News

2/21/2020
Cash Forward, a project that proposes cash-back incentives from credit cards to be put into customers’ investment accounts, won the seventh annual Rist DifferenceMaker Innovation Contest, sponsored by Digital Federal Credit Union and the Manning School of Business.

2/19/2020
Students learned how to confidently navigate a business meal and make a great first impression at Career Services’ annual “Dine, Dress and Network Like a Pro” event.

2/19/2020
The new coronavirus does not cause severe illness in most infected people, and drastic quarantines may be making the epidemic worse by draining resources that could be used for more effective measures, says Asst. Prof. of Philosophy Nicholas Evans, a bioethicist who studies responses to infectious diseases.

2/13/2020
Three of the Whitcomb quadruplets chose UMass Lowell, each for their own reasons. But they’re happy to be here together.

2/7/2020
Faculty can save time grading – and provide faster and more detailed feedback to students – with Gradescope, an online tool now available campuswide.

2/20/2020
This month the City of Lowell and the university announced the Green Community Partnership — an alliance committed to driving down the carbon footprint of the Mill City.

2/18/2020
The Center for Advancing Point of Care Technologies, or CAPCaT, a joint operation between UMass Lowell and UMass Medical, is seeking more entrepreneurs to develop new technologies and medical devices designed to help patients with these conditions manage their well-being.

2/2/2020
UMass Lowell Research Scientist Christopher Mendillo recounted the successes and challenges of the Lowell Center for Space Science and Technology’s work on PICTURE-C – which will be used to image planets – at the American Astronomical Society’s recent meeting.

1/24/2020
Research by Iman Chahine, associate professor of education, in South Africa through a Fulbright Scholar Award is featured.

1/10/2020
Under layers and layers of beige paint, UMass Lowell’s Coburn Hall hid a colorful mural of 1930s Lowell for more than three decades.