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UML is working hard to educate students in sexual violence prevention in the classroom, on playing fields, in student clubs and through residence life. Faculty are also doing cutting-edge research in the field.

Tawakkol Karman, the first Arab woman, the first person from Yemen and the second Muslim woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize, was on campus to deliver the keynote address at the university’s 23rd annual Day Without Violence. She is UML’s 2018 Greeley Scholar for Peace Studies.

Jenna Vinson’s new book, “Embodying the Problem,” looks at how young mothers are shamed and stigmatized in teen pregnancy prevention campaigns – and how they are pushing back. The real problem, they argue, is lack of social support for moms of any age.

Assoc. Prof. of Education Judith Davidson says the best way for her graduate students to learn research methods is by practicing them. So she teamed up with faculty in the First-Year Writing Program on a project that allowed graduate students to learn how first-year students navigated the transition to college – and where they stumbled.

Zero-tolerance policies aren’t always effective, according to Meg Bond, a psychology professor and director of the Center for Women and Work at UMass Lowell.

Asst. Prof. Kacey Beddoes has won a prestigious National Science Foundation grant to investigate how gender affects the workplace experiences of new engineers.

As babies and children and when we’re sick, disabled or dying, we all need care – and most of that care is provided by women working for low or no wages. It’s time to change that, according to speakers at the Global Carework Summit.

More than 40 faculty members, including 2017 Manning Prize recipient Donald Leitch, were recognized for teaching excellence at the Faculty Symposium on Teaching, Learning, Research & Creative Works.

The university has launched Making WAVES, a campuswide effort to address barriers to professional advancement for women and minority faculty in STEM fields. A five-year, $3.5 million National Science Foundation grant is supporting the research initiative.

Students in the Emerging Scholars program work with professors on research projects, gaining valuable experience and earning money.

Christopher Allen, an assistant professor of psychology, has been awarded a prestigious grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation to further his research on sexual violence and prevention.

A team of researchers from UMass Lowell recently received a $3.5 million NSF grant to develop a program to combat "microaggressions" and other barriers that face women faculty in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) fields across higher education. 

A group of psychology, math, engineering and education professors and students, working with fiber artists, are using textiles to teach STEM concepts with the hope of reducing math anxiety in girls and young women and improving learning for all.

Asst. Prof. Urmitapa Dutta researches ethnic and gender violence in the Garo Hills of Northeast India – and involves students in everyday peace-building.

EEOC Commissioner Chai Feldblum spoke at the Women’s Leadership Conference about a new task force report on workplace harassment. Psychology Prof. Meg Bond, director of the Center for Women and Work, served on the task force and recommended preventive strategies.

The first annual Women’s Leadership Conference was a resounding success, with a sellout crowd, high-powered speakers, practical advice – and lots of laughter.

Beth K. Humberd, assistant professor of management and an associated in the Center for Women & Work, talks about the biggest issues facing working dads today.

Article co-authored by Monica Galizzi and her UMass colleagues Kim Merriman, an associate professor of management who has expertise in compensation; and Beth Humberd, an assistant professor of management who has a specialty in gender in the workplace. All are faculty associates at the Center for Women & Work, a group dedicated to advancing knowledge about the relationship between gender and work through research.

Studies conducted with psychology professor Michelle C. Haynes of UMass Lowell show women who worked collaboratively with men on designing multiyear investment portfolios were consistently seen as less competent than their male peers.

An award-winning book by assistant professor of political science Jenifer Whitten-Woodring is aiding research on the intersection between media freedom and political fragmentation and diversification.

Alumna Lorna Boucher and a panel of university leaders share their experiences at the second annual “Know Your Voice, Use Your Voice” Women’s Leadership Conference at University Crossing.

If there is a silver lining in the current Ebola crisis, it’s that workplace safety for health care workers is finally getting public attention   .

UMass Lowell offers undergraduates hands-on research opportunities. Watch one student's research experience.

Psychology professor Michelle Haynes’ research on women’s estimation of group work contributions has hit a chord with business and equality readers.

Often ignored by history, women have been leaders in the struggle for economic and social justice. Members of the Women's Caucus of Occupy Boston added their voices to a recent forum on women and economic justice.

Thanks to a three-year $750,000 grant from the ADVANCE initiative of the National Science Foundation, researchers from UMass Lowell and UMass Medical School are developing an index to measure subtle gender biases within the academic setting. 

We think we know what’s what. A woman wearing a head covering means she’s repressed, right? Islam and Feminism speaker dispels myths.

Three new social science research initiatives will provide insights on youth issues, among topics.

Smart, accomplished women say they are not feminists. What’s going on? Is feminism now a dirty word?

Lowell Women’s Week, which was built from the successful International Women’s Day event begun on campus in the early 90’s, is an annual celebration of the women and girls of Lowell.

Allison Fidler, a junior in the Plastics Engineering Department, is among 43 students nationwide who have been named by the Society of Women Engineers as this year’s Future Leaders.

UMass Lowell strengthened its reputation as a hot-spot for creative economy research in the state when all of its proposals seeking funding from the UMass President's Creative Economy Initiative were approved this spring.

The Center foe Women and Work's annual forum discussed why “women’s work” conjures up many images: Rosie the Riveter, soccer moms, League of Women Voters.

Student Jennifer Castaño received a grant from AAUW and a matching grant from the Honors Program to attend an AAUW conference in Maryland this summer.