News

7/10/2020
Asst. Prof. of Philosophy Nicholas Evans has won a $209,749 grant to study the ethics of conducting research into biomedical enhancements on members of the military. The three-year grant from The Greenwall Foundation comes with an appointment as a Faculty Scholar in Bioethics.

7/9/2020
A teacher changed Assoc. Prof. Keith Mitchell’s life, setting him on the path to become a professor of American and African American literature. Now Mitchell’s passion for the classroom has been recognized with the 2020 Manning Prize for Excellence in Teaching.

7/8/2020
Between missing his students and a summer of live performance, Music Prof. John Shirley decided to round up other faculty and send a video note to their students. The message? We miss you!

7/7/2020
As the COVID-19 pandemic disrupts standardized testing and widens educational gaps between well-off and low-income students and districts, College of Education faculty say that educators have an opportunity to rethink the outsized role that test scores play in K-12 schools and college admissions.

7/6/2020
David Seybert ’20, who earned his business degree in just three years and landed a full-time job a year before graduating, is sharing what he learned at UMass Lowell in a new self-published book, “One Student to Another: 200 Tips to Ensure College Success.”

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.