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  • Chancellor Jacquie Moloney holds the hand of theatre arts student Lucas Bermudez, as philanthropist Nancy L. Donahue and theatre arts students Raphaela Pereira and Cristian Ramos Delgado look on

    Nancy L. Donahue Celebrates the Arts with $2 Million Gift

    This year, the Nancy L. Donahue Celebration of the Arts celebrated the Lowell philanthropist’s $2 million donation to renovate Durgin Concert Hall. It is only her latest gift to the university.
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  • A man in a face covering hands a small blue sticker to a student, who is holding open a small booklet

    Students Explore the Gray Areas at ‘Ethics Fest’

    More than 250 students were challenged to think about ethics and social responsibility in new ways at UMass Lowell’s first annual Ethics Fest, hosted by the Donahue Center for Business Ethics and Social Responsibility.
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  • UML Asst. Philosophy Prof. Nicholas Evans

    Professor Examines Ethics of Biomedical Research on Soldiers

    Asst. Prof. of Philosophy Nicholas Evans has won a $209,749 grant to study the ethics of conducting research into biomedical enhancements on members of the military. The three-year grant from The Greenwall Foundation comes with an appointment as a Faculty Scholar in Bioethics.
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  • Carol Hay

    Ethical Questions in a Pandemic

    Rationing health care amidst a pandemic is ethically complex, says Assoc. Prof. of Philosophy Carol Hay.  What is clear is that COVID-19 is exposing deep inequalities in access to health care and other basic resources that existed long before the pandemic arrived, she says.
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  • UMass Lowell Asst. Prof. of Philosophy Joel Michael Reynolds

    Reynolds Gets $250,000 NEH Grant for Disability Work

    Asst. Prof. of Philosophy Joel Michael Reynolds is co-directing a series of community conversations on disability and technology as part of a $250,000 National Endowment for the Humanities grant. He’s also starting a journal on the philosophy of disability.
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  • Students and community members filled the Luna Theater for the first "Philosophy and Film" movie this fall.

    Movies and Philosophy Go Together Like Popcorn and Butter

    The Philosophy and Film series at the Luna Theater downtown brings students and community members together to watch popular movies and then discuss them with a philosophy professor. The free movies are shown monthly during the academic year.
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  • Student Meaghan O’Brien stands in front of her research poster

    Ethically Speaking, Donahue Center Develops Strong Voice

    The Donahue Center for Business Ethics & Social Responsibility hit the ground running in its first year, expanding ethics-related education and research to students and faculty across the university.
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  • The Hocking library in Madison, N.H.

    Philosophy Chair Asks Students to Ponder Big Questions

    Philosophy Chair John Kaag loves to ask students the big questions – such as “Who am I?” and “Why am I here?” – and answers them for himself in his upcoming book, “American Philosophy: A Love Story.”
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  • Car

    Prof Steers Ethical Debate on Self-driving Cars

    Should your self-driving car protect you at all costs? Or should it steer you into a ditch - potentially causing serious injury - to avoid hitting a school bus full of children? Those are the kinds of questions that preoccupy Nicholas Evans, a UMass Lowell assistant professor of philosophy who teaches engineering ethics and studies the ethical dilemmas posed by emerging technologies, including drones and self-driving vehicles.
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  • Asst. Prof. Nicholas Evans in the Philosophy Department at UMass Lowell

    Philosophy Prof Wins NSF Grant on Ethics of Self-Driving Cars

    Should your self-driving car protect you at all costs? Or should it drive you into a ditch to avoid hitting a school bus? The National Science Foundation has awarded a $556,000 grant to three philosophers, a transportation engineer and two public health experts so they can figure out ethical safety algorithms for self-driving cars.
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  • Philosophy Prof. John Kaag

    Rare Volumes Bring Renewed Purpose for Professor

    In 2009, following the death of his estranged father and the breakup of his marriage, UMass Lowell philosophy professor John Kaag set out for New Hampshire to help organize a conference on 19th-century philosopher William James, who famously asked, “Is life worth living?”
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  • Middlesex County Sheriff Peter Koutoujian; Elizabeth Cerda, administrative attorney in the Massachusetts District Court Department; and Ken Lavallee, former Lowell Police superintendent, at the launch event.

    New MPA Degree Offers Unique Track in Public Arts and Humanities

    The first students in UMass Lowell’s new Master of Public Administration program are getting a crash course in how to manage public and private agencies in the arts and humanities, criminal justice and human services.
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  • Mock trial team co-captains

    Mock Trial Team Advances to Championship Qualifier

    The university’s mock trial team is advancing from regionals to the Opening Round Championship Series – one of eight tournaments leading to the national championships – for the first time.
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  • Angela Jimenez for The New York Times

    Girlfriend, Mother, Professor?

    Column by Carol Hay, an associate professor of philosophy and the director of the gender studies program at UMass Lowell, and the author of “Kantianism, Liberalism, and Feminism: Resisting Oppression.”
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    Philosophy Prof: Resistance Isn’t Futile

    Carol Hay, an assistant professor of philosophy, earned the American Philosophical Association's 2015 Gregory Kavka/UC Irvine Prize in Political Philosophy, regarded as the most prestigious prize in the field.