• A woman with long hair and in a black top works at a laptop at her desk in her office.

    Behind the Scenes of a New Professor’s First-Class Experience

    Just like students, every faculty member has a “first day” in a new classroom. Here’s what the first day was like for Asst. Prof. of Psychology Sarah Merrill, who is continuing a family legacy at UMass Lowell.
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  • Liberal Arts Gabrielle Salvatore '24 in front of UMass Lowell's Coburn Hall

    Build Your Own Major in Bachelor of Liberal Arts

    Students can customize their studies to meet their personal interests and goals through the Bachelor of Liberal Arts degree. They choose two concentrations among 27 options in UML’s flexible, interdisciplinary program.
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  • From left, Honors College students Kylie Encarnacao, business, Anna Barta, biochemistry, and Nicole Karp, business, attended a welcome event for new transfer students in the Transfer Alliance Program

    Transfer Alliance Program Supports New Transfer Students

    A new program aims to support transfer students so they can hit the ground running during their first semester at UML. The Transfer Alliance Program employs peer allies who are also transfer students.
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  • A woman and four men pose for a group photo in front of a sign at a summer camp

    Happy Campers: UML Alumni Revive Youth Program

    A multigenerational group of UML alumni created the Lowell Youth Leadership Program, a nonprofit that runs a free summer camp for underserved kids designed to help them become self-confident, socially connected community leaders.
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  • Biochemistry and Nutritional Sciences Assoc. Prof. Mahdi Garelnabi in the CPH lab

    Biomedical Sciences Professor Tapped to Direct ADVANCE Office for Faculty Equity

    A health sciences professor is the new director of the ADVANCE Office for Faculty Equity. A researcher specializing in cardiovascular disease, Assoc. Prof. Mahdi Garelnabi brings extensive experience working on diversity within the American Heart Association and other groups.
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  • Chioma Opara with the other 2022 Future Nobel Laureate Scholars and a faculty advisor

    Psychology Student is Future Nobel Laureate Scholar

    Psychology major Chioma Opara was among 10 students worldwide who were accepted to the Future Nobel Laureate Scholarship Program last year. Her journey culminated with a week in Sweden in December, learning and hearing from Nobel Laureates.
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  • Public health master's student Kyle Fahey goes over a park evaluation form with UML student and faculty researchers and older residents of Lowell.

    City and UML Partner on Making Lowell ‘Age-Friendly’

    Students in health sciences are gaining research experience in Lowell, working alongside an adult advisory group and local agencies to help make the city an “age-friendly” community.
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  • Gianna Sandelli '19, '22 does a wellness check. Sandelli works at Lowell House Addiction Treatment and Recovery

    Lowell and UML Partner on Opioid and Mental Health Grants

    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.
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  • Portrait of Psychology Assoc. Prof. Stephanie Block

    Professors Study Aids and Barriers to Prosecuting Child Sexual Abuse

    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. 
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  • Psychology Assoc. Prof. Rocio Rosales is leading a $914,000 grant for master's students in applied behavior analysis and autism studies.

    New Grant to Fund Autism Studies and Special Education Master’s Students

    Psychology Assoc. Prof. Rocio Rosales is leading a $914,000 grant that will train UML master’s students in applied behavior analysis and autism studies to collaborate with special education teams – and master’s students in special education at Lasell University to understand applied behavior analysis.
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  • The original Making WAVES leadership team will continue to guide the ADVANCE Office for Faculty Equity at UML

    New ADVANCE Office for Faculty Equity Aims to Improve Campus Culture

    The new ADVANCE Office for Faculty Equity aims to change the culture across campus for faculty from underrepresented and marginalized groups. It builds on the programs and research of the five-year, National Science Foundation-funded Making WAVES program.
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  • Presley Bennett and Maddie Emond are both first-generation college students at UMass Lowell

    First-generation Students Get Head Start on College Life

    This summer, a UML support program for first-generation college students is piloting a “First to Launch” program on campus for incoming first-year students. With support from two recent grants, the River Hawk Scholars Academy is also expanding its services to sophomores, juniors and seniors. 
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  • Joseph Sheedy celebrated learning for all of his 86 years.

