Outgoing Chancellor Jacquie Moloney and NBC Celtics reporter and host Abby Chin fired up 300 people at the UMass Lowell Women’s Leadership Conference, the signature event Moloney founded seven years ago.

Among the record 479 students to receive MBAs from the Manning School of Business this spring was longtime UMass Lowell philanthropist Brian Rist ’77, who also received an honorary degree at Commencement from his alma mater.

Mill City Consulting, a student-run venture created last fall in the Internship in Entrepreneurship course, helped two Lowell restaurants as they continue to recover from the pandemic.

The Manning School of Business recognized three retiring faculty members — Stuart Freedman, Deborah Finch and Jack Wilson — who have impacted countless lives in their combined 70 years at UML.

A dozen Manning School of Business students shared their entrepreneurial ideas and networked with students from across the region at the Harvard Innovation Labs’ Cross-University Mixer.

The Manning School of Business inducted a record 119 undergraduate, graduate and Ph.D. students into the Beta Gamma Sigma international business honor society.

Alumnus and longtime UMass Lowell philanthropist Brian Rist ’77, and his wife Kim, have again bestowed their generosity on the university – this time investing $3 million in the next generation of River Hawk entrepreneurs. 

Amara, a social media platform designed to create a more positive experience for users, took top honors at the Rist DifferenceMaker Institute’s 10th annual $50,000 Idea Challenge, held recently at Moloney Hall.

People’s experiences with dogs and cats can influence their decisions as consumers, according to Asst. Prof. of Marketing Lei Jia’s recently published research in the Journal of Marketing.

UMass Lowell student-athletes are taking advantage of the NCAA’s new name, image and likeness policy, which for the first time allows college athletes to make money from endorsements and appearances.

Four Manning School of Business students are preparing taxes for low-income families as part of a new internship program with Community Teamwork, a Lowell-based nonprofit organization that supports the IRS’ Volunteer Income Tax Assistance program.

“River Hawk Review” classes offer students a second chance to earn a passing grade in some required classes so that they don’t fall behind on their degree pathways. The summer and winter classes in chemistry, business math, computer science and college writing offer lots of individual support.

A team from the Manning School of Business’ Operations and Information Systems department was recently recognized by the Decision Sciences Institute (DSI) with a runner-up Best Paper Award at the institute’s 52nd annual conference.

Cindi Bigelow, third-generation president and CEO of family-owned Bigelow Tea, shared leadership lessons and inspired students to bring out the best in others during a talk at University Crossing.

Students in Asst. Prof. Denise Dunlap’s New Product Development course gained pitching and presentation experience in a semester-ending Idea Showcase at Alumni Hall.

Competing against nearly 500 teams from around the world, five Manning School of Business students finished in the top 8% in the 2021 Bloomberg Trading Challenge. 

The Manning School of Business continues to provide a pipeline of talent to MFS Investment Management in Boston, where nearly 90 UML students have worked in a variety of co-op positions.

A device to assess the body’s core alignment and an app for buying and selling stock opinions took home top prizes at their respective Rist DifferenceMaker Institute engineering and business pitch contests at University Crossing.  

Six Manning School of Business finance students learned about potential commercial real estate career paths through Project Destined, an eight-week virtual internship program designed to boost diversity in the industry.

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.