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A front-page Lowell Sun article today is reporting interesting news from yesterday’s roundtable discussion with U. S. Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood. He is committed to backing the alternative design plan for the Interstate 93 – Lowell Junction interchange that would limit access to the town of Tewksbury’s local roads. While…
Read More »This is without question one of the craziest campaign seasons I have ever seen. We have someone running for the United States Senate who spent part of her youth ruling out whether she was a witch or not. We have a person running for Governor of New York in the…
Read More »In the online edition of the NYTimes, several scholars debate the value of humanities courses and degree programs in higher education. The discussion was sparked by the termination of a French language degree program at a NY state university. Get the NYT is you appreciate the range of coverage in the…
Read More »Read about what’s new and what’s coming up at the Tsongas Center at UMass Lowell in this online report from the Eagle-Tribune downriver.
Read More »Economist Robert H. Frank writing in the NYTimes yesterday tackled the politically sensitive issue of income inequality and described what’s been happening the past 30 years—and the impact of it. Read his analysis here, and get the NYT if you appreciate the writing. During the three decades after World War II,…
Read More »According to the Boston Herald – the State House News Service asked U. S. Representative Michael Capuano about his plans to run for the U. S. Senate seat now held by Scott Brown when it comes open again in 2012. Capuano who is the only Massachusetts Rep running unopposed by the GOP or…
Read More »The Nashua Telegram reported yesterday that the Greater Hudson (NH) Chamber of Commerce is disassociating itself from the US Chamber of Commerce because of the intensely partisan political role taken by the US Chamber this election season. As anyone who watches TV can attest, the US Chamber of Commerce is…
Read More »This week Tony Sampas brings us some signs from around the city and invites readers to suggest others that might be included.
Read More »The entry below is being cross posted from local Playwright Jack Neary’s own blog, Shards A couple of months ago, I introduced you to Eddie and Timmy. I had just moved in with them and my brother and sister-in-law in Derry, NH, where I set up my man cave and…
Read More »This video is pretty cool. The DORA or Door Opening Robotic Arm was developed right here in the Robotics Lab at UMass Lowell. Hey, why don’t I just let them describe it themselves… Low-cost wheelchair-mounted Door Opening Robotic Arm (DORA) This video demonstrates the final product of Erin Rapacki’s master’s…
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