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UMass Lowell Provost Ahmed Abdelal checking news from Egypt. (Web photo courtesy of CBSBoston.com and WBZ Radio) UMass Lowell Provost Ahmed Abdelal has been following the news from Egypt closely. He was born in Egypt and has relatives and colleagues in Cairo. UMass Lowell will be hosting an exhibition of contemporary…
Read More »Harvard economics scholar Edward Glaeser today looks at the environmental pros and cons of city life in a column in the Boston Globe. Read his column here, and get the Globe if you want more. Glaeser’s new book is called “Triumph of the City.” He’s on the list for an invitation…
Read More »From Director Judith Boccia, Office of School Partnerships, UMass Lowell Graduate School of Education, in the first issue of the OSP electronic newsletter: “November marked the completion of the first year of the U.S. Department of Education-funded Teaching American History (TAH) Project, titled “Imagination, Invention & Innovation: The Making of…
Read More »From Tony Sampas: Since we’re on the subject . . .
Read More »The Lowell Folk Festival website just posted a list of the performers who will be at this year’s Lowell Folk Festival on July 29-31, 2011: Dervish – One of Ireland’s Premier Traditional Music Groups Bill Kirchen and Too Much Fun – Dieselbilly Eddie Pennington – “Travis-style” thumb-picked guitar Hector del…
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Read More »From Tony Sampas: Making my way to the pastry shop. Walking past the beautifully restored Community Family building on Broadway
Read More »For many years I understood the importance of adding more vegetables to my diet, but I struggled to move beyond frozen peas and corn. Two years ago I discovered Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) and its summer-long flow of locally grown, fresh vegetables of both the old standby varieties like sweet…
Read More »George Koumantzelis photographed this historic event at the Smith Baker Center in June 1988, on the eve of the dedication of the Jack Kerouac Commemorative. More than 1,000 people attended what was described as the most important poetry reading in America of that year. Shown here on stage are Allen…
Read More »John M. Guilfoil of the Boston Globe Staff write today that Cambridge City Manager – Robert Healy – is the highest paid municipal manager in the Commonwealth and he reports that Healy – quoted in a Walter Robinson /Cambridge Day article – says that he is worth every penny. Healy who has served as city…
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