Centers for Research and Outreach
UMass Lowell's centers and institutes provide focus for innovative, multi-disciplinary work that connects research to real-world problems. Our faculty and students participate in the administration, operations, research, and programs at the centers listed below. FAHSS centers also provide opportunities for student internships and practicum placements.
Center for Arts & Ideas
Center for Family, Work & Community
Center for Industrial Competitiveness
Center for Women & Work
Kerouac Center for Public Humanities
Center for Art & Ideas
The UMass Lowell Center for Arts & Ideas is led by co-directors Prof. Jehanne-Marie Gavarini of the Department of Art and Paul Marion, executive director of Community and Cultural Affairs in the Public Affairs Office. The Center for Arts & Ideas coordinates a variety of events - cultural activities, lectures series, community celebrations, and special events such as the Kerouac Literary Festival, and popular acts and concerts at the Tsongas Arena that enrich both campus and community life. Explore the Center for Arts & Ideas.
Center for Family, Work, & Community
The Center, through grant writing, program development and participatory research activities, focuses on sustainable economic and social development, leadership development, family enrichment, capacity building, and empowerment in areas such as environmental quality, community-based economic development, education and college access and the connections between work and family life. The Center places particular emphasis on expanding the capacity of organizations and community groups to address cultural diversity, changing community leadership and family roles, and urban youth participation. Look at the research projects and outreach programs at the Center for Family, Work, and Community.
Center for Industrial Competitiveness
For more than a decade, the Center for Industrial Competitiveness has been known for its research on industrial innovation, regional development, corporate governance and sustainable prosperity. Through an accumulation of detailed studies of industrial sectors, the Center has developed an understanding of the inner workings of the Massachusetts economy. At the same time, research and consulting on industrial competitiveness throughout the world provide us with a global perspective on regional development. See what is happening in the economy and the latest economic research at the Center for Industrial Competitiveness.
Center for Women & Work
Since its inception in 1998, the Center for Women and Work has demonstrated its strong commitment to addressing the gendered conditions of work in several key ways: by designing and implementing programs and projects that foster new ways of thinking about the gendered conditions of work; by encouraging and supporting interdisciplinary linkages across and throughout all of our networks; and by bringing to the forefront the reciprocal relationship between a woman's work and the well-being of communities. Learn more about the Center for Women and Work and how you can make a difference.
Kerouac Center for Public Humanities
The Jack and Stella Kerouac Center for Public Humanities was founded in 2005 with generous support provided by Kerouac Estate Executor John Sampas. Its purpose is to strengthen the interdisciplinary study of American culture and public humanities by facilitating ties between the fields of English, History, Philosophy, Cultural Studies, Art, Music, Sociology, and Economics at UMass Lowell, in the New England region and beyond. Explore the Kerouac Center for Public Humanities.