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A professor in the Psychology department comforts a rat after removing the animal from it's enclosure. This comfort helps prepare the rat to be placed in the observation zone.
Karthik Dantu, with the Department of Computer Science, and a group of students run a demonstration of Yubie using autonomy software to explore and inspect a culvert under the Erie Canal in October 2025.
A mosquito feasts.
An environmental science student scoops up fish after an electric shock was released into the water.
Student in sound testing lab.
On a nature walk around USM’s campus, a little boy picked up a leaf, tore off a corner, and looked right at me — one of my favorite shots of all time.
Physical therapy specialist Catherine McDonald works with WALL-E the pug in the Veterinary Hospital therapy room. He’s named after a Pixar robot, and his mom Cara Smelter made him a license plate for his cart.
Students from UMass Boston’s School for the Environment trade the classroom for coastal waters during a field research trip to the university’s Nantucket Field Station. Immersed in the island’s marshes and seagrass beds, they observe marine life up close—learning to see, feel, and understand the ecosystems that shape our coasts. For many, it’s their first time experiencing the environment they study, transforming curiosity into connection.
Forensic science students work to lift fingerprints from inside a repurposed house on campus.
Grad students working together in a biology lab.