Former Massachusetts State Representative, Marty
Meehan announced on Wednesday night the date of
the groundbreaking for the new Emerging
Technologies and Innovation Center in Lowell,
MA. Meehan also announced a one million dollar
merit-based scholarship endowed by former
Goldman Sachs executive, and UMass/Lowell
Alumna, Roy J. Zuckerberg.
Meehan has been the Chancellor of The University
of Massachusetts/Lowell for the past three
years. He visited Manhattan to attend a private
dinner with Alumni and friends of the university
hosted by Stewart F. Lane and Bonnie Comley.
Ms. Comley will receive the Distinguished Alumni
Award at the May commencement to be presented by
Meehan. After the dinner the group headed to
Broadway to see the critically acclaimed Come
Fly Away at The Marriott Marquis. Come Fly Away
is produced by multi-award winners, Lane &
Comley.
The Emerging Technologies and Innovation Center
is part of a 23 million dollar project made
possible by a grant for nanotechnology.
Nanotechnology deals with the engineering of
products on a sub-microscopic scale for
applications in fields such as biology,
communications and computers. The National
Science Foundation has estimated that the global
market for nano-engineered materials could be
worth $1 trillion and employ more than 2 million
people by 2015.
UMass/Lowell has a national reputation in
science, engineering and technology and is
committed to educating students for lifelong
success in a diverse world and conducting
research and outreach activities that sustain
the economic, environmental and social health of
the region. UMass/Lowell offers its 13,000
students more than 120 degree choices,
internships, five-year combined bachelor’s to
master’s programs and doctoral studies in the
colleges of Arts and Sciences, Engineering and
Management, the School of Health and
Environment, and the Graduate School of
Education. The University of Massachusetts is
the largest public university in New England.