In a new research paper for the Brookings Institution, Assoc. Profs. of Management Elizabeth J. Altman and Beth Humberd examine the potential for artificial intelligence, autonomous vehicles and other emerging technologies to alleviate the unequal burden of household work done by men and women.

A new program aims to support transfer students so they can hit the ground running during their first semester at UML. The Transfer Alliance Program employs peer allies who are also transfer students.

Ten Manning School of Business students traveled to Panama this summer to provide consulting services to small business owners in a rural community. The weeklong trip, funded by the Manning School, was run by Global Brigades, a nonprofit health and sustainable development organization.

When photos of her homemade cookies blew up on Instagram, Manning School of Business alumna Maude Gagnon ’19 quit her day job and started her own company, Southie Cookie.

Three co-op students from the Rist DifferenceMaker Institute attended the 12th annual Deshpande Symposium on Innovation & Entrepreneurship in Higher Education in Scottsdale, Arizona, where they learned how to make the program more inviting to all UML students.

Manning School of Business alumni Eric Howe ’14, ’17 and Matthew Pehl ’14, ’15, who met at UML orientation in 2010, have launched PierAhead, a software-as-a-service company that helps businesses maximize their advertising budgets on Amazon.

The sixth annual UMass Lowell Women’s Leadership Conference featured keynotes from Brig. Gen. Ginger Gaglio of the Massachusetts Air National Guard and Pam Kuong, senior vice president and market director at Santander Bank.

Less than a year after opening their Italian food truck Paisani in Boston, alumni Matt Minichiello ’21 and Ryan Palmer ’20 are competing on the new season of Food Network’s “The Great Food Truck Race.”

Bertie Greer, an expert in global supply chain management, will join UMass Lowell on Nov. 1 as its next Rist Family Dean of the Manning School of Business.

Three UML faculty members — Sheree Pagsuyoin, M. Berk Talay and Spencer Ross — have received Fulbright U.S. Scholar Awards for the 2023-24 academic year and will be conducting research in Europe, Asia and South America.

Sixty-seven students — the most ever — traveled to UMass Lowell from Japan to receive their MBA degrees, which they earned online through the university’s partnership with Tokyo-based Abitus.

For the first time since 2018, the River Hawk Racing team is competing in the Formula SAE competition at Michigan International Speedway, where it will put its race car to the test against more than 100 schools from across North America.

The Manning School of Business Advisory Board has created the $100,000 Sandra B. Richtermeyer Endowed Experiential Learning Fund to support students’ career-connected pursuits.

The Manning School of Business chapter of the Beta Gamma Sigma international business honor society inducted a record 167 students at a recent ceremony at the UMass Lowell Inn and Conference Center.

Dozens of Manning School of Business students received career advice from Chancellor Julie Chen and entrepreneur Joy Tong ’14 (H) during a recent panel discussion hosted by the group Joy Tong Women in Business.

After watching her dad Atta receive his MBA from the Manning School of Business, Khadija Mir will walk across the same Tsongas Center stage a day later to receive her bachelor’s degree in business administration.

Manning School of Business students, faculty and alumni helped more than 50 local high school students learn about the accounting profession during a recent conference at UML sponsored by the Massachusetts Society of CPAs.

The River Hawk Scholars Academy is expanding its programs for first-generation college students, including adding a study abroad course and a conference organized by students, thanks to federal aid and grants from nonprofits.

Members of four fraternity houses near North Campus rescued several people from a 2:30 a.m. house fire, gave them warm clothing and provided information to fire investigators and police. And the whole Greek system is working to aid the displaced families.

Students in “Experiencing Philanthropy,” an honors seminar that explores how nonprofit organizations and community foundations operate, awarded a $10,000 grant to Teen BLOCK, a youth development program run by the Lowell Community Health Center.