum is located on Columbia Point ( Boston ) | Columbia Point next to UMass Boston.

UMass Boston is located off Interstate 93, sited within walking distance of the JFK / UMass MBTA stop on the Red Line.

UMass Boston is fully accredited by the New England Association of Schools and Colleges.

UMass Boston is a member of the Council of Graduate Schools and the Northeastern Association of Graduate Schools

UMass Boston is on Dorchester's Columbia Point, and very close to the South Boston line.

Other than the Belchertown Shuttle and Belchertown / UMass lines of the Pioneer Valley Transit Authority bus service that pass along Route 9, there is no bus service to town.

The north campus of UMass Lowell is in Pawtucketville.

The city of Lowell is primarily policed and protected by the Lowell Police Department, secondarily by the Massachusetts State Police, the UMass Lowell Police, and the National Park Service.

He is second all-time in total blocked shots ( 336 ) at UMass and the fourth-ever college player to have at least 300 total career blocked shots.

The University of Massachusetts Amherst, located in Amherst, is the flagship and largest school in the UMass system.

It is unique in the UMass system in that it consists of two major campuses for classes, one for residential living, and another for graduate studies.

It is unique in the UMass system in that it is the only school to contain a hospital

UMass Amherst is the flagship and the largest of the UMass campuses, as well as the first established.

The UMass Amherst honors college is called Commonwealth College where admission is more competitive with an average SAT score of 1390.

UMass Amherst is also part of the Five Colleges consortium, with Smith, Mount Holyoke, Hampshire, and Amherst colleges, all within a free bus ride of each other using the Pioneer Valley Transit System.

UMass Boston is a research university located in the City of Boston.

Other colleges in the Worcester Consortium includes Anna Maria College, Assumption College, Becker College, Clark University, College of the Holy Cross, Cummings school of Veterinary Medicine, Mass College of Pharmacy & Health Sciences, Nichols College, Quinsigamond Community College, UMass Medical School, and Worcester Polytechnic Institute ( WPI ).

* A Bit of Cosmic Background, by Robert Kusner, UMass Math Dept Newsletter 2007.

* UMass Bio Dept.

The UMass Minutemen joined the MAC as a football-only member in July 2012.

The cancellation of two days of classes in order to create security for the debate resulted in a protest by UMB students, faculty, and staff members at the UMass President's office in downtown Boston.

On June 2, 2006, Barack Obama addressed his commencement speech at UMass Boston to the graduating students.

* 1982-Boston State joins UMass Boston.

There are eight colleges at UMass Boston: the College of Liberal Arts, College of Science and Mathematics, College of Management, College of Nursing and Health Sciences, College of Public and Community Service, College of Education and Human Development, John W. McCormack Graduate School of Policy Studies and Global Studies, and University College.

Intercollegiate athletics, intramurals, and recreation for the students, staff, and faculty are the primary programs of the UMass Boston Department of Athletics.

UMass Boston, known by their nickname: the Beacons, has teams competing in the ECAC, the Little East Conference, and ECAC East Ice Hockey.

In the years 1999 through 2006 the National Consortium for Academics and Sports named the Department of Athletics at UMass Boston first in the country for community service.