The University of Massachusetts Lowell (also known as UMass Lowell or UML) is a public

Public university

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 university in Lowell

Lowell, Massachusetts

Lowell is a city in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA. According to the 2010 census, the city's population was 106,519. It is the fourth largest city in the state. Lowell and Cambridge are the county seats of Middlesex County...

, Massachusetts

Massachusetts

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. It is bordered by Rhode Island and Connecticut to the south, New York to the west, and Vermont and New Hampshire to the north; at its east lies the Atlantic Ocean. As of the 2010...

, and part of the University of Massachusetts

University of Massachusetts

This article relates to the statewide university system. For the flagship campus often referred to as "UMass", see University of Massachusetts Amherst...

 system. With more than 640 faculty members and more than 14,000 students, it is the largest university in the Merrimack Valley

Merrimack Valley

The Merrimack Valley is a bi-state region along the Merrimack River in the states of New Hampshire and Massachusetts, United States. The Merrimack is one of the larger waterways in the New England region and has helped define the livelihood and culture of those living along it since native...

, the third-largest state institution behind UMass Amherst and UMass Boston.

The university offers more than 120 degree choices, internships, bachelor’s to master’s programs and doctoral studies in the colleges of Arts and Sciences, Engineering and Management, the School of Health and Environment, and the Graduate School of Education.

UMass Lowell's men's hockey

Hockey

Hockey is a family of sports in which two teams play against each other by trying to maneuver a ball or a puck into the opponent's goal using a hockey stick.-Etymology:...

 program has produced numerous professional players for the National Hockey League

National Hockey League

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.

Founding

The University of Lowell was formed in the 1975 merger of Lowell Technological Institute

Lowell Technological Institute

The Lowell Technological Institute was a public college located in Lowell, Massachusetts, United States. It was founded in 1895 as the Lowell Textile School.-Beginnings:...

 (1895) and Lowell State College

Lowell State College

Lowell State College was a public college located in Lowell, Massachusetts, United States. It was founded in 1894 as the Lowell Normal School.-Early years:...

 (1894). Their respective campuses became the North Campus and South Campus of the new institution, which was merged into the University of Massachusetts

University of Massachusetts

This article relates to the statewide university system. For the flagship campus often referred to as "UMass", see University of Massachusetts Amherst...

 system in 1991 and renamed as the University of Massachusetts Lowell.
Lowell is the only four-year accredited institution to have rejected noted Lowell resident Ravy.
The two original colleges had grown from humble beginnings as the Lowell Textile Institute, founded in 1895 to train technicians and managers for the textile industry, and the Lowell Normal School, founded in 1894 as a teacher-training college.

Academics

UMass Lowell is well-known for its science and engineering programs, including several "on the rise" technologies (e.g., the field of nanotechnology). It is the first university in the United States to offer a bachelor's degree

Bachelor's degree

A bachelor's degree is usually an academic degree awarded for an undergraduate course or major that generally lasts for three or four years, but can range anywhere from two to six years depending on the region of the world...

 in plastics engineering

Plastics engineering

Plastics engineering encompasses the processing, design, development, and manufacture of plastics products. A plastic is a polymeric material that is in a semi-liquid state, having the property of plasticity and exhibiting flow. The nature of plastic materials poses unique challenges to an engineer...

, and it is one of a few public universities in the United States to offer degrees in meteorology

Meteorology

Meteorology is the interdisciplinary scientific study of the atmosphere. Studies in the field stretch back millennia, though significant progress in meteorology did not occur until the 18th century. The 19th century saw breakthroughs occur after observing networks developed across several countries...

 and sound recording technology. UMass Lowell has a radiation laboratory with a research reactor and Van De Graff accelerator that provides students with real-world experience in particle physics

Particle physics

Particle physics is a branch of physics that studies the existence and interactions of particles that are the constituents of what is usually referred to as matter or radiation. In current understanding, particles are excitations of quantum fields and interact following their dynamics...

, nuclear engineering

Nuclear engineering

Nuclear engineering is the branch of engineering concerned with the application of the breakdown as well as the fusion of atomic nuclei and/or the application of other sub-atomic physics, based on the principles of nuclear physics...

 and health physics

Health physics

Health physics is a field of science concerned with radiation physics and radiation biology with the goal of providing technical information and proper techniques regarding the safe use of ionizing radiation...

