News

11/19/2019
Relying on a “sound process” of careful research and patience, finance students from the Manning School of Business once again came out on top in the Student Managed Fund challenge, an annual investment competition sponsored by the UMass Foundation.

11/18/2019
UMass Lowell has opened a new center for cybersecurity education, research and workforce development called the Cyber Range that will help students prepare for careers in the high-demand field.

11/15/2019
One year after Oprah Winfrey visited campus and helped raise $3 million for student scholarships, 60 undergraduate students have received awards totaling $300,000. The university will soon launch the Oprah Scholarship Society.

11/14/2019
UML faculty members were recognized for achievements in research, teaching and service at the annual Faculty Symposium, which featured 60 “lightning talks” on current research and conversations on better teaching at the UMass Lowell Inn & Conference Center.

11/12/2019
Launched 10 years ago as a pilot program with 28 plastics engineering students, the Professional Cooperative Education program has grown to provide co-op work experiences at 566 companies to 2,665 students from 16 majors and concentrations. This year, 450 students are participating in the program.

11/9/2019
In 1890, there were fewer than 100 Greeks living in the City of Lowell, but just 35 years later, Lowell was home to the third-largest Greek population in America — trailing only New York City and Chicago, according to Wael Kamal, assistant dean of UMass Lowell’s College of Fine Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences.

11/1/2019
With public concern over cybersecurity at an all-time-high, UMass Lowell is teaching students how to prepare and counter cyber attacks with its new Cyber Range.

10/27/2019
Erin Keaney, 29, co-founder and chief operating officer of Nonspec, shared stories of growing the company at a campus event that marked Global Women’s Entrepreneurship Week.

10/22/2019
UMass Lowell has dedicated Perry Hall Plaza, a new greenspace that is the latest step in the university’s work to further enhance the the beauty and sustainability of the campus.

10/18/2019
Brian Rist, a member of the college’s class of 1977, offered the largest singular gift in UMass Lowell history and was recognized for his charity with the establishment of the Rist Institute for Sustainability and Energy.