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Students Named to National Leadership Society

Students Named to National Leadership Society | Press Release

7/8/2020
UMass Lowell has inducted more than 70 new members into the university’s chapter of Omicron Delta Kappa, a national leadership society that honors college students.
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UMass Lowell Announces Fall 2020 Plan

UMass Lowell Announces Fall 2020 Plan | Press Release

7/1/2020
UMass Lowell will use a mix of in-person, hybrid and virtual instruction this fall when it plans to welcome students back to campus.
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UMass Lowell a Training Ground for Political Scientists

UMass Lowell a Training Ground for Political Scientists | Press Release

6/30/2020
UMass Lowell students are gaining experience in political research, polling and data analysis, thanks to their involvement in the university’s Center for Public Opinion.
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UMass Lowell Volunteers Make, Deliver Face Coverings to Community Organizations

UMass Lowell Volunteers Make, Deliver Face Coverings to Community Organizations | Press Release

6/19/2020
Community organizations throughout the Merrimack Valley are receiving donations of face masks to help slow the spread of COVID-19, thanks to a UMass Lowell volunteer initiative to make and distribute the personal protective equipment.
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Expert: Upstaged by Child-care concerns, Women’s Careers in Jeopardy in COVID-19 Era

Expert: Upstaged by Child-care concerns, Women’s Careers in Jeopardy in COVID-19 Era | Press Release

6/17/2020
The gains women have made in the workplace over the past 30 years could be erased by a collapse of reliable child-care options and support systems for families brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic, according to an expert on how gender affects careers and expectations on the job.

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Not Your Run-of-the-Mill Research Project

Not Your Run-of-the-Mill Research Project | Featured Story

7/13/2020
The UMass Lowell Library’s Center for Lowell History has created a research guide on a forgotten group of people from the city’s industrial past: the overseers who managed the workers on the factory floors for the wealthy mill owners.
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Professor Examines Ethics of Biomedical Research on Soldiers

Professor Examines Ethics of Biomedical Research on Soldiers | Featured Story

7/10/2020
Asst. Prof. of Philosophy Nicholas Evans has won a $209,749 grant to study the ethics of conducting research into biomedical enhancements on members of the military. The three-year grant from The Greenwall Foundation comes with an appointment as a Faculty Scholar in Bioethics.
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Assoc. Prof. of English Keith Mitchell Awarded Manning Teaching Prize

Assoc. Prof. of English Keith Mitchell Awarded Manning Teaching Prize | Featured Story

7/9/2020
A teacher changed Assoc. Prof. Keith Mitchell’s life, setting him on the path to become a professor of American and African American literature. Now Mitchell’s passion for the classroom has been recognized with the 2020 Manning Prize for Excellence in Teaching.

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