UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON

UMass campuses offering segregated Lavender Graduations for LGBTQ-identifying students

Several UMass campuses will be offering the identity-based celebrations.

By Brendan McDonald '25
Apr 22, 2024

UMass Boston's LGBTQ grad ceremony to feature 'local Drag Queens'

The ceremony is described as 'a celebration of UMass Boston's graduating LGBTQ+ students' and will feature 'drag pe…

By Brendan McDonald '25
May 8, 2023

WATCH: PROF. GIORDANO: Indoor mask mandates on campus are ‘illogical’

As K-12 schools and universities reinstate masking, The National Desk shared an interview with Higher Education Fel…

By Shelby Kearns
Jan 9, 2023

University hosts 'Abolish the Family' book talk

Sophie Lewis, an author and professor, spoke at UMass Boston on November 16 to discuss her book 'Abolish the Family…

By Georgia Lucas '23
Dec 6, 2022

University is amending its 'anti-racist' 'vision statement' after 60+ instructors object to politicized language

The University of Massachusetts at Boston is drafting a new controversial “vision statement” that would promote the…

By Amir Mehraban '23
Apr 27, 2022

Diversity statements can determine who gets hired at universities

A 2021 study found that diversity statement requirements for applicants seeking university faculty jobs are common …

By Mckenna Dallmeyer '22
Apr 25, 2022