Christopher Niezrecki
$500K Grant to Study Cause, Effect of Manufacturing Defects

A team of researchers from UMass Lowell’s Mechanical Engineering Department recently received a two-year grant of about $500,000 from the Department of Energy to test wind turbine blades.
Mathew Barlow
More Snow in Siberia Could Mean Colder U.S. Winter

Prof. Mathew Barlow receives a $175K grant from NSF to study Siberian hydroclimate and its impact on Northern Hemisphere winter.


Stress@Work project team
Tips Include Prevention Methods for Employees and Employers

A new website offers strategies to both organizations and individuals to identify and lessen sources of stress.
Leland Ackerson, lead euthor of study linking domestic violence and child deaths in India
Article to be Published in November Issue of Pediatrics Journal

A study conducted jointly by UMass Lowell and Harvard School of Public Health links domestic violence with child deaths in India.


Tsongas Industrial History Center
Partners Explore ‘Imagination, Invention and Innovation’

UMass Lowell is awarded its fifth Teaching American History grant, winning — along with several school districts in the region —  $1 million over three years.

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