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    Industry Days Bring Business World to Classroom

    The inaugural Manning School of Business Industry Days brought over 100 professionals, including 44 alumni, to campus for two days of talks and networking with students, bridging the gap between classroom learning and real-world business challenges.
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    Alum Begins New Venture as DifferenceMaker Director

    As the new director of the DifferenceMaker program, alum Richard Juknavorian 鈥98 is leveraging his experience in startups and venture capital to help students turn their creative ideas into sustainable businesses.
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    Why Year-End Recaps Like 鈥楽potify Wrapped鈥 Strike a Chord

    Spotify Wrapped and similar year-end recaps transform personal data into shareable highlights, fostering connection, brand loyalty and a sense of identity in an increasingly digital world, according to faculty experts
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    UML Students鈥 Innovative Sparks Fly at IDEA Con

    More than a dozen UMass Lowell students attended the annual IDEA Con innovation conference at Boston University, where senior liberal arts major Sandi DeRuntz spoke about her ZipperBuddy venture.
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    Friend or Foe? Research Symposium Explores the Paradox of Technology

    UMass Lowell's research symposium, 鈥淔riend or Foe: Transforming Social Media & AI for a Healthy Future,鈥 brought together interdisciplinary experts and students to explore the complex relationship between technology, artificial intelligence and mental health.
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    Local Business Leaders Get Crash Course in AI

    Manning School of Business Assoc. Dean Amit Deokar shared his AI expertise with nearly 80 local business leaders during his recent talk, 鈥淟everaging Generative AI: Opportunities and Challenges in the New Era of Work.鈥 It was the inaugural event of a new Business Leaders Roundtable series hosted by UMass Lowell, Enterprise Bank and the Middlesex 3 Coalition.
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    Joy Tong Women in Business Pays It Forward

    Joy Tong Women in Business members presented Girls Inc. of Greater Lowell with a $2,000 fundraising donation during a dinner celebrating the student organization鈥檚 seven years in the Manning School of Business.