Three recent alumni have won grants from the Fulbright U.S. Student Program to do research and teach abroad. They are the first UMass Lowell graduates to win the prestigious awards since 1979.

UMass Lowell is the first New England university to partner with Braven, a nonprofit whose mission is to accelerate students’ careers and prepare them for strong first postcollege jobs.

A talk on ancient coins by History Assistant Professor Jane Sancinito for the American Numismatic Society inspired New York doctor David Menchell to buy a collection of ancient Roman and Greek coins for students at UMass Lowell to study.

The New England Consortium at UMass Lowell recently secured a five-year $7.3 million grant from the federal National Institute of Environmental Sciences to protect the health of frontline workers.