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UMass Lowell this week was recognized as one of the top schools in the nation for its commitment to community engagement with the announcement that UMass Lowell had been named to the President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll with Distinction. The rankings are assigned by the Corporation for National…
Read More »The Queen at the Rock of Cashel – one of Ireland’s ancient sites and most visited by tourists. The Queen’s historic four-day visit was the first to the Republic of Ireland by a reigning British monarch. Of particular note were these comments from the Queen during her speech at the…
Read More »The issue of whether the city should release the resumes of unsuccessful applicants to city boards has moved to the forefront of of local political discussions. As I type this, Bernie Lynch is discussing it on “City Life” with John McDonough and George Anthes and Mimi and Gerry Nutter have…
Read More »Don’t miss the book release party for three new books from Loom Press by writers with strong Lowell connections who have created books with strong Lowell content. The event is Sunday, May 22, 2 pm, at O’Leary Library auditorium, Room 222, 61 Wilder St., on UMass Lowell’s South Campus. Everyone…
Read More »Paul Krugman usually is not this buoyant in his economic analyses, but in the NYTimes today he has good things to say about prospects for the manufacturing sector of the US economy. This should be of interest in Lowell, given our history, and assuming that we will need a strong manufacturing sector…
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