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| Feb 25, 2026 | Commentary: Violent aftermath of Mexico’s ‘El Mencho’ killing follows pattern of other high-profile cartel hits | MASSACHUSETTS: The death of a major cartel boss in Mexico has unleashed a violent backlash in which members of the criminal group have paralysed some cities through blockades and attacks on property and security forces.
At least 73 people h... |
| Oct 29, 2025 | Draper Laboratory Secures $25 Million For New IMPACT Center In Lowell | Draper Laboratory has secured up to $25 million in combined state and local funding to establish its Integrated Microelectronics Production & Advanced Chip Technology (IMPACT) Center in Lowell, Massachusetts. Announced by Governor Maura... |
| Apr 10, 2025 | Draper Officially Opens Its Newest Campus at UMass Lowell | Speakers at the Draper Open House at UMass Lowell, April 8, 2025, included Massachusetts Lt. Governor Kim Drisoll, UMass President Marty Meehan, and UMass Lowell Chancellor Julie Chen.
Draper celebrated the official opening of its newest of... |
| Feb 19, 2025 | Karen Read murder case: Feds involved as judge shares ‘grave’ concerns | “I am claiming that my April 2025 retrial violates my federal Double Jeopardy rights,” Read writes in the federal petition.
Read has filed the petition against Norfolk County Superior Court and the Massachusetts Attorney General.
This comes... |
| Oct 18, 2024 | National Politics | Trump, Harris remain locked in a statistical tie nationally, across key swing states | A Marist College poll showed Harris up by five points among likely voters, 52% to 47%, and a “tighter” contest among registered voters, 51% to 48%, but both of those results are within the polls’ 3.9-point margins and could just as well be ... |
| Jul 28, 2024 | Prioritising certain foods can help slow down bone loss as you age | As we age, our bodies break down more bone tissue than they build. This can increase the risk of osteoporosis, a condition defined by weak, brittle bones, which can make them more susceptible to breaks and fractures. And for older adults, t... |
| Jul 8, 2024 | Undergraduate Project Leads to Full-Time Job Offers | 07/08/2024
By Brooke Coupal
Porchhay Be ’24, an avid video gamer, has seen his fair share of cheating in the virtual realms.
“There’s a lot of bad actors hacking video games,” says Be, who grew up in Cambodia. “Since I was young, I wanted t... |
| Jul 5, 2024 | Graphene Composites USA (GC USA) Selected to Develop Next Gen US Military Footwear | Fuqiang Liu, Associate Professor at the SWIFT Program Kick-off at UMass Lowell
GC USA will participate in the HEROES research and development initiative run by UMass Lowell and DEVCOM SC.
PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND, USA, July 5, 2024 /EINPres... |
| Jul 2, 2024 | Sciences Dean and Art Professor Team Up on Children’s Book Series | 07/01/2024
By Brooke Coupal
Walking through a park, you stumble upon a lilac bush. You take in its vibrant purple color, touch its velvety petals and breathe in its fragrant scent. You hear a bee flying nearby before it drinks the flower’s ... |
| Jul 2, 2024 | Funded by $1.5M NSF Grant, Researchers Look to Advance Robot Manipulation | 07/01/2024
By Brooke Coupal
Imagine walking into an unfamiliar grocery store in search of bottled water. Upon spotting a cooler near a cash register, you open the cooler door and snag a cold bottle. While this may be a simple task for a per... |
| Jun 25, 2024 | UML’s Kotowski Lets It Fly at U.S. Olympic Trials | 06/25/2024
By Ed Brennen
In a season full of school records and personal bests, UMass Lowell javelin thrower James Kotowski ’24 saved the best throw of his life for his biggest moment.
Competing in the final round of the U.S. Olympic Team T... |
| Jun 25, 2024 | TEC Connections Academy, Commonwealth's Largest Virtual School, Celebrates More Than 370 Graduates From Across Massachusetts | TEC Connections Academy Celebrates Class of 2024
Graduation for the Class of 2024 Marks TECCA's 10th Year Serving Students Statewide
WALPOLE, Mass., June 25, 2024 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- More than 370 seniors recently graduated from TEC ... |
| Jun 20, 2024 | Aspiring STEM Teachers Immerse Themselves in British Education System | 06/20/2024
By Brooke Coupal
As 14-year-olds went over organic chemistry concepts at a secondary school in Brighton, England, STEM majors in UMass Lowell’s undergraduate teacher preparation program, UTeach, sat “gobsmacked.”
