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    JTWIB Members Gain Vital Career Experience

    Female students in the Manning School of Business have been able to try out career paths and develop their professional goals and experiences thanks to the philanthropy of John Pulichino '67, '14 (H) and Joy Tong ’14 (H).
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    UMass Lowell and SAIC Establish Cyber Center

    UMass Lowell and Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC), a global leader in technology integration, have signed an agreement to establish a cyber center that will strengthen the resilience of the defense industrial base and expand the pipeline of skilled cyber professionals across the region.
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    UMass Lowell, Home Base Collaborate in Latest LINC Partnership

    Home Base, a national center of excellence dedicated to providing lifesaving clinical care for the invisible wounds of war, announced a partnership with UMass Lowell as its next location and a member of LINC.
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    EPA Awards $750K to TURI

    TURI received two U.S. Environmental Protection Agency grants totaling $759,250 to implement new technology and industry-based outreach to further its efforts.
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    UMass Lowell Develops Free, Culturally Responsive and Interactive Textbooks

    UMass Lowell, together with colleges and universities across the state, is developing free, online textbooks that are more culturally inclusive, interactive and career focused to better engage students, particularly those from underserved populations. 
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    Trump, Harris Close in Michigan’s Presidential Race

    With less than a week until the general election, Vice President Kamala Harris is in a tight race with former president Donald Trump in the Great Lakes State at 49% and 45%, respectively, according to the latest UMass Lowell Center for Public Opinion and YouGov poll released Thursday.
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    Trump, Harris Essentially Tied in North Carolina

    With less than a week until the general election, former President Donald Trump is about even with Vice President Kamala Harris at 47% and 45%, respectively.
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    Harris Slightly Ahead in New Hampshire

    With less than a week until the general election, Vice President Kamala Harris slightly leads former President Donald Trump in the Granite State, 50% to 43%, respectively.
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    Harris, Trump Nearly Tied in Pennsylvania

    Six days out from Election Day, the presidential race is about even in the Keystone State, according to the latest UMass Lowell Center for Public Opinion and YouGov poll.
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    UMass Lowell Announces Free Tuition Program

    Eligible Massachusetts students whose family income is $75,000 or less will pay no undergraduate tuition or fees when they enroll at UMass Lowell, Chancellor Julie Chen announced Tuesday.
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    Playwright, Director and Actor Jack Neary Donates Papers to UMass Lowell

    Writer, director and performer Jack Neary – whose plays have been staged around the world and who has appeared in films such as “Black Mass” and “The Town” – donated his professional papers to his alma mater, UMass Lowell.
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    Poll: Harris Holds Apparent Lead in New Hampshire

    Vice President Kamala Harris holds a 9-point apparent lead over former President Donald Trump in New Hampshire, according to a UMass Lowell Center for Public Opinion and YouGov poll released Thursday.
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    Poll: Trump, Harris Nearly Tied in Keystone State

    The race is close between Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump in the Pennsylvania, according to the latest UMass Lowell Center for Public Opinion and YouGov findings.
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    Workforce Training Program Launched for Vets

    Military veterans and their spouses have a longtime ally in UMass Lowell. Today, the university grows that partnership through a collaboration with Headlamp establishing a new workforce training and resource program to prepare veterans and their families for careers in the life sciences.
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    Pulitzer Prize Winning Author To Speak at UMass Lowell

    Pulitzer Prize winning writer Elizabeth Strout, whose stories conjure richly imagined characters anchored by a strong sense of place, will visit UMass Lowell as part of the university’s Writers on Campus Series.
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    Poll: Harris Slightly Leads Trump 48% to 43% in Great Lakes State

    Less than 50 days from the election, Vice President Kamala Harris is enjoying a five-point slight lead over former President Donald Trump in Michigan, according to the latest UMass Lowell Center for Public Opinion and YouGov poll.
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  • Donahue Professor for the Arts for 2024 Shelley Barish

    UMass Lowell, Partners Launch Theater Events for Youth

    Young people throughout the region will experience the wonder of live performance through a new UMass Lowell program that draws on the creative strengths of the university, Middlesex Community College and Merrimack Repertory Theatre.
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    Bioversity Joins Lowell Innovation Network Corridor

    Bioversity, a leading Massachusetts nonprofit provider of biotech workforce training, joined with UMass Lowell officials Thursday to announce a new life sciences workforce training partnership.
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    Class of 2028 Joins UMass Lowell at a ‘Dynamic Time’

    New and transfer students beginning their college careers at UMass Lowell Tuesday were encouraged to be “equally ready to be a leader or a teammate” during a Convocation ceremony at the Tsongas Center attended by the university’s executive team, faculty, alumni, staff and friends.  
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    Expert: Oasis Reunion Up Against Technology Evolution

    While Oasis fans clamor for tickets to the band’s just-announced 2025 world tour, a UMass Lowell music professor says the long-awaited reunion of famously feuding brothers Liam and Noel Gallagher may see diminishing returns in ticket sales – not through any fault of the quality of their music.
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    Traveling into Danger, Astronauts Will Study Inhospitable Space Environment

    Weather permitting, a four-person SpaceX civilian astronaut team will begin their journey to one of the most inhospitable regions of space high above Earth Tuesday. Traveling to the Earth’s radiation belts, the crew will investigate the impact of the harsh space environment on manned missions.
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    One Person’s Waste is Another’s $10M USDA Grant

    In an effort to protect the forests of Maine and find a sustainable use for excess biomass, researchers at UMass Lowell and University of Maine share a $10 million grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to transform what was once considered unusable into a form of sustainable jet fuel and a protein-based fish food.
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    Expert: Drop the Pop Persona, Kamala

