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Higher education is the life’s blood of the economy in Massachusetts, so it’s no surprise that stories about searches, salaries, rankings and more are constantly in the news. While much of the focus lately seems to be on replacing the presidents at the University of Massachusetts, Suffolk University and the…
Read More »The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. By all accounts, Marty Meehan has done a terrific job at UMass Lowell, expanding the campus, lifting academic standards, sharpening connections with the business community, raising funds and enhancing the overall brand of the university. Not surprising then…
Read More »The scoopers at the Boston Herald’s InsideTrack are speculating this morning that UMass Lowell Chancellor Marty Meehan may have re-set his sites on a university presidency – this time it’s Suffolk University. Meehan who took himself off the list of candidates for the UMass presidency fanned the flames of the Suffolk…
Read More »From the 1934 Celebration – Authentic Souvenir Pin – 200th Anniversary of the Town of Tewksbury The town of Tewksbury – once a part of the town of Billerica – celebrates the 276th anniversary of it charter on December 4. Under the auspices of the Tewksbury Historical Society, Charter…
Read More »The Lowell SUN is reporting on breaking news that UMass Lowell Chancellor Marty Meehan has asked to have his name removed from the list of candidates being considered to replace Jack Wilson as president of the University of Massachusetts system. University of Massachusetts Lowell Chancellor Marty Meehan has dropped out…
Read More »Lowell’s John Schneider has played a key role in advancing the Gateway Cities initiative at the MassINC think tank. Read more about the work here and scroll down on the page to see the link to Sunday’s Globe editorial about Gateway Cities. This is the first in a series about Gateway Cities. Lowell is mentioned…
Read More »UMASS LOWELL, DEPARTMENT OF CULTURAL STUDIES ARTISTIC MANIFESTATIONS IN ARCHITECTURE Symposium Whistler House Museum of Art, 243 Worthen Street, Lowell, MA 01854 Saturday, December 11, 2010 Program Moderator and Organizer: Liana De Girolami Cheney, Professor of Art History, Chair, Department of Cultural Studies, UMass Lowell 9:00-9:30, Coffee and Greetings 9:45–10:15,…
Read More »Versatile actor Leslie Nielsen has died. Although he is better known for his comic roles in “Naked Gun” and “Airplane,” I’ll always remember him first for playing General Francis Marion, “The Swamp Fox” of the Revolutionary War, in the eight-part Disney TV series that ran from 1959 to 1961. Disney had bet…
Read More »Next Monday, Dec. 6, at 5.30 pm, the Greater Lowell Community Foundation will announce its 2010 grant recipients, volunteer award recipients, and other awards at an event featuring keynnote speaker Paul S. Grogan, president and CEO of the Boston Foundation. The evening begins with a reception in the Hall of…
Read More »I was out with our family’s Boston Terrier this morning, kicking through the leaves on the South Common, and thought of this poem. Here’s an exerpt from New Hampshire poet Donald Hall’s poem “Kicking the Leaves.” Click here to read the entire poem.—PM Kicking the Leaves (an excerpt) . .…
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