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.

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.

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 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.

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.

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

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.

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.

UMass ' visit to the Final Four was later officially nullified by the NCAA because Camby had been found to have accepted $ 28, 000 from two sports agents.

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.

The UMass system was ranked 56th in the world in 2010 by the Times World University Rankings.

( SMU ) UMass Dartmouth offers a wide array of programs in accounting, finance, management information systems, operations management and marketing, all of which are accredited by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business ( AACSB ) International.

UMass Lowell specifically was ranked 170th on the Tier 1 National University Ranking of the Best Colleges of 2013 by the U. S. News & World Report.

His candidacy for the UMass position was supported by Republican Governor William Weld.

However, his previous trips to the tournament's last weekend, with Memphis ( 2008 ) and UMass ( 1996 ), have been vacated by the NCAA.

It was founded in 1969 by the Five College Astronomy Department ( University of Massachusetts Amherst ( UMass ), Amherst College, Hampshire College, Mount Holyoke College and Smith College ).

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

The broadcast week includes programming produced by UMass Lowell students and by community hosts who represent the ethnically and linguistically diverse community of Lowell.

Catapulted by the success of UMMS licenses and patents ( including intellectual property related to RNAi gene-silencing technology and drug and vaccine development ), UMass ranked eighth in the nation in generating income from the licensing of faculty-derived discoveries and products and generated $ 70, 553, 428 in technology-transfer income in FY 2009, executing 50 technology licenses and options and creating one start-up company ( according to the fiscal year 2009 report released by the Association of University Technology Managers ).

Its flagship hospital ( UMass Memorial Medical Center ) straddles two campuses along Route 9 in Worcester, Massachusetts and is designated by the American College of Surgeons as a Level I Trauma Center.

* Sponsored efforts by Prof. Lyle Craker, Medicinal Plant Program, UMass Amherst Department of Plant and Soil Sciences, to obtain a license from the Drug Enforcement Administration for a marijuana production facility.