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Professor George Lopez, Chair of Peace Studies, University of Notre Dame is this year’s F. Bradford Morse Distinguished Lecturer. Join UMass Lowell and Middlesex Community College for a reception at 5:30 p.m. and lecture at 6:30 p.m. in the Brad Morse Federal Building, 50 Kearney Square, Lowell, Massachusetts. The lecture…
Read More »This is a re-post from the LowellDeeds blog from earlier today: I spent this morning at the Tsongas Arena helping to staff the housing booth at the Money Strong for Life Fair organized by the Jeanne d’Arc Credit Union and attended by nearly 300 seniors from Lowell High School. This…
Read More »As a Lowell State College/UMass Lowell Alum and a member of the Graduate School of Education Advisory Board, I’m really pleased to offer kudos and congratulations to James H. Nehring, UMass Lowell/Graduate School of Education Associate Professor in Leadership in Schooling. Professor Nehring has been selected as the 2013-2014 Fulbright Scholar for…
Read More »MassMoments reminds us that on this day March 7, 1876, Scotland-born inventor Alexander Graham Bell received a patent for a device that could transmit human speech over a wire – the telephone. Bell’s patents and the success of the Bell Telephone Company, which he established in 1877, made the young…
Read More »This is the award won in 2011 by local historian David McKean. It’s time to offer your nomination(s) for the 2013 Annual Awards for Lowell Preservation and Culture. The Lowell Heritage Partnership joins the Lowell National Historical Park in seeking nominations from the community for recognition and acknowledgment of contributions to preservation…
Read More »UMass Lowell Chancellor Mary Meehan had big new s to announce at a press conference and rally at the UML/Tsongas Center this morning. UMass Lowell is going Division I for all it men’s and women’s sports! Saying that it will be a challenge but a great step for the University,…
Read More »Here’s the full text of a message sent by UMass Lowell Chancellor Marty Meehan to the alumni: OFFICE OF THE CHANCELLOR Dear Alumni: We have achieved so much on this campus in the past six years – record-breaking enrollment growth, pioneering research, shovels hitting the ground for seven new buildings…
Read More »Academy of Notre Dame in Tyngsboro, Massachusetts As an alum of the Academy of Notre Dame in Tyngsboro, Class of 1960, I was pleased and very proud to get this e-mail from the President today. Congratulations to the students who participated and will take the banner for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts…
Read More »MassMoments reminds us today that when Asa Mercer of Seattle set out to recruit young women of good character to travel to the Northwest and fill the need for teachers in the Washington Territory, he came first to Lowell, Massachusetts. Why New England? Why Lowell? His reasoning was pretty straightforward:…
Read More »Governor Patrick gave a succinct state of the state speech this evening. He spoke mainly about the importance of upgrading our transportation and education systems and said that “since we all have a stake in the future, we should all be willing to invest in it now.” To fund that…
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