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 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.

( from UMass Boston website, note that this also contains the history of Boston State College )

* 1982-Boston State joins UMass Boston.

* 2004-New UMass Boston Campus Center opens

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.

The UMass Boston campus, viewed from Squantum Point Park in Quincy, Massachusetts | Quincy

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.

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

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.

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.

The University of Massachusetts Worcester, also known as UMass Medical School, is one of the fastest growing academic health science centers in the country and is home to the School of Medicine ( SOM ) — the Commonwealth ’ s only public medical school — the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences ( GSBS ), the Graduate School of Nursing ( GSN ), and a research enterprise that attracts more than $ 200 million in external funding annually.

Located in the heart of Central Massachusetts on a campus it shares with clinical partner UMass Memorial Health Care, the region ’ s premier health care delivery system and largest employer, UMass Medical consistently ranks among the top ten percent in the U. S. News & World Report ’ s annual ranking of best medical schools.

To read UMass President Robert L. Caret ’ s official biography, please visit the University of Massachusetts web site.

In addition, Dr. Haghighatjoo is currently a part-time faculty member at UMass Boston, where she teaches a course called Women in Global Perspective for the Women ’ s Studies program.

UMass Boston's independent, student run and financed newspaper is The Mass Media.

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.

The University of Massachusetts Lowell ( also known as UMass Lowell or UML ) is a public university in Lowell, Massachusetts, United States, and part of the University of Massachusetts system.

UMass Lowell is well known for its science and engineering programs, including several " on the rise " technologies ( e. g., the field of nanotechnology ).

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.

UMass Dartmouth is best known for its programs in engineering, nursing, marine science, business, visual and performing arts, and also its Portuguese studies programs.

* University of Massachusetts Amherst, also known as UMass

UMMS is also known as UMass Worcester.

JFK / UMass station also borders Mount Vernon Street, where the Harbor Point Housing Complex ( formerly known as Columbia Point ) is located.