Feature stories

Dakeyla Johnson
Dakeyla Johnson ’22: Finding a home and a voice at UMassD

Discovering the Frederick Douglass Unity House opens opportunities
Nanette Vega '96
Nanette Vega ’96: Dared to dream big

First-generation graduate now advocates for students as a higher education professional
Grace Perry in research lab
Grace Perry ’20: On the forefront of science

Perry joins the world's best researchers at a Harvard Medical School lab
Katelin Harlow '21
Katelin Harlow ’21

Gained inside knowledge tracking COVID-19 in her biology course
Erika Cadena
Semester in the City offers internships in social innovation at Boston nonprofits

Students learn to make a difference while experiencing personal and professional development
Liberal arts major - Ana Da Paixao
Ana Da Paixao '20: Model United Nations

Ana honed her research skills through participation in Model United Nations events on campus and in New York City.
Campus at Night
2019: Year in Review

2019 was a year of many accomplishments for our campus community.
Chelsea Cabral outside the LARTS building
Chelsea Cabral '19: independent research in literature

Opportunities to present her research at national conferences
Destiny Miles - Class of 2019 - College of Arts & Sciences
Destiny Miles '19: expanding her horizons

Will pursue her interest in cognitive & behavioral health through graduate study in experimental psychology

Priscilla Amuma '19 - Undergraduate Research - Biology
Priscilla Amuma '19: Bringing point-of-care technology to non-industrialized countries

Honors student hopes to develop technologies to detect disease for underdeveloped countries.
Amelia Ralowicz - Class of 2019 - Biology
Amelia Ralowicz '19: research for the National Institutes of Health

Next step: Pursuing a PhD in neuroscience at Dartmouth College's Geisel School of Medicine
Kebeh Sando MA '19
Kebeh Sando, MA '19: Graduate Commencement Student Speaker

After emigrating from war-torn Liberia as a child, Kebeh has dedicated herself to improving the lives of others.