Three students attended COP29 in Azerbaijan, thanks to funding from the Rist Institute for Sustainability and Energy.

Ethics Fest, hosted by the Donahue Center for Business Ethics & Social Responsibility, invited nearly 300 students to explore a range of ethical dilemmas through interactive stations, discussions and real-life scenarios.

Spotify Wrapped and similar year-end recaps transform personal data into shareable highlights, fostering connection, brand loyalty and a sense of identity in an increasingly digital world, according to faculty experts

More than a dozen UMass Lowell students attended the annual IDEA Con innovation conference at Boston University, where senior liberal arts major Sandi DeRuntz spoke about her ZipperBuddy venture.

Zach Donah, president and CEO of the Massachusetts Society of CPAs, spoke with nearly 100 Manning School of Business students about the evolving accounting profession, including the growing role of artificial intelligence. He also recognized six recent MassCPA scholarship winners.

Business alum Jeurys Santiago ’23 and computer science alum Nuno Mestre ’24 were named to the Boston Business Journal’s annual BostInno 25 Under 25 list, thanks in part to their winning DifferenceMaker projects at UML.

UMass Lowell's research symposium, “Friend or Foe: Transforming Social Media & AI for a Healthy Future,” brought together interdisciplinary experts and students to explore the complex relationship between technology, artificial intelligence and mental health.

Ten Manning School of Business students provided consulting and financial literacy support to Indigenous communities in Panama on a service-learning trip this summer.

To improve the fairness and efficiency of elections, a multidisciplinary team at UMass Lowell is developing a mathematical model to optimize poll worker assignment and voting machine allocation to reduce voting wait times, particularly in minority-dominated areas.

Now in its 10th year, the Manning School of Business’ Global Entrepreneurship Exchange (GE2) virtual summer workshop drew 270 students from 10 countries, culminating in a 27-team venture pitch competition.

As a Fulbright Scholar in Colombia, Assoc. Prof. of Marketing Spencer Ross spent four months in South America investigating inequities in the specialty coffee value system.

Be it in the classroom or on his LinkedIn videos, Manning School of Business adjunct faculty member Kevin Willett teaches students about the power of networking, entrepreneurship and perseverance.

Business alum Sean Harrington ’97, an All-American wrestler at UMass Lowell, has started Wolf Tree Wood, which sells one-of-a-kind wood slabs that can be used for custom furniture.

With more Americans choosing where to live and work based on politics, Management Prof. Kimberly Merriman examines how companies can attract and retain talent and navigate political tensions in the workplace in a recent MIT Sloan Management Review article.

Manning School of Business Assoc. Dean Amit Deokar shared his AI expertise with nearly 80 local business leaders during his recent talk, “Leveraging Generative AI: Opportunities and Challenges in the New Era of Work.” It was the inaugural event of a new Business Leaders Roundtable series hosted by UMass Lowell, Enterprise Bank and the Middlesex 3 Coalition.

The inaugural Lowell High Idea Challenge, a business pitch competition held in collaboration with UMass Lowell’s Rist DifferenceMaker Institute and Project LEARN, provided high school students with hands-on entrepreneurial experience and mentorship from faculty and local business leaders.

The Manning School of Business recognized more than 150 master’s and Ph.D. students at its recent graduating hooding ceremony at University Crossing.

Seniors Jake Hogan and Nick Israelson are embracing all the Commencement festivities that they missed out on four years ago when they graduated together from Saugus High School.

Amidst the uncertainty and isolation of the COVID-19 pandemic, eight first-year business and engineering majors developed a strong bond in the fall of 2020 at UML that carried them through to Commencement and beyond.

Joy Tong Women in Business members presented Girls Inc. of Greater Lowell with a $2,000 fundraising donation during a dinner celebrating the student organization’s seven years in the Manning School of Business.