Dr. Paula Celeste Gomes Noversa looks to strengthen connection of the archives to the community. Dr. Paula Celeste Gomes Noversa, who has taught at UMass Dartmouth since 1997, has been appointed Faculty Director of the Ferreira-Mendes Portuguese-American Archives, succeeding Dr. M. Gloria de Sa who recently retired. “Dr. Noversa has …
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Do you or someone you know want to learn Portuguese or Spanish? Or perhaps they speak one of those languages and want to learn or improve English? Discovery Language Academy provides an inexpensive way to do just that with their effective program run by friendly world-class professionals. The “Discovery Language …
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The grant will provide elementary school teachers with resources to develop computational thinking-based problem-solving skills in their students UMass Dartmouth researchers have been awarded a $2,116,315 grant by the National Science Foundation to help elementary school teachers integrate problem-solving skills common for computer programming into their math and science classes. …
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The Baker-Polito Administration has awarded New Bedford High School $275,000 as part of the state’s Workforce Skills Cabinet Grant program. The High School will use these funds to construct a state-of-the-art Information Technology/Logistics Laboratory connected to robotic automation to support its Career Vocational Technical Education programming in IT and Engineering. …
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The Massachusetts Office of Campaign and Political Finance (OCPF) will hold a training seminar on the state’s filing and depository system for municipal candidates (incumbents and new candidates) on Wednesday, September 4 at 7:00 p.m. in the public meeting room on the 3rd floor of the New Bedford Free Public …
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A large crowd gathered at the New Bedford City Hall this evening and then walked to the Pilgrim church to raise awareness of addiction.
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Sea Lab held its fifty-first Commencement Exercises this morning at its Marine Science Education Center, located at 71 Portland Street in New Bedford’s far south end. More than 600 guests attended the day’s events, which included graduation, open house, a student science project exhibition and tours of the center’s laboratories …
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Due to the threat of exposure to the mosquito-borne illness, Eastern Equine Encephalitis (EEE), and in response to the City of New Bedford’s closure at dusk of parks and other open public spaces as of August 16, 2019, New Bedford Public Schools is curtailing its outdoor evening activities. The Massachusetts …
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At its August 2 meeting, the University of Massachusetts Board of Trustees approved a new Honors College at UMass Dartmouth and expanded the scope of the College of Nursing to add Health Sciences. Both are effective this fall. The Honors College will provide an innovative, inter-disciplinary, and research-oriented community that …
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As part of a summer program through the National Book Foundation, New Bedford has been selected to host award-winning authors Chen Chen and Rebecca Makkai for a conversation at the New Bedford Free Public Library. The two authors will appear as part of AHA! Night on Thursday, August 8 at …
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