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Lowell Women's Week - UMASS Lowell is participating in Lowell's Womens Week. The annual event takes place from March 3 through March 11 and is themed “Women of the World: “Lifting as We Climb.” Tonight the MEISA sponsored MOTHERS OF ROCK concert will take place in the Durgin Concert Hall with half the proceeds benefiting Girls Inc., of Lowell. For more information on the upcoming events and to learn more about Lowell Women's Week in general go to http://www.lowellwomensweek.org/.

UML 'NANO QUEENS' - The three women who run the nanomanufacturing center are going to overhaul the program. First off, UMASS Lowell and the state are planning on building a $80 million nano- and biomanufacturing center each splitting the cost. The building will give the center labs large enough to do large scale manufacturing. The trio of women, Chen, Mead and Barry have been dubbed the "nano queens" for being able to put together a plan that will benefit the program immensely.

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A virus of some sort has been plaguing the city of Lowell and its surrounding areas for the past few days. Suspected of being norovirus, the virus infects the tissue of the intestines causing cramping, diarrhea and fever. Though the virus is said to last only a few days, schools in the area are taking extreme caution towards this infectious virus. One Dracut school had a "disinfecting day" a few weeks ago and numerous other schools are posting signs to contstantly remind students to wash hands and keep clean.

Yesterday the House of Representatives put the okay on a parking plan that was requested by the Lowell National Historic Park. With this they are able to purchase five small properties in order to make parking easier for Lowell residents. All the properties combined amount to a little less than an acre and are valued at $200,000.

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Captain America has died. The venerable superhero of the comic books completed his last mission in issues that hits news stands today. The hero was created in 1941 to portray a patriotic mascot for the soldiers of World War 2 and since then has estimated over $210 million dollars in sales. Though the hero has had his last stand, Marvel says that it may not be the last for Captain America. Works are in progress to develop a movie based on the superhero.