Story and Source Ideas for Journalists
08/26/2019
Contact: Nancy Cicco: 978-934-4944, Nancy_Cicco@uml.edu and Christine Gillette: 978-934-2209, Christine_Gillette@uml.edu
Sources of the week
UMass Lowell faculty experts are available to discuss:
- Strategies to avoid head injuries in youth football as young athletes return to the field for the season;
- How parents with children leaving for college can navigate their new life as “empty-nesters.”
Contact UMass Lowell media relations if you need an expert source on any subject.
They’re Baaack: Sheep Return to ‘EweMass Lowell’ to ‘Mow’ Grass
When and where: Monday, Aug. 26. UMass Lowell North Campus.
What: More than 45 sheep who munched grass to “mow” hard-to-reach areas across UMass Lowell’s campus last spring will be back at work. The herd, which offers a cost-effective and sustainable solution for terrain difficult to access with landscaping equipment, is from Goats to Go of Georgetown and is expected to be on the job throughout the week.
First-Generation College Students Become River Hawk Scholars
When and where: Friday, Aug. 30, 3 p.m. Olney Hall, Room 150, North Campus, 265 Riverside St., Lowell
What: More than 400 first-generation college students beginning their education at UMass Lowell will participate in a ceremony inducting them into the university’s River Hawk Scholars Academy. The program is a nationally recognized initiative that provides students who are the first in their families to attend college with a range of support services, including guidance from faculty and peer leaders, academic advising, leadership opportunities, workshops and other events designed to foster their success.
Convocation Welcomes Students New to UMass Lowell
When and where: Tuesday, Sept. 3, 10 a.m. Tsongas Center at UMass Lowell, 300 Martin Luther King Jr. Way, Lowell
What: Emmy Award-winning producer and director Pierce Freelon – an entrepreneur, jazz musician and former mayoral candidate of Durham, N.C. – will address more than 3,000 new first-year students and transfers at Convocation, which officially opens UMass Lowell’s academic year. Incoming students joining the River Hawk family will be welcomed by Chancellor Jacquie Moloney and other representatives of the university, along with student leaders from Boxford and Lexington, Mass., and Cumberland, R.I. The event will include a performance by “New Hampshire Idol” winner and UMass Lowell graduate Nicole Hayek of Salem, N.H., and a pitch contest featuring students in the university’s DifferenceMaker entrepreneurship program, which has led to the launch of several ventures and new patents.
Exhibit Explores Portuguese Influence Around the World
When and where: Opening reception, Tuesday, Sept.17, 5:30 p.m. Exhibit runs from Tuesday, Sept. 3 through Saturday, Sept. 28. O’Leary Library Learning Commons, Mezzanine, South Campus, 61 Wilder St., Lowell
What: “Portuguese Heritage Around the World: Architecture and Urbanism,” a free exhibit open to the campus community and public, will explore the influence of the Portuguese people on other cultures, particularly from the 15th to 17th centuries. Portuguese music expert Rui Vieira Nery will discuss the influence fado and other musical genres at the exhibit’s opening reception, which is also free and open to all. The exhibit is presented by the UMass Lowell Saab Center for Portuguese Studies and the UMass Lowell Libraries. The exhibit is open Monday through Saturday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sunday, 12:30 to 5 p.m. Members of the public who would like more information should email Natalia_Melo@uml.edu.