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  Science Prof Wins $340K NSF Grant for Climate Simulation
  Science Prof Wins $340K NSF Grant for Climate Simulation | Featured Story

  7/18/2017
  UMass Lowell Climate Change Initiative Director Juliette Rooney-Varga received a three-year, $340,000 grant from the National Science Foundation to study whether college students who are exposed to the World Climate Simulation are more likely to become engaged with sustainability issues on campus.
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  UML-led Team Finds Source of Arctic Mercury
  UML-led Team Finds Source of Arctic Mercury | Featured Story

  7/13/2017
  Prof. Daniel Obrist recently led an international group of researchers to conduct a long-term study of the origin of mercury pollution in the Arctic tundra.
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  Climate Researchers Win Grant to Study Northeast Rainfall
  Climate Researchers Win $454K NSF Grant to Study Extreme Rainfall in the Northeast | Featured Story

  6/1/2017
  Assoc. Prof. Mathew Barlow of the Department of Environmental, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences is conducting research to try to understand what causes extreme rainfall events in the Northeast.
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  State Awards $130K to Professors for Clean Energy Research
  State Awards $130K to Two Professors for Innovative Clean Energy Research | Featured Story

  4/26/2017
  Physics Asst. Prof. Wei Guo and mechanical engineering Assoc. Prof. Fuqiang Liu are among seven early-stage researchers recently awarded funding through the Massachusetts Clean Energy Center (MassCEC) Catalyst Program to develop promising products and technologies in the fields of clean energy and clean water.