"A shared heritage. . . A shared future"
The Center for Irish Partnership fosters collaborations and partnerships with educational institutions in Ireland and Northern Ireland across an interdisciplinary spectrum including the social sciences, the natural sciences and engineering, the humanities and health and education fields.
These international partnerships embrace faculty exchange and joint research ventures and to work with Irish partners to create a dynamic model for Cross-Atlantic collaboration that will promote and advance University of Massachusetts Lowell's goals to enhance the student experience by providing a global perspective to teaching and research, while contributing to Irish interests through exchange and service.
The Center has three Co-Directors:
Emeritus Directors include: Frank Talty, Stephen McCarthy and Ann Marie Hurley, professor emerita.
Since its inception in 2009, the Center for Irish Partnerships has forged special transatlantic relationships with Irish educational partners on both sides of the border.