Last Saturday morning the Tsongas Center resounded with “Pomp and Circumstance” bringing a record 3, 478 UMass Lowell students into the future. A dozen members of the Class of 1964 – seven from Lowell State – led the Class of 2014 into the Center to the applause, cheers, whistles and…
Bill Nye the Science Guy at the UMass Lowell Inn & Conference Center last night (Image courtesy of Facebook page of Chancellor Marty Meehan). This is Commencement Day at UMass Lowell, and it’s wet out there. The grizzled and frizzed-hair ink-stained scribes of the media world will use all their…
News from the Doors Open Lowell organizers: Looking forward to a fantastic Doors Open Lowell weekend, so come on out and discover some great historic buildings and architecture as you help celebrate National Preservation Month. Head towww.doorsopenlowell.org for a complete schedule of events. If you missed the program guide in Wednesday’s Lowell Sun,…
Fifty years ago on a Sunday afternoon June 7, 1964, 90 Elementary Education Majors, 13 Secondary Education Majors, 27 Music Majors and 2 English Majors received their degrees from the Massachusetts State College at Lowell. With words of wisdom from the Rt. Reverend George Casey, Editor of the Archdiocese of…
Education has always been a high priority in Massachusetts even back to its “Bay Colony” days. So it’s important to go back to the archives to remember this important day. MassMoments remind us that on this day – April 14, 1642 – the Massachusetts Bay Colony passed the first law in the…
Lowell Catholic High School – now a member of the prestigious Xaverian Brothers Sponsored Schools network with a student body of 400 – is celebrating it’s 25th academic year. Last night the 13th Annual Bishop John R. McNamara Awards Gala raised over $83,000 for scholarship and merit aid while honoring some very special…
Next week is a big one for the UMass Lowell Greeley Scholar for Peace Studies Program. Not only will the 2014 Scholar be here, Justice Albie Sachs of South Africa, but three past Scholars will be at events for a reunion—including 2011 Nobel Peace Prize-winner Leymah Gbowee of Liberia. Albie…
Today is the last day to register at the lower rate for the Immigration History Symposium this Saturday, April 5, in Lawrence, Mass., hosted by the Lawrence History Center. Panels, film, poetry, photography, smart people, fun people, at a great venue. Why pay extra—register today!(Registering now helps us order the…
From 1980 through 1993, community partners in Lowell, including the National Park Service and University, hosted 12 gatherings of scholars in the name of the Lowell Conference on Industrial History. At least three volumes of conference proceedings were published. The regular meeting of teachers, students, historians, architects, preservation advocates, sociologists,…
From UMass Lowell University Relations Office Contacts: Nancy Cicco, 978-934-4944 or Nancy_Cicco@uml.edu and Christine Gillette, 978-934-2209 or Christine_Gillette@uml.edu World-renowned humanitarians to convene at UMass Lowell: Peace scholars to unite for special events, engage community in their work Four internationally acclaimed human-rights activists honored by UMass Lowell, including the recipient of the 2011 Nobel…