University of Massachusetts Boston

The University of Massachusetts Boston (UMass Boston) is a public research university on the Columbia Point peninsula in Boston, Massachusetts, founded in 1964 as the Boston campus of the University of Massachusetts system.麻省大学波士顿分校（University of Massachusetts Boston，简称 UMass Boston）是位于美国马萨诸塞州波士顿哥伦比亚角半岛的一所公立研究型大学，1964 年作为麻省大学系统的波士顿校区创办。

It is the only public research university in Boston, a member of the five-campus University of Massachusetts system and one of the Coalition of Urban Serving Universities.该校是波士顿唯一的公立研究型大学，隶属拥有五个校区的麻省大学系统，同时是全国城市服务型大学联盟的成员。

It is classified among R1 doctoral universities, offers 239 areas of study and is placed in the 1001-1200 band of the QS World University Rankings 2027, with 27,558 works and 1,270,424 citations indexed by OpenAlex.该校被归类为 R1 级博士型大学，开设 239 个学习领域，在 2027 年 QS 世界大学排名中位列 1001-1200 区间，OpenAlex 收录其 27,558 篇成果与 1,270,424 次引用。

History

• The University of Massachusetts system dates to the founding of Massachusetts Agricultural College in 1863 under the Morrill Land-Grant Acts, and until the 1960s the Amherst campus was the state's only public comprehensive university.麻省大学系统可追溯至 1863 年依《莫里尔赠地法案》创办的麻省农业学院，直至 1960 年代，阿默斯特校区仍是该州唯一的公立综合性大学。
• As late as the 1950s Massachusetts ranked at or near the bottom among American states in public funding per capita for higher education, and proposals to extend the university into Boston were opposed by Amherst and by the city's private colleges.直到 1950 年代，马萨诸塞州的高等教育人均公共投入仍处于全美各州末位或接近末位，把大学扩展到波士顿的提议遭到阿默斯特校方与波士顿私立院校的反对。
• In 1963 UMass president John W. Lederle told the legislature that more than 1,200 qualified graduates of Boston-area high schools had been denied admission to Amherst for lack of space, where 12,000 freshman applications competed for 2,600 places.1963 年，麻省大学总校长约翰·莱德勒向州议会指出，波士顿地区有 1,200 余名合格高中毕业生因名额不足未被阿默斯特校区录取，当时该校 12,000 份新生申请仅对应 2,600 个名额。
• In 1964 Senate majority leader Maurice A. Donahue and state senator George V. Kenneally Jr. introduced the bill creating a Boston campus, opposed by Northeastern, Boston University, Boston College and Boston State College.1964 年，州参议院多数党领袖莫里斯·多纳休与州参议员乔治·肯尼利提出设立波士顿校区的法案，遭到东北大学、波士顿大学、波士顿学院与波士顿州立学院的反对。
• In June 1964 the legislation establishing the University of Massachusetts Boston was signed into law with a 200,000-dollar appropriation, and UMass began recruiting students and faculty for the autumn of 1965.1964 年 6 月，设立麻省大学波士顿分校的法案经签署生效，附带 20 万美元拨款，麻省大学随即为 1965 年秋季招生与招聘教师。
• Freshman classes for 1,240 undergraduates began in September 1965 in a renovated building at 100 Arlington Street in downtown Boston, formerly the headquarters of the Boston Gas Company.1965 年 9 月，1,240 名本科生的新生课程在波士顿市中心阿灵顿街 100 号一栋翻修建筑中开课，该楼原为波士顿燃气公司总部。
• Over the next three years the university bought the Arlington Street building and leased the Sawyer Building, the Salada Buildings, part of the Statler Hotel and the Armory of the First Corps of Cadets, which became its library.此后三年间，学校买下阿灵顿街大楼，并租用索耶楼、萨拉达楼、斯塔特勒酒店的一部分以及第一学员军团军械库，后者被改作图书馆。
