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5/14/2020
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Student Researchers Shine at Annual Symposium
Student Researchers Shine at Annual Symposium
The 23rd annual Student Research and Community Engagement Symposium went online this spring. The quality of the student projects remained as high as ever, despite the change of venue.
5/14/2020
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2/3/2020
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King Celebration Recognizes Community Service
King Celebration Recognizes Community Service
This year’s winners of the university's Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Distinguished Service Awards have served the community through theater, community health research and volunteer work with homeless people and at-risk high school students.
2/3/2020
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12/4/2019
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PT Students Get Hands-on Experience Promoting Health
PT Students Get Hands-on Experience Promoting Health
Eight groups of physical therapy students partnered with local schools and senior centers to promote health and wellness.
12/4/2019
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2/20/2019
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Students Help Houston Rebuild from Hurricane Harvey
Students Help Houston Rebuild from Hurricane Harvey
Thirteen business, engineering and health science students spent a week in Houston helping Hurricane Harvey flood victims rebuild as part of the Organizational Behavior in Action directed study course led by Olga Tines, an assistant teaching professor in the Manning School of Business.
2/20/2019
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10/24/2018
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Women Engineering Students Host Repair Café for Community
Women Engineering Students Host Repair Café for Community
Students in the Society of Women Engineers hosted a Repair Café for the campus and community last month. Along the way, they learned some useful skills themselves, such as how to take apart a microwave oven, fix a lamp and hand-sew patches for denim jackets.
10/24/2018
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5/18/2018
Lowell Sun
In The News
UML, Girls Inc. STEM Tide on Science Gender Gap
UML, Girls Inc. STEM Tide on Science Gender Gap
UMass Lowell seniors Benjamin Tran, 21, and senior Katie Elwell, 22, of Tewksbury, created a wind turbine component of the renewable energy "traveling classroom" for their mechanical engineering capstone.
5/18/2018
Lowell Sun
In The News
5/11/2018
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‘Invitation to Innovation’ Celebrates Student Ingenuity, Imagination
‘Invitation to Innovation’ Celebrates Student Ingenuity, Imagination
Invitation to Innovation, which was held May 4 at the Tsongas Center, was attended by more than 2,000 schoolchildren, educators and community and corporate partners.
5/11/2018
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11/21/2017
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Giving Thanks by Giving Back
Giving Thanks by Giving Back
As we celebrate Thanksgiving, we’re grateful for all that our students do to give back to the campus, the community and the world. Here are just a few examples how they are stepping up and making a difference.
11/21/2017
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7/31/2017
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Students Teach Healthy Eating
Students Teach Healthy Eating
Students studying dietetics gain valuable work experience during their summer community internships.
7/31/2017
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5/1/2017
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Students Showcase Research and Service-Learning Projects
Students Showcase Research and Service-Learning Projects
The annual Student Research and Community Engagement Symposium showcases research and service-learning projects in the arts and humanities, as well as the sciences and social sciences.
5/1/2017
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3/24/2017
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Faculty, Students Bring Astronomy Roadshow to Haiti Schoolchildren
Faculty, Students Bring Astronomy Roadshow to Haiti Schoolchildren
A team from UMass Lowell spent spring break teaching more than a hundred schoolchildren in Haiti about astronomy, rocket science, space exploration and the lives of famous scientists, engineers and mathematicians.
3/24/2017
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1/4/2017
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Students Find Collaborative Care is the Best Care
Students Find Collaborative Care is the Best Care
A new “Interdisciplinary Experiential Learning” course gives students from five different majors — nursing, medical laboratory science, nutritional sciences, exercise physiology and public health — experience working in teams at Summit ElderCare in Lowell.
1/4/2017
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12/16/2016
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Engineering Students Talk Science with Lowell Schoolchildren
Engineering Students Talk Science with Lowell Schoolchildren
Mechanical engineering students visited Lowell middle schools and after-school programs to get kids excited about science. It was a service-learning project that was part of a required course, Materials Science for Engineers.
12/16/2016
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12/9/2016
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Julie Nash is Building on a Culture of Student Success
Julie Nash is Building on a Culture of Student Success
Julie Nash, the new vice provost for student success, is charged with building a university culture that not only helps students stay on track, but achieve at higher levels.
12/9/2016
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11/10/2016
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Students Help Boy’s Hoop Dream Come True
Students Help Boy’s Hoop Dream Come True
Students from the eNABLE Lowell group fitted 8-year-old Liam Haggerty with a custom-made artificial hand at the South Campus basketball court.
11/10/2016
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8/31/2016
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Manning Students Help South Carolina Flood Victims
Manning Students Help South Carolina Flood Victims
Three Manning School students spent a week this summer helping repair flood-damaged homes in Andrews, S.C., through lecturer Olga Tines’ Organizational Behavior in Action course.
