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.

With a new sustainability coordinator, the dining halls are incorporating more local produce and hosting sustainability-related events.

UMass Lowell’s Model U.N. team won the award for best delegation at a Model U.N. conference in Scotland over spring break. The team also went to the national competition for Model Arab League a week later and brought home several delegate awards.

A $4 million state grant will pay for the university to set up broadband internet access in disadvantaged areas of Lowell, Fitchburg and Haverhill. The grant, part of a state effort to promote digital equity, is also paying UMass Lowell students to teach basic computer skills to older and low-income residents.

UMass Lowell alumni Louis Cirignano ’20, Khyteang Lim ’16, ’18 and Tatiana Tompkins ’21 are helping people save for vacations and other major purchases with their FAM Social Finance app.

The Undergraduate Women’s Investment Network, a mentorship and internship program run by the Boston-based investment management firm Loomis, Sayles & Co., helps female UMass Lowell students interested in business, finance, accounting, mathematics or economics explore career paths and build connections.

The New England Consortium at UMass Lowell partnered with the Lowell Community Health Center for the first time to provide disaster preparedness training sessions to the public.

New homes for the Honors College, Rist Institute for Sustainability and Energy and Asian American Center for Excellence and Engagement highlight a busy summer of campus improvements by Facilities Management.

Starting this fall, UML will offer a new B.S. in Quantitative Economics. The degree is highly sought after by employers. It also better prepares students for graduate school, Economics Chair Monica Galizzi says.

Students gain professional experience and expert education through UMass Lowell’s close partnership with The Washington Center for Internships and Academic Seminars.

An interdisciplinary group of faculty members from UMass Lowell’s Climate Change Initiative attended the recent United Nations global climate summit, aka COP26, in Glasgow, Scotland, where they observed progress being made — but also missed opportunities.

An interdisciplinary team of UML faculty, led by Assoc. Profs. Meg Sobkowicz-Kline and Chris Hansen, have received a nearly $3 million National Science Foundation Research Traineeship award for a new graduate student program focused on developing sustainable materials and chemicals that won’t harm water resources.

More than two dozen Manning School of Business students presented research and learned about trends in data analytics and data science fields at the sixth annual Analytics Without Borders Conference.

Recent alumni from the Honors College say their honors experiences, from research with faculty to small seminars, have had a lasting impact, preparing them for advanced graduate studies and rewarding jobs.

Thanks to a five-year, $6.6 million grant from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, The New England Consortium at UMass Lowell will expand its hazardous materials worker health and safety training under the direction of Research Prof. David Turcotte.

The Rist Institute for Sustainability and Energy has awarded its inaugural fellowships to Asst. Prof. of Economics Kelly Hellman, plastics engineering major Kerry Candlen and chemical engineering major Maria Fonseca-Guzman.

Christian Lutete ’19 ’20, recently named America East Man of the Year, is a standout basketball player who excels off the court, too. Lutete, who graduated with a bachelor’s degree in economics and a master’s in peace and conflict studies, served as a mentor to 20 DC-CAP Scholars who, like him, came through the Washington, D.C., public schools.

The Federal Reserve Bank of New York recently found that the students in the Economics Department at UMass Lowell are more racially and ethnically diverse than in 99 percent of economics programs across the country. Students liken the department to a family.

Students practice assessment, critical thinking and communication skills via videoconferencing with the help of student actors.

Manning School of Business alum Ed Keon ’77, chief investment strategist for Quantitative Management Associates, shared his insights on the coronavirus pandemic’s impact on the economy as part of Alumni and Donor Relations’ “Virtual Village” speaker series.

Research Prof. David Turcotte has won a federal grant of nearly $1 million to do more research on asthma – work that could benefit low-income seniors in Lowell.

Former UML hockey player Ludwig Marek ’98, now a managing director at the world’s largest asset manager, BlackRock, shared career advice with current River Hawk players during a visit to the Manning School of Business.

Most people addicted to opioids are working – and job conditions can either contribute to addiction or help to prevent it and encourage recovery. The university was selected as one of four sites nationwide for a pilot training program on the critical connections between work, mental health and addiction.

Economists present at the Economic Department’s symposium on the growing role of women, minorities and international scholars in Economics.

The Manning School of Business hosted its first Fulbright Visiting Scholar, Tu Tran, associate professor of finance and head of the Department of Finance and Banking at Vietnam National University.

The economics department welcomed economics faculty and students from each of the sister campuses.