Our sound recording technology program is internationally recognized as one of the best
Each year, undergraduate and graduate students from our six colleges and schools gather to present their research in oral and poster presentations to their peers, faculty and guests.
On the cusp of earning their bachelor’s degrees, the 2,292 undergraduates in UMass Lowell’s Class of 2013 are moving forward with plans to launch careers, seek advanced degrees, start businesses and chase their dreams – prepared in large measure by their University experiences.
Ten student teams participating in the first DifferenceMaker Idea Challenge are sharing $25,000 in prize money to address problems like childhood obesity and the need for affordable prosthetics for children in developing nations.
Join the Dean Bergeron International Relations Club (IRC) at UMass Lowell and it will change your life — starting with “Hell Week.”
Members of the Music and Entertainment Industry Student Association made professional connections in Nashville over spring break and have high hopes for the group’s future on campus and beyond.
Rich Miner was on campus April 11 to talk to students and faculty as part of the speaker series of the UMass Lowell ACM computer science society.
Eleven research abstracts winged their way from UMass Lowell to Washington, D.C., where they joined 800 others in a national competition.
Thanks to the efforts of physics Prof. Supriya Chakrabarti, students in earth sciences and physics had a chance to see and examine up-close a set of lunar specimens loaned by NASA’s Johnson Space Center during two special lunar geology seminars.
The Diversity Peer Educators program trains students about the importance of understanding, respecting and supporting all people and the need to share their knowledge with others.
A team of 16 meteorology undergraduate and graduate students will participate at this year’s Boston Marathon by providing live weather reports along the route of the 26.2-mile race.
Three community health students attended advocacy training in Washington, D.C. and then visited the offices of Sen. Warren and Rep. Tsongas.
Jordan Rudess, legendary keyboardist for Dream Theater, held a master class for students and learned about their new instruments before giving a concert to benefit scholarships in the music department.
A growing number of business students are getting professional experience through the co-op program and gaining an edge in the job market.
Roughly two dozen student emergency medical responders and staff keep the campus safe 24/7 throughout the school year while picking up invaluable work and life skills.
Students educated the public about climate change during the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in Boston in February.
Students learned strategies for impressing employers along with tips for working the room at a business event and gracefully maneuvering a four-course meal at a recent Dine and Dress for Success event.
Fidelity exec Laura Pollard, MSB ’89, advised students to pursue happiness over money, to get professional experience as undergrads and to seek a balance between their professional and personal lives.
Each year, the Vietnamese Student Association hosts Tet on campus to celebrate the Vietnamese New Year with several hundred community members.
The New England Robotics Validation and Experimentation (NERVE) Center, which was inaugurated Feb. 12, will serve as “proving ground” for robots — a place where these complex machines will undergo rigorous testing to prove their strength, durability, design and functionality — and, in the process, help accelerate robotics research and development across the region.
UMass Lowell's New England Robotics Validation and Experimentation Center at 1001 Pawtucket Blvd. is being hailed as the nation's most advanced facility for robotics testing to date.
Manning School of Business Asst. Prof. Silvia Salas led a two-week study abroad program in Barcelona, Spain over winter break during which students explored international management, collaborated with business students from across the globe and learned about the city’s unique cultural heritage.
Jordan Rudess, a renowned keyboardist and music application developer, will play a scholarship benefit concert for the music department on Feb. 21 after giving master classes for students.
Valerie King and seven nursing students in the new Global Health Experience course traveled to Chile during winter break to see how healthcare delivery is affected by cultural differences.
Electrical engineering students Anthony Capone and Derek Dempsey used assistive design technology to create a “hybrid power tricycle” for their client — a 4-year-old boy named Pierce who is afflicted with cerebral palsy.
The first graduates of UMass Lowell’s Peace and Conflict Studies master’s degree program are entering their careers ready for all challenges.
Communications professionals and alumni have connected with English students to discuss the versatility of their shared studies.
Devan Hawkins, 22, of Pepperell, a first-year graduate student in epidemiology at UMass Lowell, recently attended the UN climate-change conference in Qatar.
Computer science students enrolled in the Artificial Intelligence course taught by Assoc. Prof. Fred Martin develop some interesting class projects.
The Office of Multicultural Affairs brought students to Philadelphia for their annual cultural immersion trip.
In the predawn hours of Nov. 21, a sounding rocket carrying a scientific instrument designed to observe and study a faraway galaxy was successfully launched from the Army’s White Sands Missile Range near Las Cruces, N.M.
Honors Scholar Co-op student Andrew Sanginario assisted PhD candidate Brian Patuto in a search for the connection between a protein and dementia.
Two UMass Lowell mechanical engineering graduate students saw that crutches, in their traditional form, do not give users the ability to interact with their mobile devices as easily as people who don't use crutches.
The world’s problems will not get better on their own, but people who care can make a real difference. That was the message delivered by speakers at the KONY 2012 event on campus.
UMass Lowell students, alumni and members of the local community are getting help advancing their business ideas from the Merrimack Valley Sandbox, an initiative that aims to strengthen entrepreneurship and leadership in the area.
