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  Newsletter

  UMass Lowell Online Programs Get High Marks in National Ranking
  UMass Lowell Online Programs Get High Marks in National Ranking

  1/26/2021
  UMass Lowell’s online education programs are again ranked among the best in the nation by U.S. News & World Report, which assessed more than 1,000 programs nationwide.
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  Featured Story

  Biology Professor Advances Research on Birth Defects of the Head and Face
  Biology Professor Advances Research on Birth Defects of the Head and Face

  12/23/2020
  Thanks to a pair of three-year grants totaling more than $612,000 from the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, Biology Asst. Prof. Jennifer L. Fish is conducting studies to understand how genetic mutations cause birth defects of the head, face and mouth.
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  Department News

  Coburn Classroom Named for Beloved Professors
  Coburn Classroom Named for Beloved Professors

  12/23/2020
  A group of former students and current faculty and staff got together to raise over $60,000 to name a Coburn classroom in honor of Dean Bergeron, professor emeritus of history and political science, and the late Joyce Denning, his friend and colleague on the political science faculty.
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  Featured Story

  UML Student Walks 120 Miles for Mental Health Awareness
  UML Student Walks 120 Miles for Mental Health Awareness

  12/23/2020
  Garret Roberts, a sophomore business administration major and member of the UML baseball team, walked 120 miles — from New Hampshire’s Mount Washington to Hampton Beach — in six days to raise money and awareness for those struggling with mental health issues.
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  Featured Story

  TNEC’s Evolving Worker Safety Training Gets $6.6M Boost
  TNEC’s Evolving Worker Safety Training Gets $6.6M Boost

  12/17/2020
  Thanks to a five-year, $6.6 million grant from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, The New England Consortium at UMass Lowell will expand its hazardous materials worker health and safety training under the direction of Research Prof. David Turcotte.
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  Featured Story

  Christopher Niezrecki Named Distinguished University Professor
  Christopher Niezrecki Named Distinguished University Professor

  12/3/2020
  Mechanical Engineering Prof. and Dept. Chair Christopher Niezrecki has been named the 2020 Distinguished University Professor for exemplary teaching, research and service to the university.
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  Featured Story

  Psychology Professor Wins Grant to Study Traumatic Brain Injury in Children
  Psychology Professor Wins Grant to Study Traumatic Brain Injury in Children

  12/3/2020
  Jiabin Shen's new $713,112 research grant from the National Institutes of Health will help him further his quest to improve the quality of life for children and adolescents suffering brain injuries.
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  Featured Story

  Little Canada Panels Provide Window to History
  Little Canada Panels Provide Window to History

  12/3/2020
  To celebrate the Little Canada neighborhood that once stood where East Campus is now, the university has installed four new informational panels that tell the story of the life and times of Lowell’s French Canadian immigrants. The project draws on the research of History Prof. Robert Forrant and several students.