• The student newspaper The Mass Media published its first issue on 16 November 1966, and the university held its Founding Day Convocation on 10 December 1966.学生报纸《大众传媒》于 1966 年 11 月 16 日出版创刊号，学校则于 1966 年 12 月 10 日举行建校日庆典。
• In 1968 students started the folk-music station WUMB-FM, and John W. Ryan resigned as chancellor in the summer, succeeded by the historian Francis L. Broderick.1968 年，学生创办了民间音乐电台 WUMB-FM，首任校长约翰·瑞安于当年夏天卸任，由历史学家弗朗西斯·布罗德里克接任。
• Broderick reorganised the university into College I and College II, created the College of Public and Community Service and presided over the first graduation on 12 June 1969, when 500 of the original 1,240 students received diplomas.布罗德里克把学校重组为第一学院与第二学院，创设公共服务与社区服务学院，并于 1969 年 6 月 12 日主持首届毕业典礼，最初 1,240 名学生中有 500 人获颁学位。
• The permanent site was contested throughout the 1960s, and in 1967 the Boston Redevelopment Authority proposed the Columbia Point peninsula in a study entitled An Urban Campus by the Sea, a plan that 1,500 students and faculty protested with a rally on Boston Common in November 1967.永久校址在整个 1960 年代争议不断，1967 年波士顿重建局在题为《海边城市校园》的研究中提议哥伦比亚角半岛，1,500 名师生于当年 11 月在波士顿公园集会反对。
• In December 1968 the UMass Board of Trustees voted 12 to 4 to accept Columbia Point, and construction began in 1970 as the largest public capital project in Massachusetts history, surpassed only later by the Big Dig.1968 年 12 月，麻省大学董事会以 12 比 4 的表决结果接受哥伦比亚角方案，工程于 1970 年动工，成为马萨诸塞州历史上最大的公共建设项目，后来才被中央干线工程超过。
• The Columbia Point campus opened on 28 January 1974 with five buildings linked by second-floor skyways, namely McCormack Hall, Wheatley Hall, the Science Center, the Healey Library and the Quinn Administration Building.哥伦比亚角校区于 1974 年 1 月 28 日启用，五座建筑以二层天桥相连，分别是麦考马克楼、惠特利楼、科学中心、希利图书馆与奎因行政楼。
• In 1975 the move enabled the opening of the College of Professional Studies, later the College of Management, and in 1976 College I and College II were merged into a single College of Arts and Sciences.1975 年，搬迁促成专业研究学院（后为管理学院）成立；1976 年，第一学院与第二学院合并为单一文理学院。
• In 1977 the construction manager McKee-Berger-Mansueto came under investigation, and it emerged that the firm had paid 40,000 dollars to Senate majority leader Joseph DiCarlo and senator Ronald MacKenzie for a favourable report, both of whom were convicted of extortion.1977 年，施工管理公司麦基-伯杰-曼苏埃托受到调查，查明该公司为换取有利报告，向州参议院多数党领袖约瑟夫·迪卡洛与参议员罗纳德·麦肯齐支付 4 万美元，二人后因敲诈罪被判刑。
• In October 1979 the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum was dedicated on a ten-acre site beside the campus, embedding the university in the city's presidential heritage district.1979 年 10 月，约翰·肯尼迪总统图书馆与博物馆在校园旁一块十英亩的用地上落成，使该校嵌入这座城市的总统遗产区。
• In 1981 the state board of regents forced a merger with Boston State College, whose teacher-training, nursing and police-administration programmes became the basis of three UMass Boston units.1981 年，州高等教育董事会强行促成波士顿州立学院并入，其师范、护理与警务管理专业分别成为麻省大学波士顿分校三个单位的基础。
