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News from UMass Lowell for Week of Dec. 17, 2018

News from UMass Lowell for Week of Dec. 17, 2018 | Press Release

12/18/2018
This is a notice of upcoming events, photo opportunities and story ideas at UMass Lowell.
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Scientists Design New Material to Harness Power of Light

Scientists Design New Material to Harness Power of Light | Press Release

12/17/2018
Scientists have long known that synthetic materials – called metamaterials – can manipulate electromagnetic waves such as visible light to make them behave in ways that cannot be found in nature. That has led to breakthroughs such as super-high resolution imaging.
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Asthma Home Audits, Research Aid Local Families

Asthma Home Audits, Research Aid Local Families | Press Release

12/12/2018
Through the Healthy Homes Project, UMass Lowell Prof. David Turcotte goes into homes with a health worker from the Lowell Community Health Center and conducts thorough evaluations for asthma triggers, including pet dander, excess dust, mold, dust mites and pests such as mice and cockroaches.
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News from UMass Lowell for Week of Dec. 10, 2018

News from UMass Lowell for Week of Dec. 10, 2018 | Press Release

12/10/2018
This is a notice of upcoming events, photo opportunities and story ideas at UMass Lowell.
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Researchers: Sawdust is Next Wave in Renewable Energy

Researchers: Sawdust is Next Wave in Renewable Energy | Press Release

12/7/2018
The U.S. Department of Energy has awarded a three-year, $1 million grant to a team of researchers led by a UMass Lowell mechanical engineering professor that is working to develop renewable fuel additives from sawdust and other wood byproducts.

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Politics from the Inside Out

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Political Science major Julie Lawton interned at the Massachusetts Women's Political Caucus over the summer.

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Image is Everything at Climate Change Teach-In

Image is Everything at Climate Change Teach-In | Featured Story

12/17/2018
The 2018 David Lustick Climate Change Teach-In, “Invisibilities: Seeing and Unseeing the Anthropocene,” explored how images can both shape and obscure our understanding of climate and environment. It was organized by Assoc. Prof. of Art History Kirsten Swenson as part of the IDEA Leadership Grant Initiative.
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Professor Researches Drug Violence in Colombia and Mexico

Professor Researches Drug Violence in Colombia and Mexico | Featured Story

12/13/2018
Assistant Prof. Angélica Durán Martínez studies the politics of drug trafficking violence in Colombia and Mexico. She hopes her findings will inform public policy on illegal drugs.
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DifferenceMakers Listen, Learn, Remake

DifferenceMakers Listen, Learn, Remake | Featured Story

12/13/2018
In an intense week of DifferenceMaker competition across three colleges, Benji Ball emerged as a two-time winner. Air Allign emerged tired but with hearts in the right place.

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Juliette Rooney-Varga

Biological Sciences, Climate Change Initiative

Juliette Rooney-Varga is an expert on climate change and sustainability.
Joshua Dyck

Co-director, Center for Public Opinion

Joshua Dyck is an expert in political and public-opinion polling, elections and campaigns, and national and state politics.
Julie Chen

Research and Innovation

Julie Chen is one of the nation’s leading experts on nanotechnology and innovations in materials processing and manufacturing.
Andrew Harris

Criminal Justice and Criminology

Andrew Harris is a national expert on the subjects of teen "sexting" behavior and sex-offender registry laws and policy.