. UMass Lowell is also the first university to offer a master's degree in sound recording technology (SRT). The university also boasts a baseball

Baseball

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 research center that is the official baseball bat

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 testing center for Major League Baseball

Major League Baseball

Major League Baseball is the highest level of professional baseball in the United States and Canada, consisting of teams that play in the National League and the American League...

.

UMass Lowell's College of Management has a diverse cirriculum in the fields of finance, marketing, management information systems, operations and more.

Rankings

In 2011, the University of Massachusetts system was ranked 19th in the world by the Times of London World University Rankings.

UMass Lowell specifically was ranked 183rd on the Tier 1 National University Ranking of the Best Colleges of 2011 by the US News and World Report. UMass Amherst was ranked 99th, and UMass Boston and Dartmouth did not make the list.

In the same report, UMass Lowell ranked 101st in the Top Public National Universities Ranking, and second among public universities in Massachusetts.

The Big Seven

The Big Seven are the main organizations on campus funded directly from the student activities fee (other student organizations have budgets granted through the Student Government Association). They are:

• Student Government Association (SGA)
• The UMass Lowell Connector (student newspaper
  Student newspaper
  A student newspaper is a newspaper run by students of a university, high school, middle school, or other school. These papers traditionally cover local and, primarily, school or university news....
  
  )
• WUML
  WUML
  WUML is a non-commercial College radio station licensed to Lowell, Massachusetts, USA. The station is owned by University of Massachusetts Lowell.-History:Radio at UMass Lowell was started in 1952 by a student named Ed Bonacci...
  
   (student-run radio station
  Radio station
  Radio broadcasting is a one-way wireless transmission over radio waves intended to reach a wide audience. Stations can be linked in radio networks to broadcast a common radio format, either in broadcast syndication or simulcast or both...
  
  )
• Campus Activities Programming Association (CAPA)
• Off-Broadway Players (student theater group)
• University of Massachusetts Lowell Riverhawk Marching Band
  University of Massachusetts Lowell Riverhawk Marching Band
  The University of Massachusetts Lowell Marching Band is the marching band for the University of Massachusetts Lowell. The band currently has about 100 members and is directed by Daniel Lutz and assisted by Debra-Nicole Huber...
  
  
• Sojourn (student-run yearbook
  Yearbook
  A yearbook, also known as an annual, is a book to record, highlight, and commemorate the past year of a school or a book published annually. Virtually all American, Australian and Canadian high schools, most colleges and many elementary and middle schools publish yearbooks...
  
  ) (inactive)

Other Clubs

Some of the other student organizations include:

• Association for Students of African Origin (ASAO)
• Audio Engineering Society (AES)
• American Society for Civil Engineering (ASCE)
• Biology Club
• Catholic Student Union (CSU)
• College Bowl
• Community Health Education Club
• Entrepreneurial Ventures Association (EVA)
• Finance Marketing Connection (DECA
  Deca
  Deca- or deka- is a prefix in the metric system, also a numerical prefix, denoting a factor of ten. The term is derived from the Greek δέκα meaning "ten". Its symbol is the only SI prefix that uses more than one character....
  
   & FBLA-PBL
  FBLA-PBL
  The Future Business Leaders of America-Phi Beta Lambda, or FBLA-PBL, is an American career and technical student organization that has its headquarters in Reston, Virginia...
  
  )
• Game Developers Group
• Haitian Student Association
• The UMass Lowell History Club
• Indian Students Association (ISA)
• International Relations Club (Model UN)
• Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE
  Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
  The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers is a non-profit professional association headquartered in New York City that is dedicated to advancing technological innovation and excellence...
  
  )
• Latin American Students Association (LASA)
• Math Club
• Magik (Masters gaming konnection)
• Muslim Student Association (MSA)
• Music and Entertainment Industry Students Association (MEISA)
• Music Educators National Conference
  MENC: The National Association for Music Education
  MENC: The National Association for Music Education is an organization of American music educators dedicated to advancing and preserving music education and as part of the core curriculum of schools in the United States...
  