• The merger raised enrolment by 38 percent in a year, from more than 8,000 students in 60 areas of study in 1981 to more than 11,000 in 100 areas by 1983, and tripled graduate enrolment.合并使该校一年内招生增长 38%，从 1981 年的 8,000 余名学生、60 个专业领域增至 1983 年的 11,000 余人、100 个领域，研究生人数更增至三倍。
• Chancellor Robert A. Corrigan authorised the first PhD programme in environmental science, opened the McCormack Institute of Public Affairs and the Urban Scholars programme in 1983 and saw the Trotter Institute founded in 1984.校长罗伯特·科里根批准开设首个环境科学博士项目，1983 年设立麦考马克公共事务研究所与「城市学者」计划，1984 年又迎来特罗特研究所成立。
• Sherry A. Penney became chancellor in 1988 and opened the Urban Harbors Institute and the Mauricio Gastón Institute for Latino Community Development and Public Policy in 1989.谢里·彭尼于 1988 年出任校长，并于 1989 年设立城市港口研究所与毛里西奥·加斯通拉美裔社区发展与公共政策研究所。
• PhD programmes in clinical psychology, gerontology and environmental biology were launched in 1990, and by 2000 the Carnegie Foundation had raised the designation to Doctoral/Research University, Intensive, with seven doctoral programmes.1990 年，学校开设临床心理学、老年学与环境生物学博士项目；到 2000 年，卡内基基金会已将其等级提升为密集型博士/研究型大学，学校设有七个博士项目。
• In 2004 the university launched the world's first PhD programme in green chemistry under the chemist John Warner, a UMass Boston alumnus, a decade after Paul Anastas had helped define the field.2004 年，学校在化学家、校友约翰·沃纳主持下开设全球首个绿色化学博士项目，此时距保罗·阿纳斯塔斯参与奠定该学科已过去十年。
• J. Keith Motley became the university's first Black chancellor in 2007, and in 2013 the university created the School for Global Inclusion and Social Development, the first of its kind, its Honors College and the School for the Environment.J. 基思·莫特利于 2007 年成为该校首位黑人校长；2013 年，学校设立全球包容与社会发展学院（全球首个此类学院）、荣誉学院与环境学院。
• On 26 January 2015 the Integrated Sciences Complex opened as the first new academic building since 1974, and the university marked its fiftieth anniversary with the publication of UMass Boston at 50.2015 年 1 月 26 日，综合科学大楼启用，这是 1974 年以来首座新建教学楼；学校同年迎来建校五十周年，并出版校史《麻省大学波士顿分校五十年》。
• University Hall opened in phases from 25 January 2016, and in September 2016 U.S. News placed the university in the first tier of national universities for the first time, tied at 220th.大学厅自 2016 年 1 月 25 日起分阶段启用；2016 年 9 月，US News 首次将该校列入全美综合性大学第一梯队，并列第 220 位。
• In 2017 a 30-million-dollar operating deficit, blamed on campus renewal construction charged to operating funds, led to the layoff of about 100 non-tenure-track faculty and then 36 further staff, and Chancellor Motley, who announced his resignation on 5 April 2017, left at the end of the academic year.2017 年，因校区更新工程费用记入运营预算而累积的 3,000 万美元运营赤字，导致学校先裁减约 100 名非终身轨教师、再裁减 36 名职员；校长莫特利于 2017 年 4 月 5 日宣布辞职，并在该学年结束时离任。
• Marcelo Suárez-Orozco was appointed permanent chancellor in February 2020, succeeding the interim chancellor Katherine Newman, and in March 2024 the university and Boston Public Schools announced a 2.5-million-dollar behavioural health training partnership.马塞洛·苏亚雷斯-奥罗斯科于 2020 年 2 月被任命为常任校长，接替临时校长凯瑟琳·纽曼；2024 年 3 月，学校与波士顿公立学区宣布投入 250 万美元开展行为健康培训合作。

