News

7/18/2019
Reactor system fundamentals and technology and advanced reactor designs were just some of the topics discussed at this year’s Intercontinental Nuclear Institute (INI), an annual summer fellowship program organized by UMass Lowell and the Czech Technical University in Prague.

7/18/2019
Julie Chen was presented with the Doctor of Science for distinction in engineering from Northern Ireland’s Queen’s University Belfast on June 29. 

7/16/2019
A team of UMass Lowell researchers, led by Asst. Prof. Natalie Steinel of the Department of Biological Sciences, are studying fish with tapeworm parasites with the goal of improving our knowledge of the human immune system.

7/16/2019
Jim Nehring, an associate professor of education, won the Manning Prize for Teaching Excellence at UMass Lowell this year. Nehring is a strong advocate for public education that couples academic rigor with inquiry-based, student-centered learning.

6/28/2019
To help understand how killer electrons are generated and, consequently, how they can be mitigated, the Air Force Research Laboratory has awarded a three-year contract to a team of UMass Lowell researchers led by Physics Prof. Paul Song to support the Air Force’s DSX mission to the Earth’s radiation belts.

7/9/2019
An athletic training method shown to reduce head injuries in high school football will be rolled out in Hawaii next week through an $800,000 grant to the UMass Lowell researcher who designed the system.

6/30/2019
This school year, Lowell schoolchildren will delve into Southeast Asian culture with an illustrated, multilingual book translated by UMass Lowell professors and other community members.

6/13/2019
Column written by Elissa Magnan and Erica Steckler, UMass Lowell Manning School of Business faculty members and co-directors of the Richard and Nancy Donahue Center for Business Ethics and Social Responsibility.

6/6/2019
Mary Humble, of Andover, is 76. Rooting her on at UMass Lowell's Commencement, after having studied alongside her, were her daughter, Deirdre Hutchison, 50, and her granddaughter, Georgina Hutchison, 20, also both of Andover and also both students at UMass Lowell the past year.

6/4/2019
Recent UMass Lowell graduate Neil Oliveria, 65, of Lowell, got a degree in history and is working on his master's so he can teach.