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The Massachusetts Institute of Technology has named a new leader for its famous Media Lab. Read the NY Times report about Joichi “Joi” Ito, who at 44 years old is already a legend in the worlds of technology and venture capital. Consider buying the NYTimes if you want more of this kind of reporting.…
Read More »Check out Doors Open Lowell at the website here: http://www.doorsopenlowell.org/ and become a Doors Open Lowell Facebook friend here: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Doors-Open-Lowell/124484050963278?sk=info. Look for the full schedule of dates, days and times to be posted by May1st. Here are a few teasers from the roster: the Claflin Block; Old City Hall; Acre churches;…
Read More »Stephen Pennell, University of Massachusetts – Lowell – Chair, Department of Mathematics Ph.D., Brown University Email: Stephen_Pennell@uml.edu Office: Olney 428-V Phone: (978) 934-2710. Research Interests: Mathematical modeling, fluid mechanics Home Page: http://faculty.uml.edu/spennell/pennells.htm Each year Rate My Professors, the internet’s largest destination-site for professor ratings, compiles a list of…
Read More »If case you really want to see and read President Obama’s birth certificate – here it is as released by the White House – courtesy of the HuffingtonPost.com site:
Read More »Ann McLane Kuster, Democrat from New Hampshire Emily’s List – a national political action committee – has announced its “round one” seal of approval for Democrat Ann McLane Kuster in her run for New Hampshire’s Second Congressional District in 2012. While not a full endorsement of Kuster and three others –…
Read More »The final poetry event for National Poetry Month at UMass Lowell is set for Thursday, April 28, at 7 pm, when Lowell native Michael Casey and Nicholas Samaras, with family ties in Lowell, read at O’Leary Library Auditorium, 61 Wilder St, UML South Campus. The event is free and open…
Read More »Kay Ryan (photo courtesy of Kristina Coci Hernandez) Sometimes I worry that we push too much poetry on the readers of this blog. After seeing more than 250 happy people listening to Kay Ryan read her poems last night at UMass Lowell’s O’Leary Library, I’m more encouraged than ever that poetry can…
Read More »Yesterday City Year founder Alan Khazei announced he will be a candidate for United States Senate in 2012. Khazei wasted no time getting his website up and running. The links to Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and Flickr are sure indicators that the campaign intends to enlist young supporters in its attempt…
Read More »I spent this morning at the UMass Lowell Tsongas Center participating in the “Money Strong” Fair sponsored by Jeanne d’Arc Credit Union for the benefit of seniors at Lowell High School. It was an amazing event, one that all students (and many adults) should be required to attend. The JDCU…
Read More »Alan Khazei has told us today on Twitter, Facebook and through the mainstream media that he is officially “in” the race for the Massachusetts United States Senate seat currently held by Scott Brown. While many others have declined to run including former Congressman Joe Kennedy, former Congressman Marty Meehan, Governor Deval Patrick,…
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