Music students and faculty had a private tour and performance of keyboards from the Museum of Fine Arts’ musical instrument collection.
Christopher Leger, an electrical engineering and math sophomore, and Josiah Hackendorf, a mechanical engineering senior, have created a prototype electric-powered tricycle that would help commuters cut down on air pollution and gas consumption.
History students gained hands-on experience in archiving and conference planning by assisting as the University hosted the 2012 New England Renaissance Conference.
This fall’s Career Fair, the largest in several years, attracted 150 employers and several hundred students, some of whom lined up interviews on the spot.
UMass Lowell's Fall Career Fair, the university's largest job fair since 1999, had 150 employers talking to more than 700 students at the CRC.
UMass Lowell’s unique partnership with ConforMIS, maker of custom-designed knee implants, is helping prepare students for the workforce while providing the fast-growing company with a pipeline of highly qualified engineers.
On Thursday night at UMass Lowell's Cumnock Hall, Trisha Blanchet was awarded a $10,000 grant from the Merrimack Valley Sandbox to help her pair lonesome veterans with homeless dogs.
Internship programs, co-ops and service learning projects have expanded, giving students more opportunities to be ready for work once they graduate.
The Center for Innovation & Entrepreneurship allows students of all disciplines to work together to develop innovative products, services and new businesses that make a difference.
Students, industry and reasearchers will now have access to everything they need at UMass Lowell, as the university officially opened its $80 million Emerging Technologies and Innovation Center (ETIC).
More than 500 UMass Lowell community members, public officials and industry leaders officially opened ETIC, an 84,000-square-foot, $80 million research center and the first new academic building constructed on campus in more than three decades.
John Hanlon, best known as Neil Young’s producer/recording engineer, shared his road to the top of the recording field with SRT students.
Tola N. Sok came from Cambodia as a child. Now a graduate student and USAF officer, he went back to make a difference.
A stunning 338,000 viewers tuned into the UMass Lowell/Boston Herald U.S. Senate debate Monday night on Ch. 7, WHDH-TV, easily trouncing all the competition on the other stations. The live-stream of the debate also generated more than 155,000 total streams and was viewed nationwide and in Canada, Malaysia, Japan, Korea, Brazil, Italy, France, South Africa and the Russian Federation, among other places.
The Student Government Association represents students and makes sure their ideas are heard, with concrete results on campus.
The Manning School’s Student Managed Fund is up nearly 65 percent over five years while giving students exposure to real-world investing.
The Third Annual Walk a Mile in Her Shoes event drew dozens of students to raise awareness and prevention of sexual and gender violence by walking in high heels.
Assoc. Prof. Deirdra Murphy of physical therapy volunteers overseas to become a better teacher.
UMass Lowell junior Corey Lanier spent the week running between convention centers at the Republican National Convention in Tampa - almost 600 miles south of where his classmate, Analissa Iverson, hoped for a chance to meet Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.
A team of researchers from several universities including UMass Lowell aims to control a robot by simply speaking to it or sending it a text message.
A new minor launching in the fall, Journalism and Media Studies, will pull from several departments to prepare students for modern media careers.
UMass Lowell faculty and students, in collaboration with the Cambridge Educational Access TV Media Arts Studio have created a program that blends media-making and climate-change science.
Two UMass Lowell students will be getting first-hand experience in national electoral politics at the 2012 presidential nominating conventions.
Teachers participating in the Tsongas Industrial History Center’s weeklong Inventing America workshop got to witness history being uncovered at the archaeological dig on the grounds of St. Patrick’s Church.
A group of mechanical engineering students is putting their engineering skill to work helping the Israeli Bobsled and Skeleton Federation team prepare for the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia.
Several women student leaders recently attended the National Conference for College Women Student Leaders and are eager to share what they've learned with the University community.
The UMass Lowell athletics marketing and media relations staff are winning awards for their dedicated and innovative work.
The UMass Lowell concrete canoe team finished 13th overall in the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) national competition hosted by the University of Nevada in Reno.
More than three dozen students participated in faculty-led study abroad programs this summer, learning about everything from the Battle of Marathon in ancient Greece to security practices at a Lady Gaga concert in Hong Kong.
Each year, more graduates are choosing to stay in Lowell after their time at UMass Lowell to work in and improve the city they now call home.
UMass Lowell freshman and sophomore students from across the five colleges are offered co-op scholarships to participate in the new Research, Community and Enterprise Co-op Scholars program.
Two computer engineering graduates have developed an Apple app designed to help people with speech disabilities communicate with their friends, families and caregivers.
Junior Angelique Mugabekazi, a sociology major, received two scholarships that will enable her to return to her native Rwanda this summer to participate in a peace and conflict studies program.
Prof. Arno Minkkinen recently gave his first public lecture in Lowell to share his photography adventures with local artists and arts supporters and expand his classroom to the community.
Many members of the class of 2012 have landed their coveted first post-college professional jobs.
Thanks to a group of soon-to-be engineering graduates from UMass Lowell, an empty room furnished with only a chair and bare walls can now be a beach, a forest, an aquarium, a coffee shop, a boat or even McDonald's. It's the sensory room.