Tsongas Industrial History Center

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Field Trips

Students participate in hands-on learning activities and visit sites where history was made.

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Professional Development

The TIHC offers a variety of engaging professional development opportunities that meet the needs of history, science, and English language arts teachers.

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Summer Camps

Explore history, science, and nature at TIHC’s summer camps.

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UML Partners with High Schools to Diversify Teaching Profession

UML Partners with High Schools to Diversify Teaching Profession | Featured Story

11/22/2019
UML’s College of Education is working with the state and local school districts to recruit future teachers who represent the Merrimack Valley’s diversity. Lawrence High School students visited the campus recently to learn more about careers in education – and campus life.
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Eggshells, Interruptions and AI: Inside the Faculty Symposium

Eggshells, Interruptions and AI: Inside the Faculty Symposium | Featured Story

11/14/2019
UML faculty members were recognized for achievements in research, teaching and service at the annual Faculty Symposium, which featured 60 “lightning talks” on current research and conversations on better teaching at the UMass Lowell Inn & Conference Center.
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Researcher: Social and Emotional Learning are Key to School Success

Researcher: Social and Emotional Learning are Key to School Success | Featured Story

11/4/2019
Students who develop socially and emotionally also learn better, says researcher Juliette Berg. She shared her work and strategies for improving school climate and student attitudes at the College of Education’s annual Panasuk Symposium.
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Education Professor Wins Fulbright for Ethno-mathematics Work

Education Professor Wins Fulbright for Ethno-mathematics Work | Featured Story

10/31/2019
Assoc. Prof. of Education Iman Chahine has received a Fulbright U.S. Scholar Award to do research in ethno-mathematics. She will spend nine months in South Africa training teachers and evaluating math lessons and materials she developed, based on Zulu and Ndebele arts and culture.

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