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  • Reza Ahmadzadeh and Fetch

    Computer Science Professor Awarded NSF CAREER Grant for Robotics Research

    Asst. Prof. Reza Ahmadzadeh of the Miner School of Computer and Information Sciences received a prestigious NSF CAREER award to develop algorithms for robots to learn complex tasks.
    3/13/2023 Monday, March 13, 2023 Featured Story
  • Neil Shortland

    Criminology Professor Wins Grant to Study Effects of Misinformation

    Assoc. Prof. Neil Shortland and a pair of graduate students will research how exposure to misinformation online can lead people toward extreme behavior.
    2/21/2023 Tuesday, February 21, 2023 Featured Story
  • Kelsey Mangano

    The Sweet Health Benefits of Dark Chocolate

    Plant-based bioactive compounds called flavan-3-ols found in dark chocolate and other foods are known to promote health.
    2/17/2023 Friday, February 17, 2023 Featured Story
  • Ross lab gold and tin

    Chemistry Lab Group Makes Scientific Discovery

    Chemistry Asst. Prof. Michael Ross’ lab group found that nanoparticles combining post-transition and noble metals absorb higher energies of light. Their discovery is highlighted in Matter, a scientific journal published by Cell Press.
    2/7/2023 Tuesday, February 7, 2023 Featured Story
  • Public health master's student Kyle Fahey goes over a park evaluation form with UML student and faculty researchers and older residents of Lowell.

    City and UML Partner on Making Lowell ‘Age-Friendly’

    Students in health sciences are gaining research experience in Lowell, working alongside an adult advisory group and local agencies to help make the city an “age-friendly” community.
    1/25/2023 Wednesday, January 25, 2023 Featured Story
  • Reza with robots

    Professor Makes it Easier for Humans to Teach Robots New Skills

    Asst. Prof. Reza Ahmadzadeh of the Miner School of Computer and Information Sciences is making it easier for non-robotic experts to teach a robot how to do various tasks.
    1/18/2023 Wednesday, January 18, 2023 Featured Story
  • Hwai-Chen Guo lab group

    Biological Sciences Professor Analyzing Enzymes to Help Fight Diseases

    Under a National Institute of General Medical Sciences grant, Biological Sciences Prof. Hwai-Chen Guo and five undergraduates are analyzing a group of enzymes found in the human immune system that could potentially act as targets for drugs used to treat serious diseases.
    11/23/2022 Wednesday, November 23, 2022 Featured Story
  • Konow, Moore, Gage

    Researchers Awarded $2.14M NSF Grant to Study How Muscles Work

    Funded by a three-year, $2.14 million National Science Foundation grant, a research team led by Asst. Prof. Nicolai Konow will work to develop a deeper understanding of how muscles function.
    11/15/2022 Tuesday, November 15, 2022 Featured Story
  • Baby and mom in Cameroon

    Nursing Professor Leads Effort to Improve Health of Moms and Babies in Cameroon

    A new study led by Assoc. Prof. Comfort Enah is evaluating whether a system that was designed to improve maternal and newborn health in rural America decades ago can bring similar benefits to Cameroon in central Africa.
    11/11/2022 Friday, November 11, 2022 Featured Story
  • Joao with Foozieh and Fred at Logan

    Kennedy College of Sciences Welcomes Fulbright Scholars

    The Fulbright Scholars bring scientific expertise and different cultural perspectives to the Kennedy College of Sciences.
    11/10/2022 Thursday, November 10, 2022 Featured Story
  • FIE copy 3

    Computer Science Majors Present Research at Conference in Sweden

    Members of Computer Science Prof. Fred Martin’s lab traveled to Sweden to present their research projects at an international conference.
    11/2/2022 Wednesday, November 2, 2022 Featured Story
  • Michael Ross

    Chemistry Professor Exploring New Materials to Make Hydrogen Fuel

    Funded by a two-year, $363,211 Office of Naval Research grant, Chemistry Asst. Prof. Michael Ross is exploring new materials that can make the alternative fuel hydrogen in a variety of pH conditions.
    10/12/2022 Wednesday, October 12, 2022 Department News
  • Asst. Prof. Manos Gkikas and his former student, Frances Skinner

    Researchers Develop New Treatments to Fight Multidrug-Resistant Bacteria

    Chemistry Asst. Prof. Manos Gkikas and his former student, Frances Skinner ’19, developed new anti-microbial drugs to fight multidrug-resistant bacteria that can cause infections in critically ill patients.
    10/5/2022 Wednesday, October 5, 2022 Featured Story
  • Assoc. Prof. Urmitapa Dutta facilitates a digital storytelling workshop with Miya community workers on the riverine island of Majidbhita Char.

    Psychology Professor: Miya People Losing Indian Citizenship, Facing Mass Detentions

    Psychology Assoc. Prof. Urmitapa Dutta and her students do community action research together with Miya people in Northeast India who are being stripped of citizenship by the government.
    10/3/2022 Monday, October 3, 2022 Featured Story
  • Rachel Le interviews a research participant

    New Study Analyzes How Neighborhoods Impact the Likeliness of Falls

    A new study led by Prof. of Public Health Wenjun Li, with funding from a $4 million, five-year grant from the National Institute on Aging, will analyze how older people move and use the outdoor space in their communities.
    9/29/2022 Thursday, September 29, 2022 Featured Story
  • steinel with bolnick and weber

    Biological Sciences Professor’s Research Shows How Immune Responses Come with Costs

    Biological Sciences Asst. Prof. Natalie Steinel co-authored a research paper published in Science that shows how the immune response of threespine stickleback fish to tapeworms can negatively affect the fish’s fertility.
    9/22/2022 Thursday, September 22, 2022 Featured Story
  • Chris Carlsmith and Deirdre Hutchison

    Pieces of the Past: Students Dig Up History in Lowell

    At a dig site at 509 Market St. in Lowell, students from UMass Lowell, UMass Boston and Queen’s University Belfast searched for artifacts from a grocery store and dwelling that was operated by Irish immigrant Patrick Keyes in the mid-1800s.
    9/15/2022 Thursday, September 15, 2022 Featured Story
  • Dean Melikechi and his postdoc in the lab

    Sciences Dean’s Research Uses Lasers to Help Diagnose Serious Illnesses

    Noureddine Melikechi, dean of the Kennedy College of Sciences and professor in the Department of Physics and Applied Physics, is helping to advance the use of laser technology to diagnose serious illnesses, ranging from cancers and COVID-19 to Gulf War illness.
    9/9/2022 Friday, September 9, 2022 Featured Story
  • gut bacteria

    Does a Common Food Additive Harm the Gut?

    Biomedical and Nutritional Sciences Assoc. Prof. Kelsey Mangano has received a three-year $496,885 grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to examine whether high consumption of titanium dioxide is related to poor gut health.
    8/23/2022 Tuesday, August 23, 2022 Featured Story
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