Boston, MA — The MassArt Art Museum (MAAM) announces its Summer 2026 season, featuring a dynamic lineup of free, outdoor programs and community-centered events that celebrate creativity in unexpected places. While MAAM hits pause on indoor programming this summer as it transitions and prepares its spaces for the fall season, the museum will continue to offer a

News Emmanuel Biology Department Earns National Gold Distinction for Excellence in Undergraduate Science Education The Emmanuel Biology Department has earned a gold medal rating from the nationally recognized PULSE (Partnership for Undergraduate Life Sciences Education) organization.  The recognition follows a comprehensive department review by the PULSE Recognition Program earlier this year.  Supported by the National Science Foundation, the

The Boston Business Journal (BBJ) featured Simmons University’s new Living and Learning Center in a recent article, “Take a peek inside Simmons University’s new dorm, amenity space.”  As described by the BBJ, “Students are expected to move into the approximately 400,000-square-foot building in January 2027. The tower includes a gymnasium, indoor pool, and dining hall for 400

MassArt alum and 2025 MassArt Common Good Award recipient Tracy Silva Barbosa, BFA ’99, Glass, created the public installation Equinox at the New Bedford Pedestrian Bridge—now a Platinum Winner at the 2026 International Architecture and Design Awards. “According to Barbosa, the project demonstrates how infrastructure can serve multiple purposes at once: solving a mobility challenge, improving access to transit,

Danyson Tavares has spent his career asserting that architecture is a civic act. Now, the Boston Business Journal is recognizing that commitment, naming the Wentworth Institute of Technology graduate and Executive Director of the Boston Society for Architecture to its 2026 40 Under 40 list.  In his current role at the Boston Society for Architecture (BSA), Tavares focuses on strengthening the organization’s role as a

Boston Magazine has published its 2026 list of 150 Most Influential Bostonians. President Lynn Perry Wooten was among the recognized individuals (#116). According to the magazine, “Each year, we set out to highlight the people shaping how Boston lives, works, thinks, and feels. This year, more than most, that meant finding the people who held the line —

Boston, MA – Massachusetts College of Art and Design (MassArt) has been recognized with two 2026 Campus Compact Impact Awards, honoring both presidential leadership and outstanding civic and community engagement programming. MassArt President Dr. Mary K. Grant received the Richard Guarasci Award for Presidential Leadership, and MassArt’s Center for Art and Community Partnerships (CACP) and sparc! the ArtMobile program

Wentworth Institute of Technology is now accepting applications for a new one-year Master of Science in Bioengineering program developed by the School of Engineering in collaboration with Boston University.  Supported by a nearly $4.5 million National Science Foundation Research Traineeship Institutional Partnership Pilot (NRT-IPP) grant, the program will combine coursework, research, professional deployment activities through Boston University, and paid industry graduate co-ops while supporting 25 fully funded (100% tuition

A new partnership will streamline the application process and offer partial tuition remission for Emmanuel undergraduates and alumnae/i who wish to obtain a Master of Social Work degree from Simmons.  Emmanuel College and Simmons University have launched the Fenway Social Work Collaborative, which creates a pathway for Emmanuel undergraduates and alumnae/i to earn their Master of Social Work (MSW) at

Created by Emmanuel alumni and faculty, the “DigiBox” is a custom-designed black acrylic box with 3D printed components used to photograph agar plates – which are used widely across the field of biology. Fully developed and reproduced in the Emmanuel College DiscoveryLab – a makerspace complete with 3D printers, laser cutters, Adobe software and more – the