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• UMass to Boost Housing
As part of an ambitious plan that calls for 2,000 new beds by 2014, UMass-Lowell recently announced an $11.8 million renovation to Fox Hall, the university's largest dorm, that will add space for 119 students.

• UML Launches Dorm Renovation
Fox Hall, the university's largest residence, housing 546 students, is undergoing an $11.8 million renovation that will result in the addition of 119 beds to the building that towers over LeLacheur Park on East Campus.

• College Success Equals Mass. Success
Op-ed piece by Chancellor Marty Meehan stressing how the future of the commonwealth is hinged on the success of higher education.

• Special Interests
Marty Meehan, 51, who left Congress last year to become Chancellor of UMass Lowell, compares how Washington and academia are alike and talks about Ted Kennedy's job.

• Growing UMass Lowell Sees Benefits for Downtown
A vibrant downtown filled with students and professors, bustling restaurants and shops, connecting UMass Lowell's existing North and South campuses to the rest of the city. Such is the vision shared by UMass Lowell Chancellor Marty Meehan and City Manager Bernie Lynch.

• Feather in UMass Lowell's Cap
The unveiling of UMass Lowell's new BioManufacturing Pilot Plant marked a coming together of the university and corporate partners -- Invensys Process Systems of Foxboro, Wyeth Biotech of Andover, Dakota Systems of Dracut and Millipore of Billerica -- that together contributed $600,000 to the project.

• 'Test Drive' Nets $1M
In conjunction with the 50th anniversary of the College of Management, the university announced that it raised $1 million in a drive to pay for scholarships, educational needs, and a feasibility study for a College of Management building.

• UMass Lowell Gains Place in Sky

At the University of Massachusetts at Lowell, the sky is the limit. An asteroid measuring 2.5 to 5.5 miles across has officially been named after the school in honor of its academic and scientific achievements. In August, the International Astronomical Union, or IAU, announced that minor planet No. 7806 has been named Umasslowell.

• UMass Lowell Recruiting Minority Nurses
A group of UMass Lowell nursing teachers recently were awarded more than $1 million in grant funding to bring a more diverse population to the school's nursing program.

• Freshmen Given Pep Talk
For its third annual convocation for incoming freshmen, UMass Lowell brought in a speaker known for turning wide-eyed and passive-aggressive corporate leaders alike into motivated team players. Loaded with degrees and awards, the Rev. Jamie Washington is also a minister in the Unity Fellowship Church Movement.

• UMass Lowell Awarded Fed Grant
UMass Lowell and the not-for-profit Northeast Radio Observatory Corp. in Westford are the recipients of combined grants worth $832,663.

• Teens Getting a Leg Up on College
College Prep is a seven-week program organized by the Graduate School of Education at the University of Massachusetts at Lowell for Lawrence students committed to advancing their education.

• Lowell Gets $100M 
More than $100 million in state funding will be headed back to Lowell to make much needed upgrades to buildings on the UMass Lowell campus and help push along construction of a new performing-arts center and classrooms at Middlesex Community College.

• UMass, Local Firms Get Boost
Several companies in this area and the University of Massachusetts at Lowell stand to reap a financial windfall from the new Massachusetts Life Sciences Law signed by Gov. Deval Patrick.

• Public Universities Make a Difference
Chancellor Marty Meehan and RESD's Philip Moss and Linda Silka pen an op-ed column extolling the virtues of the public university system.

• Kerry Addresses Grads

Commencement 2008 marked the first since Marty Meehan became the university's chancellor, with former Washington colleague U.S. Sen. John Kerry as speaker.

• UML Can Spark Economic Boom

Op-ed by John Edward, who earned his master's degree at UMass Lowell, touting the merits of UMass Lowell.

• Tribute for Financial Aid Director
UMass Lowell officials, with the help of university donors, have created a $25,000 scholarship endowment fund in honor of Richard Barrett, the school's former financial-aid director.

• Home Schooled
More than 8,000 University of Massachusetts at Lowell students study online, according to Catherine Kendrick, executive director of distance market development and corporate outreach. UMass Lowell offers 600 online classes, and an additional 650 blended courses, from a class on infectious diseases to one that examines international law.

• Meehan Touts 'Innovation Economy'
UMass Lowell Chancellor Marty Meehan brought his message about the importance of schools and businesses partnering together to spur economic growth to the North Central region yesterday.