Sam Linstead-Atkinson Connector Editor Jacqueline Moloney is now nearing the end of her first semester as chancellor of UMass Lowell, but she has been active in the progress of the university since 1984. In 1984 and 1985 Moloney managed “a program that helped disadvantaged high school students transition to college,” and she has been working for…
What UMass Lowell is doing to prevent shootings
David Rudderham Connector Editor Faculty and students assembled in a small room with police officers to learn how to defend themselves should there ever be a tragic shooting at UMass Lowell. In that very room everyone learned the horrible truth that you are vulnerable anywhere you are on campus. The course did not just deal…
Chancellor Moloney sits down to student Q&A
Photo Credit: Michael Calamonici Jessie Paskiewicz Connector Staff Amid the blue ambient lighting, jazz music, and clanking plates of Moloney Hall, students and staff alike got to experience what Chancellor Jacqueline Moloney enjoys the most: connecting directly with students. Organized by UMass Lowell’s Student Government Association and interviewed by Vice President Jesse Kruszka, Moloney answered…
Lunchtime lecture with the authors of ‘We are Market Basket’
Courtesy Photo This is the cover to Daniel Korschun’s and Grant Welker’s new book about the Market Basket boycott Taylor Carito Connector Staff The summer of 2014 marked the beginning of an unusual but revolutionary response to save a corporation. Employees, customers and even vendors lined the streets to hear the verdict at the Wyndham…
The ups and downs of Riverview Suites
Dennis Scannell, Jim McClutchy, John McCullough (George DeLuca/Connector) George DeLuca Connector Staff Riverview Suites is the new residence hall down by the river at UMass Lowell’s South Campus. The ribbon cutting ceremony on Oct. 1 brought a sense of relief to many in attendance. After all, it took over nine years to complete a project that…
Industry, immigrants and Canada: A history of hockey in Lowell
Courtesy Photo Jessie Paskiewicz Connector Staff Like any good story out of Lowell, it started with some French Canadians. But we are not talking about just any story – we are talking about the history of hockey in Lowell. In honor of yet another season, it is time we take a collective look back and learn…
Who was Paul Tsongas?
Taylor Carito Connector Contributor The Tsongas Center is home to the UMass Lowell River Hawks, where the Division I hockey team impresses thousands of cheering fans each year. While many of the current student population were growing up in the ‘90s, the namesake of this building was living out the last years of his life.…