    At 86, Joe Sheedy Embodied Lifelong Learning

    Joseph Sheedy was a man who embodied lifelong learning. He earned his final degree in Psychology from UMass Lowell, posthumously.
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  • Medical lab sciences major Erin Snow took a walk on a nearly deserted UMass Lowell South Campus

    The New Normal: Students Adjust to a Semester Interrupted

    As Massachusetts officials advised everyone to stay at home to prevent further spread of the novel coronavirus, students are adapting to studying online – and adopting coping strategies to help manage the upheaval.
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  • Stoklosa Middle School fifth grader Kedwin Santiago Torres proudly shows off his part in the EcoSonic Project during the recent regional science fair in Lowell.

    Sonic Youth Make Music from Recycled Goods

    UML's Elissa Johnson-Green's EcoSonic Playground melds music with STEM and ends up being a whole new thing at the regional science fair.
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  • As the image of Nina Coppens gazes away, gathering to celebrate the late dean's student-created portrait are (from left) Coppens' daughter Katie, Chancellor Jacquie Moloney, Nina’s husband, Paul Coppens, daughter Lindsay, student artists Julie Howard ’18, Yahira Torres, ‘19 and Adel diPersio ’19.

    Nina Coppens Watches Over O’Leary Now

    A large gathering recently celebrated the unveiling of a student-painted portrait of late FAHSS Dean Nina Coppens. It is, say friends and family, exactly what she would have wanted.
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  • UML Honors computer science major Joseph Calles has volunteered at Central Food Ministry for more than a year

    Honors Students Volunteer at Lowell Food Pantry

    When the Honors College dean put out the call for volunteers at a local food pantry, dozens of students stepped up, allowing Central Food Ministry to serve more families. Now, two honors student fellows are helping to sustain and grow the partnership.
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  • A view of the new addition on the back of Coburn Hall

    At 123 Years Old, Coburn Hall’s Never Looked Newer

    The start of the spring 2020 semester brings the reopening of the university’s earliest academic building, Coburn Hall, as well as a new home for the Centers for Learning and Academic Support Services and progress on several other Facilities Management projects.
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  • Nicole Villafana, right, and two other students from Lawrence High visited the UMass Lowell campus to consider careers in education

    UML Partners with High Schools to Diversify Teaching Profession

    UML’s College of Education is working with the state and local school districts to recruit future teachers who represent the Merrimack Valley’s diversity. Lawrence High School students visited the campus recently to learn more about careers in education – and campus life.
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  • Twins Kayla and Jae'la Rowles and friend Tyson Minor are part of the new DC-CAP Scholars program at UMass Lowell

    New Program Provides Merit Scholarships for 20 Students from Washington, D.C.

    Under a new partnership, 20 high school graduates from Washington, D.C., are studying at UMass Lowell this fall with merit scholarships. It’s part of the university’s mission to support students from all backgrounds in getting a great college education.
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  • UML alumnus Matthew Chigas runs a tabletop training exercise in Nashua

    Criminal Justice Internships Pay Dividends for Students

    When criminal justice students intern for credit, they get real-world experience and a broader perspective on the careers available to them. And some internships lead to great jobs.
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  • UMass Lowell Prof. Emeritus Robert Kunzendorf

    Psychology Professor Emeritus Named Editor of APA Journal

    For his entire career, Psychology Prof. Robert Kunzendorf conducted research on human consciousness, from sensory consciousness and subconsciousness to consciousness of the self. He was just named editor of the leading journal in the field, “Psychology of Consciousness.”
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  • Nursing students Kelly Tanner, Sharon Nabulime and Mamawa Sannoh at the Student Research & Community Engagement Symposium

    Symposium Showcases Student Research and Community Projects

    More than 280 students finished the academic year by presenting their work at the annual Student Research & Community Engagement Symposium. Many of the students’ research projects aimed to solve or engage real-world problems, from public health to violent crime.
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  • A student asks a Tesla employee a question via video conference

