On Campus

UML's Baseball Research Center will be featured in a new exhibit at the Boston Museum of Science and in a new Discovery Channel TV program.

U.S. Rep. Niki Tsongas recently gathered experts and community leaders on campus to discuss the state of housing in the Merrimack Valley.

The WISE program encourages girls to pursue careers in science and engineering.

The TEAMS program, which graduated its students June 11, was funded by a one-year $650,000 legislative apportionment.

The committees were formed as a result of ongoing dialogue, most notably through the Women’s Issues in the Workplace luncheon series, co-sponsored by the Center for Women and Work.

Frank Stegnar was one 13 UMass Lowell hockey players who achieved Hockey East All-Academic Team honors this year. This is the fourth straight year the River Hawks have had at least 11 players named to the All-Academic Team.

Planning for the construction of the Emerging Technologies and Innovation Center -- a building that will be a major element in the University’s vision of the future -- continued in late May with a daylong collaborative session.

The University Police Department has purchased a pair of electrically operated scooters for use by patrol officers as part of its continuing effort to expand its community policing procedure.

The EPA’s Office of Homeland Security held a two-day summit meeting at the Wannalancit Mill building in mid-May.

After almost two years without a staff specifically dedicated to the Lowell Fund, efforts to revitalize the University’s annual giving program have taken on new life.

Four members of the University Police Department have been promoted.

Chancellor Marty Meehan leads his first Commencement ceremonies for more than 2,000 graduates on May 31.

Three works have been published in the span of a year by UMass Lowell History Department professors.

Newly appointed Provost Ahmed Abdelal wants three vice provosts to oversee undergraduate, graduate and research programs.

UMass Lowell's Facilities Office and a local organic lawn-care expert are working together to keep chemicals off the grass.

With a little help, autistic young adults develop physical and social skills.

UML Athletics Department offered a college recruitment seminar for high school students in the area.

UML's Student Managed Fund outperformed funds managed by groups at the other UMass campuses.

"The Diving Bell and the Butterfly" has been announced as the Common Text for fall 2008.

Faculty members who integrate service learning into curriculum are honored.

As of June 10, the numbers in all categories of student applications and enrollments for fall ’08 are up at the Lowell campus.

Graduate students recognized outstanding students, faculty and clubs at their May banquet.

Graduate programs in health-care management are growing because online and blended classes offer convenience for students.

The pair of peregrine falcons that had chosen to call 18-story Fox Hall home wants to keep their daily lives private, and they’ll do anything to make sure it stays that way.

Continuing its long tradition of opening the campus to area youngsters, the University is hosting four different summer programs.

The Department of Clinical Laboratory Sciences recently celebrated its 30th anniversary.

SHE seminar examines a wide variety of information to immigrant communities delivered through ethnic media. 

Three new buses, equipped with DVD players to advertise upcoming UML events, are shuttling students to and from all three campuses.