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Young Musicians to Play at Game Honoring ’04 Red Sox

Young Musicians to Play at Game Honoring ’04 Red Sox | Press Release

7/11/2019
More than 130 young musicians from Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Connecticut, New York and Florida will be at UMass Lowell next week building on their talent and skills at the Mary Jo Leahey Symphonic Band Camp.
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Japanese Students Cap Their UMass Lowell Journey

Japanese Students Cap Their UMass Lowell Journey | Press Release

7/10/2019
Japanese students 7,000 miles away received their MBA degrees through online UMass Lowell program.
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Global Entrepreneurship Students Share Successes

Global Entrepreneurship Students Share Successes | Press Release

7/9/2019
UMass Lowell students preparing for careers as international business leaders will share the success they’ve achieved in UMass Lowell’s Global Entrepreneurship Exchange Program (GE2), which is celebrating its fifth anniversary.
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Research Tackles Head Injuries in Youth Football

Research Tackles Head Injuries in Youth Football | Press Release

7/9/2019
An athletic training method shown to reduce head injuries in high school football will be rolled out in Hawaii next week through an $800,000 grant to the UMass Lowell researcher who designed the system.
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Researchers: Eggshells Can Help Grow, Heal Bones

Researchers: Eggshells Can Help Grow, Heal Bones | Press Release

7/8/2019
Eggshells can enhance the growth of new, strong bones needed in medical procedures, a team of UMass Lowell researchers has discovered.

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SpaceX Launches UML-built Instrument to Study ‘Killer Electrons’ in Space

SpaceX Launches UML-built Instrument to Study ‘Killer Electrons’ in Space | Featured Story

6/28/2019
To help understand how killer electrons are generated and, consequently, how they can be mitigated, the Air Force Research Laboratory has awarded a three-year contract to a team of UMass Lowell researchers led by Physics Prof. Paul Song to support the Air Force’s DSX mission to the Earth’s radiation belts.
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Student Donations Go Back into the Community

Student Donations Go Back into the Community | Featured Story

6/27/2019
Students donated more than 14,000 pounds of clothing, bedding, food and personal items during this spring’s Sustainable Move Out Donation Drive, which benefitted a half-dozen nonprofit organizations across the community.
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Finance Students Take AIM at Wall Street

Finance Students Take AIM at Wall Street | Featured Story

6/24/2019
Four Manning School of Business finance students – Bony Ganugapanta, Greg Montemurro, Thavady Pech and Katie Sanchez – took part in the CQA Institute’s two-week Advanced Investment Management course at Wilkes University in Wilkes-Barre, Pa.

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