Education

What’s special about fencing is that anyone can do it. Plus, it’s a fast-paced sport that’s appealing to today’s internet-obsessed generation.

Featured photo: Oprah Winfrey poses with the first six UMass Lowell Oprah Winfrey Scholarship winners. From left, Coral Gonzalez Diana, Daphne Shakira Naut, Flore Stécie Norcéide,…

UML’s Satellite Campus in Haverhill After earning an associate degree in liberal arts from Northern Essex Community College last year, Paige Fournier wanted to continue…

Area Libraries Offer Summer Activities for Kids of All Ages Across the Merrimack Valley, libraries are offering young patrons a full slate of programs this…

On Christmas Day 2014, a hacking group called Lizard Squad spoiled the holiday for many kids and parents by using a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack…

Local culinary programs teach students of all ages how to master kitchen skills.

Clad in royal blue scrubs, name badge swinging from a lanyard around her neck, Victoria Torres flops into a chair, expelling a loud sigh. The exhausted…

“Here’s the problem with comedy,” Nathan Keepers announced to 10 rapt middle schoolers, having just taught the group the basics of a purposeful and theatrical…

If everything goes as planned, a small satellite designed and built by a team of UMass Lowell undergraduates will launch into orbit next year, circling…

More than any month of the year, September has always felt like a time when I should be starting something new. No doubt this annual…

Thinking of going to college and getting that degree? Guest columnist Lane Glenn offers some practical advice to put you on the road to success.

Shortly after the founding of Newburyport’s Anna Jaques Hospital (1884) — named for the Newbury woman who donated more than $25,000 to its establishment —…