“They were just ... |
| Jun 17, 2024 | Chemists Set Sights on Self-Healing Combat Boots | 06/17/2024
By Brooke Coupal
As soldiers spend long days on their feet, an important part of their uniform can quickly wear down – their combat boots.
Chemistry Asst. Prof. James Reuther and his lab group are developing a way to keep combat ... |
| Jun 7, 2024 | Local Business Leaders Get Crash Course in AI | 06/07/2024
By Ed Brennen
Gasps of amazement — the kind you hear from an audience when a magician saws their assistant in half — filled the Coburn Hall ballroom as Manning School of Business Assoc. Dean Amit Deokar hit return on his keyboard... |
| Jun 6, 2024 | Hai and Lan Pho Helped Refugees in Lowell and at UML | 06/06/2024
By Katharine Webster
On April 15, 1975, Lan and Hai Pho and their baby boy caught the last commercial flight out of Saigon before the South Vietnamese capital fell to North Vietnamese forces. They left behind everything except a ... |
| May 31, 2024 | Cross-Pollination: Art & Design Professor’s Poster Connects Career Dots | 05/31/2024
By Ed Brennen
In the center of the poster, a golden northern bumblebee collects pollen from a wild lupine, while a white-lined sphinx moth does the same from a McIntosh apple flower. Over on the right, an Anna’s hummingbird drink... |
| May 24, 2024 | UTeach Alumni Pay It Forward | 05/23/2024
By Brooke Coupal
As an aspiring math teacher, Ariel Grill ’19 spent her undergraduate days in local classrooms, gaining practical experience under the guidance of professional teachers.
Fast-forward five years: Grill is now mento... |
| May 23, 2024 | Politics | Biden has slight edge in N.H., UML poll shows | “In a polarized America, split along partisan lines, both Biden and Trump will first try to activate their base, and, as November approaches, they will try to appeal to undecided voters. Even though undecided voters are a small portion of t... |
| May 16, 2024 | Food Forest Blossoms on South Campus | 05/16/2024
By Brooke Coupal
What was once a vacant, roughly 14,700-square-foot lot bordered by homes on South Campus is now blossoming into a vibrant food forest, thanks to the vision of mechanical engineering Ph.D. student Alana Smith ’22.... |
| May 13, 2024 | Girls Get Jumpstart on Robotics at NERVE Center | 05/10/2024
By Brooke Coupal
On the first floor of the New England Robotics Validation and Experimentation (NERVE) Center, Spot, a doglike robot developed by Boston Dynamics, climbs a set of steps. Nearby, Digit, a humanoid robot created by ... |
| May 13, 2024 | Engineering Professor Recognized with NSF CAREER Award for Renewable Energy Research | 05/13/2024
By Edwin L. Aguirre
This highly competitive annual program selects the nation’s best young university faculty-scholars “who most effectively integrate research and education within the context of the mission of their organization... |
| May 10, 2024 | Students Sharpen Research Skills at Wikipedia Edit-a-thon | 05/10/2024
By Ed Brennen
At one table at O’Leary Library, senior economics major Cameron McLaughlin was trying to find more details about Lowell Mayor Sokhary Chau’s time at Macalester College in Minnesota.
At another table, first-year biom... |
| May 3, 2024 | Twin Sisters Have Each Other to Thank for Their Mutual Success | 04/30/2024
By Edwin L. Aguirre
When Catherine Nkwantah committed to UMass Lowell, she was excited about experiencing life as a college student.
“I imagined myself being able to live in the dorms, attend campus events in person and truly exp... |
| May 3, 2024 | In Support of Student Success, UMass Lowell’s Record Days of Giving Tops $3.85M | 04/30/2024
Emily Gowdey-Backus, director of media relations; and Nancy Cicco, assistant director of media relations
UMass Lowell set a new philanthropy record during its 7th annual Days of Giving celebration raising more than $3.85 million ... |
| Apr 18, 2024 | Massachusetts Space Week Kicks Off at UMass Lowell | 04/18/2024
UMass Lowell kicked off Massachusetts Space Week Tuesday, April 16, with a program that united scientists, students and leaders across many industries who share a bold vision for the future of space research and exploration.
Pres... |
| Apr 18, 2024 | Artworks by K-12 Students Sound the Alarm on the Changing Environment | 04/18/2024
Kaylin Oakes, a sophomore from Tyngsborough, Massachusetts, whose art is teaching people about the climate crisis, is the top winner in the state’s division of UMass Lowell’s Cool Science Contest. The competition asks K-12 studen... |
| Apr 17, 2024 | Model U.N. Team Wins Top Prize in Scotland | 04/16/2024
By Katharine Webster
Hamdia Ahmed first took a Model United Nations class in sixth grade at the British curriculum school she attended in Ethiopia.
