Assoc. Prof. Neil Shortland and a team of interdisciplinary researchers are looking at using artificial intelligence modeled after human attributes to make decisions in extreme situations.

Assoc. Prof. Neil Shortland and a pair of graduate students will research how exposure to misinformation online can lead people toward extreme behavior.

Three students and three faculty members traveled to Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt, for COP27, the United Nations climate summit, where they were the only delegation from a public university in Massachusetts.

The city of Lowell is working in partnership with university researchers to get people with opioid use disorder into services and out of the criminal justice system. New grants are expanding the city’s diversion efforts, including for police calls involving people experiencing a mental health crisis.

What are the best predictors that child sexual abuse cases will be investigated and prosecuted? Professors in psychology and criminology analyzed hundreds of cases and found that support from a child’s parent or other caregiver was the clearest factor. 

Three criminology professors have a federal grant to study police who join far-right extremist groups that engage in domestic terrorism, while one has another grant to study former and active-duty military personnel in such groups.

Sean Ellis, who spent almost 22 years in prison before he was exonerated in the murder of a Boston Police detective, told students that they could be in his shoes. 

Students gain professional experience and expert education through UMass Lowell’s close partnership with The Washington Center for Internships and Academic Seminars.