8/31/2016
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6/13/2016
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Service-learning Internships Lead to Jobs with Purpose
Service-learning Internships Lead to Jobs with Purpose
Service-learning internships give FAHSS students hands-on experience that leads to paying jobs.
6/13/2016
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5/24/2016
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Peace and Conflict Graduate Networks Job with Startup
Peace and Conflict Graduate Networks Job with Startup
Before he graduated, Peace and Conflict Studies student Kevin Copson lined up a job with a start-up that supports Weave open-source software, created by university researchers.
5/24/2016
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5/18/2016
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Young People with Disabilities Master Bike Riding
Young People with Disabilities Master Bike Riding
Exercise physiology students apply their expertise to teach children, teenagers and young adults with disabilities how to ride a bike.
5/18/2016
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5/3/2016
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Writing Students Visit Lowell High to Learn and Inspire
Writing Students Visit Lowell High to Learn and Inspire
College Writing II students visited Lowell High to speak about college as part of a study on whether service learning leads to better academic outcomes for UMass Lowell students.
5/3/2016
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5/2/2016
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Lights, Camera, Climate Change!
Lights, Camera, Climate Change!
Students in Assoc. Prof. Juliette Rooney-Varga’s climate change course produce one-minute PSA videos on the plight of Earth, which are screened at Lowell Eco-Film Series.
5/2/2016
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4/22/2016
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Center for Community Research and Engagement Helps Local Agencies
Center for Community Research and Engagement Helps Local Agencies
The Center for Community Research and Engagement helps local agencies, links faculty research with community needs and provides graduate students with research experience.
4/22/2016
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2/25/2016
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College of Health Sciences Rallies for Hockey, Health and Fun
College of Health Sciences Rallies for Hockey, Health and Fun
College of Health Sciences students designed interactive, fun activities to educate kids about health before the College of Health Sciences Alumni Night with the River Hawks hockey game.
2/25/2016
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2/10/2016
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Students Write Grants for Community Agencies
Students Write Grants for Community Agencies
Undergraduates are writing grants for community nonprofits and gaining valuable professional experience in a new service-learning class offered by the English Department.
2/10/2016
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12/27/2015
Lowell Sun
In The News
Helping Lift a Community
Helping Lift a Community
A steady stream of clients step into the Cambodian Mutual Assistance Association on a December afternoon. In the back, UMass Lowell student Brian Hunt is beginning another day of his writing internship with the CMAA.
12/27/2015
Lowell Sun
In The News
11/24/2015
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Students Become Teachers for Lowell Kids
Students Become Teachers for Lowell Kids
English Department Lecturer Matthew Hurwitz’s students recently celebrated the culmination of a literacy improvement partnership with second- and third-grade students from the Bartlett Community Partnership School.
11/24/2015
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10/19/2015
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Service Learning Program Gives Students Insight into Disabilities
Service Learning Program Gives Students Insight into Disabilities
Assoc. Prof. Bridget Marshall’s Disability in Literature class takes students downtown to meet the people who live with blindness every day.
10/19/2015
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12/19/2014
Newsletter
UMass Lowell Named to President’s Higher Ed Honor Roll
UMass Lowell Named to President’s Higher Ed Honor Roll
The commitment to community engagement and service at the university puts it among the top institutions in the United States, according to a new national ranking.
12/19/2014
Newsletter
8/13/2014
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Service-Learning Leads to Self-Discovery
Service-Learning Leads to Self-Discovery
Honors students organized and staffed a day of fun for siblings separated by the foster system in a newly designated service-learning college writing course.
8/13/2014
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6/4/2013
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Business Students Weave Marketing Plans
Business Students Weave Marketing Plans
Students studying international business got real-world experience through a service-learning project by developing marketing plans for Burmese refugees to increase sales of hand-woven goods.
6/4/2013
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5/28/2013
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PT Students Discover the Power of Service Learning
PT Students Discover the Power of Service Learning
Physical Therapy students worked on community projects that assessed local health needs, improved infant motor development and prevented injuries.
5/28/2013
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3/27/2013
Press Release
UMass Lowell Earns Place on National Honor Roll for Community Service
UMass Lowell Earns Place on National Honor Roll for Community Service
UMass Lowell was recently named to the 2013 President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll. This designation is the highest honor a college or university can receive for its commitment to volunteering, service-learning, and civic engagement.
3/27/2013
Press Release
10/15/2012
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'Involve Me and I Learn'
'Involve Me and I Learn'
Internship programs, co-ops and service learning projects have expanded, giving students more opportunities to be ready for work once they graduate.
10/15/2012
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5/4/2012
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Volunteering Time, Gaining Recognition
Volunteering Time, Gaining Recognition
UMass Lowell wins national and local awards for community service.
5/4/2012
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2/20/2012
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Service Learning Projects Targets Back Pain
Service Learning Projects Targets Back Pain
Six graduate physical therapy students showed future medical doctors physical therapy techniques used to treat debilitating back pain.
2/20/2012
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