She loved it, in large part because she admired the older students’ self-confiden... |
| Apr 5, 2024 | Grant Gives Students Paid Professional Experience at Nonprofits | 04/05/2024
By Katharine Webster
When senior psychology major Kiley McNeil applied for a paid internship with Girls Inc. of Greater Lowell, she expected to do research into grants for which the nonprofit could apply.
By mid-semester, McNeil ... |
| Mar 11, 2024 | What’s Up with Pi? | 03/11/2024
By Brooke Coupal
We’re celebrating pi this Pi Day, and no, we’re not talking about a decadent lemon meringue pie or a creamy pumpkin pie, so you can leave your forks at home.
March 14 is the annual celebration of pi, a number use... |
| Mar 8, 2024 | Art Alumna Makes Quite an Entrance at TD Garden | 03/08/2024
By Ed Brennen
Anna Dugan ’13 must have read the email a dozen times.
“Is this a scam?” the art & design alumna thought. “There's no way.”
But it was legit: She had been selected as the inaugural TD Garden House Artist an... |
| Mar 4, 2024 | Do you PHIT? Why A Career in Public Health Informatics Might Be for You and How to Get the Training You Need | From the Public Health Informatics &
Technology (PHIT) Workforce Development Program
(NAPSI)—Are you looking to pursue a career in health care but don’t think direct patient is right for you? Perhaps you like analyzing trends and utiliz... |
| Mar 4, 2024 | Healey-Driscoll Administration Announces Retirement of Massachusetts Department of Correction Commissioner Carol Mici | Milford — Today, the Healey-Driscoll Administration announced the retirement of Massachusetts Department of Correction (DOC) Commissioner Carol Mici, who will conclude more than 36 years of state service at the end of the month. After servi... |
| Mar 1, 2024 | Gamers, Start Your Engines | 03/01/2024
By Brooke Coupal
After 500 grueling miles traveling at speeds approaching 200 miles per hour, NASCAR driver William Byron came out victorious at the Daytona 500 in Florida on Feb. 19.
Unlike most drivers who learn the fundamental... |
| Mar 1, 2024 | Engineering Professor Works to Mitigate Impact of Earthquakes and Other Natural Hazards | 03/01/2024
By Edwin L. Aguirre
On Feb. 6, 2023, a magnitude 7.8 earthquake, followed hours later by a second violent quake, devastated southern Turkey and northern Syria. More than 55,000 people were killed, and thousands of homes and build... |
| Feb 29, 2024 | Researchers Develop New Way to Filter Forever Chemicals from Water | 02/28/2024
By Brooke Coupal
Harmful chemicals may be lurking in our drinking water, and Chemistry Asst. Prof. James Reuther wants to filter them out.
Reuther and his research group are developing a sustainable water filtration system that c... |
| Feb 26, 2024 | Expert: For Leap Day …‘Tackle Something Less Usual’ | 02/26/2024
With an extra day in the calendar this leap year, many may feel pressured to “cram in more of one’s normal work tasks,” according to UMass Lowell’s Elana Feldman, a time management expert available for interviews.
But, she sugges... |
| Feb 22, 2024 | Expert: Ruling Embryos Children ‘Defies Common Sense and Logic’ | 02/22/2024
A board-certified women’s health nurse practitioner with more than 25 years of experience, Fantasia said the decision lacked scientific understanding and will have a lasting impact not only for families experiencing infertility b... |
| Feb 14, 2024 | Sports Engineering Minor Hits the Sweet Spot | 02/13/2024
By Katharine Webster
The newest minor in the Francis College of Engineering – sports engineering – is hitting the sweet spot with students who love sports and also aspire to be engineers.
Gabriel Merrow, a first-year student from... |
| Feb 9, 2024 | Analysis Shows that Omega-3 Fatty Acids Support Heart and Brain Health | 02/08/2024
By Karen Angelo
Omega-3 fatty acids, found in fish like salmon, tuna and mackerel, are known to reduce the risks of heart disease for everyone. However, a new analysis reveals that the benefits of omega-3 consumption on cardiovas... |
| Jan 26, 2024 | New Interdisciplinary Course Proves the Power of Invention | 01/26/2024
By Ed Brennen
Mollie Chase’s arm slipped out of its shoulder socket as she sat and listened to students presenting their final projects in a course called Adaptive Devices for Better Life.
