07/12/2024 By Brooke Coupal Students aspiring to work in robotics can venture down multiple paths to reach their goal, from computer science and electrical engineering to fabrication. RoboXploration, a new summer camp hosted at the UMass Lowell New England …
07/08/2024 By Brooke Coupal Porchhay Be ’24, an avid video gamer, has seen his fair share of cheating in the virtual realms. “There’s a lot of bad actors hacking video games,” says Be, who grew up in Cambodia. “Since I was young, I wanted to know how they …
07/01/2024 By Ed Brennen A quick scroll through the LinkedIn posts of “Professor Kev” tells you a lot about Kevin Willett, the Manning School of Business adjunct faculty member behind the account. Willett kindly shares job, internship and volunteer …
07/01/2024 By Brooke Coupal Imagine walking into an unfamiliar grocery store in search of bottled water. Upon spotting a cooler near a cash register, you open the cooler door and snag a cold bottle. While this may be a simple task for a person to …
07/01/2024 By Brooke Coupal Walking through a park, you stumble upon a lilac bush. You take in its vibrant purple color, touch its velvety petals and breathe in its fragrant scent. You hear a bee flying nearby before it drinks the flower’s sweet nectar. A …
06/28/2024 By Ed Brennen Sean Harrington ’97 traces his finger along the grain of one of his most prized pieces of wood — a 201-year-old sugar maple that a farmer needed removed from his property in Alstead, New Hampshire — and pauses at a blip in the tree …
06/26/2024 By Ed Brennen With a highly contentious presidential election looming and controversial issues such as abortion and transgender rights being decided on a state-by-state basis, the political climate in America is sharply divided. As an …
06/25/2024 By Ed Brennen In a season full of school records and personal bests, UMass Lowell javelin thrower James Kotowski ’24 saved the best throw of his life for his biggest moment. Competing in the final round of the U.S. Olympic Team Trials at …
Chancellor Julie Chen is digging into short stories this summer. Also on tap is “Northwest of Boston,” a book of short stories by Lowell writer Stephen O’Connor. And if this summer’s weather isn’t conducive to spending time outdoors, Chen says she’ll add …
06/20/2024 By Brooke Coupal As 14-year-olds went over organic chemistry concepts at a secondary school in Brighton, England, STEM majors in UMass Lowell’s undergraduate teacher preparation program, UTeach, sat “gobsmacked.” “They were just sitting with …
06/17/2024 By Brooke Coupal As soldiers spend long days on their feet, an important part of their uniform can quickly wear down – their combat boots. Chemistry Asst. Prof. James Reuther and his lab group are developing a way to keep combat boots in …
06/07/2024 By Ed Brennen Gasps of amazement — the kind you hear from an audience when a magician saws their assistant in half — filled the Coburn Hall ballroom as Manning School of Business Assoc. Dean Amit Deokar hit return on his keyboard, triggering …
06/06/2024 By Katharine Webster On April 15, 1975, Lan and Hai Pho and their baby boy caught the last commercial flight out of Saigon before the South Vietnamese capital fell to North Vietnamese forces. They left behind everything except a suitcase full of …
06/05/2024 Three peregrine falcon chicks hatched in a nest box atop UMass Lowell’s Fox Hall last month are healthy and thriving, according to wildlife officials. Last week they visited campus to check on the birds and fit them with ID bands that enroll …
06/04/2024 By Edwin L. Aguirre Over the past decade, nuclear power has been making a comeback as an important source of low-cost, carbon-free energy. This renaissance is fueled by the world’s ever-growing energy needs and by efforts to cut down on …
05/31/2024 A New York jury’s criminal conviction on all counts of former president Donald Trump won’t change the Republican’s 2024 campaign message claiming persecution by the U.S. government, according to UMass Lowell’s John Cluverius, an expert in U.S. …
05/31/2024 By Ed Brennen In the center of the poster, a golden northern bumblebee collects pollen from a wild lupine, while a white-lined sphinx moth does the same from a McIntosh apple flower. Over on the right, an Anna’s hummingbird drinks nectar from a …
05/23/2024 By Brooke Coupal As an aspiring math teacher, Ariel Grill ’19 spent her undergraduate days in local classrooms, gaining practical experience under the guidance of professional teachers. Fast-forward five years: Grill is now mentoring Tanya Kieu …
05/23/2024 By Ed Brennen Lowell High School sophomore Miah Oeur wants to follow in her mom’s footsteps and become an entrepreneur. She took a big step by winning the inaugural Lowell High Idea Challenge, a business pitch contest held in collaboration with …
05/22/2024 By Karen Angelo The practice of yoga, which dates back to 2,700 B.C., has withstood the test of time, with generations of people turning to it for its spiritual, mental and health benefits. Now, a group of researchers, including Public Health …
