UMass Lowell Supports Community During COVID-19 Crisis
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UML’s Greenhouse Helps Ease Food Insecurity
As food insecurity grows because of the coronavirus pandemic, the university’s Urban Agriculture Program is helping to provide fresh, healthy produce to the community through its partnership with Mill City Grows.
Improving Coronavirus Testing
As CEO and chief scientific officer of Franklin, Mass.-based MRN Diagnostics, Gregory Chiklis '92 has spent the past six weeks in a race against the clock, working on a rapid blood test for COVID-19.
Former River Hawks on the Front Lines of Combating COVID-19
From doctors to nurses to scientists, many former UML student-athletes are using skills they honed in the classroom and on the playing field to respond to the COVID-19 crisis.
3D Printing Student Club Cranks Out Hospital Supplies
Plastics engineering majors organized a small-scale COVID-19 response effort, using their 3D printing capabilities to crank out supplies for health care workers.
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Public Health Students Volunteer as Contact Tracers
Thirty students from the Zuckerberg College of Health Sciences have volunteered to work with local boards of health on contact tracing efforts to help contain the coronavirus pandemic.
CRC to Serve as Field Hospital
UML is partnering with Lowell General Hospital, the Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency and the city of Lowell to temporarily convert a portion of the Campus Rec Center into an alternative care unit that will be operated by the hospital.
Faculty Researchers Receive UML Seed Funding for COVID-19 Work
Three faculty-led research projects focused on immediate responses to the COVID-19 pandemic received more than $33,000 in seed funding from the university’s Office of Research and Innovation.
UML Donates Protective Gear
The Zuckerberg College of Health Sciences and the Kennedy College of Sciences donated face shields, masks, gowns, eyewear, gloves and more to local health and first responders on the front lines of fighting the coronavirus.
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College of Education Helps Schools and Parents
The College of Education is stepping up to help teachers in K-12 schools transition their classes online during school closures caused by COVID-19.
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Free Trainings on COVID-19 Worker Safety
The New England Consortium, a UML-based institute, is offering free trainings on keeping workers safe amid the COVID-19 pandemic, whether they’re front-line health care workers or employees in other essential industries.
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M2D2 is ‘Laser-Focused’ on Coronavirus
The Massachusetts Medical Device Development Center (M2D2) has quickly shifted its focus to connect members of the life sciences innovation community with resources and funding opportunities to advance solutions for the coronavirus pandemic, from testing and detection to, ultimately, an effective vaccine.
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Lowell Makes 3D Prints N95 Alternative Masks
A local nurse working toward her doctor of nursing practice degree at UMass Lowell put out a call online for donations of masks and Lowell Makes answered.
