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The Night Crossing

UMass Boston · Columbia Point · 42.3131°N 71.0387°W

Harbor of
Knowledge.

The only public research university in Boston.
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On the harbor

Log 05 — The climb

The city is the laboratory.

Marine scientists sample the harbor outside their window. Nursing students train in Boston's hospitals. From up here, every light below is a classroom.

You've made the crossing.

Every part of UMass Boston is glowing on the buildings around you. Walk over and open them.

Enter the Full Site →
01 · Brutalist landmark Healey Library

Eleven Brutalist stories, 700,000 volumes.

02 · 1974 Wheatley Hall

Education, nursing and social work.

03 · 1974 McCormack Hall

Liberal arts in the original core.

04 · Heart of campus · 2004 Campus Center

Dining, events, student life — 331k ft².

05 · LEED Gold · 2016 University Hall

CS, math and sciences in a glass wedge.

06 · I.M. Pei · 1979 JFK Presidential Library

Pei's white tower, alone on the point.

07 · Live here · 2018 The Residence Halls

Suite-style living for 1,000+ Beacons.

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