When humans and artificial intelligence disagree on the best strategy to pursue in a high-stakes situation, can working through their differences lead to better decisions? A group of UMass Lowell faculty has won a $971,874 Army grant to explore human-AI misalignment.

As principal owner of the revived Lowell Spinners of the Futures Collegiate Baseball League, UMass Lowell alum Marc Deschenes ’97 creates new opportunities for players, students and families.

As youth-led “Cockroach Janta Party” protests spread across India this summer, two professors in the School of Criminology and Justice Studies have been awarded a pair of university seed grants to study Gen Z protests in Kenya, India and other countries.

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.