The new KCS Science Masters program provides graduate students with funded summer research opportunities that help them build experience, continue their work between degrees and advance toward careers in science.

Assistant Professor Daniel Glasscock got a National Science Foundation grant to study Ramsey theory, a branch of mathematics focused on the persistence of patterns. The most surprising results for Glasscock were not in discovering new mathematical principles, but in learning how undergraduate students could be true collaborators in theoretical mathematical research.

Computer science major Owen O’Brien created Love Letter, a WiFi-connected device that turns everyday text messages into more meaningful, tangible experiences.

Assistant Professors of Biological Sciences Matthew Sasaki and Sarah Gignoux-Wolfsohn are using a state grant to study how oyster reefs in Plum Island Sound support marine biodiversity while expanding student research and community outreach.

Researchers from UMass Lowell and Florida Gulf Coast University received nearly $100,000 in seed funding across five collaborative research projects.