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Ed Brennen In the countless hours that senior peace and conflict studies major Austin Thoren has spent studying in the OâLeary Learning Commons mezzanine, he never gave much thought to the empty cement terrace just outside the roomâs floor-to-ceiling windows. âThere was never anything going on out there, so I didnât really pay attention to it,â he says. When students return to campus this fall, theyâll discover quite a bit going on outside the windows: a new rooftop garden of flowers, herbs and vegetables brimming from 500 neatly arranged containers. Itâs the latest addition to UMLâs Urban Agriculture Program, a collaboration between the universityâs Office of Sustainability and the Lowell-based urban farming nonprofit Mill City Grows. ....
Alec Itzaina and Madhav Makadia had to be there when the first panini was served. A year ago, they were among the 16 Manning School of Business students in the Internship for Entrepreneurship course preparing to open âAfter Hours,â a student-run venture that would offer late-night fare on weekends at University Suitesâ Hawkâs Nest Cafe. After months of planning, everything was coming together for the grand opening in late March. But then, of course, COVID-19 shut down the campus. âWe were expecting to come back from spring break and open the restaurant. Then we had to stop,â says Itzaina, a senior finance student from São Paulo, Brazil. ....
Ed Brennen Because Isaiah Langa â20 studies finance in the Manning School of Business and has been investing on his own for several years, he occasionally receives a text message from a friend or relative seeking advice on a stock pick. When shares of video game retailer GameStop skyrocketed by more than 2,000% in January, fueled by an online Reddit community of amateur âretailâ investors trading on the popular Robinhood platform, Langaâs phone lit up.    âOne day I got five texts from different people asking me about GameStop,â says Langa, a native of Dracut, Massachusetts, who is completing his Master of Science in Finance this semester after earning his bachelorâs degree in business administration last spring. âIt was interesting to see how many people were involved who werenât typically investors.â ....
Ed Brennen Dealing with the emotional toll of climate change and reducing the environmental footprint of plastics are among the topics that will be covered in a new spring seminar series hosted by UMass Lowellâs Climate Change Initiative (CCI). Assoc. Prof. of Plastics Engineering Meg Sobkowicz-Kline will kick off the virtual series on Monday, Feb. 1, with a talk on âLiving with Plastics: Problems and Solutions.â Sobkowicz-Kline, who serves as the Francis College of Engineeringâs liaison to the CCI, will discuss the basic issues in plastics sustainability, her research groupâs recent highlights, and steps being taken by her department to lower its environmental footprint. ....
Ed Brennen Amit Deokar, an associate professor of Operations and Information Systems in the Manning School of Business, has been recognized as a Distinguished Member (Cum Laude) by the Association for Information Systems (AIS). With 4,400 members representing 1,951 higher education institutions in 98 countries, AIS is the largest and most prestigious international professional association for academics involved in research and teaching of information systems. Deokar is just the second faculty member from the UMass system, and third from the commonwealth, to be recognized as a distinguished member. âI am honored to receive this recognition and feel humbled to be in company with leaders in the field who have contributed tremendously to the AIS community,â says Deokar, who joined AIS in 2004 as a doctoral student at the University of Arizona. âIt speaks to the support I have received from my departments and universities I have been affiliated w ....