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    Orbit of Excellence: Physics Professor Earns UML’s Highest Honor

    Supriya Chakrabarti, a physics professor and founding director of the Lowell Center for Space Science and Technology, is UMass Lowell’s 2024 Distinguished University Professor, the university’s highest academic honor for a faculty member. 
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    Summer Program Nurtures Future Scientists

    The Nuclear Recruitment Through Undergraduate Research (NURTURE) program provides paid experience in the field to minority community college students.
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    Researchers Develop New Method for Characterizing Gemstones

    Kennedy College of Sciences Dean Noureddine Melikechi, postdoctoral researcher Ali Safi and an international team of researchers combined laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy with machine learning to identify gemstones.
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    Get Ready for the Solar Eclipse on April 8

    Across the country, people are gearing up for the April 8 total solar eclipse, which will be visible in North America along a narrow track that stretches from Mexico through Texas and across the Midwest and New England before ending in the Canadian Maritimes.
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    Professors Look to Diversify Nuclear Science

    Funded by a U.S. Department of Energy grant, minority community college students will have an opportunity to learn about nuclear science at UMass Lowell’s Radiation Laboratory.
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  • Nick Sorabella

    Physics Grad Student Named One of NASA’s FINESST

    Ph.D. student Nicholas Sorabella was awarded a Future Investigators in NASA Earth and Space Science and Technology (FINESST) grant for his astrophysics research.
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    UML Awarded $5.5M to Establish Space Technology R&D Hub on Campus

    UMass Lowell was awarded nearly $5.5 million by the state and the Massachusetts Technology Collaborative to develop a new hub at the university that offers one-stop support system for designing, building and testing small satellites and spacecraft components.
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  • PICTURE-C team

    UML Researchers Successfully Launch Planet-Finding Telescope

    After two earlier attempts were canceled due to high winds, UMass Lowell researchers successfully launched a planet-finding telescope, called PICTURE-C, to the edge of the atmosphere from a NASA balloon facility in Fort Sumner, New Mexico.
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  • Dean Melikechi and his postdoc in the lab

    Sciences Dean’s Research Uses Lasers to Help Diagnose Serious Illnesses

    Noureddine Melikechi, dean of the Kennedy College of Sciences and professor in the Department of Physics and Applied Physics, is helping to advance the use of laser technology to diagnose serious illnesses, ranging from cancers and COVID-19 to Gulf War illness.
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  • Archana Kamal writes on a whiteboard

    Into the Quantum Realm: Harnessing the Power of Uncertainty

    Quantum physicists and computer scientists have begun to harness the power of quantum computing, which has the potential to reshape computing as we know it. Asst. Prof. of Physics Archana Kamal is leading UML’s quantum research efforts.
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  • Nishant Agarwal

    Understanding the Origins of the Universe

    With support from a $360,000 Department of Energy Grant, Asst. Profs. Nishant Agarwal and Archana Kamal are investigating the role of quantum fluctuations in the evolution of the universe.
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  • James Heiss

    Students, Faculty ‘Spring into Science’

    The Kennedy College of Sciences hosted its fourth annual “Spring into Science” showcase, featuring educational and social events to highlight the importance of the field.
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  • SPACE HAUC satellite deployed into Earth orbit

    UML-built Satellite Is Now Orbiting the Earth

    SPACE HAUC – UMass Lowell’s first satellite – was successfully released into Earth orbit from the International Space Station on Oct. 12.
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  • SPACE HAUC shown in Earth orbit

    UML Satellite Set to Blast Off into Space on Aug. 28

    If everything goes according to plan, SPACE HAUC, UMass Lowell’s first satellite, will launch into orbit aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket on Saturday, Aug. 28, from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
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  • SPACE HAUC in its stowed configuration

    UML Satellite a Step Closer to Launch

    SPACE HAUC, UMass Lowell’s first satellite, recently passed a critical test that cleared the way for its upcoming launch into Earth orbit. The satellite was designed and built by more than 100 students from the Kennedy College of Sciences and the Francis College of Engineering over the course of five years.
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  • Assoc. Clinical Prof. of Education Sumudu Lewis directs the UTeach program at UMass Lowell