    Rather than rally support for her campaign using light-hearted, pop-style social media content, Vice President Kamala Harris would benefit from approaching gendered leadership in a serious, strategic manner, according to UMass Lowell Associate Professor Rebecca Richards.
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    Expert: There is a ‘Cancer Eating at American Policing’

    The case of Sonya Massey, the 36-year-old Black woman fatally shot in her Illinois home by a law enforcement officer July 6 is the latest tragic example of why policing needs to be overhauled, according to a UMass Lowell expert available for interviews.
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    Paris 2024 Olympics: Artifice vs. Reality

    As the world prepares to gather in Paris and observe the Olympic games, France balances, often not successfully, promoting an air of celebration and putting its best foot forward, according to a UMass Lowell historian.
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    Lynn Coutts Named UMass Lowell Athletic Director

    Lynn Coutts was named the next UMass Lowell athletics director in a community event Thursday, July 11. She is the first woman to head the D1 department.
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    UMass Lowell, Mass General Brigham Collaborate

    UMass Lowell and Mass General Brigham announced a collaboration to advance cognitive and decision-making performance for members of the military, law enforcement and security during stressful, complex situations.
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    UMass Lowell 2024 Women's Leadership Conference

    Agenda items for the 2024 UMass Lowell Women's Leadership Conference includes from harnessing the power of AI to insiders’ tips on how to successfully negotiate. The daylong event will be held Thursday, June 13, at the Tsongas Center.
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    Sue Kim Named FAHSS Dean

    A fierce student advocate and accomplished scholar who is deeply engaged with the City of Lowell, English Professor Sue J. Kim has been named the next dean of UMass Lowell’s College of Fine Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences.
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  • State wildlife officials hold UMass Lowell's newest falcon chicks, from left, two males and a female. The chicks were hatched in a nest box atop the university's Fox Hall, the city's tallest building.

    Mass. Wildlife Officials Visit Falcons Hatched at UMass Lowell

    Three peregrine falcon chicks hatched in a nest box atop Fox Hall last month are healthy and thriving, according to wildlife officials. Last week they visited campus to check on the birds and fit them with ID bands that enroll them in state and federal preservation programs.
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    Poll: Biden Leads Trump among NH Voters

    Of 600 likely New Hampshire voters surveyed, Biden leads Trump 42% to 36%, with less than six months until Election Day. Eleven percent of respondents support independent candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr., while 9% are undecided and 2% say they will vote for another candidate.
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    UMass Lowell Class of 2024 Celebrates Commencement Weekend

    Forty-one states and 106 countries are represented among the more than 4,500 graduates of the Class of 2024. Among undergraduate members of the Class of 2024, nearly 800 are the first in their family to graduate from college.
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    Android Co-Founder Honored at 2024 UMass Lowell Commencement

    Android co-founder Rich Miner, a three-time UMass Lowell graduate, will receive an honorary degree during a weekend of Commencement exercises beginning Friday, May 10, and closing Saturday, May 11.
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    Expert: Politics Drives Workers' Desired Home Location

    Whether individuals are tired of what they view as “far-left” or “far-right” agendas, the politics of place is increasingly influencing where workers choose to live – a development that creates new opportunities for employers, according to a UMass Lowell talent management expert available for interviews.
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    UMass Lowell AI, Robotics Expert Named AAAS Fellow

    Renowned artificial intelligence and robotics expert Holly Yanco, who leads UMass Lowell’s Richard A. Miner School of Computer and Information Sciences, has been elected as a 2023 fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science by the organization.
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    Artworks by K-12 Students Sound the Alarm on the Changing Environment

    Kaylin Oakes, a sophomore from Tyngsborough, Massachusetts, whose art is teaching people about the climate crisis, is the top winner in the state’s division of UMass Lowell’s Cool Science Contest, in which K-12 students create illustrations that depict the science behind extreme weather, then shares the artwork on transit buses to educate the public. 
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    CPO Finds Biden, Trump Tied at 42% Support

    At 42%, President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump are tied for support in the upcoming 2024 U.S. general election, according to the latest national poll from the UMass Lowell Center for Public Opinion.
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    Massachusetts Space Week Kicks Off at UMass Lowell

    UMass Lowell kicked off Massachusetts Space Week Tuesday, April 16, with a program that united scientists, students and leaders across many industries who share a bold vision for the future of space research and exploration.
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    Gov. Healey Announces Lowell Innovative Network Corridor

    Gov. Maura Healey announced Thursday a transformative project that will bring new housing, economic development, technology jobs and workforce development to downtown Lowell. The research nonprofit, Draper Laboratory will become an anchor tenant in the Lowell Innovation Network Corridor, or LINC, a transformative public-private partnership made possible by the leadership of the UMass Lowell.
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    Expert: For Leap Day …‘Tackle Something Less Usual’

    With an extra day in the calendar this leap year, many may feel pressured to “cram in more of one’s normal work tasks,” according to UMass Lowell’s Elana Feldman, a time management expert available for interviews.
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    Expert: Ruling Embryos Children ‘Defies Common Sense and Logic’

    A recent Alabama Supreme Court ruling that stated embryos in test tubes be considered children “defies common sense and logic,” according to Associate Professor Heidi Collins Fantasia, chair of the UMass Lowell Solomont School of Nursing.
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    Online Education Programs Highlighted in National Ranking

    Fifteen of UMass Lowell’s online graduate and professional courses, notably those designed for military veterans, ranked among the top in the nation, according to 2024 findings released this month by U.S. News & World Report.
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    Poll: Trump Holds 16-Point Lead over Haley in Republican N.H. Primary Race

    Former President Donald Trump appears poised to win the New Hampshire Republican presidential primary Tuesday by a 16-point margin over former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley, according to new poll results issued by the UMass Lowell Center for Public Opinion and YouGov.