When Fania Davis was 15 and growing up in Birmingham, Alabama, she lost two close friends in the September 1963 bombing of the 16th Street Baptist Church that killed four young Black girls and…
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Public Health Prof. Li-Wenjun Wenjun Li works with federal agencies and hospital systems to research the resources that contribute to healthy aging – and how access to those resources is affected…, Q: What is the focus of your aging research?, A:, My passion always goes to public health and population health, using epidemiological, geographic and quantitative approaches. I work primarily with state and federal agencies to analyze data about…, Q: What have you learned so far?, A:, My most important finding is that the living environment plays a very important role in the likelihood of engaging in healthy behaviors, having chronic conditions and being injured or disabled. A…, Q: Both the social and physical living environments implicate race and socioeconomic status. How does your research address that?, A:, Socioeconomic disparities in access to services is tremendous, so we work with public health agencies to figure out the most effective ways for them to address those gaps. Typically, we analyze…, Q: What other major projects are you working on now?, A:, We are assisting the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the National Association of Chronic Disease Directors in developing a prototype for a national system to determine the prevalence…, Q: How are students involved in your research?, A:, In Worcester, our lab has had a long tradition of hosting internship programs for high school students, undergraduates, graduate students and post-doctoral fellows. Over the past 15 years, we’ve…
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Two researchers from the Department of Mechanical Engineering Department of Mechanical Engineering – Asst. Profs. Asst. Prof. Yan Gu Yan Gu and Asst. Prof. Marianna Maiaru Marianna Maiaru –…, Legged Robot Locomotion, Using her CAREER grant, Gu will draw upon dynamic modeling, state estimation, feedback control and theory of hybrid systems to advance the control theory of legged robots in order to realize and…, Faster than the Speed of Sound, Maiaru’s YIP project focuses on ceramic matrix composite (CMC) materials, which consist of reinforcing ceramic fibers embedded in a ceramic matrix. They are used for high-temperature, high-strength…
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The night before the biggest race of her life — the final of the women’s mile at the 2021 NCAA Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships in Fayetteville, Arkansas — UMass Lowell’s Kaley…
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Assoc. Prof. Uy-Phitsamay Phitsamay Uy was the first refugee from Laos to receive tenure as a professor of education in the United States. And for years, she was the only one. Education Assoc. Prof…
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Chemical engineering alum Brian Madigan '19 (left) and biology alum Christina Michel '17 (right) As the Biden Administration continues to push the pace of COVID-19 vaccinations — with a new goal of…
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Mia Gaglione and Ava Gilligan of Tewksbury Memorial High School Four teams of area high school students got some expert advice from UMass Lowell entrepreneurs while competing for a $500 first-place…, The Wind Up and the Pitch, Each team had five minutes to pitch their product or service and then fielded judges’ questions for 10 minutes. Gina Mustoe, Westford Academy instructor The panel of judges included Rajia Abdelaziz…
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Mechanical Engineering Asst. Prof. Alessandro Sabato, left, and his research team demonstrate the infrared drone on North Campus. Something unusual was buzzing across the moonless night sky on North…
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This verdict is an affirmation that Black Lives do Matter, and in particular the life of George Floyd. Our nation will long be haunted by the grotesque images of Mr. Floyd’s murder. This verdict is…
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Public health major Jordan Lippincott and Health Sciences Assoc. Dean Nicole Champagne The day that Public Health page public health major Jordan Lippincott got an email asking for volunteers to…
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