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From WIKIPEDIA: The Lowell Offering was a monthly periodical collected contributed works of poetry and fiction by the female textile workers (young women [age 15-35] known as the Lowell Mill Girls) of the Lowell, Massachusetts textile mills of the early American industrial revolution. It began in 1840 and lasted until 1845. The Offering was initially organized in 1840 by the Reverend Abel…
Read More »Today’s New York Times. Page A-13. National section. Full-page ad. UMass Lowell Is Rising. There’s more to the ad, with quotes from Forbes, US News & World Report, PayScale, and Washington Post attesting to the momentum and results at UMass Lowell as a result of recent growth, expansion, and rising…
Read More »If you arrive at St. Patrick’s Cemetery at 9am through the main gate, look for coffee and refreshments. At 9:30am. the Hibernation Dedication Ceremony takes place followed by a Walking Tour at 10am. Join the group for an informative walk through this historic Catholic cemetery.
Read More »As an alum of UMass Lowell (Lowell State Class of 1964) looking forward to celebrating my 50th Reunion next year and one who proudly maintains my UML connection, I was very pleased at the presentation made by Chancellor Marty Meehan at last week’s Lowell Plan Breakfast. I’ve long hoped for a…
Read More »Authors Professor Bob Forrant of UMass Lowell and Susan Grabski of the Lawrence History Center) will discuss their book – “Lawrence and the 1912 Bread & Roses Strike” on Monday morning, September 30, 2013 from10:30am – 12:00pm at the Tewksbury Public Library. There will be a book selling and signing afterwards for…
Read More »Here is the first in a series of videos that will try to explain the basics of real estate law in Massachusetts. Today’s topic: What is a deed? [youtube]EwOmlF-YkKk[/youtube]
Read More »The Fall 2013 issue of “Arts and Ideas” from UMass Lowell is available online here. Note the upcoming Lunchtime Lectures at the UMass Lowell Inn and Conference Center with speakers such as Boston Mayor Thomas Menino and new media guru Nicco Mele. Reservations are required for these events and the…
Read More »Dan Rourke, a candidate for Lowell City Council, and Robert Gignac, a Lowell School Committee member who seeks re-election this year, wrote and shared the following Op-Ed. (I’m happy to post content written by any candidate; just email it to DickHoweJr@gmail.com). Education is the cornerstone of our community. Now that…
Read More »Tadodaho Sidney Hill with Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar (right) and Jamon Paskernin (2012, White House Tribal Nations Conference). At Chancellor Nancy Cantor’s Convocation for New Students at Syracuse University on August 23, the Thanksgiving Address was offered by Tadodaho Sidney Hill in his language—an English translation was…
Read More »“(We hope) that our transportation crisis will be solved by a bigger plane or a wider road, mental illness with a pill, poverty with a law, slums with a bulldozer, urban conflict with a gas, racism with a goodwill gesture.” – Philip E. Slater “Wisdom demands a new orientation of…
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