    Tesla Recruits Students via Virtual Campus Visit

    Alum Nicole Falotico ’11 was one of five Tesla employees who recruited UML students for summer internships and co-op positions via a video conference presentation at Saab ETIC’s Perry Atrium.
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  • Criminal justice students listen intently during a panel on the case of Kalief Browder at UMass Lowell

    The Cost of Pleading Innocent: The Kalief Browder Case

    Yusef Salaam, a member of the “Central Park Five” who spent years imprisoned for a crime he didn’t commit, talked with students about the pressure to plead guilty even when you are innocent. He came to campus for a panel discussion on the notorious case of Kalief Browder.
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  • Yusef Salaam, Karen Smolar and Asst. Prof. Miko Wilford talk about the Kalief Browder case at UMass Lowell

    The Cost of Pleading Innocent: The Kalief Browder Case

    Yusef Salaam, a member of the “Central Park Five” who spent years imprisoned for a crime he didn’t commit, talked with students about the pressure to plead guilty even when you are innocent. He came to campus for a panel discussion on the notorious case of Kalief Browder.
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  • Asst. Prof. of Psychology Miko Wilford speaks at a panel on problems with the plea system

    Psychology Prof Tackles Injustice in the Justice System

    Asst. Prof. Miko Wilford has won a five-year, $498,000 National Science Foundation CAREER grant to study an urgent issue for the justice system: Why innocent suspects plead guilty.
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  • Dhruvi Patel, a pre-med biology major, transferred to UMass Lowell her senior year after Mount Ida College closed.

    Honors College Eases the Way for Transfer Students

    The Honors College has a dedicated advisor and a “Transfermation” peer mentoring program to help transfer students. The goal: Make the transition as smooth as possible.
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  • Assoc. Prof. Wilson Palacios talks about the advice a peer health advocate gives to people who inject drugs

    Professors Tackle Opioid Epidemic with Hands-on Research

    Assoc. Prof. Wilson Palacios is researching new approaches to prevent opioid overdoses and the spread of disease in Lowell. Meanwhile, Asst. Prof. Angela Wangari Walter is identifying barriers to prevention, treatment and recovery for fishing industry workers in New England.
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  • UMass Lowell psychology faculty member Meg Bond was selected as the 2018 Distinguished University Professor

    Meg Bond in Psychology Named University Professor

    Psychology Prof. Meg Bond, an expert in workplace sexual harassment and director of the university’s Center for Women and Work, has been named University Professor for 2018.
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  • Tyler Cote is the first full-time employee of Operation250

    Student Counterterrorism Project Gets Boost from $1 Million Grant

    Operation250, which began as a student project to combat terrorism, is the subject of a $1 million U.S. government grant to develop and evaluate its program for teaching children, teenagers, parents and educators about online safety, hate sites and terrorist recruitment tactics.
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  • UMass Lowell Disability Services staff, from left to right: Lauren Tornatore, Jody Goldstein, Janelle Diaz and Brandon Drake

    How Do We Support Thee? Let Us Count the Ways

    Disability Services – and the entire campus – supports students by embracing universal design principles in buildings and technology while also offering individual help.
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  • UML psychology asst. prof. Miko Wilford meets with Jordanne Love and Thomas Nelson

    To Plead or Not to Plead

    Most arrests end in guilty pleas instead of trials, and research suggests that many innocent people plead guilty to escape the threat of a long prison sentence. A psychology professor has teamed up with an art professor to make plea bargains easier to research – and to change an unjust system.
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  • This summer, Mary Humble (left), Georgina Hutchison and Deirdre Hutchison will all be studying together at UMass Lowell.