   (MENC)
• Nursing Students Without Borders (NSWB)
• Pre-Law Society
• Pride Alliance(gay/straight alliance)
• Psychology Club
• Regional Economic and Social Development (RESD) Club
• Men's Rugby Club
• Women's Rugby Club
• Shotokan Karate Club
• Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers
• Society of Physics Students (SPS)
• Society of Plastic Engineers (SPE)
• STAN (Students Taking Action Now)
• UMass Lowell Bocce
  Bocce
  Bocce is a ball sport belonging to the boules sport family, closely related to bowls and pétanque with a common ancestry from ancient games played in the Roman Empire...
  
   Club
• UML Anime Club
• To Write Love
  To Write Love on Her Arms
  To Write Love on Her Arms is an interfaith, American non-profit organization which aims to present hope for people struggling with addiction, depression, self injury, and thoughts of suicide while also investing directly into treatment and recovery...
  
   UML

Academic buildings and residence halls

East Campus Campus Garage Ames Building Bourgeois Hall Campus Recreation Center Donahue Hall Fox Hall Kenneth R. Fox Student Union The Kenneth R. Fox Student Union, also known as Fox Hall, is a skyscraper in Lowell, Massachusetts. It is part of the University of Massachusetts Lowell. At 18 stories, it is the second tallest building in Lowell, behind Three River Place. When it was built, it was known as the Lowell Technical...  (includes housing and a large dining hall) Institute for Plastics Innovation (IPI) Leitch Hall Edward A. LeLacheur Park Edward A. LeLacheur Park Edward A. LeLacheur Park is a baseball park located on the banks of the Merrimack River in Lowell, Massachusetts. It is home to the New York-Penn League Lowell Spinners, the Class A Short Season Affiliate of the Boston Red Sox... Tsongas Center at UMass Lowell Wannalancit Mills University Crossing (former St. Joseph's Hospital) North Campus Alumni Library Ball Hall Costello Gym Cumnock Hall Cushing Field Complex Eames Hall Emerging Technologies and Innovation Center (under construction) Engineering Building Falmouth Hall Kitson Hall Lydon Library Olney Hall Olsen Hall Pasteur Hall Pinanski Energy Center Power Plant Southwick Hall South Campus Allen House Allen House (Lowell, Massachusetts) Allen House is an Italianate house at 2 Solomont Way in Lowell, Massachusetts. It was built in 1854, and listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places in 1982. It is associated with Charles Herbert Allen, the first civilian US governor of Puerto Rico. Although it was listed at 57 Rolfe... Coburn Hall Concordia Hall Dugan Hall Durgin Hall Health and Social Sciences Building (under construction) Mahoney Hall McGauvran Student Union O'Leary Library Power Plant Riverview Field Sheehy Hall Southside Cafe/Dining Hall Weed Hall 150 Wilder Street Other locations University Gardens at School Street University Commons at Moody Street 49 and 61 East Meadow Lane UMass Lowell Bellegarde Boathouse Downtown Mogan Cultural Center UMass Lowell Inn & Conference Center Center for Lowell History Tsongas Industrial History Center

University Housing

University housing is home to 3,147 students, including 504 in the UMass Lowell Inn & Conference Center (formerly the Doubletree Hotel), which opened in September 2009. Sixty-eight percent of the freshmen class live in university housing, according to the official web site. In addition, the university owns two apartment complexes located at East Meadow Lane, which houses graduates, students with families, and 21+ undergraduates.
East Campus

• Bourgeois Hall
• Donahue Hall
• Fox Hall
• Leitch Hall

North Campus

• Eames Hall>

South Campus Concordia Hall Sheehy Hall Off Campus Apartments 49 East Meadow Lane 61 East Meadow Lane University Commons Apartments at Moody Street University Gardens Apartments at School Street Merrimack Street Apartments Downtown UMass Lowell Inn & Conference Center

Student Operated On-Campus Services

• Emergency medical services
  Emergency medical services
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• Transportation Services
• SIC (Student Information Center)

Sports

UMass Lowell athletic teams compete in a variety of sports. Men and women compete in Division II, with the exception of men's hockey, which competes in Division I. The men's sports include baseball

Baseball

Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each. The aim is to score runs by hitting a thrown ball with a bat and touching a series of four bases arranged at the corners of a ninety-foot diamond...

