Dracut residents Karen and Meaghan O’Brien spend Saturdays once a month volunteering at the Dracut Food Pantry. Meaghan, a junior studying business administration at UMass Lowell, first became involved with the pantry about two years ago after taking a Business 101 course at the university with Kevin Willett, chairman of the organization’s board.

The work done in UMass Lowell's Toxics Use Reduction Institute's labs is taking on a renewed urgency in recent weeks after two chemical incidents in the Boston area.

Knowing more about how and when flooding will occur helps us manage our watersheds for the benefit of people and fish.

In 1890, there were fewer than 100 Greeks living in the City of Lowell, but just 35 years later, Lowell was home to the third-largest Greek population in America — trailing only New York City and Chicago, according to Wael Kamal, assistant dean of UMass Lowell’s College of Fine Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences.

With public concern over cybersecurity at an all-time-high, UMass Lowell is teaching students how to prepare and counter cyber attacks with its new Cyber Range.

Erin Keaney, 29, co-founder and chief operating officer of Nonspec, shared stories of growing the company at a campus event that marked Global Women’s Entrepreneurship Week.

UMass Lowell has dedicated Perry Hall Plaza, a new greenspace that is the latest step in the university’s work to further enhance the the beauty and sustainability of the campus.

Brian Rist, a member of the college’s class of 1977, offered the largest singular gift in UMass Lowell history and was recognized for his charity with the establishment of the Rist Institute for Sustainability and Energy.

Lowell and the university's impact on the city's resurgence chronicled in article.

NASA launched a telescope built by the University of Massachusetts Lowell that could someday find new planets and other objects in space that have yet to be discovered.

Students at UMass Lowell and the public will able to view close-up images of our solar system when a new observatory opens this fall due to a generous donation, the university said.

From its origins as the Lowell Normal School and Lowell Textile School to a thriving, growing multidisciplinary university, UMass Lowell’s 125 years have been marked by innovation and a commitment to providing students with avenues to success.

Article by Matthew Hurwitz, director for UMass Lowell’s first-generation college student academic support program, River Hawk Scholars Academy, and a faculty member in English.

IDEA Camp, a collaboration between the UMass Lowell Francis College of Engineering and Lowell Public Schools, featured.

Danvers' Courtney Cashman led the NCAA in batting average this season, hitting .508 for the UMass Lowell softball team.

Alum Erin Keaney of Nonspec is on a mission to make prosthetics affordable around the world -- and that means using medical-grade plastic.

Some UMass Lowell students crossed campus to attend graduation this May. Others traveled 7,000 miles. This year, more than three dozen Japanese students who completed online courses flew to campus for commencement.

Letter to the editor from Chancellor Jacquie Moloney and Lowell City Manager Eileen Donoghue touting Lowell's innovation economy.

Like Horsepower Technologies, CAIDE Systems got its start at the Innovation Hub at University of Massachusetts Lowell, an incubator for start-ups.

Two federal grants have been awarded to the UMass Lowell worth over a million dollars combined. The National Science Foundation and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services have provided a total $1,683,802 to the university, Rep. Lori Trahan announced.

A new study out of UMass Lowell shows eggshells, which most of us throw in the trash, could help grow and heal human bones.

An athletic training method shown to reduce head injuries in high school football will be rolled out in Hawaii next week through an $800,000 grant to the UMass Lowell researcher who designed the system.

This school year, Lowell schoolchildren will delve into Southeast Asian culture with an illustrated, multilingual book translated by UMass Lowell professors and other community members.

Column written by Elissa Magnan and Erica Steckler, UMass Lowell Manning School of Business faculty members and co-directors of the Richard and Nancy Donahue Center for Business Ethics and Social Responsibility.

Mary Humble, of Andover, is 76. Rooting her on at UMass Lowell's Commencement, after having studied alongside her, were her daughter, Deirdre Hutchison, 50, and her granddaughter, Georgina Hutchison, 20, also both of Andover and also both students at UMass Lowell the past year.

