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Researchers Develop New Biomaterials to Improve Repair of Heart Muscle

Researchers Develop New Biomaterials to Improve Repair of Heart Muscle | Featured Story

10/10/2019
A research team led by Asst. Prof. Gulden Camci-Unal of the Department of Chemical Engineering is developing new “breathable” biomaterials that can repair heart muscle damaged by disease or heart attack.
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A New Astronomical Observatory Rises on South Campus

A New Astronomical Observatory Rises on South Campus | Featured Story

9/11/2019
Students will get a chance to embark on a visual tour of our solar system and beyond when a new astronomical observatory opens on South Campus this fall.
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Manning Professor a ‘Must Read’ in Harvard Business Review

Manning Professor a ‘Must Read’ in Harvard Business Review | Featured Story

9/10/2019
An article co-authored by Asst. Prof. of Management Elizabeth Altman on how companies can turn their products and services into multisided platforms was included in Harvard Business Review’s “10 Must Reads 2019” and “10 Must Reads on Business Model Innovation.”
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Cool Science Expands with $3 Million NSF Grant

Cool Science Expands with $3 Million NSF Grant | Featured Story

9/9/2019
For seven years, the Cool Science contest has asked children to communicate climate science through art, with the winning works displayed on Lowell buses. A $3 million National Science Foundation grant will expand Cool Science in Massachusetts and add two metropolitan areas in the Midwest.
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Students’ Programming Skills Take Off with SoarCS

Students’ Programming Skills Take Off with SoarCS | Featured Story

9/4/2019
The four-day summer program gave first-year, full-time computer science students a chance to live on campus, meet classmates and build skills to help them succeed.
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Worcester Polytechnic Institute and UMass Lowell Team Up to Seed Growth of Combined Research

Worcester Polytechnic Institute and UMass Lowell Team Up to Seed Growth of Combined Research | Press Release

8/28/2019
To support early-stage research collaboration between faculty at the two universities, the University of Massachusetts Lowell (UMass Lowell) and Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) have partnered to award more than $111,000 in seed funding to six teams of faculty.
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Summer Programs Set Up Incoming Freshmen for College Success

Summer Programs Set Up Incoming Freshmen for College Success | Featured Story

8/21/2019
A total of 35 first-year engineering majors participated in this year’s UML Launch and RAMP summer programs, which were designed to prepare the students for the rigors of college life.
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Study Finds Home Health Workers Often Face Verbal Abuse

Study Finds Home Health Workers Often Face Verbal Abuse | Featured Story

8/19/2019
Work environment graduate student Nicole Karlsson was the lead author on a published study that showed that about one in four home care workers reported at least one incident of verbal abuse by clients or their relatives during the preceding 12 months.
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For Business Professor, Guatemalan Corruption is Personal

For Business Professor, Guatemalan Corruption is Personal | Featured Story

8/12/2019
Asst. Prof. of Management Jose Godinez is collaborating with a university in his native Guatemala to launch a master’s program in corporate compliance. He is also working with the school to conduct a survey on business-related corruption and bribery in Latin America.
In The News
Super Tough Spider Silk Could be Due to a Newly Discovered Protein

Super Tough Spider Silk Could be Due to a Newly Discovered Protein | In The News

7/26/2019
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UMass Lowell Gets Research Grants

UMass Lowell Gets Research Grants | In The News

7/19/2019
Lowell Sun

Two federal grants have been awarded to the UMass Lowell worth over a million dollars combined. The National Science Foundation and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services have provided a total $1,683,802 to the university, Rep. Lori Trahan announced.
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Summer Program Trains Young Professionals for the Nuclear Industry

Summer Program Trains Young Professionals for the Nuclear Industry | Featured Story

7/18/2019
Reactor system fundamentals and technology and advanced reactor designs were just some of the topics discussed at this year’s Intercontinental Nuclear Institute (INI), an annual summer fellowship program organized by UMass Lowell and the Czech Technical University in Prague.
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Julie Chen Receives Honorary Degree from Queen's University Belfast

Julie Chen Receives Honorary Degree from Queen's University Belfast | Featured Story

7/18/2019
Julie Chen was presented with the Doctor of Science for distinction in engineering from Northern Ireland’s Queen’s University Belfast on June 29.
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Fish Research Seeks to Understand How the Immune System Can Be Manipulated

Fish Research Seeks to Understand How the Immune System Can Be Manipulated | Featured Story

7/16/2019
A team of UMass Lowell researchers, led by Asst. Prof. Natalie Steinel of the Department of Biological Sciences, are studying fish with tapeworm parasites with the goal of improving our knowledge of the human immune system.
Press Release
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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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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Biotech East Explores Intersection of Science and Business

Biotech East Explores Intersection of Science and Business | Featured Story

6/21/2019
The Manning School of Business and the Jack M. Wilson Center for Entrepreneurship hosted the first-ever Biotech East, a weeklong course for Ph.D. students and postdocs in health, science and medical programs interested in discovering the commercial side of science.
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Researchers Use Eggshell Particles to Grow Bone Tissue in the Lab

Researchers Use Eggshell Particles to Grow Bone Tissue in the Lab | Featured Story

6/19/2019
A team of UMass Lowell researchers led by Chemical Engineering Asst. Prof. Gulden Camci-Unal has developed an innovative way of using powdered eggshells for engineering bone tissue that could lead to improved results for bone repair and healing.
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Research Seeks to Improve Sleep Patterns of Night Shift Workers

Research Seeks to Improve Sleep Patterns of Night Shift Workers | Featured Story

5/29/2019
Sleep disruption can lead to depression, cardiovascular disease and accidents on the job or at home. To combat these issues, Asst. Prof. Yuan Zhang of the Solomont School of Nursing is partnering on a $1.7 million four-year National Institute of Aging grant to study strategies that help older night shift workers sleep soundly.
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Researchers Produce Renewable Engine Fuel from Wet Biowaste

Researchers Produce Renewable Engine Fuel from Wet Biowaste | Featured Story

5/24/2019
A team of researchers from UMass Lowell, the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and China Agricultural University in Beijing has developed a new, sustainable way of converting wet biological waste into diesel-compatible fuel, using heat and water.

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