Chase, a math major from Haverhill, Mass... |
| Jan 22, 2024 | Poll: Trump Holds 16-Point Lead over Haley in Republican N.H. Primary Race | 01/22/2024
Detailed poll results and analysis are available at www.uml.edu/polls. UMass Lowell experts are available for interviews.
Former President Donald Trump appears poised to win the New Hampshire Republican presidential primary Tuesd... |
| Jan 15, 2024 | 20 Financial Life Hacks for Budget-Conscious River Hawks | 01/15/2024
By Staff Writers
UMass Lowell students know a good deal when they see one. In fact, many of them say they chose UML because it’s a great value.
And while most college students are on tight budgets, those who are resourceful can s... |
| Jan 10, 2024 | Students Call for More Climate Action After COP28 | 01/09/2024
By Brooke Coupal
In the futuristic city of Dubai, UMass Lowell students expanded their climate change knowledge on a global scale.
Junior William Lefebvre, senior Madison Feudo, recent graduate Aya Oulal ’23 and master’s student ... |
| Oct 8, 2023 | Commentary | Guest opinion: Spencer M. Ross: Navigating the complex buzzwords behind ‘ethical’ coffee is easier said than done | By Spencer M. Ross
You’re shopping for a bag of coffee beans at the grocery store. After reading about the effects of climate change and how little farmers make — typically $0.40 per cup — you figure it might be time to change your usual be... |
| Oct 15, 2022 | T-ray technology is moving from sci-fi to mainstream | Did you miss a session from MetaBeat 2022? Head over to the on-demand library for all of our featured sessions here.
Terahertz (T-ray) technologies offer the promise to transform how we interact with the world around us, from delivering lig... |
| Oct 7, 2022 | Educating Organizations Out Of The Red Zone Of Stress | Stressors continue to invade personal and professional settings at an alarming rate. getty |
| Sep 6, 2022 | RESULTS: Massachusetts holds primary elections | Insider
Massachusetts is holding primary elections on Tuesday. Polls close at 8 p.m. ET.
The races & the stakes:
The biggest election at the top of the ticket in Massachusetts is the open race for governor as incumbent Republican Gov. C... |
| Jul 21, 2022 | Robotics and AI are going from cage to stage | A lot of promising companies come out of work by researchers at universities, or even grad students who have struck on some new innovation. But the transition from tech-focused research group to product-focused startup isn’t easy to make; f... |
| Feb 10, 2022 | Lung-health startup Respira Labs inhales $2.8M to help respiration patients breathe easier | Respira Labs, a medical technology company specializing in respiratory care, which first unveiled its product to the world last year, successfully raised $1 million in funding and an additional $1.8 million in grants to continue building it... |
| May 21, 2021 | Protein builds muscle, boosts the immune system, and helps with weight loss — here's how much you need a day | Reviews Chevron icon It indicates an expandable section or menu, or sometimes previous / next navigation options.
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| May 20, 2021 | Protein builds muscle, boosts the immune system, and helps with weight loss – here’s how much you need a day | Steak is one of the best sources of protein. grandriver/Getty Images
Protein is made up of amino acids and is one of three types of essential macronutrients.
Protein is important because it builds muscle, digests food, and keeps skin firm a... |
| Apr 30, 2021 | Billionaire Leon Cooperman slams Elizabeth Warren’s wealth tax again, suggests eliminating the Education Department instead | Billionaire Leon Cooperman. Screenshot, CNBC
Billionaire Leon Cooperman went on CNBC and spoke out against Elizabeth Warren’s wealth tax again.
Cooperman is one of the most vocal opponents of both Sen. Warren and her key policy agenda item.... |
| Apr 19, 2021 | Employee Activism Is on the Rise. What Does That Mean for Companies? | April 19, 2021 6 min read
In the wake of George Floyd's death last year, a growing number of companies were forced to look within and answer criticisms surrounding their treatment of BIPOC employees.
Despite making statements in suppor... |
| Apr 7, 2021 | Beantown Throwdown Part Two: Multi-University Start-up Pitch Competition Slated for April 14 | CAMBRIDGE, Mass., April 07, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- College and university student entrepreneurs, critical to the innovation ecosystem in Boston and beyond, will once again compete for the title of Best Student Startup at the Spring 2021 B... |
| Mar 7, 2019 | UMass Lowell joins Greentown Labs as newest gigawatt sponsor | The University of Massachusetts Lowell (UMass Lowell), one of the nation’s leading research universities, today announced its sponsorship of Greentown Labs, the largest cleantech startup incubator in the United States. The three-year partne... |
| Nov 18, 2018 | Oprah Winfrey and UMass Lowell Raise Over $3M for Scholarships | UMass Lowell thought it was saving the biggest news of the night for the end.
