UMass Lowell News

When Edson Novinyo was growing up in Ghana, he wore sandals made out of recycled car tires, studied from the same books his father had used and developed an interest in aviation from watching birds fly.

University of Massachusetts student trustees are pushing for the Senate to join the House and Gov.

Sinn Fi 1 2in Foyle MLA Maeve McLaughlin hosting a meeting with Senator Therese Murray, President of the Boston Senate, representatives from Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Pfizer Pharmaceuticals, Massachusetts Life Sciences Centre, University of Massachusetts Lowell and the Massachusetts Technology Collaborative, and members of the local group ... (more)

Reviews of the city of Boston's response to the marathon bombings and a best-practice police study will begin soon, Boston Police Commissioner Ed Davis said Saturday after giving the commencement address at UMass Lowell Saturday.

The judge ascended the bench. He looked down at cafeteria-style tables marked "Prosecuting Attorney" and "Defense Attorney." To his left, two men sat in a box marked "Jury." The witness stand was marked "Witness." "Sustained," proclaimed the judge, who wore a striped polo shirt, a thick goatee and a shock of greasy hair.

Though employment and enrollment data about colleges and universities is submitted to the U.S. Department of Education's National Center for Education Statistics by the colleges themselves, representatives of several schools said the federal figures showing a disproportionate increase in their number of administrators conflicted with their own ... (more)

Today, Saturday, May 18, 2013, Boston Police Commissioner Ed Davis served as the commencement speaker at the undergraduate ceremony for UMass-Lowell's Class of 2013.

While the city's immigrant and refugee dynamics are changing, community support and education remain the keys for welcoming new populations, said speakers at the Voices from Home panel Friday morning.

They expect the stadium could hold 6,000 people for the evening, which will feature live music and other activities before the fireworks.

Unlike Kathryn McGuire of Groton, the distracted driver featured in the "Just a Few Seconds" video shown to hundreds of Lowell High Students at the Lowell High assembly Tuesday received rubber bracelets bearing the Web address, endDD.org, and the End Distracted Driving symbol depicting a driver's two hands on the wheel, eyes straight ahead.

Top administrators in the University of Massachusetts system were compensated less than the average public school president, according to the Chronicle of Higher Education's annual survey of executive compensation at 214 public colleges.

A UMass Lowell education provides the 10th-best return on investment among public universities in the U.S., according to the university, citing a report released by PayScale Inc.

It was rainy Thursday night, but the winners of the 2013 Morgan-Babcock Trust scholarship awards were shining inside Town Hall at an event honoring them.

Three separate authorities began clearing homeless camps from the banks of the Merrimack River Wednesday, leaving at least some residents with nowhere to go.

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A divided City Council gave Global Spectrum the go-ahead to take the reins of the historic Lowell Memorial Auditorium beginning July 1. It did so by voting, 5-4, Tuesday night to authorize City Manager Bernie Lynch to enter into a five-year contract with Global to manage the 3,000-seat facility on East Merrimack Street.

UMass Dartmouth Chancellor Divina Grossman today announced the appointment of Dr.

Sinn FA©in MEP, Martina Anderson announcing the launch of a Northwest Health Initiative and E-health Networking event in Derry on Thursday 9th May said: "I am pleased to host this prestigious event which will bring together representatives of some of the most prominent Pharmaceutical manufacturers and US University R&D faculties to have ... (more)

Gabriel Gomez's victory in the Republican primary for U.S. Senate has raised the hopes of party strategists about taking back a Senate seat if they play up Gomez's outsider appeal and paint him as the new face of the GOP.

As a busy lady bustles in to check on that package she's been waiting for, she passes an old codger porch-sitting, marking time with the regular hurl of chaw into his spittoon.