News

9/28/2020
UMass Lowell is No. 16 on Sierra magazine’s “Cool Schools” list for 2020, the university’s highest ranking ever in a survey that assesses colleges’ performances on everything from sustainability-focused courses, carbon-neutral energy and land policies, eco-friendly dining halls and student engagement.

9/25/2020
The Graduate and Professional Studies Center opened its doors this fall on East Campus as the new home of Residence Life, Study Abroad, the International Students & Scholars Office, Navitas, Graduate Admissions, and Graduate, Online and Professional Studies.

9/22/2020
Environmental, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences Asst. Prof. James Heiss and the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution were awarded a three-year, $784,000 National Science Foundation grant to study how powerful coastal storms affect the fresh water flowing below the ground along the seashore.

9/21/2020
Several UMass Lowell alumni and students got married this summer — in spite of the coronavirus pandemic — in intimate, socially distanced ceremonies where veils and open bars were replaced by face masks and hand sanitizer.

9/17/2020
First-year Manning School of Business student Jasmine Varona is the first student to complete Haverhill High School’s NAF Academy of Finance, a certificate program developed by the Massachusetts Society of Certified Public Accountants in partnership with UML to introduce young students to the accounting profession.

7/6/2020
Polls written and conducted by UMass Lowell’s Center for Public Opinion this spring gauged the public’s views about COVID-19, the Democratic primary races in key states, and beliefs on a range of political and pop culture topics.

7/1/2020
Classes will resume on-site at the University of Massachusetts Lowell this fall.

6/9/2020
Gulden Camci-Unal, assistant professor of chemical engineering at UMass Lowell, along with biomedical engineering and biotechnology doctoral candidate Darlin Lantigua, are developing a rapid, at-home COVID-19 test.

6/7/2020
PBS NewsHour Weekend's Zachary Green caught up with formerly homeless UMass Lowell graduate Jaime Waldron before her graduation, where she earned her degree in criminal justice.

6/3/2020
Twin sisters Elizabeth and Katherine Conole, who graduated from UMass Lowell’s Solomont School of Nursing, are taking care of COVID-19 patients at Lowell General Hospital.