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      Mothers Worry About Milk Supply, A Researcher Looks for Answers

      Professor Shannon Kelleher of the Department of Biomedical and Nutritional Sciences is working to uncover the biological reasons that affect milk supply to help mothers breastfeed.
      5/11/2026 Monday, May 11, 2026 Featured Story
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      Student Researchers Refine Communication Skills Through Three Minute Thesis Competition

      Three Minute Thesis is an international program designed to help graduate students explain their research in a succinct and compelling way to general audiences.
      5/8/2026 Friday, May 8, 2026 Featured Story
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      Two Students Win National Goldwater Scholarships to Support Their STEM Research

      Kennedy College of Sciences juniors Branae Craveiro and Sam Morgan have won prestigious Goldwater Scholarships.
      5/6/2026 Wednesday, May 6, 2026 Featured Story
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      Criminal Justice Professor Studies Prosecutors’ Decision-Making

      Assistant Professor Rebecca Dunlea of the School of Criminology and Justice Studies partners with prosecutors around the country on research projects. Two recently published studies looked at case outcomes that are alternatives to plea deals.
      4/30/2026 Thursday, April 30, 2026 Featured Story
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      UMass Lowell-Led Techhub Convenes Leaders to Address Massachusetts’ Housing Crisis

      Leaders from state and local government, housing development and manufacturing, higher education and community organizations gathered to discuss solutions to Massachusetts’ housing crisis at the BuildSmart Housing Innovation TechHub Summit.
      4/30/2026 Thursday, April 30, 2026 Press Release
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      A Big STEP Forward in Student Success

      The growing STEM Training and Excellence Program (STEP) is expanding access to academic support and research opportunities, helping students build confidence, gain hands-on experience and prepare for future careers.
      4/29/2026 Wednesday, April 29, 2026 Featured Story
    • Postdoc Xintong Yan works on an AI identification tool for mapping sidewalks

      Civil Engineering Professor Helps State Improve Traffic Safety

      Civil Engineering Professor Yuanchang Xie has a two-year state grant to improve traffic safety and planning by generating better data on intersections and sidewalks. He is also using AI to predict the traffic impacts of new developments.
      4/24/2026 Friday, April 24, 2026 Featured Story
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      New UMass Lowell Center for AI Computing Research Unites Disciplines to Advance AI Solutions

      The new Center for AI Computing Research accelerates innovation, strengthens industry partnerships and prepares students for careers in AI.
      4/23/2026 Thursday, April 23, 2026 Press Release
    • A student uses a machine to test the performance of baseballs.

      UMass Lowell Launches Center for Sports Engineering and Performance

      UMass Lowell is expanding its leadership in sports research with the launch of the Center for Sports Engineering and Performance, bringing together interdisciplinary researchers, sporting goods manufacturers and sports leagues to enhance equipment design and athlete performance.
      4/15/2026 Wednesday, April 15, 2026 Press Release
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      ‘KCS Science Masters’ Expands Summer Research Opportunities

      The new KCS Science Masters program provides graduate students with funded summer research opportunities that help them build experience, continue their work between degrees and advance toward careers in science.
      4/15/2026 Wednesday, April 15, 2026 Featured Story
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      Research into Math Theory Turns Up Unexpected Results for Assistant Professor

      Assistant Professor Daniel Glasscock got a National Science Foundation grant to study Ramsey theory, a branch of mathematics focused on the persistence of patterns. The most surprising results for Glasscock were not in discovering new mathematical principles, but in learning how undergraduate students could be true collaborators in theoretical mathematical research.
      4/14/2026 Tuesday, April 14, 2026 Featured Story
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      Two Good: Biomedical Engineering Professors Named AIMBE Fellows

      Biomedical engineering professors Lara Thompson ’03 and Yanfen Li have been inducted into the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering College of Fellows, a distinction recognizing the top 2% of engineers in the field.
      4/13/2026 Monday, April 13, 2026 Featured Story
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      Biology Researchers Awarded State Grant to Study Oyster Reefs

      Assistant Professors of Biological Sciences Matthew Sasaki and Sarah Gignoux-Wolfsohn are using a state grant to study how oyster reefs in Plum Island Sound support marine biodiversity while expanding student research and community outreach.
      4/8/2026 Wednesday, April 8, 2026 Featured Story
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      For Employees in Chronic Pain, Workplace Norms Can Make It Worse

      A new study co-authored by Associate Professor of Management Elana Feldman finds that workplace expectations around an “ideal worker body” can push employees with chronic pain into a harmful cycle of overexertion, leading to lost talent and highlighting the need for more flexible, individualized approaches to work.
      4/1/2026 Wednesday, April 1, 2026 Featured Story
    • Huzefa Kagdi uses a virtual reality headset as Alessandro Sabato looks on.

      UMass Lowell, Florida Gulf Coast Team Up on Meaningful Research Projects

      Researchers from UMass Lowell and Florida Gulf Coast University received nearly $100,000 in seed funding across five collaborative research projects.
      3/25/2026 Wednesday, March 25, 2026 Featured Story
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      Study Looks at How Substance Use Risk Factors Differ Among Asian American Communities

      Research Assistant Angela Consentino ’17 of the Center for Population Health at UMass Lowell is partnering with the Greater Lowell Health Alliance and the Cambodian Mutual Assistance Association to better understand how cultural background, migration history, age and socioeconomic factors shape substance use attitudes, beliefs and behaviors.
      3/16/2026 Monday, March 16, 2026 Featured Story
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      Computer Scientist Develops Novel Framework to Secure Sensitive Data

      Miner School Assistant Professor Anitha Gollamudi and her lab group are developing a framework that automatically places sensitive data into highly secure areas of computer systems.
      2/27/2026 Friday, February 27, 2026 Featured Story
    • Mahsa Ghandi stands near a test geothermal borehole in a South Campus parking lot

      Engineering Professor Studies Geothermal Energy Networks

      Jasmina Burek, assistant professor of mechanical and industrial engineering, is studying geothermal energy networks that can heat and cool a mix of residential, commercial and public buildings. It’s part of a statewide collaboration.
      2/5/2026 Thursday, February 5, 2026 Featured Story
    • A woman with dark hair poses for a photo next to an orange wall with a glass office sign on it.

      Researchers Use Veterans’ Health Records for Early Detection of Alzheimer’s Disease

      A research team led by Professor Hong Yu of the Miner School of Computer and Information Sciences has analyzed clinical notes in veterans’ health records to identify early risk for Alzheimer’s disease.
      2/3/2026 Tuesday, February 3, 2026 Featured Story
    • Physical Therapy and engineering students with Erika Lewis

      Engineering and Physical Therapy Students Collaborate on Augmented Reality for Hand Rehabilitation

      A team of engineering and physical therapy faculty and students is collaborating to on research to evaluate the accuracy of how augmented reality technology tracks joint motion and hand gestures.
      1/28/2026 Wednesday, January 28, 2026 Featured Story
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