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  New Grant Helps Document Southeast Asian Refugees in Lowell
  New Grant Helps Document Southeast Asian Refugees in Lowell

  4/26/2017
  A $239,000 National Endowment for the Humanities grant will help the university libraries and the Center for Asian American Studies organize and expand a digital archive documenting the history of Southeast Asian refugees in Lowell — before too much of that history is lost.
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  Manning School’s New ‘Dream’ Home Open for Business
  Manning School’s New ‘Dream’ Home Open for Business

  4/24/2017
  The Manning School of Business begins a new era with the opening of the $47 million Pulichino Tong Business Center.
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  Fab Lab Melds Art and Graphics
  Fab Lab Melds Art and Graphics

  4/18/2017
  This spring, construction begins on a fabrication lab for the Art and Design Department in the basement of Dugan Hall.
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  University Launches a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Education
  University Launches a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Education

  4/14/2017
  Students are able to earn dual certification to teach elementary schoolchildren in grades one to six and children with moderate disabilities in grades pre-K to eight.
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  Physics Professor Co-invents New Low-cost Nanofilm Radiation Detector
  Physics Professor Co-invents New Low-cost Nanofilm Radiation Detector

  4/14/2017
  Prof. Erno Sajo, in collaboration with researchers from Brigham and Women’s Hospital, has developed a new class of inexpensive nanofilm radiation detectors that can be used in everything from health care to homeland security.
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  Engineering Prof. Leads Team to Safeguard Nuclear Power Plants
  Engineering Prof. Leads Team to Safeguard Nuclear Power Plants

  4/7/2017
  The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) recently awarded a team of nuclear engineers and scientists led by chemical engineering Assoc. Prof. Dean Wang a three-year, $800,000 grant to develop tools to help keep America’s nuclear power plants safe during extended power disruptions.
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  UMass Lowell Partners on Manufacturing Institute for Biopharmaceuticals
  UMass Lowell Is a Major Partner in the New Manufacturing Institute for Biopharmaceuticals

  4/6/2017
  UMass Lowell and UMass Medical School, together with MIT, are spearheading the state's efforts in the newly formed National Institute for Innovation in Manufacturing Biopharmaceuticals.
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  New Housing Options Include Themed Buildings
  New Housing Options Include Themed Buildings, More Living-Learning Communities

  4/6/2017
  Residence Life has completely reorganized housing options on campus, from adding new living-learning communities to clustering them in themed buildings. That’s because living-learning communities boost academic success — for both first-year and upper-class students.