    UTeach Turns STEM Majors into Sought-After Teachers

    The UTeach program, which turns science, math and engineering majors into classroom teachers, is now in its 10th year at UMass Lowell. Graduates are in great demand at local high schools, and one was named a finalist for Massachusetts STEM Teacher of the Year.
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  • Sciences Dean Noureddine Melikechi

    Sciences Dean Will Help NASA Rover Explore Mars

    Noureddine Melikechi, dean of the Kennedy College of Sciences and a professor in the Department of Physics and Applied Physics, is part of the science team for SuperCam, one of the main instruments onboard Perseverance that will be conducting experiments on the surface of Mars.
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  • UML physics major Anne Souza teaches an online lab to science teachers in Haiti

    New Honors Class Inspires Renewable Energy Research

    A new honors seminar that helps students think critically about different sources of energy is inspiring research involving renewables, including projects at UMass Lowell’s Haiti Development Studies Center.
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  • Physics majors Michele Woodland, left, and Shanice Kelly work at the new Schueller Astronomical Observatory.

    Honors Students Set Sights on the Stars

    Michele Woodland and Shanice Kelly do almost everything together: They’re both in the Honors College and they both do renewable energy research with Physics Prof. Robert Giles. They both work at the new telescope on South Campus – and they’re president and vice president of the UML Astronomy Club.
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  • UMass Lowell Education Assoc. Prof. Phitsamay Uy

    Education Faculty Prepare Teachers for Multilingual Students

    UML’s education faculty prepare future teachers for classrooms with multilingual students. The inclusive teaching methods they impart benefit all students, including those with learning disabilities.
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  • Hubble Space Telescope photo of Mars

    Sciences Dean Takes Part in NASA’s Mars 2020 Mission

    Noureddine Melikechi, dean of the Kennedy College of Sciences and a physics professor, is a member of the science team for SuperCam, one of the main instruments onboard NASA's Mars 2020 "Perseverance" rover.
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  • For those about to dance....Between learning and performing international folk dances, a portion of those in class salute one another. Via Zoom, of course.

    International Folk Dance Club Steps to Zoom

    If it's Tuesday, junior Physics major Sarah Bustin must be sending a flurry of emails and prepping for Folk Dance Club's Zoom class.
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  • Chemistry Assoc. Prof. Matthew Gage

    University Awards Seed Grants for COVID-19 Research

    With the help of seed funding from the Office of Research and Innovation, faculty researchers from the Kennedy College of Sciences and the Zuckerberg College of Health Sciences will conduct studies designed to address the COVID-19 pandemic.
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  • Mars 2020 rover

    UMass Lowell Reaches for the Stars in 2020

    From exploring the solar system and searching for habitable planets around nearby stars to zapping the Martian surface with a laser, our faculty and student researchers are working to gain a better understanding of the cosmic neighborhood in which we live.
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    UMass Lowell to Open New Observatory

    Students at UMass Lowell and the public will able to view close-up images of our solar system when a new observatory opens this fall due to a generous donation, the university said.
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    A New Astronomical Observatory Rises on South Campus

    Students will get a chance to embark on a visual tour of our solar system and beyond when a new astronomical observatory opens on South Campus this fall.
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  • DSX satellite

    SpaceX Launches UML-built Instrument to Study ‘Killer Electrons’ in Space

    To help understand how killer electrons are generated and, consequently, how they can be mitigated, the Air Force Research Laboratory has awarded a three-year contract to a team of UMass Lowell researchers led by Physics Prof. Paul Song to support the Air Force’s DSX mission to the Earth’s radiation belts.
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  • Guest speakers

    University Celebrates the Legacy of JFK and the Apollo 11 Moon Landing

    Nearly 200 high school students along with dozens of UMass Lowell students, faculty and staff and the public attended the recent “Moonshot” symposium organized by UMass Lowell and the JFK Library Foundation to commemorate this year’s 50th anniversary of NASA’s Apollo 11 lunar landing mission.
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  • Tyler Iorizzo and Assoc. Prof. Anna Yaroslavsky in the lab

    Physics Grad Student Wins Award for Skin Cancer Research

    Tyler Iorizzo has won international recognition for his contribution in developing an imaging device that could lead to improved diagnosis and treatment of certain skin cancers.