, basketball

Basketball

Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...

, cross country

Cross country running

Cross country running is a sport in which people run a race on open-air courses over natural terrain. The course, typically long, may include surfaces of grass and earth, pass through woodlands and open country, and include hills, flat ground and sometimes gravel road...

, golf

Golf

Golf is a precision club and ball sport, in which competing players use many types of clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a golf course using the fewest number of strokes....

, ice hockey

Ice hockey

Ice hockey, often referred to as hockey, is a team sport played on ice, in which skaters use wooden or composite sticks to shoot a hard rubber puck into their opponent's net. The game is played between two teams of six players each. Five members of each team skate up and down the ice trying to take...

, track and field

Track and field

Track and field is a sport comprising various competitive athletic contests based around the activities of running, jumping and throwing. The name of the sport derives from the venue for the competitions: a stadium which features an oval running track surrounding a grassy area...

, and soccer. The women's sports are basketball, cross country, track and field, field hockey

Field hockey

Field Hockey, or Hockey, is a team sport in which a team of players attempts to score goals by hitting, pushing or flicking a ball into an opposing team's goal using sticks...

, soccer, rowing

Rowing (sport)

Rowing is a sport in which athletes race against each other on rivers, on lakes or on the ocean, depending upon the type of race and the discipline. The boats are propelled by the reaction forces on the oar blades as they are pushed against the water...

, softball

Softball

Softball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of 10 to 14 players. It is a direct descendant of baseball although there are some key differences: softballs are larger than baseballs, and the pitches are thrown underhand rather than overhand...

, and volleyball

Volleyball

Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules.The complete rules are extensive...

. The university's men's hockey

Ice hockey

Ice hockey, often referred to as hockey, is a team sport played on ice, in which skaters use wooden or composite sticks to shoot a hard rubber puck into their opponent's net. The game is played between two teams of six players each. Five members of each team skate up and down the ice trying to take...

 team plays in the Hockey East

Hockey East

Hockey East Association is a NCAA Men's Division I Ice Hockey conference which operates in New England. It participates in the NCAA's Division I as a hockey-only conference....

 conference, and play their games at the Tsongas Center at UMass Lowell. Past champions include the 1988 men's basketball team, the 1991 men's cross country team, the ice hockey team (three times), and the field hockey team twice (2005, 2010). The 2010 team finished a perfect 24-0.
The nickname "River Hawks" came about during the school's transition into UMass Lowell, and was inspired by the campus's location by the Merrimack River

Merrimack River

The Merrimack River is a river in the northeastern United States. It rises at the confluence of the Pemigewasset and Winnipesaukee rivers in Franklin, New Hampshire, flows southward into Massachusetts, and then flows northeast until it empties into the Atlantic Ocean at Newburyport...

. The University of Lowell's nickname was the Chiefs, which was abandoned in favor of the current name. A campus-wide poll was conducted for student input and final candidates included the Ospreys and the Raging Rapids, according to the Connector student newspaper.

University demographics

Total enrollment for 2011 is 14,702, an increase of more than 1,100 students from the previous year. In-state enrollment totals 92 percent of undergraduates and 71 percent of graduate students. International students are 1 percent of the undergraduate population and 14 percent of the graduate population. Students of color are 21 percent of the total undergraduate population and 18 percent of the graduate population. The male-female ratio is 60/40 for undergraduates and 52/48 for the graduate population. The total enrollment is up by more than 30 percent from 2007.

Located in the historic industrial city of Lowell, 25 miles (40.2 km) northwest of Boston, the campus spans 150 acre (0.607029 km²) along the Merrimack River. UMass Lowell has three campus clusters – North, South and East. Of the 14,702 students at UMass Lowell, approximately two-thirds are commuters. The university has increased student housing by more than 800 beds in the last three years and plans to add more residence halls in the next few years.