    Three Generations of Women Study at UML

    For Mary Humble, studying at UMass Lowell is the fulfillment of a dream – after her high school education was cut short in Ireland nearly 60 years ago. Her daughter recently joined her on campus, and her granddaughter starts at UML this summer.
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  • Scene from Memory Box being performed by Flying Orb

    Students Customize Degrees to Pursue Their Passions

    When student interests cross the borders of traditional academic disciplines, they turn to interdisciplinary studies and the Bachelor of Liberal Arts program to customize their education.
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  • UML honors student Abby Colangelo looks over data with her honors fellowship mentor, Assoc. Prof. Ashleigh Hillier in psychology

    Honors College Offers 100 Student Fellowships a Year

    This year, the Honors College offered 100 fellowships to students who wanted to delve into research, read broadly outside their majors, intern at a nonprofit or create something original. The fellowships pay students for 100 hours of work with a faculty, staff or community mentor.
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  • The model classroom in the Coburn Hall renovation, UML

    Coburn Hall Goes Back to the Future in Renovation

    The top-to-bottom renovation of Coburn Hall will allow the College of Education to return to its historic home – with updates that will carry it into the future.
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  • Neil Shortland Portrait

    Social Science Faculty Win Major Grant to Study Terrorist Recruitment

    Four social science professors, led by Asst. Prof. Neil Shortland, have won a $794,000 Department of Defense grant to study the interaction between personality and messaging in online terrorist recruitment and counterterrorism efforts.
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  •   “Members of the Chelmsford High School drama club take a break during filming of a video about first-year students’ transition to college.”

    Education Grad Students Practice Research Methods on Undergrads

    Assoc. Prof. of Education Judith Davidson says the best way for her graduate students to learn research methods is by practicing them. So she teamed up with faculty in the First-Year Writing Program on a project that allowed graduate students to learn how first-year students navigated the transition to college – and where they stumbled.
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  • Assoc. Prof. Richard Serna develops software training tools for people with autism spectrum disorder and professionals.

    Autism Studies Professor Wins NIMH Grant to Create Virtual Child

    Assoc. Prof. Richard Serna has won a $250,000 National Institute of Mental Health grant to create training software featuring a virtual child with learning difficulties associated with autism. The interactive software will help address a shortage of behavioral technicians.
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  • Tabatha Candido '15, '17 works on a task with a preschooler at PrideStar Center for Applied Learning.

    Autism Studies in Workforce Partnership with New Center

    A growing partnership between the university’s Autism Studies Program and a new treatment center in Lowell offers multiple opportunities for students and graduates. The PrideStar Center for Applied Learning employs UML students and alumni and offers research opportunities for faculty and graduate students.
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  • Nick and Elizabeth Raymond are siblings and opposites, but both attend UMass Lowell

    Nick and Elizabeth Raymond are Siblings – and Opposites

    Students Nick and Elizabeth Raymond are siblings with completely different interests and personalities. In fact, the main thing they share is a genetic condition. They’re living proof that a disability doesn’t define you.
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  • UMass Lowell Asst. Prof. of Psychology started The Learning Scientists with a colleague at Rhode Island College.

    The Six Habits of Highly Successful Students

    In early 2016, Asst. Prof. of Psychology Yana Weinstein started tweeting advice to panicked students on how to study effectively. A colleague, Asst. Prof. Megan Sumeracki at Rhode Island College, quickly joined in. Now the website for their group The Learning Scientists, its Facebook page and its Twitter feed at @AceThatTest have thousands of followers.
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  • Jenny Srey and Ched Nin of the Minnnesota 8

    Southeast Asian-Americans Studied and Celebrated

    The Southeast Asian American Studies Conference at UMass Lowell drew scholars and policymakers, artists and activists from around the country for three days of shared learning and performance.
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  • Assistant Professor Neil Shortland is director of the Center for Terrorism and Security Studies at UMass Lowell

    Fight, Flight or Freeze: Psychologist Studies Military Decisions

    Neil Shortland of the Center for Terrorism and Security Studies has won a $531,000 grant to study military decision-making jointly with HEROES, the Army’s Natick Soldier Center and researchers at Tufts University and the University of Liverpool.
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  • Lowell firefighter David Provencher is in UMass Lowell's new MPA program

