BOSTON -- April 6, 2016:UMass President Marty Meehan today announced that the University's own spending on financial aid for students rose by nearly $20 million during the current academic year,…, Highlights of the financial aid report include:, UMass students this year received $334 million in need-based aid. Need-based aid accounted for $105 million of the University's own spending on financial aid. The average net cost for a UMass in-…
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BOSTON - President Marty Meehan today praised Governor Baker and the Legislature for approving funding that he said would allow UMass "to build on its current surge of progress and success." "The…
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BOSTON - The five student trustees representing the 73,000 students of the UMass system today participated in the 2016 Public Higher Education Advocacy Day on Beacon Hill, asking state government…
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BOSTON - Feb. 23, 2016:Despite the tightening of the funding environment, the ³È×ÓÓ°Ôº saw sponsored research increase by 4.3 percent during the past year, reaching a record $629…
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BOSTON -- President Marty Meehan today said the ³È×ÓÓ°Ôº now spends three out of four capital dollars on renovation and repair and has significantly reduced its maintenance backlog…
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BOSTON -- President Marty Meehan today announced that the university expects to open student housing on its Boston campus in September 2018, achieving a long-held goal of providing UMass Boston…
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January 20, 2016:The ³È×ÓÓ°Ôº Building Authority (UMBA), an organization established by the ³È×ÓÓ°Ôº Legislature to build academic buildings, laboratories, athletic facilities…, About the UMASS Building Authority, The UMass Building Authority is currently managing a $3.8 billion capital plan with more than 50 current construction projects that will significantly improve teaching, learning and student life on…, MEDIA CONTACT:, Paula Gates Regan Communications 617-488-2853 pgates@regancomm.com
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BOSTON -- President Marty Meehan today announced that he has appointed former Muhlenberg College President Peyton Randolph (Randy) Helm as the interim chancellor of UMass Dartmouth. Citing Helm's…
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BOSTON - James J. Karam, a prominent business and civic leader and former chairman of the ³È×ÓÓ°Ôº Board of Trustees, has donated an additional $50,000 to a scholarship fund that…, About the UMass Foundation, The UMass Foundation is a private, non-profit corporation founded in 1950 to foster and promote the growth, progress and general welfare of the ³È×ÓÓ°Ôº, recently ranked as the No…
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BOSTON - Dec. 23, 2015:The ³È×ÓÓ°Ôº Technology Transfer Center (MTTC) today announced $320,000 in awards to eight UMass faculty researchers who are developing promising technologies that range…
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