Academics

• The university comprises 11 schools and colleges, among them the College of Liberal Arts, the College of Science and Mathematics, the School for the Environment and the College of Management.学校由 11 个学院组成，其中包括文理学院、科学与数学学院、环境学院以及管理学院。
• The remaining units are the College of Nursing and Health Sciences, the College of Public and Community Service, the College of Education and Human Development and the McCormack Graduate School of Policy and Global Studies.其余单位包括护理与健康科学学院、公共服务与社区服务学院、教育与人类发展学院以及麦考马克政策与全球研究研究生院。
• The School for Global Inclusion and Social Development, the Honors College and the College of Advancing and Professional Studies complete the list of 11 academic units.全球包容与社会发展学院、荣誉学院以及进修与专业研究学院构成 11 个学术单位的其余部分。
• As of January 2025 the university offered 239 areas of study, including 68 bachelor's programmes, 49 master's programmes and 30 doctoral programmes, together with certificates and minors.截至 2025 年 1 月，学校开设 239 个学习领域，其中包括 68 个本科项目、49 个硕士项目与 30 个博士项目，另有证书与辅修项目。
• It is the only public research university in Boston and is classified among R1 doctoral universities with very high research spending and doctorate production.该校是波士顿唯一的公立研究型大学，被归类为科研支出与博士培养规模极高的 R1 级博士型大学。
• In 2017-2018 the five most popular majors were management, biology, psychology, exercise and health sciences and nursing, a profile shaped by the university's urban and health-oriented mission.2017 至 2018 学年，最热门的五个专业是管理学、生物学、心理学、运动与健康科学以及护理学，这一结构与学校的城市与健康导向使命相关。
• In 2025 the university accepted 83 percent of undergraduate applicants, enrolled students averaged a 3.5 high-school GPA, and submission of SAT or ACT scores was optional.2025 年，该校本科录取率为 83%，入读学生的平均高中绩点为 3.5，SAT 或 ACT 成绩实行可选提交。
• Among enrolled students who submitted scores the average was 1190 on the SAT, reported by 28 percent, or 27 on the ACT, reported by 2 percent.在提交成绩的入读学生中，28% 提交 SAT，平均分 1190；2% 提交 ACT，平均分 27。
• The faculty numbered 1,243 in 2016, including 182 tenure-track and 210 non-tenure-track professors, and 96 percent held the highest degree in their field, with a student-teacher ratio of 16 to 1.2016 年，该校教师共 1,243 人，其中终身轨教授 182 人、非终身轨教授 210 人，96% 拥有本领域最高学位，生师比为 16 比 1。
• The university is accredited by the New England Commission of Higher Education, and the College of Management is accredited by AACSB, while nursing programmes hold national league and state board approval.该校获新英格兰高等教育委员会认证，管理学院获国际商学院协会认证，护理项目则获全国护理联盟与州护理注册委员会的认可。
• The family therapy programme is accredited by the Commission on Accreditation for Marriage and Family Therapy Education, one of several specialised accreditations held by professional schools.家庭治疗项目获婚姻与家庭治疗教育认证委员会认证，这是该校专业学院持有的多项专门认证之一。
• The College of Nursing and Health Sciences was the ninth largest in the country in 2011, when its undergraduate programme was ranked 50th nationally and third in New England by U.S. News.2011 年，护理与健康科学学院规模居全美第九，其本科项目被 US News 列为全美第 50 位、新英格兰第三。
• Research activity reached 60 million dollars in 2014, and doctoral enrolment rose from 230 students in autumn 2000 to 614 in autumn 2014, within a total enrolment of 16,756 and 4,056 graduate students.2014 年该校科研经费达 6,000 万美元，博士生人数从 2000 年秋季的 230 人增至 2014 年秋季的 614 人，同期在校生总数为 16,756 人，其中研究生 4,056 人。
• Named research units include the Mauricio Gastón Institute for Latino Community Development and Public Policy, the William Monroe Trotter Institute, the William Joiner Institute and the Urban Harbors Institute.具名研究机构包括毛里西奥·加斯通拉美裔社区发展与公共政策研究所、威廉·门罗·特罗特研究所、威廉·乔伊纳研究所与城市港口研究所。
• The Center for Personalized Cancer Therapy is a collaborative venture with the Dana-Farber/Harvard Cancer Center, a partnership the university entered in 2005, and the Institute for Asian American Studies dates from 1993.个性化癌症治疗中心是与丹娜-法伯/哈佛癌症中心的合作项目，双方的合作始于 2005 年；亚洲美国人研究所则创立于 1993 年。
• Newer units include the Paul English Applied Artificial Intelligence Institute and a Confucius Institute, and the Biology Department and School for the Environment operate a field station on Nantucket.较新的单位包括保罗·英格利希应用人工智能研究所以及孔子学院，生物学系与环境学院还在楠塔基特岛设有野外站。

