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.

Five students from a Sales and Customer Relations course taught by Visiting Faculty Lecturer Jeremy Ramsey participated in the recent Northeast Intercollegiate Sales Competition at Bryant University in Smithfield, Rhode Island.

Adam Klionsky, director of communications for Major League Soccer’s New England Revolution, shared advice for breaking into the professional sports industry to more than 100 Manning School of Business students during a recent visit to Alumni Hall.

Three members of the same extended family in Washington, D.C. — Tyson Minor, Ayinde Hikim and De’Andre Gore — are all pursuing degrees from the Manning School of Business, thanks in no small part to UMass Lowell’s DC-CAP Scholars Program.

A dozen accounting and finance students represented the Manning School of Business at the Institute of Management Accounts Student Leadership Conference, held recently in Pittsburgh.

Accounting faculty in the Manning School of Business are finding new ways to attract students to the field, from incorporating data analytics into the curriculum to teaching fundamentals through a game of “Monopoly Accounting.”

Assoc. Prof. of Finance William Johnson debated Prof. Emeritus Jack Wilson on the pros and cons of cryptocurrency and blockchain technology during an event hosted by the Global Entrepreneurship Exchange program and the Jack M. Wilson Center for Entrepreneurship.

Assoc. Prof. of Marketing, Entrepreneurship and Innovation Michael Ciuchta received a Fulbright U.S. Scholar Award to research the Spanish entrepreneurial ecosystem while teaching at a university in Madrid.

Four Manning School of Business students attended the annual Student Managed Investment Fund Consortium Conference in Chicago, where they learned about portfolio management and investment strategies from industry experts and networked with peers from across the country.

As guest editor for the MIT Sloan Management Review “Future of the Workforce” Big Ideas research initiative, Assoc. Prof. of Management Elizabeth Altman explores workforce ecosystem. The research has led to a forthcoming book, “Workforce Ecosystems: Reaching Strategic Goals with People, Partners and Technologies.”

The Manning School of Business Accounting Department celebrated 11 recent scholarship recipients during a luncheon, where students networked with alumni from the accounting profession.

The Rist Institute for Sustainability and Energy awarded fellowships to plastics engineering major Abby Mastromonaco, entrepreneurship Ph.D. student William Zhou and Chemistry Asst. Prof. Juan Artes Vivancos.

Responding to industry needs for more analytics talent, the university added the data-driven field to this year’s Accounting, Finance and Analytics Career Fair at University Crossing.

To keep up with the rising demand for data scientists, the Manning School of Business’ Master of Science in business analytics program continues to grow, adding a sixth track in health care business analytics.

Identical twin business majors, Angelina and Alexandra Kam, were given the responsibility of updating the university’s diversity peer education curriculum for students as part of their summer co-op jobs with the Office of Multicultural Affairs.

The Manning School of Business’ Global Entrepreneurship Exchange virtual summer workshop drew 530 students from 20 countries, culminating in a 13-team venture pitch competition.

Six Manning School of Business graduate students participated in the new 12-week Accelerating Women Leaders Coaching Program hosted by Women Accelerators, a nonprofit dedicated to promoting gender equity and the advancement of women.

Five accounting students from the Manning School of Business attended the Institute of Management Accountants’ recent annual conference in Austin, Texas, with Dean Sandra Richtermeyer.

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.