Oprah Winfrey had even bigger news.
After Chancellor Jacquie Moloney announced that UMass Lowell had raised more than $1.5 million for scholarships at the Chancel... |
| Nov 18, 2018 | Oprah Winfrey and UMass Lowell Raise Over $3M for Scholarships | UMass Lowell thought it was saving the biggest news of the night for the end.
Oprah Winfrey had even bigger news.
After Chancellor Jacquie Moloney announced that UMass Lowell had raised more than $1.5 million for scholarships at the Chancel... |
| Sep 21, 2017 | 20 Startup Accelerators Impacting the Healthcare Industry | Startup accelerators are all about support. They gives budding companies a chance to succeed thanks to mentorship, networking opportunities, and plenty of capital. In the healthcare industry, those kinds of resources aren't found easil... |
| Jun 14, 2017 | Meet the 4 projects competing at TC Sessions: Robotics’ pitch-off | TechCrunch is pleased today to announce the companies and judges participating in the pitch-off at TC Sessions: Robotics. This is going to be great.
New life is important. And while TC Sessions: Robotics features the best engineers and comp... |
| Jun 12, 2017 | More robots! Announcing three demos for TC Sessions: Robotics at MIT on July 17 | There are so many great robotics projects underway that it’s hard to pick the best to appear at TC Sessions: Robotics, which is coming to MIT’s Kresge Auditorium on July 17. The agenda is filled with robots accompanying their creators on pa... |
| Jun 9, 2017 | Educating the next generation of robotics engineers, a workshop at TC Sessions: Robotics | TechCrunch Sessions: Robotics will feature the industry’s best roboticists, technologists and investors. But what about the next generation? Everyone knows that there are not enough robotics engineers to go around, and the demand will only ... |
| Jun 6, 2017 | Robots’ role in humanity to be a core topic at TechCrunch Sessions: Robotics | At least since Isaac Asimov posited the Three Law of Robotics, many have wondered whether robots would ultimately help or harm humanity. Or maybe do a little of both. Humanity still has time to shape the answer to that question, and we’re p... |
| Jun 1, 2017 | Announcing the agenda for TechCrunch Sessions: Robotics | TechCrunch is holding its first ever event focused solely on robotics on July 17 at MIT’s Kresge Auditorium in Cambridge, Mass., and today we’re really pleased to roll out the agenda for TC Sessions: Robotics.
The event’s purpose is to conv... |
| Mar 28, 2017 | Here’s what Multisensor Diagnostics has been pitching across the country | It was a March highlight when Multisensor Diagnostics made the all-Maryland final four at the AUTM conference in Florida earlier this month. But for CEO Sathya Elumalai, it was part of a frenetic pitching schedule.
He was in Austin for SXSW... |
| Jan 10, 2014 | Announcing the third annual M2D2 new venture competition 2014 | The Massachusetts Medical Device Development Center at the University of Massachusetts Lowell (M2D2) is pleased to announce and host the M2D2 New Venture Competition 2014 to showcase the innovative developments of early-stage medical device... |
| Feb 13, 2013 | Boston News Roundup: UMass, Infinio, CallMiner, Avid, & More | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
Lots going on in the Boston-area innovation scene in the past week.
—UMass Lowell has unveiled a new testing center for robots, saying it will aid a growing group of robotics ... |
| Sep 21, 2011 | UMass Lowell unveils M2D2 medical device incubator | The University of Massachusetts-Lowell will officially open the doors to its Massachusetts Medical Device Development Center (M2D2) today, after completing a $4 million renovation.
The project transformed 16,000 square feet of a former mill... |
| Feb 18, 2011 | U-Mass helps medical device firms raise $5 million | Funding roundup | Four medical device startups from a University of Massachusetts incubation program have drummed up $5.1 million from investors.
The companies, MoMelan, TheraTorr, MedicaMetrix and Aura Medsystems, were all supported by the Mass. Medical Dev... |
| Jan 6, 2011 | Desh Deshpande on Starting Merrimack Valley Innovation Center—and Making a Global Impact from Massachusetts to India | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
For some people, innovation is not enough. Gururaj “Desh” Deshpande is one of those people. Let’s just say the Boston-area tech entrepreneur and billionaire philanthropist has... |
