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The University of Massachusetts Lowell (also known as UMass Lowell or UML) is an urban public research university in Lowell, Massachusetts, United States, and part of the University of Massachusetts system.
With more than 1,100 faculty members and nearly 17,000 students, it is the largest university in the Merrimack Valley and the second-largest public institution in the state behind UMass Amherst.
The university offers 120 bachelor’s, 39 master’s and 33 doctoral degree programs, including nationally recognised programs in science, engineering and technology. Academically, UMass Lowell is organised into six schools and colleges: College of Fine Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences; College of Health Sciences; College of Sciences; the Francis College of Engineering; the Graduate School of Education; and the Manning School of Business.
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Kenosha is the latest US city to see federal agents patrolling its protests. History suggests that supplanting the local police with a militarized national force rarely works out well.
The framers of the Constitution never mentioned a right to vote. They didn’t forget. They intentionally left it out.
The post-pandemic office will be a lot more flexible but still will be necessary to help build relationships among colleagues, according to three scholars.
Electors may not vote their consciences, which means the Electoral College will continue to operate how most Americans think it does.
Legally designating domestic extremist groups as terrorist organizations – as some in the US advocate now – will have limited benefits, if any at all.
In a 5-to-4 decision, SCOTUS delivered a major blow to Trump and opened the doors to the court being an arbiter of public honesty
Many Americans are surprised to learn that Electoral College members do not necessarily have to pick the candidate their state’s voters favored. Or do they?
The Supreme Court’s pandemic-related move to oral argument over the telephone has improved those arguments and allowed the public to engage with these discussions of the meaning of our Constitution.
Nurses have always been at the forefront during war, epidemics and other times of disaster.
Doctors are being forced to make difficult choices regarding who gets ventilators in this pandemic. An expert argues why this has parallels with choices soldiers have to make during wartime.
Harvey Weinstein’s conviction isn’t the norm for perpetrators of sexual violence.
The question facing justices isn’t whether the president had the authority to rescind DACA. Rather, it is: Was he honest in his reasons why?
‘Zulm,’ an Arabic word meaning extreme injustice, could explain why Iran appears to be so united in anger at the US killing of Gen. Qassam Soleimani.
Sometimes it is difficult to take a photograph of an exoplanet because the star illuminating it is too bright. Now there is a new ‘deluminator’ telescope that can block out the extra light.
A series of brazen, highly visible attacks by Mexican drug cartels have killed at least 50 people in the past month, terrorizing citizens and making the government look weak on crime.
There’s really no reason you can’t use binoculars to look into space – and in fact astronomers have been working on doing so for a long time.
Emergency responders and military personnel need to think creatively – even imaginatively – to save lives under pressure. Analyzing the Grenfell Tower Fire in London reveals useful lessons.
Powerful men often proclaim baseless accusations to be a ‘witch hunt.’ But American witch trials have always targeted a persecuted minority: women.
Researchers look for signals that might distinguish people who are upset and ranting online from those who intend to do real physical harm.
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Associate Professor of History, UMass Lowell
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Director of Security Studies and Professor of Criminology and Justice Studies, UMass Lowell
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Professor and Chair of History, UMass Lowell
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Associate Professor of Political Science, UMass Lowell
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Associate Professor of Nursing, UMass Lowell
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Professor and Director of Security Studies, School of Criminology and Justice Studies, UMass Lowell
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Assistant Professor of History, UMass Lowell
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Associate Professor of Political Science, UMass Lowell
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Professor & Chair of Political Science; Director of the Center for Public Opinion, UMass Lowell
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Assistant Professor of Criminology and Justice Studies, UMass Lowell
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Teaching Professor of Environmental Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, UMass Lowell
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Professor of Climate Science, UMass Lowell
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Associate Professor of Physics and Applied Physics, UMass Lowell
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Associate Professor of Marketing, UMass Lowell
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Professor of Philosophy, UMass Lowell
