“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.
She Found Her Compass Rowing
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 …
Manning to Speak at Graduation
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…
No Ivy, No Regrets
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.
UMass Lowell’s Deal: 3.0 GPA = Free Tuition
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.
Cardiac Diagnoses Get Boost
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…
30 New England IT Degree Programs
Industry demands for a technically trained workforce are causing information technology programs at higher education institutions to grow in popularity, outpacing other academic programs, according to Catherine Kendrick, director of corporate and dista…
