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  Loyalty to UMass Lowell is a Family Tradition
  Loyalty to UMass Lowell is a Family Tradition

  10/23/2020
  For some families, UMass Lowell is more than a university. It’s a family tradition that spans generations.
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  UMass Lowell Secures $11.7M in Research Funding
  UMass Lowell Secures $11.7M in Research Funding

  10/22/2020
  UMass Lowell research projects, ranging from developing new protective gear and sensors to ensure food and water are safe to advanced wireless communications, were recently awarded nearly $12 million in federal funding through the Fiscal Year 20 Defense Appropriations bill.    
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  Greeley Scholar Program Expands, Reflects Growing Discussion on Race
  Greeley Scholar Program Expands, Reflects Growing Discussion on Race

  10/12/2020
  As America’s streets filled with protests and its social conscience reignited following the killings of George Floyd and a long line of others earlier this year, organizers of the university’s Greeley Peace Scholar program decided to expand the annual discussion from a few weeks in April to a yearlong series of speakers and events.
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  UMass Lowell Enrolls Largest Student Body Ever
  UMass Lowell Enrolls Largest Student Body Ever

  10/6/2020
  Despite the pandemic’s effect on higher education nationwide, UMass Lowell enrolled its largest student body ever this fall, nearly 18,400 students.
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  Researchers to Study the Impact of Coastal Storms on Beach Aquifers
  Researchers to Study the Impact of Coastal Storms on Beach Aquifers

  9/30/2020
  Environmental, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences Asst. Prof. James Heiss and the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution were awarded a three-year, $784,000 National Science Foundation grant to study how powerful coastal storms affect the fresh water flowing below the ground along the seashore.
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  River Hawk Scholars Academy Extends Reach
  River Hawk Scholars Academy Extends Reach

  9/30/2020
  A new $100,000 grant — awarded by the Lloyd G. Balfour Foundation, Bank of America, N.A., Trustee — will help expand the reach of the River Hawk Scholars Academy, which was created to promote academic success and foster active campus engagement for full-time, first-year students who identify as first-generation.
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  Very Cool! UML 16th on Sierra’s List of Eco-friendly Schools
  Very Cool! UML 16th on Sierra’s List of Eco-friendly Schools

  9/30/2020
  UMass Lowell is No. 16 on Sierra magazine’s “Cool Schools” list for 2020, the university’s highest ranking ever in a survey that assesses colleges’ performances on everything from sustainability-focused courses, carbon-neutral energy and land policies, eco-friendly dining halls and student engagement.
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  $300K Grant to Support Age-Friendly Lowell Initiative
  $300K Grant to Support Age-Friendly Lowell Initiative

  9/29/2020
  UMass Lowell was recently awarded a three-year, $300,000 grant from Tufts Health Plan Foundation to create a citywide, age-friendly initiative that builds community capacity to promote health, independence and quality of life for older residents in Lowell.