Book-lease programs get high marks for savings at UMass Lowell.

UMass Lowell students and Ireland archaeologists search for artifacts on grounds of St. Patrick's Church in Lowell.

The New England Consortium at UMass Lowell, which is dedicated to worker health and safety training, sent its own team of experts to the Gulf region to teach workers how to protect themselves from the chemical stew they've been wading in.

"For a long time the question has been, where do you go if you come to Lowell for Kerouac?" says Paul Marion, UMass Lowell's executive director of community and cultural affairs. He and COOL Director LZ Nunn envision a Kerouac center.

Starting next week, students at UMass Lowell will team up with researchers from Queen’s University in Belfast for a weeklong dig, part of a broader study of the Irish who immigrated to Lowell before and after the Great Famine and the role they played in 19th-century America.

UMass Lowell Chancellor Marty Meehan, three years into the job, has received a glowing review from a six-member evaluation team, UMass President Jack Wilson said.

UMass Lowell electrical engineering student Paula Bustus had had no experience with individuals with developmental disabilities last winter when she first visited the Bridgewell Day Center in Lynn. But she was on a mission to complete an assistive technology project for one of her requirements.

Construction is set to begin on UMass Lowell's $70 million Emerging Technologies and Innovations Center.

Rafael Moure-Eraso, a 22-year member of the UMass Lowell faculty has been tapped by President Barack Obama to head up the U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board.

Kids learn that engineering can make their brainstorms real at UMass Lowell Design Camp.

UMass Lowell hosted the Innovative Cities Conference with guests from Northern Ireland, Ann Arbor, Mich., Asheville, N.C., Milwaukee, Wis., and Portland, Ore.

Jacqui Barrett, who won the NCAA Division II championship in the shot put, was named to the ESPN The Magazine College Division Academic All-America Second Team, released yesterday.

Computer science and the arts are traditionally taught as stand-alone disciplines. But thanks to "Performamatics," a National Science Foundation-funded program, they are being brought together to provide educational opportunities to students at UMass Lowell and local schools.

UMass Lowell took another step forward Tuesday in pursuit of academic excellence and a global reputation, breaking ground on a new $80 million Emerging Technologies and Innovation Center that will rise on the corner of VFW Highway and University Avenue in Lowell.

The University of Massachusetts broke ground Tuesday on the construction of a planned $70 million technology center in Lowell.

UMass Lowell raised more than $500,000 for student scholarships before the third annual Commencement Eve gala and more was expected.

Roger Goodell was touched by UMass Lowell’s decision to honor his father, who lost his re-election bid in 1970 in part because of his decision to deviate from his party’s stance on the Vietnam War.

At the dais in front of 2,390 graduates of UMass-Lowell, Roger Goodell spoke without a prepared speech. The NFL commissioner didn’t need a teleprompter to tell this story.

On Tuesday, UMass Lowell's real estate portfolio grew sweeter, with the groundbreaking of the $70 million, 84,000-square-foot Emerging Technologies and Innovation Center. The project includes $70 million for construction plus $10 million to $15 million in private donations being sought for laboratories and equipment.

NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell used his story to inspire the 2,390 graduates of the University of Massachusetts Lowell on Saturday.