AI: Friend or Foe?

Spring 2024 cover photo
The jury's still out on whether Artificial Intelligence will do more good than harm. UML experts address 11 of the most pressing questions about AI.
AI-generated artwork of students walking by building

Who Did it Better?

We assigned a story to one of the magazine’s longtime staff writers and to ChatGPT. Check out the results.
Student with long braids

Reality Check

Can you tell the difference between real student photos and machine generated ones? Take the test!
Shahjehan Khan with face painting

Kombat Pay

Video game gig makes Shahjehan Khan ’14, ’16 think twice about AI. See why.
Jeffrey Allen

Changing the Landscape

Business major Jeffrey Allen uses AI to run his lawn care startup. See how he did it.

Other News

Rendering of street view of new Lowell Innovation Network Corridor project

LINC Development to Propel Lowell into the Future

The $800 million Lowell Innovation Network Corridor (LINC) project will bring new commercial research and office space, as well as housing and more.
Women's lacrosse co-captain Caroline Klim

What's in Your Bag?

Co-captain on the women’s lacrosse team, Caroline Klim ’23, ’24 shares what she brought to this spring’s America East conference tournament.
Kevin Twitchell at his job at Brooks Automation

The Company We Keep: Brooks Automation

Brooks Automation + UML share a partnership built on shared values and common bonds.
Lorna Boucher gives a presentation.

Face of Philanthropy: Lorna Boucher

After building a successful career on Wall Street, Lorna Boucher ’86 invests in UML.

Alumni Profiles

A woman in a black sweatshirt and jeans poses for a photo in front of a mural. Image by Danny Dugan

Anna Dugan '13, Mural Artist

The next time you visit TD Garden in Boston, don’t miss the “Celebration of Belonging” mural inside the main Causeway Street entrance—painted by none other than art & design alumna Anna Dugan ’13.
Suresh Shah standing in front of a podium and speaking at an event.

Suresh Shah ’82, ’85, Inventor

Retired Delphi senior technical fellow Suresh Shah ’82, ’85 has turned his sights to solving a health issue that affects millions of people: sleep apnea.
Becky O'Hara standing in front of a collection of baseball bats.

Becky O'Hara '06, On the Ball

Becky O’Hara ’06 oversees the design of bats, balls, helmets, chest protectors and other gear for baseball and softball as director of research and development at Rawlings Sporting Goods. 
A man wearing glasses poses for a photo outdoors with a device on top of a lobster trap Image by Ed Brennen

Cormac Hondros-McCarthy '16, Roped In

Cormac Hondros-McCarthy '16 has received more than half a million dollars in grant funding from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration so far for his ropeless lobster fishing solution, LiftLabs.

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