05/21/2024 By Brooke Coupal In the Massachusetts House of Representatives chamber, environmental studies master’s student Lucia Cheney ’22 took a deep breath before addressing local lawmakers. “I had never spoken in front of state representatives before,” …
05/19/2024 By Edwin L. Aguirre The human body is inhabited by many different, but interconnected, populations of microbes. Some microbes can make us sick, while others are beneficial to our health. Their balance – or imbalance – with each other and their …
05/16/2024 By Brooke Coupal What was once a vacant, roughly 14,700-square-foot lot bordered by homes on South Campus is now blossoming into a vibrant food forest, thanks to the vision of mechanical engineering Ph.D. student Alana Smith ’22. “We’re …
05/16/2024 By Karen Angelo While working as a nurse in the neuroscience unit at the Memorial Hermann-Texas Medical Center in Houston, Yun-Ju Lai noticed a pattern among certain patients. “I observed that an optimistic mindset had a positive impact on …
05/14/2024 By Ed Brennen Even if she hadn’t joined the River Hawk Experience Distinction (RHED) program, Madison Rowley ’24 would have worked at a Lowell preschool and volunteered with a community organization while earning a bachelor’s degree in …
05/13/2024 By Ed Brennen When exercise science graduate Emily Sousa ’24 looked up into the Tsongas Center stands during Commencement, her father was nowhere to be found. That’s because Joe Sousa ’18, ’24 was sitting with her in the sea of graduates, …
05/13/2024 By Edwin L. Aguirre This highly competitive annual program selects the nation’s best young university faculty-scholars “who most effectively integrate research and education within the context of the mission of their organization,” according to …
05/10/2024 By Brooke Coupal On the first floor of the New England Robotics Validation and Experimentation (NERVE) Center, Spot, a doglike robot developed by Boston Dynamics, climbs a set of steps. Nearby, Digit, a humanoid robot created by Agility Robotics …
05/10/2024 By Ed Brennen At one table at O’Leary Library, senior economics major Cameron McLaughlin was trying to find more details about Lowell Mayor Sokhary Chau’s time at Macalester College in Minnesota. At another table, first-year biomedical …
05/07/2024 By Ed Brennen Electrical engineering Ph.D. student Russell Perkins ’18, ’20 has witnessed the devastating effect of criminal scams targeting seniors. When his elderly aunt passed away two years ago, Perkins discovered that she had been defrauded …
04/30/2024 By Edwin L. Aguirre When Catherine Nkwantah committed to UMass Lowell, she was excited about experiencing life as a college student. “I imagined myself being able to live in the dorms, attend campus events in person and truly experience being …
05/01/2024 The Class of 2024 will be remembered not just for their academic achievements, but for their resilience in the face of unprecedented adversity. As high school seniors, they watched as the COVID-19 pandemic cast a shadow over their final year, …
04/30/2024 Emily Gowdey-Backus, director of media relations; and Nancy Cicco, assistant director of media relations UMass Lowell set a new philanthropy record during its 7th annual Days of Giving celebration raising more than $3.85 million from nearly 4, …
05/01/2024 By Brooke Coupal Rubber boot covers. Tyvek suits. Respirators. These are just a few items of personal protective equipment (PPE) that students donned during the Radiation Safety and Control practicum exercise inside the university’s research …
04/30/2024 By Ed Brennen Carter Hochman ’19 has enjoyed some memorable moments at the Tsongas Center. It’s where the aspiring sports journalist covered UML men’s and women’s basketball games as a sideline reporter for ESPN3 during his junior and senior …
04/23/2024 The lifetime honor recognizes Yanco’s “distinguished contributions to the field of human-robot interaction and leadership in the scientific community,” according to the AAAS roster of the year’s honorees. A tradition that dates to 1874, …
04/22/2024 By Brooke Coupal At the bottom of a pool inside the Radiation Lab, a blue light glows around a 1-megawatt nuclear reactor. “It looks super mysterious,” says Kara Cormier, a studio art senior from Billerica, Massachusetts. The glow is the result …
04/22/2024 By Ed Brennen On April 25, 1974, military officers staged a peaceful coup in Portugal, ending four decades of authoritarian rule by the Estado Novo regime. In a show of solidarity, civilians placed carnations in soldiers’ rifles, a gesture that …
04/18/2024 UMass Lowell kicked off Massachusetts Space Week Tuesday, April 16, with a program that united scientists, students and leaders across many industries who share a bold vision for the future of space research and exploration. Presented by the …
04/18/2024 Kaylin Oakes, a sophomore from Tyngsborough, Massachusetts, whose art is teaching people about the climate crisis, is the top winner in the state’s division of UMass Lowell’s Cool Science Contest. The competition asks K-12 students to create …
