“If you are open to change … you can do anything,” MFS Chairman Robert Manning ’84 tells UMass Lowell’s 20th graduating class, and its largest, as part of the UMass system.… Read More 2,570 Diplomas, Just as Many Dreams

Kevin Cullen column on senior Katrina Walther, a great athlete and a better person, who graduated from UMass Lowell, with a degree in graphic design and psychology. She learned a lot in college. But then, she had already learned 90 percent of what she …… Read More She Found Her Compass Rowing

Thirty years ago, Robert Manning drove a car held together with duct tape from Methuen to UMass Lowell to start his freshman year of college. Saturday morning, Manning will deliver the commencement address before the university’s graduating class at th…… Read More Manning to Speak at Graduation

Rob Manning is going back to UMass Lowell this weekend to deliver the commencement address, receive an honorary degree (along with his wife and co-alum, Donna), and make a gift of several million dollars to the college.… Read More No Ivy, No Regrets

Starting this fall, community-college students who earn an associate’s degree while achieving a grade-point average of 3.0 or higher will be able to attend UMass Lowell tuition-free. … Read More UMass Lowell’s Deal: 3.0 GPA = Free Tuition

A tiny sensor developed by UMass Lowell Asst. Prof. Xingwei Wang, designed to allow doctors to measure blood pressure in real time as it travels through a patient’s arteries, could mean better treatment decisions — and could make the t…… Read More Cardiac Diagnoses Get Boost

A crowd of more than 200 students, professors and poetry fans packed the O’Leary Library room on UMass Lowell’s South Campus to hear the readings and witty asides of former U.S. Poet Laureate Kay Ryan.… Read More Renowned Poet Visits with UML