Recent developments

UMass Lowell and the city reached an agreement in 2009 for the school to acquire the Tsongas Arena and the 3 acres (12,140.6 m²) of land adjacent to it. The transfer was finalized in February 2010. The university bought the DoubleTree Hotel in downtown Lowell in 2009. It is now used for student housing and to house major events for the university, as well as business and cultural events, conferences and more. The building is called the UMass Lowell Inn & Conference Center.

The university broke ground in June 2010 on the new Emerging Technologies Innovation Center, the first new academic building built on campus in 30 years. The building, which will be located on the former site of Smith Hall (demolished in July 2010), will cost $70 million with half of the funding coming from the state. On March 30, 2011, the university held a topping-off ceremony marking the completion of the ETIC's steel frame. The ceremony also included the opening of a time capsule that was placed in the cornerstone of Smith Hall during its 1947 construction, as well as the compilation of a new time capsule to be included in the ETIC.

In July 2009, the Massachusetts legislature eliminated more than $1 million in funding for the state's Toxic Use Reduction Institute (TURI) from the state budget. TURI is based on the UMass Lowell campus. In October 2009, it was announced that the university had secured federal stimulus funds that would enable the institute open through the end of the fiscal year on June 30, 2010. TURI continues to operate today.

In January 2011, the university announced that it had acquired the old St. Joseph's Hospital in Lowell for $6.3 million. The complex, renamed University Crossing, consists of six buildings and approximately 300000 square feet (27,870.9 m²) of developable space. The university has not announced final plans for the property, but discussions include a student center, food court, bookstore, faculty offices and more. The University Police and some administrative functions will be the first to move to the site. A task force that includes representatives of the surrounding neighborhood and the city has been formed to discuss the future of the property. The facility is located near the university's North, South and East campuses and will serve as a central point uniting all three.
The university broke ground in April 2011 on the new Health and Social Sciences Building on South Campus. The 69000 square feet (6,410.3 m²) building, construction of which is funded by the state's Higher Education Bond Bill of 2008, will be home to three of the university's most popular majors: criminal justice, nursing and psychology.

On November 1st 2011 the university broke ground on a 16 million dollar garage on the North Campus. The garage is a six story, 650 space garage that will be finished in the fall of 2012. The university is also planning to construct a parking facility on the South campus, as well as a new student residence hall on East Campus and a new College of Management building on North Campus.

Notable alumni

• Bonnie Comley
  Bonnie Comley
  Bonnie Comley, Vice President of Stellar Productions International, Inc. is a producer, writer and performer.Comley has created scholarships funds at Columbia University Business Graduate School and at the Boston University College of Fine Arts Undergraduate School, where a theater is named in her...
  
  , Distinguished alumna
• Jerry Bergonzi
  Jerry Bergonzi
  Jerry Bergonzi is a jazz tenor saxophonist, composer, and educator. Bergonzi received a B.A. Degree in Music Education from the University of Massachusetts Lowell and is the founder of Not Fat Records....
  
  , jazz
• Keith Britton, CEO of My Fashion Database, actor, model, engaged to actress Zoe Saldana
  Zoe Saldana
  Zoe Saldana , sometimes stylized Zoë Saldaña, is an American actress. She had her breakthrough role in the 2000 film Center Stage and later gained prominence for her roles as Anamaria in Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl and Uhura in the 2009 film Star Trek, and a starring role...
  
  
• Michael Casey, poet
• Craig Charron
  Craig Charron
  Craig Charron was a professional ice hockey center from North Easton, Massachusetts. He was drafted by the Montreal Canadiens in the 1989 NHL Supplemental Draft; however, he never appeared in a game in the National Hockey League...
  
  , Professional Ice Hockey Player
• Christopher J. Coyne
  Christopher J. Coyne
  Bishop Christopher J. Coyne is the Apostolic Administrator of the Archdiocese of Indianapolis, Indiana. He was appointed administrator by the Pope on September 21, 2011, upon the early retirement of Archbishop Daniel M. Buechlein on grounds of ill health.Bishop Coyne was born in Woburn,...
  
  , Auxiliary Bishop of Indianapolis
• Christian Sbrocca, Former professional hockey player in the U.S. & Canada. Current musician & international recording artist.
• Roger W. Cressey
  Roger Cressey
  Roger W. Cressey is a former member of the United States National Security Council staff, where he held the position of Director for Transnational Threats from November 1999 through November 2001. He was until recently the president of the Good Harbor consulting group, and an adjunct Professor of ...
  
