Things to Know About UMass Lowell
- The UMass Lowell Baseball Research Center is the official certification center for equipment used by Major League Baseball, the National Collegiate Athletic Association and the National Federation of High Schools.
- There are three new on-call escort buses transporting students between campuses, all equipped with DVD players.
- In its first 10 years of activity, the University’s Toxics Use Reduction Institute worked with Massachusetts companies to reduce the use of toxic chemicals by 42 percent.
- Faculty, staff and students annually contribute dozens of stories and poems to “The Offering,” the University’s annual literary magazine.
- The new Rec-Cycle program allows students to borrow bikes, helmets and locks for a day.
- 94 percent of UMass Lowell faculty have the highest degree available in their fields.
- The Light Guard System on North Campus warns motorists with a set of 10 LED lights that flash every time a pedestrian uses the crosswalk.
- UMass Lowell’s pep band was called by the Boston Herald “the best in Hockey East.”
- Students from all majors participate in the 50 campus music ensembles.
- The Olympic-size swimming pool at Costello Gym has open hours throughout the week.
- Sound Recording Technology’s newest classroom is acoustically perfect, with a surround sound system with two-channel audio-playback and SLS loud speakers.
- The top floor of Southwick Hall was once used as a basketball court, but now houses seven classrooms.
- Each year, the Tsongas Industrial History Center attracts more than 65,000 visitors to its exhibits on water power, the immigrant experience and textile production. The Center is operated jointly by UMass Lowell and the National Park Service.
- Since 2003, UMass Lowell students have studied in more than 23 different countries through the Study Abroad program.
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