Community

UMass Lowell’s program for first-generation college students is among the country’s best, according to a national organization dedicated to these learners.

This week on The 495, Bread and Roses Executive Director Susan Sirois joins us to discuss how this Lawrence-based organization is responding to the COVID-19 crisis.

UMass Lowell professor explores the challenges faced by working moms during the COVID-19 pandemic.

I’m still disappointed about the things the pandemic has taken from my family and the world, and probably always will be, but the crisis also brought unexpected gifts. Learning to recognize them is a gift in itself.   

This week on The 495, we talk with philosopher John Kaag. He’s written about finding rare books in the Merrimack Valley, hiking with Nietzsche, and how William James can save your life.

The Greater Lowell Community Foundation announced a new round of grant funding totaling more than $436,000 to 27 area nonprofit organizations to provide COVID-19 assistance.

It is almost impossible to describe the anguish a child endures while undergoing cancer treatment. In an effort to help, Lucy’s Love Bus offers services that ease the side effects of harsh treatments.

One of the first producers of minicomputers, word processors, PCs and microcomputers, Dr. An Wang and his company, Wang Laboratories, were one of the largest companies in the MV in the 1980’s.

This week on The 495, we talk with Merrimack Repertory Theatre’s new artistic director, Courtney Sale!

Writers and those with a public platform often assume the role once held by elders and people of wisdom. But what happens when events render you speechless?

Businesses and nonprofits and banding together to help community residents fight against the difficulties of COVID-19.

The complex printing method for paper currency was created right here in Newburyport back in the late 1700’s. A version of this system is still used today by the U.S. Mint.