Campus

• The campus occupies the Columbia Point peninsula in Dorchester on Boston Harbor, lies off Interstate 93 and is within one mile of JFK/UMass station, served by the Red Line and three commuter rail lines.校园位于波士顿港多切斯特的哥伦比亚角半岛，紧邻 93 号州际公路，距 JFK/UMass 车站不到一英里，该站有地铁红线与三条通勤铁路线停靠。
• The original 1974 buildings, all of brick and linked by skyways, are McCormack Hall, Wheatley Hall, the Science Center, the Healey Library designed by Harry Weese and the Quinn Administration Building.1974 年建成的首批建筑均为砖构并以天桥相连，包括麦考马克楼、惠特利楼、科学中心、由哈里·威斯设计的希利图书馆以及奎因行政楼。
• Because the campus lies beneath flight paths into Logan International Airport, the buildings were soundproofed with windowless interiors facing an internal plaza, and students nicknamed the complex The Fortress.由于校园位于洛根国际机场进近航路之下，建筑均作隔音处理，室内无窗并朝向内部广场，学生因此把这片建筑群称作「堡垒」。
• The Campus Center, designed by Kallmann McKinnell & Wood and built by Suffolk Construction for 80 million dollars, opened in 2004 and turned a glass front towards Boston Harbor.校园中心由卡尔曼·麦金内尔与伍德事务所设计、萨福克建筑公司承建，造价 8,000 万美元，2004 年启用，其玻璃立面朝向波士顿港。
• The Integrated Sciences Complex, designed by Goody Clancy at a cost of 182 million dollars, opened in 2015, and University Hall, designed by Wilson Architects for 130 million dollars, followed in 2016.综合科学大楼由古迪·克兰西设计，造价 1.82 亿美元，2015 年启用；大学厅由威尔逊建筑师事务所设计，造价 1.3 亿美元，2016 年落成。
• The 1,077-bed Motley Residence Hall, designed by Elkus Manfredi and built for 120 million dollars, opened in 2018 as the university's first dormitory and was named for Chancellor J. Keith Motley in 2023.设 1,077 个床位的莫特利宿舍由埃尔库斯·曼弗雷迪设计，造价 1.2 亿美元，2018 年启用，是该校首座宿舍楼，2023 年以校长 J. 基思·莫特利命名。
• The John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum stands on a ten-acre site beside the campus, the Edward M. Kennedy Institute was dedicated in 2015, and Monan Park was built to the exact dimensions of Fenway Park.约翰·肯尼迪总统图书馆与博物馆位于校园旁一块十英亩的用地上，爱德华·肯尼迪研究所于 2015 年落成，莫南棒球场则按芬威球场的精确尺寸建造。
• A 137-million-dollar project demolished the original Science Center between 2020 and 2024 to create a campus quadrangle and a 300-space car park, while a 78-million-dollar repair of the substructure garage was completed in 2023.一项耗资 1.37 亿美元的项目于 2020 至 2024 年间拆除原科学中心，辟出校园方庭与 300 个车位的停车场；耗资 7,800 万美元的地下结构车库修缮则于 2023 年完工。

