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M2D2 $200K Challenge Names Pitch Contest Winners

M2D2 $200K Challenge Names Pitch Contest Winners | Press Release

4/9/2021
A biotech startup that aims to transform how intravenous medications are administered to patients is the top winner in the 2021 Massachusetts Medical Device Development Center (M2D2) $200K Challenge.
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Physics Professor Wins $1M in Funding for Quantum Information Processing Research

Physics Professor Wins $1M in Funding for Quantum Information Processing Research | Press Release

4/6/2021
UMass Lowell researcher Archana Kamal has won two early career development awards totaling more than $1 million from the U.S. Air Force and the National Science Foundation (NSF) for her research in the emerging field of quantum information processing (QIP) with open quantum systems.
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Expert: Women Returning to Work Face Short-Term, Long-Term Challenges

Expert: Women Returning to Work Face Short-Term, Long-Term Challenges | Press Release

4/6/2021
As more school districts are reopening to in-person instruction for students, there are more women who were sidelined by the coronavirus pandemic looking to return to their careers. But the path back to the workforce may not be an easy one, according to Beth Humberd, associate professor of management in UMass Lowell’s Manning School of Business.
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UMass Lowell Professor Creates Mentoring Network for Asian American Teachers

UMass Lowell Professor Creates Mentoring Network for Asian American Teachers | Press Release

4/5/2021
UMass Lowell's Phitsamay Uy has started a mentoring network for Asian American and Pacific Islander teachers and education students.
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UMass Lowell to Award More Than $1M in Summer Scholarships

UMass Lowell to Award More Than $1M in Summer Scholarships | Press Release

4/1/2021
In an effort to help offset the financial hardships that many are experiencing, UMass Lowell is allocating more than $1 million for scholarships for currently enrolled UMass Lowell undergraduate students or for new students accepted into an undergraduate degree or certificate program for the summer 2021 semester.

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Tips to Work From Home Productively

Video by Alfonso Velasquez

Asst. Prof. Elana Feldman shares productivity tips for those who find themselves working at home during COVID-19 pandemic.

Featured Stories

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Greeley Scholar Fania Davis: From Dynamite Hill to Restorative Justice

Greeley Scholar Fania Davis: From Dynamite Hill to Restorative Justice | Featured Story

4/9/2021
As UMass Lowell’s 2021 Greeley Scholar for Peace Studies, Fania Davis, spoke via Zoom of American history through the lenses of race, justice inequities and how we begin healing. Davis is the one of the foremost voices on restorative justice.
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‘It’s Kind of Like You’re Saving the World’

‘It’s Kind of Like You’re Saving the World’ | Featured Story

4/8/2021
Several recent UML alumni are doing their part to bring the COVID-19 pandemic to an end through their vaccine production work at pharmaceutical companies Moderna and Pfizer.
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Public Health Professor Studies Aging, Health Inequities

Public Health Professor Studies Aging, Health Inequities | Featured Story

4/8/2021
Public Health Prof. Wenjun Li researches people’s access to resources that support healthy aging, with a focus on how social and environmental factors such as income, race and residential neighborhoods contribute to inequities in health and well-being. He’s also collaborating on research projects involving veterans.

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Business strategy, Associate professor of strategic management

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Director, Center for Public Opinion

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Film and video production expert

Wael Kamal is an authority on digital media and journalism and founding director of UMass Lowell’s Digital Media Program.