LOWELL — UMass Lowell officially welcomed the Class of 2029 with a convocation ceremony at the Tsongas Center Tuesday morning as a new slate of freshman students prepares to begin classes this week.

“I’m so happy to be here!” exclaims Nury Ortiz, during a 10-week class on basic computer skills taught by a pair of UMass Lowell students at the Coalition for a Better Acre. Ortiz and her husband, ...

Use your voice and passion to uplift the world around you. That was the message to the 4,447 members of UMass Lowell’s Class of 2025 this weekend as the university awarded 4,451 bachelor’s, master’s ...