Headline Archive 2005
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 December 22, 2005
His face was showing his age. His attitude was not sitting well with fans. And worst of all, he was scaring little kids. An intervention was in order. So Rowdy the River Hawk, the 11-year-old mascot for the UML athletic teams, received an extreme makeover, with experts helping him polish his appearance, improve his attitude, and create a whole new bird ... |
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 November 25, 2005
Only one team finishes a season with a win, a national champion. |
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 November 07, 2005
The freshmen who started learning in classes on Sept. 6 were also starting LEARN, the University's expanded First Year Program designed to help students make a successful transition to college. |
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 October 26, 2005
A skeleton emerging from the grave; a zombie suddenly sitting up; or blood running down the face of a skull. These and other gory sights will be the creations of 14 youngsters in grades six through eight from Lowell's Wang Middle School who are learning their frightening skills in UMass Lowell's Design Lab Program. |
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 October 11, 2005
The No Regrets program targets first-year students – the most likely to develop problems with alcohol and other drugs – living in campus housing. It is intended to head off alcohol-related problems before they begin. |
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 September 22, 2005
Prof. Arno Minkkinen of the Art Department has an international reputation as an innovative photographer whose self-portraits have been exhibited in prestigious galleries around the world. |
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 August 25, 2005
Celebration filled the room as dignitaries, family, sponsors and hardworking participants – adults and students – marked the completion of the Save Our History project.Celebration filled the room as dignitaries, family, sponsors and hardworking participants – adults and students – marked the completion of the Save Our History project. |
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 August 03, 2005
First you invent, then you learn. Dr. Ashok Cholli has been busy learning about antioxidant additives in the industrial world. |
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 July 12, 2005
Who would’ve thought an egg a day might keep blindness at bay? |
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 June 28, 2005
Well, it’s official. UML, Jack Kerouac and the Lowell Spinners are on their way to Cooperstown, N.Y., to be immortalized in the Baseball Hall of Fame in the form of a bobblehead. |
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 June 06, 2005
The people with needs were aged eight to 80. |
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 May 24, 2005
Nearly 2,000 graduates will receive bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral degrees at UMass Lowell’s commencement ceremonies, to be held from 10 a.m. to noon on Sunday, June 5 at the Tsongas Arena. |
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 May 03, 2005
In the beginning, the Plastics Engineering curriculum was different. No textbooks. No teachers. Well, not teachers in the traditional sense anyway. At least, that’s what George Goebel ’59 remembers... |
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 April 15, 2005
A $26-million Hollywood feature film, based on a book by UMass Lowell adjunct professor and Communications writer Geoffrey Douglas, will debut in theaters nationwide April 22. |
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 March 28, 2005
A new center on campus has students discovering America. The Jack and Stella Kerouac Center for American Studies was unveiled this semester, thanks in part to a gift of $50,000 by Kerouac Estate Executor John Sampas. |
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 March 15, 2005
UMass Lowell Asst. Prof. Laura O’Dwyer has garnered international media attention for her recent study, “Examining the Relationship Between Home and School Computer Use and Students’ English/Language Arts Test Scores.” |
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 February 22, 2005
True, Bill Gates is probably not quaking in his boots. Major software companies are not revamping their marketing plans to respond. But, a milestone has been reached. |
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 February 05, 2005
THE UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS POLL The University of Massachusetts Poll, based at the University of Massachusetts Lowell, has been conducting quarterly surveys of Massachusetts registered voters since 1996. |
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 January 10, 2005
UMass Lowell’s Peru Project, Village Empowerment, passed a milestone of sorts, having installed more than 50 renewable energy systems in 16 remote villages in the high Andes mountains. |
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