Reputation

• The University of Massachusetts Boston is placed in the 1001-1200 band of the QS World University Rankings 2027, a tied interval within the global table.在 2027 年 QS 世界大学排名中，麻省大学波士顿分校位列 1001-1200 区间，是该全球榜单中的一个并列区间。
• The university was not listed in the Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2027.该校未进入 2027 年泰晤士高等教育世界大学排名。
• In the U.S. News Best Global Universities 2026-2027 it was ranked 747th.在 US News 2026-2027 年度全球最佳大学排名中，该校位列第 747 位。
• It was placed in the 801-900 band of the Shanghai Academic Ranking of World Universities 2026.该校在 2026 年软科世界大学学术排名中位列 801-900 区间。
• In September 2016 U.S. News placed it in the first tier of national universities for the first time, tied at 220th, a marker of its shift from a commuter college to a doctoral institution.2016 年 9 月，US News 首次将其列入全美综合性大学第一梯队，并列第 220 位，标志着该校从走读学院向博士型院校的转变。
• It is a member of the Urban 13 group of urban universities and of the Coalition of Urban Serving Universities, and is classified among R1 doctoral universities.该校是「城市十三校」城市大学群体与城市服务型大学联盟的成员，并被归类为 R1 级博士型大学。
• OpenAlex records 27,558 works and 1,270,424 citations for the university, concentrated in the sciences, public policy, nursing and education.OpenAlex 记录该校 27,558 篇成果与 1,270,424 次引用，主要集中在自然科学、公共政策、护理与教育领域。
• From 1999 to 2006 the National Consortium for Academics and Sports named the university's athletics department first in the country for community service.1999 至 2006 年，全国学术与体育联盟将该校体育部评为全美社区服务第一名。
• During the 2018-2019 academic year several publications ranked UMass Boston among the best American universities for veteran students, reflecting its large share of older and part-time learners.2018 至 2019 学年，多家出版物将该校列为全美最适合退伍军人学生的大学之一，这反映了其成年与兼读学生比例较高的特点。

Student life

• UMass Boston's athletic teams are the Beacons, and the department fields 20 varsity sports in NCAA Division III, competing chiefly in the Little East Conference.麻省大学波士顿分校的运动队名为「灯塔」，体育部开设 20 个校队项目，参加美国大学生体育协会三级联赛，主要角逐小东联盟。
• Beacon athletes have been named All-Americans 93 times in seven sports, and the women's indoor and outdoor track and field teams have won four NCAA team championships and 38 individual titles.灯塔队运动员在七个项目中 93 次入选全美最佳阵容，女子室内与室外田径队共夺得四次全国大学团体冠军与 38 个个人冠军。
• The Mass Media is the independent, student-run and student-financed newspaper, while Watermark served as the arts and literary magazine until 2022-2023 and The Beacon is a monthly humour magazine.《大众传媒》是由学生独立运营并自负盈亏的报纸，《水印》作为艺术与文学杂志发行至 2022 至 2023 年，《灯塔》则是月度幽默杂志。
• The university owns and operates WUMB-FM at 91.9, a 24-hour noncommercial folk-music station that also produces the public affairs programme Commonwealth Journal.学校拥有并运营 91.9 兆赫的 WUMB-FM，这是一家全天 24 小时播出的非商业民间音乐电台，还制作公共事务节目《联邦杂志》。
• Student chapters of Alpha Lambda Delta, the Golden Key International Honour Society, the National Student Nurses' Association and the Society of Physics Students are active on campus.阿尔法·兰布达·德尔塔、金钥匙国际荣誉学会、全国学生护士协会与物理学生学会等学生分会在校园内均有活动。
• Because the university was built as a commuter campus, the 2004 Campus Center became its social living room, housing food outlets, event space and rooms for student clubs.由于该校最初按走读校园设计，2004 年建成的校园中心成为其社交客厅，内设餐饮、活动空间与学生社团活动室。
• The opening of the first dormitory in 2018 began to change that commuter character, although most students still live off campus and reach the peninsula by shuttle from JFK/UMass station.2018 年首座宿舍楼的启用开始改变这种走读特征，但多数学生仍住在校外，需从 JFK/UMass 车站乘接驳车前往半岛。
• By April 2018 UMass Boston was the only campus in the UMass system with a majority-minority enrolment, and by 2015 its students came from 140 countries and spoke 90 languages.至 2018 年 4 月，该校是麻省大学系统中唯一少数族裔占多数的校区；至 2015 年，其学生来自 140 个国家、使用 90 种语言。

