UMass Dartmouth News

With Massachusetts facing another multimillion-dollar budget gap, there is no mystery as to why legalized gambling is enjoying fresh support in the Legislature.

The SouthCoast Alliance, a consortium of area business, media and service organizations, will present a U.S. Senate Democratic primary forum at 10 a.m. Saturday at the main auditorium at UMass Dartmouth, three days before voters go to the polls to decide the Democrat nominee in the race to succees the late U.S. Sen.

Martha Coakley raised almost $2.2 million in one month in her race to replace the late Edward M. Kennedy in the U.S. Senate, much more than the two other candidates in the Dec.

College is an exciting time - but it's also an expensive one. To help parents and students navigate the tricky financial aid process, there will be a special workshop at 6 p.m. Monday, Dec.

AS THE COMMONWEALTH moves closer to a rational, long-overdue expansion of legal gambling, the Patrick administration and the Legislature should not forget about Western Massachusetts.

The Center for Marketing Research at University of Massachusetts Dartmouth just released an in-depth study of how the fastest growing private companies use Social Media to market their businesses.

Back in my college days, I took an introductory class in 20th-century quantum physics and its modern-day philosophical implications, sometimes deridingly referred to as "Physics for Poets." In order to make the materials marginally more approachable, the professor would draw liberally from the Klingons of "Star Trek" fame to make his points.

Below is a directory of Massachusetts-based organizations that can assist businesses in doing business overseas.

Something's fishy in Rachel Dacey's surreal scene that will be on view in the 17th annual Digital Media Festival.

The proposal to create the state's first public law school in Dartmouth cleared its first hurdle Wednesday.

John Kerry and Congressmen Barney Frank and James McGovern. "The creation of this law school at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth will greatly aid the region's workforce, employers and residents," they wrote in a Tuesday letter to Gov.

Maybe it was Gov. Deval Patrick's visit to SouthCoast on Monday that led him to back the concept of a UMass Dartmouth law school, founded by donation of the Southern New England School of Law.

Gov. Deval Patrick said he supports the proposal to create the state's first public law school in Dartmouth as long as it's financially sound.

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Justice Department lawyers filed a petition yesterday urging a federal appeals court in Boston to reconsider its ruling upholding a $101.7 million award to four men who were found to have been framed by the FBI for a gangland slaying and spent decades behind bars.

Five University of Massachusetts professors, including one from UMass Lowell, will receive the 2009 President's Public Service Award.

The University of Massachusetts announced Friday that it would accept the donation of the Southern New England School of Law in Dartmouth, one step toward creating the first public law program in Massachusetts.

Attorney Robert A. Mellion is president and CEO of the Fall River Area Chamber of Commerce and Industry.

Town officials continue to explore methods through which local government can be regionalized in efforts to trim spending, save money and still maintain service to the public.

The Schwartz Center for Children is gearing up to host "Designing Healthy Lifestyles for our Families: Evidence Based Treatments for Overweight Children and Adolescents" on Monday, November 16, 2009 at 6:30 PM.