Marty Meehan

LOWELL, Mass. (AP) — University of Massachusetts Lowell Chancellor Jacquie Moloney announced Wednesday that she will step down next June at the end of the academic year.

Moloney, who has two degrees from the school, became the first woman to lead the campus when she was appointed in 2015, and helped oversee record gains in student enrollment, diversity, and graduation and retention rates.

LANCASTER, Mass. (AP) — The Robert F. Kennedy Children’s Action Corps is honoring four people who are advocates for the nation’s most vulnerable youth.

During the virtual event scheduled for Tuesday, former Congressman Joseph Kennedy III, grandson of the late senator, will honor Jim Geraghty, managing director of Morgan Stanley Private Wealth Management; Justin Pasquariello, executive director of East Boston Social Centers; the Rev...