Beginning Monday, the setting will be a new year-round home for ocean science students from the University of Massachusetts Boston, who are more accustomed to the urbanized environs of Boston Harbor.....

Working closely with civic groups including the Conservation Foundation and the community organizers at ReMain Nantucket, the UMass Boston administration wants to create an interdisciplinary approach on the campus, where students will conduct research directly addressing the island’s environmental issues while integrating into the close-knit year-round population of around 10,000.

Read the whole story at the Boston Globe