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UML, Girls Inc. STEM Tide on Science Gender Gap

UML, Girls Inc. STEM Tide on Science Gender Gap | In The News

5/18/2018
Lowell Sun

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.
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‘Invitation to Innovation’ Celebrates Student Ingenuity, Imagination

‘Invitation to Innovation’ Celebrates Student Ingenuity, Imagination | Featured Story

5/11/2018
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.
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Giving Thanks by Giving Back

UMass Lowell Students Give Thanks by Giving Back | Featured Story

11/21/2017
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.
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Students Teach Healthy Eating

Students Teach Healthy Eating | Featured Story

7/31/2017
Students studying dietetics gain valuable work experience during their summer community internships.
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Students Showcase Research and Service-Learning Projects

Students Showcase Research and Service-Learning Projects | Featured Story

5/1/2017
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.
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Faculty, Students Bring Astronomy Roadshow to Haiti Schoolchildren

Faculty, Students Bring Astronomy Roadshow to Haiti Schoolchildren | Featured Story

3/24/2017
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.
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Students Find Collaborative Care is the Best Care

Students Find Collaborative Care is the Best Care | Featured Story

1/4/2017
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.
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Engineering Students Talk Science with Lowell Schoolchildren

Engineering Students Talk Science with Lowell Schoolchildren | Featured Story

12/16/2016
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.
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Julie Nash is Building on a Culture of Student Success

Julie Nash is Building on a Culture of Student Success | Featured Story

12/9/2016
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.
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Students Help Boy’s Hoop Dream Come True

Students Help Boy’s Hoop Dream Come True | Featured Story

11/10/2016
Students from the eNABLE Lowell group fitted 8-year-old Liam Haggerty with a custom-made artificial hand at the South Campus basketball court.
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Manning Students Help South Carolina Flood Victims

Manning Students Help South Carolina Flood Victims | Featured Story

8/31/2016
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.
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Service-learning Internships Lead to Jobs with Purpose

Service-learning Internships Lead to Jobs with Purpose | Featured Story

6/13/2016
Service-learning internships give FAHSS students hands-on experience that leads to paying jobs.
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Peace and Conflict Graduate Networks Job with Startup

Peace and Conflict Graduate Networks Job with Startup | Featured Story

5/24/2016
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.
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Young People with Disabilities Master Bike Riding

Young People with Disabilities Master Bike Riding | Featured Story

5/18/2016
Exercise physiology students apply their expertise to teach children, teenagers and young adults with disabilities how to ride a bike.
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Writing Students Visit Lowell High to Learn and Inspire

Writing Students Visit Lowell High to Learn and Inspire | Featured Story

5/3/2016
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.
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Lights, Camera, Climate Change!

Lights, Camera, Climate Change! | Featured Story

5/2/2016
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.
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Center for Community Research and Engagement Helps Local Agencies

Center for Community Research and Engagement Helps Local Agencies | Featured Story

4/22/2016
The Center for Community Research and Engagement helps local agencies, links faculty research with community needs and provides graduate students with research experience.
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College of Health Sciences Rallies for Hockey, Health and Fun

College of Health Sciences Rallies for Hockey, Health and Fun | Featured Story

2/25/2016
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.
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Students Write Grants for Community Agencies

Students Write Grants for Community Agencies | Featured Story

2/10/2016
Undergraduates are writing grants for community nonprofits and gaining valuable professional experience in a new service-learning class offered by the English Department.
In The News
Helping Lift a Community

Helping Lift a Community | In The News

12/27/2015
Lowell Sun

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.
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Students Become Teachers for Lowell Kids

Students Become Teachers for Lowell Kids | Featured Story

11/24/2015
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.
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Service Learning Program Gives Students Insight into Disabilities

Service Learning Program Gives Students Insight into Disabilities | Featured Story

10/19/2015
Assoc. Prof. Bridget Marshall’s Disability in Literature class takes students downtown to meet the people who live with blindness every day.
Newsletter
UMass Lowell Named to President’s Higher Ed Honor Roll

UMass Lowell Named to President’s Higher Education Honor Roll | Newsletter

12/19/2014
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.
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Service-Learning Leads to Self-Discovery

Service-Learning Leads to Self-Discovery | Featured Story

8/13/2014
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.
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Business Students Weave Marketing Plans

Business Students Weave Marketing Plans | Featured Story

6/4/2013
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.
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PT Students Discover the Power of Service Learning

PT Students Discover the Power of Service Learning | Featured Story

5/28/2013
Physical Therapy students worked on community projects that assessed local health needs, improved infant motor development and prevented injuries.
Press Release
UMass Lowell Earns Place on National Honor Roll for Community Service

UMass Lowell Earns Place on National Honor Roll for Community Service | Press Release

3/27/2013
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.
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'Involve Me and I Learn'

'Involve Me and I Learn' | Featured Story

10/15/2012
Internship programs, co-ops and service learning projects have expanded, giving students more opportunities to be ready for work once they graduate.
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Volunteering Time, Gaining Recognition

Volunteering Time, Gaining Recognition | Featured Story

5/4/2012
UMass Lowell wins national and local awards for community service.
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Service Learning Projects Targets Back Pain

Teaching Medical Students the Power of Physical Therapy | Featured Story

2/20/2012
Six graduate physical therapy students showed future medical doctors physical therapy techniques used to treat debilitating back pain.

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