    M.P.A. Degree is a Ladder to Success for Firefighters

    A Lowell firefighter and two other veterans trying to join the fire department are taking advantage of the new Master of Public Administration program to learn skills that will help them advance in the department.
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  • Allison Hansell of the SEIU 775 Benefits Group, Asst. Prof. Fumilayo Showers of Central Connecticut State and another woman listen while UML History Prof. Robert Forrant talks

    Global Conference Focuses on Carework Inequalities

    As babies and children and when we’re sick, disabled or dying, we all need care – and most of that care is provided by women working for low or no wages. It’s time to change that, according to speakers at the Global Carework Summit.
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  • English majors Charlotte Moore and Paktra Lynch explained their project with SayDaNar CDC

    Students Showcase Research and Service-Learning Projects

    The annual Student Research and Community Engagement Symposium showcases research and service-learning projects in the arts and humanities, as well as the sciences and social sciences.
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  • Matt Levenson visits London in fall 2016.

    New Honors Class Develops a Mindset for Adventure

    Honors students are learning about the hero’s quest in a new film and literature class, A Call to Adventure, and preparing to become the heroes of their own adventurous lives.
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  • UML Lecturer Neil Shortland with five students who won third place in the fall 2016 Homeland Security and Facebook P2P: Challenging Extremism competition

    Students Create Winning Counterterrorism Website

    Five students who created a counterterrorism program won a trip to Washington and third place in an international competition. The Peer to Peer: Challenging Extremism contest taps college students’ savvy to help the Department of Homeland Security counter extremist messaging and recruitment, using social media.
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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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  • The members of Asperger's Are Us, in costume

    Student Performs in Comedy Troupe with Asperger’s

    Chemical engineering major New Michael Ingemi is a writer, performer and co-founder of Asperger’s Are Us, a comedy troupe that’s the subject of a new documentary by the same name.
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  • Student-veteran Ian Ramsdell demonstrates sled hockey at the Tsongas Center.

    The Mission of Sled Hockey Vets: Heal

    Members of the campus Student Veterans' Organization find healing, support and camaraderie as members of the New England Warriors sled hockey team for disabled players.
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  • Emily Bergstrom, autism researcher at UMass Lowell.

    UML Researchers Launch Study of Autism Spectrum Disorder

    Researchers at UMass Lowell are bringing together fields as diverse as psychology, education, nursing, economics, and engineering to build a Center for Autism Research and Education.
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  • Erika Decker of DigitasLBi talks to aspiring graphic designers.

    For FAHSS Majors, Your Career Starts Here

    The Career & Co-op Center is targeting FAHSS majors with several innovative programs, including Employer-in-Residence days and a one-credit course on career preparation.
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  • Asst. Prof. Christopher Allen

    Psychology Prof Awarded 'New Connections' Grant

    Christopher Allen, an assistant professor of psychology, has been awarded a prestigious grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation to further his research on sexual violence and prevention.
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  • Middle-school girl makes a light-up LED bracelet at Lowell National Historical Park

    Textiles Help Teach STEM Concepts

    A group of psychology, math, engineering and education professors and students, working with fiber artists, are using textiles to teach STEM concepts with the hope of reducing math anxiety in girls and young women and improving learning for all.
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  • Ferrous Park includes an open-air classroom on top of a hill overlooking the mills.

    Three Projects Win Creative Economy Grants

    The Lowell campus has won three UMass Creative Economy grants that will fund educational projects on Southeast Asian folklore and immigrants, environmental history and animation.
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  • EEOC Commissioner Chai Feldblum discussed a new report on preventing harassment in the workplace, with Psychology Prof. Meg Bond.

    Psychology Professor on Harassment Task Force

    EEOC Commissioner Chai Feldblum spoke at the Women’s Leadership Conference about a new task force report on workplace harassment. Psychology Prof. Meg Bond, director of the Center for Women and Work, served on the task force and recommended preventive strategies.
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    New Academic Building Opens on South Campus

    An infusion of energy, a welcoming presence, an innovative marvel -- the new Health and Social Sciences building offered much to cheer about.
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