   Former U.S. National Security Council Staff, President of Good Harbor Consulting Group
• Edson deCastro, President and Founder, Data General Corporation
• Jeff Daw
  Jeff Daw
  Jeff Daw is a retired Canadian professional ice hockey centre who played in one National Hockey League game for the Colorado Avalanche during the 2001–02 NHL season.-Career statistics:-External links:...
  
   Former NHL Player with the Colorado Avalanche
• Brian S. Dempsey, (B.A.
  Bachelor of Arts
  A Bachelor of Arts , from the Latin artium baccalaureus, is a bachelor's degree awarded for an undergraduate course or program in either the liberal arts, the sciences, or both...
  
  ), member of the Mass. House of Representatives
  Massachusetts House of Representatives
  The Massachusetts House of Representatives is the lower house of the Massachusetts General Court, the state legislature of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. It is composed of 160 members elected from single-member electoral districts across the Commonwealth. Representatives serve two-year terms...
  
   (served 1990 - present)
• Mark Eshbaugh
  Mark Eshbaugh
  Mark Eshbaugh is an artist, author and musician and photographer.-Art career:Eshbaugh's primary media are photography and painting and sculpting....
  
  , Artist, Author, Musician and former professor at the University of Massachusetts Lowell
• Christopher G. Fallon, (M.S.
  Master's degree
  A master's is an academic degree granted to individuals who have undergone study demonstrating a mastery or high-order overview of a specific field of study or area of professional practice...
  
   1978), member of the Mass. House of Representatives
  Massachusetts House of Representatives
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   (served 1996 - present)
• Scott Fankhouser
  Scott Fankhouser
  Scott Fankhouser was an American ice hockey goaltender, he is currently the Assistant Coach for the Cincinnati Cyclones of the ECHL.- Career :...
  
   Former NHL Player with the Atlanta Thrashers
• Sean Garballey
  Sean Garballey
  Sean Garballey is the current Massachusetts State Representative for the 23rd Middlesex District representing Arlington and West Medford. He was elected in a special election on 4 March 2008, after the incumbent, J. James Marzilli, Jr...
  
  , (B.A.
  Bachelor of Arts
  A Bachelor of Arts , from the Latin artium baccalaureus, is a bachelor's degree awarded for an undergraduate course or program in either the liberal arts, the sciences, or both...
  
  ), member of the Mass. House of Representatives
  Massachusetts House of Representatives
  The Massachusetts House of Representatives is the lower house of the Massachusetts General Court, the state legislature of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. It is composed of 160 members elected from single-member electoral districts across the Commonwealth. Representatives serve two-year terms...
  
   (served 2008 - present)
• Colleen M. Garry, (B.S.
  Bachelor of Science
  A Bachelor of Science is an undergraduate academic degree awarded for completed courses that generally last three to five years .-Australia:In Australia, the BSc is a 3 year degree, offered from 1st year on...
  
  ), member of the Mass. House of Representatives
  Massachusetts House of Representatives
  The Massachusetts House of Representatives is the lower house of the Massachusetts General Court, the state legislature of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. It is composed of 160 members elected from single-member electoral districts across the Commonwealth. Representatives serve two-year terms...
  
   (served 1995 - present)
• Thomas A. Golden, Jr., (B.S.
  Bachelor of Science
  A Bachelor of Science is an undergraduate academic degree awarded for completed courses that generally last three to five years .-Australia:In Australia, the BSc is a 3 year degree, offered from 1st year on...
  
  ) and (MBA), member of the Mass. House of Representatives
  Massachusetts House of Representatives
  The Massachusetts House of Representatives is the lower house of the Massachusetts General Court, the state legislature of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. It is composed of 160 members elected from single-member electoral districts across the Commonwealth. Representatives serve two-year terms...
  
   (served 1995 - present)
• Ron Hainsey
  Ron Hainsey
  Ronald Hainsey is an American professional ice hockey defenseman currently playing for the Winnipeg Jets of the National Hockey League .-Playing career:...
  
