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Education, Student Life
Retired FDNY Battalion Commander Jack Oehm
Ret. FDNY Battalion Cmdr. Jack Oehm, cofounder of the Tunnel to Towers Foundation, told students about the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.

Sept. 11. Four planes. 2,996 people from 90 countries killed. More than 6,000 injured.

Education, Student Life
Courtney Coviello
Courtney Coviello, one of the first students to declare the new major in digital media, in front of the blue screen in the television studio.

Nick Jarek came to UMass Lowell in fall 2018 without declaring a major.   

He signed up for a wide range of courses his first year, including a class in lighting principles, which he thought would fulfill a lab science requirement. 

Research
Assistant Professor Sabrina Noel
Asst. Prof. of Nutrition Sabrina Noel is funded by the NIH to study bone health.

Many people think of osteoporosis as a disease that primarily affects non-Hispanic white women, thinning their bones to fragility and causing painful fractures of the spine, hips and wrists as they age.

Education, Student Life
Nursing student places thermometer in another nursing student's mouth
UMass Dartmouth offers the only bachelor of science degree in nursing in southeastern MA with newly renovated laboratories that enable students to gain valuable skills in the college's clinical simulation lab, physical assessment exam rooms, and state-of-the-art media center.

In the first US News & World Report national rankings for progra

Research
Associate Professor Joyita Dutta
With her latest grant for Alzheimer’s research, Assoc. Prof. Joyita Dutta will build models that predict how the disease progresses in the brain.

Assoc.

Education, Student Life, Impact

New River Hawks celebrate at Allen House after completing a summer program for first-generation college students.
New River Hawks celebrate at Allen House after completing a summer program for first-generation college students.

Three diversity-focused magazines have named UMass Lowell to their lists of “Top Colleges and Universities” for 2021. 

Education, Impact

U.S. News & World Report recently announced their 2022 College Rankings that once again saw UMass Dartmouth named a "2022 Best College" and significantly jump up the ranks on national student social mobility. The University was ranked #59 in the nation, up from #76 in 2021, and remains #2 in Massachusetts and #3 in New England.

Student Life
Students look over the syllabus for their Calculus 3 course with Asst. Teaching Prof. Erica Yankowskas on UML's first day back to in-person learning.
Students look over the syllabus for their Calculus 3 course with Asst. Teaching Prof. Erica Yankowskas on UML's first day back to in-person learning.

Computer engineering majors Cameron Albers and Chad Abboud got to know each other as freshmen last year during virtual classes on Zoom.

Education, Student Life
The 2021 incoming Graduate Entry Pathway class
The 2021 incoming Graduate Entry Pathway class

The Tan Chingfen Graduate School of Nursing at UMass Chan Medical School welcomed 38 newly minted nurses into the profession at its annual Graduate Entry Pathway Pinning Ceremony. The event was held in the presence of family and friends in the Albert Sherman Auditorium and remotely via livestream on Monday, Sept. 13.

Impact

The UMass Chan Medical School community celebrated the announcement of a transformational $175 million gift from The Morningside Foundation on Tuesday, Sept. 7, with hundreds of faculty, staff and students gathering on the Worcester campus for an afternoon event marking the historic donation.

“Thank you very much for coming to help us celebrate this momentous occasion,” said Chancellor Michael F. Collins. “It’s the privilege of a lifetime to serve as chancellor of the UMass Chan Medical School.”

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