Recent UMass Lowell graduate Neil Oliveria, 65, of Lowell, got a degree in history and is working on his master's so he can teach.

UMass Lowell has welcomed 120 four-legged, temporary employees on campus.

Dad Luis Estevez just graduated from Northern Essex Community College with an associate's degree in business management. Son Edward Estevez will graduate from Lawrence High School on May 31. Luis intends to earn a bachelor's degree in business management at UMass Lowell. Edward will pursue a double major in mechanical engineering and computer engineering.

UMass Lowell graduated its largest class ever Saturday as freshman House Representative Lori Trahan urged the graduates to “get in the game.”

Nutritional Science student Liam Fouhy is part of a group partnering with Lawrence’s Council on Aging. Fouhy will pursue his MPH at UMass Lowell.

Senior Edina Hirt's journey to graduation was a sometimes difficult journey, but one that culminated successfully on Commencement Day.

It's already been a historic season for the UMass Lowell softball team, and now the River Hawks will have a chance to add to it with the end goal being an appearance in the Division 1 NCAA tournament.

After a year and a half of construction, Perry Hall at University of Massachusetts Lowell has reopened transformed by a $50 million renovation.

Working Cities Lowell is a collaborative effort of 13 partners, including UMass Lowell, focused on improving the Acre neighborhood in Lowell and funded by the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston.

UMass Lowell and the Division of Capital Asset Management and Maintenance (DCAMM) celebrated the completion of the university's $23.1 million Accelerated Energy Program (AEP) at a ceremony Monday.

UMass Lowell Environmental, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences Professor and Chair Daniel Obrist, heads to the forests in search of mercury.

U.S. Rep. Lori Trahan will address the largest graduating class ever at UMass Lowell's 2019 Commencement.

UMass Lowell physics doctorate candidate Tyler Iorizzo has won international recognition for his work to develop an imaging device that could lead to improved diagnosis and treatment of certain skin cancers.

A team of UMass Lowell researchers have pioneered a new way to power electric vehicles. The new technology uses water, carbon dioxide and the metal cobalt to produce hydrogen gas on demand at a relatively low temperature and pressure.

Invisawear CEO Rajia Abdelaziz originally hails from New Hampshire and invented the wearable safety device while attended college at UMass Lowell.

UMass Lowell, one of the nation's leading research universities, announced its sponsorship of Greentown Labs, the largest cleantech startup incubator in the United States.

U.S. Rep. Lori Trahan toured UMass Lowell's HEROES Center on Wednesday, checking out the bomb suit technology.

Learn about Boston Police Superintendent and UML alumna Nora Baston as part of NBC10 Boston's "She Thrives: Black Women Making History in Boston" series this Black History Month.

UMass Lowell's online education programs rank among the top in the nation, according to new rankings released today by U.S. News & World Report.

"Remember this day," UMass Lowell Chancellor Jacquie Moloney told the students who were the first ones in the nation to get their hands on a Lowell quarter, depicting a mill girl working at a power loom with a view of the Mill City -- including the Boott Mill clock tower. "You are making history."

Jaime Waldron, 20, a sophomore at UMass Lowell, is part of the state's pilot program on housing homeless students. Both of Waldron’s parents died by the time she was 15, and she bounced among family members during high school. She is considered an independent orphan and has previously taken out $16,000 in student loans to pay for her year-round, on-campus housing.

Virtual reality, augmented reality, optical illusions and more are all on display at UMass Lowell through March 5 as part of the 404 International Festival of Art and Technology. This is the 16th annual installment of the festival, which originated in Argentina.

Francis College of Engineering at UMass Lowell in partnership with Minuteman Regional Vocational Technical High School received $116,000 to purchase new CNC milling machines from the state's latest round of funding: $3.3 million in Skills Capital grants.

To educate students about how to navigate ethical dilemmas, UMass Lowell established the Richard and Nancy Donahue Center for Business Ethics and Social Responsibility.