  , NHL Ice Hockey Player with the Montreal Canadiens, Columbus Blue Jackets, Atlanta Thrashers and the Winnipeg Jets
• Ben Holmstrom
  Ben Holmstrom
  Ben Holmstrom is an American professional ice hockey center who plays for the Philadelphia Flyers of the National Hockey League .-Playing career:...
  
   NHL hockey player with the Philadelphia Flyers
• Dean Jenkins
  Dean Jenkins
  Dean Jenkins is a professional ice hockey player who played for the Los Angeles Kings in the National Hockey League.-External links:...
  
   Former NHL hockey player with the Los Angeles Kings
• Greg Koehler
  Greg Koehler
  Greg Koehler is a Canadian professional ice hockey player. He played in one NHL game with the Carolina Hurricanes during the 2000–01 season...
  
   Former NHL hockey player with the Carolina Hurricanes
• Mark Kumpel
  Mark Kumpel
  Mark Alan Kumpel is a former American ice hockey player.Selected by the Quebec Nordiques in the 1980 NHL Entry Draft, Kumpel also played for the Detroit Red Wings and Winnipeg Jets....
  
   Member of the 1984 US Olympic Hockey Team and former NHL player with the Quebec Nordiques and the Winnipeg Jets
• Mike LaValliere
  Mike LaValliere
  Michael Eugene "Mike" LaValliere , nicknamed Spanky, is a former catcher in Major League Baseball whose 11-year career included tenures in both the National and American Leagues...
  
   Former Major League Baseball catcher
• Boris Hirmas Rubio, noted Latin American entrepreneur, past Vice Chairman of Lan Chile
• Craig MacTavish
  Craig MacTavish
  Craig "MacT" MacTavish is the current head coach of the American Hockey League Chicago Wolves and a former ice hockey player and coach in the National Hockey League. He played centre for 19 NHL seasons with the Boston Bruins, Edmonton Oilers, New York Rangers, Philadelphia Flyers and St. Louis...
  
  , NHL Ice Hockey Player with Boston, Edmonton, St. Louis, Philadelphia and the NY Rangers and former Coach of Edmonton
• Marty Meehan
  Marty Meehan
  Martin Thomas "Marty" Meehan is an American attorney and politician from the state of Massachusetts. He is the current Chancellor of the University of Massachusetts Lowell, a position he assumed on July 1, 2007...
  
  , Congressman (served 1993 - 2007
  Massachusetts's 5th congressional district special election, 2007
  Massachusetts held a special election to fill a vacancy in Massachusetts's 5th congressional district on October 16, 2007. Democrat Niki Tsongas won election to congress defeating Republican Jim Ogonowski in an election that was closer than expected....
  
  ) and current chancellor
• Rich Miner
  Rich Miner
  Rich Miner is an investment partner on the Google Ventures team. Miner joined the Google Ventures team in March, 2009 and is based out of Cambridge, MA. Before joining Google Ventures, Miner was a former co-founder of Android, Inc., origin of the Android mobile operating system and was an...
  
  , Creator of Wildfire, co-founder of Android Inc., and investment partner on the Google Ventures team
• Jon Morris
  Jon Morris
  Jon Morris is a former American college and professional football player. At Gonzaga College High School in Washington, DC, he was a three-sport athlete in football, basketball and baseball. After Gonzaga he played center and linebacker for three seasons at the College of the Holy Cross...
  
   Former NHL player with the New Jersey Devils, San Jose Sharks and Boston Bruins
• John Ogonowski
  John Ogonowski
  John A. Ogonowski was an American pilot and an agricultural activist. A resident of Dracut, Massachusetts, Ogonowski was a leading advocate on behalf of farming in Massachusetts, particularly in aiding immigrant farmers from Cambodia, whom he assisted as part of the New Entry Sustainable Farming...
  
  , Pilot of American Airlines Flight 11 on 9/11/2001
• John Pinette
  John Pinette
  John Pinette is an American actor and stand-up comedian. He has toured the comedy club circuit since the 1980s and has appeared in cinema and television...
  