Notable people

• John W. Ryan, an assistant to the UMass president at Amherst, was appointed the first chancellor of the Boston campus and recruited tenured faculty from Amherst to staff it.原阿默斯特校区总校长助理约翰·瑞安被任命为波士顿校区首任校长，并从阿默斯特延揽终身教职教师充实师资。
• Paul A. Gagnon, a historian and the university's first provost, shaped the early curriculum and proposed a Great Books programme known as the Coordinated Freshman Year English-History Program.历史学家保罗·加尼翁出任该校首任教务长，主导早期课程设计，并提出名为「一年级英语-历史协同项目」的经典研读计划。
• J. Keith Motley served as chancellor from 2007 to 2017 and was the first Black chancellor of the university, and its first dormitory was named for him in 2023.J. 基思·莫特利于 2007 至 2017 年任校长，是该校首位黑人校长，学校首座宿舍楼于 2023 年以他命名。
• Gina McCarthy, a 1976 graduate, administered the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency from 2013 to 2017 and served as White House national climate advisor from 2021 to 2022.1976 届毕业生吉娜·麦卡锡在 2013 至 2017 年任美国国家环境保护局局长，2021 至 2022 年任白宫国家气候顾问。
• John F. Kelly, a 1976 graduate, commanded U.S. Southern Command, served as Secretary of Homeland Security in 2017 and as White House Chief of Staff from 2017 to 2019.1976 届毕业生约翰·凯利曾任美国南方司令部司令，2017 年出任国土安全部长，2017 至 2019 年任白宫办公厅主任。
• Thomas Menino, who earned a degree in community planning in 1988, was mayor of Boston from 1993 to 2014, the longest-serving mayor in the city's history.1988 年获社区规划学位的托马斯·梅尼诺在 1993 至 2014 年任波士顿市长，是该市历史上任职最久的市长。
• Janet Mills, a 1970 graduate, served as attorney general of Maine and became the state's 75th governor in 2019.1970 届毕业生珍妮特·米尔斯曾任缅因州总检察长，2019 年就任该州第 75 任州长。
• Biz Stone, who did not complete his degree, co-founded Twitter, and Dana White, also a former student, became president of the Ultimate Fighting Championship.未完成学业的比兹·斯通参与创办推特，同样曾在该校就读的达纳·怀特则成为终极格斗冠军赛总裁。
• Paul M. English, who took bachelor's and master's degrees in computer science in 1987 and 1989, co-founded the travel search company Kayak, and Joseph Abboud, a 1972 graduate, became an international menswear designer.1987 年与 1989 年先后取得计算机科学学士与硕士学位的保罗·英格利希参与创办旅游搜索公司凯雅克，1972 届毕业生约瑟夫·阿布德则成为国际男装设计师。
• Lloyd Schwartz, a poet on the faculty, won the Pulitzer Prize for Criticism in 1994, and the alumnus Harry Trask won the 1957 Pulitzer Prize for Photography for his image of the sinking Andrea Doria.该校教授、诗人劳埃德·施瓦茨于 1994 年获得普利策评论奖，校友哈里·特拉斯克则凭「安德烈亚·多里亚号」沉没的照片获 1957 年普利策摄影奖。