History
Lowell's 19th-century textile mills drew much of their water power from this major New England river.
What is the Merrimack River?
UMass Lowell's feathered mascot goes by this energetic first name.
Who is Rowdy?
This famous Quincy-born doughnut-and-coffee chain began in Massachusetts in 1950.
What is Dunkin'?
This signature Lowell event fills downtown with traditional music, dancing, crafts and international food for three days.
What is the Lowell Folk Festival?
Lowell's textile industry originally harnessed this renewable energy source to operate its machinery.
What is water power, or hydropower?
Lowell State College and Lowell Technological Institute merged in 1975 to create an institution with this name.
What is the University of Lowell?
Most UMass Lowell Division I teams compete in this conference, whose name reflects the university's geographic region.
What is the America East Conference?
Students can use this UML-branded campus currency for food, snacks and other purchases at participating campus locations.
What are River Hawk Dollars?
Jack Kerouac, a Lowell-born author, is most closely associated with this postwar literary movement.
What is the Beat Generation?
This Lowell engineer, in which the College of Engineering is named, improved hydraulic turbine design and published the influential Lowell Hydraulic Experiments in 1855.
Who is James B. Francis?
Established in 1978, this National Park Service site preserves Lowell's industrial and immigrant history.
What is Lowell National Historical Park?
River Hawks men's hockey plays its home games at this arena on Martin Luther King Jr. Way.
What is the Tsongas Center?
Known as a gateway city, Lowell is an especially good Massachusetts city in which to explore this Southeast Asian cuisine due to its large immigrant population.
What is Cambodian, or Khmer, cuisine?
Lowell hosts this annual festival dedicated to preserving and sharing Southeast Asian-American cultural heritage.
What is the Southeast Asian Water Festival?
UMass Lowell's research reactor produces this many megawatts of thermal power.
What is 1 megawatt?
Lowell became one of America's earliest major centers of this industry during the Industrial Revolution
What is textile manufacturing?
Before becoming an NHL star goaltender, this player tended goal for the UMass Lowell River Hawks.
Who is Connor Hellebuyck?
Located on East Campus, this residence hall is home to the largest dining facility at UMass Lowell.
What is Fox Hall?
This UML-affiliated center is a partnership between the School of Education and the National Park Services to provide hands-on, educational programs for youth.
What is the Tsongas Industrial History Center?
UMass Lowell's research reactor began operations in this same year that Lowell State and Lowell Tech merged.
What is 1975?
This South Campus landmark is UMass Lowell's oldest academic building and was originally built for the Lowell Normal School.
What is Coburn Hall?
This UMass Lowell women's team finished a perfect 24-0 while capturing the 2010 NCAA Division II national championship.
What is field hockey?
Lowell's large Southeast Asian population means restaurants around the city commonly serve this Vietnamese noodle soup.
What is pho?
Located within the Mogan Cultural Center, this UMass Lowell research library preserves materials related to the history of Greater Lowell and the university.
What is the Center for Lowell History?
UMass Lowell's NERVE Center specializes in robotics research and testing. The letters N-E-R-V-E stand for this full name.
What is the New England Robotics Validation and Experimentation Center?