  , Comedian
• Dwayne Roloson
  Dwayne Roloson
  Albert Dwayne Roloson is a Canadian professional ice hockey goaltender currently playing for the Tampa Bay Lightning in the National Hockey League . He has previously played for the Calgary Flames, Buffalo Sabres, Minnesota Wild, Edmonton Oilers, and New York Islanders during his professional career...
  
  , NHL Ice Hockey Player with Tampa Bay, NY Islanders, Calgary, Buffalo, Minnesota Wild, and Edmonton
• Robert Silvers, Photomosaic artist
• Bob Squires
  Bob Squires
  -Biography:Squires is most widely known as the former lead guitarist for the rock band Beatle Juice from 1994 to 2004. While attending Lowell University from 1974 till 1981, Squires was a classical guitar performance major and won two silver medals in prestigious international competitions -...
  
  , guitarist
• Thelma Todd
  Thelma Todd
  Thelma Alice Todd was an American actress. Appearing in about 120 pictures between 1926 and 1935, she is best remembered for her comedic roles in films like Marx Brothers' Monkey Business and Horse Feathers, a number of Charley Chase's short comedies, and co-starring with Buster Keaton and Jimmy...
  
  , movie actress
• John Traphagan
  John Traphagan
  John Willis Traphagan is an associate professor of Asian Studies, Anthropology, and Religious Studies at the University of Texas at Austin. Traphagan's research has largely focused on rural Japan, with most of his research conducted in Iwate Prefecture...
  
  , Former Director of the Center for East Asian Studies at the University of Texas at Austin
  University of Texas at Austin
  The University of Texas at Austin is a state research university located in Austin, Texas, USA, and is the flagship institution of the The University of Texas System. Founded in 1883, its campus is located approximately from the Texas State Capitol in Austin...
  
   and professor of Religious Studies
• Ben Walter
  Ben Walter
  Ben James Walter is a Canadian professional ice hockey centre currently playing with the Calgary Flames in the National Hockey League...
  
   NHL Hockey player with the Boston Bruins, New York Islanders and New Jersey Devils

Notable faculty

• Eunice Alberts
  Eunice Alberts
  Eunice Alberts is an American contralto who had an active career as a concert soloist and opera singer during the 1950s through the 1980s. She began her career as a concert soloist with the Boston Symphony Orchestra at the young age of 19 and quickly became a lauded oratorio singer during the late...
  
  , opera and concert singer
• Arno Rafael Minkkinen
  Arno Rafael Minkkinen
  Arno Rafael Minkkinen is a Finnish photographer who works in the United States.-Career:Minkkinen is known for his black and white abstract pieces which juxtapose bodies and landscapes in surprising ways: he "directs scenes in which his body — or a portion of it — appears as an integral...
  
  , fine art photographer
• Andre Dubus III
  Andre Dubus III
  Andre Dubus III is an American novelist and writer of short stories. He is a member of the faculty at the University of Massachusetts Lowell.-Early life and career:...
  
  , novelist and short-story writer
• John Wooding, former provost
• Robert Karasek, job stress researcher
• Susan O'Sullivan, author in physical therapy
• Richard Farrell
  Richard Farrell
  Richard Farrell was a gifted New Zealand classical pianist who achieved almost legendary status, but whose flourishing career was cut short in a road accident at the age of 31...
  
  , author, filmmaker, teacher, and journalist
• Terry Chance, rhythm guitarist and backup vocalist for Conway Twitty
• Jack Wilson
  Jack Wilson
  Jack Wilson may refer to:* Jack Wilson , American baseball player* Jack Wilson , American boxer and Olympic medalist in 1936* Jackie Wilson , American boxer...
  
  , former UMass president
• Willis Traphagan, Professor Emeritus of music, conductor of many groups including the Savoyard Light Opera Company and tuba player with groups such as the Boston Pops

See also

• University of Massachusetts Lowell Radiation Laboratory
• Massachusetts Toxics Use Reduction Institute
  Massachusetts Toxics Use Reduction Institute
  The Massachusetts Toxics Use Reduction Institute is a state agency of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. It was established in 1989 when the Toxics Use Reduction Act was passed by the legislature. TURI is located at the University of Massachusetts Lowell in Lowell, MA...
  
  

External links

• Official website
• Official Athletics website