Starting April 19, anyone 16 years and older living in Massachusetts can get vaccinated against COVID-19. Campus health experts and researchers recommend vaccination for everyone who can safely get the shot -- so that we can protect ourselves and others in our campus community.

More than 100 students in the Zuckerberg College of Health Sciences have volunteered to help out at Lowell General Hospital’s COVID-19 vaccination clinic, which gives about 2,000 shots each day. In addition, some nursing students are earning clinical hours while giving vaccinations.

Nursing student Darany Long was the first in her family to graduate high school – and will be the first to graduate from college, too. But her beloved grandfather, who was terminally ill, wouldn’t live to see that day. So nursing faculty loaned her a cap, gown and hood, and she celebrated early with him.

The partnership with Lowell General Hospital began last month and pairs healthcare workers from the hospital with nursing students from the university's College of Health Sciences.

Two Ph.D. students – one an educator from Uzbekistan, the other a nurse practitioner — met through a women’s running group in North Andover. Their friendship grew as they shared early morning runs, dissertation tips and their personal histories amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

Assoc. Prof. of Nursing Comfort Enah takes a public health, community-based approach to research aimed at improving sexual and reproductive health in underserved communities and low-income countries. She focuses on using mobile apps to improve health outcomes.

Asst. Prof. of Nursing Mazen El Ghaziri and a colleague at Saint Louis University have been awarded $160,000 by the National Institute of Corrections to create a training program aimed at improving the health and working conditions of correctional officers, who suffer high rates of injury, stress, obesity and premature death.

When two alumni now working at Lowell Community Health Center wanted volunteers for their “Stop the Spread” COVID-19 testing campaign this summer, they knew whom to call: their former professors in the Zuckerberg College of Health Sciences.

The university’s in-person study abroad programs are on hold, but International Experiences & Study Abroad is offering virtual global internships and online courses with an international focus. An Honors College professor even moved his summer study abroad program in San Sebastian, Spain, to Zoom, bringing experts on Basque history and culture into students’ homes.

Twin sisters Elizabeth and Katherine Conole, who graduated from UMass Lowell’s Solomont School of Nursing, are taking care of COVID-19 patients at Lowell General Hospital.

Students practice assessment, critical thinking and communication skills via videoconferencing with the help of student actors.

The Zuckerberg College of Health Sciences and the Kennedy College of Sciences donated face shields, masks, gowns, eyewear, gloves and more to local health and first responders on the front lines of fighting the coronavirus.

Meredith Ritze, a registered nurse who works in the emergency department at Lowell General Hospital and soon-to-graduate nurse practitioner from UMass Lowell, is thankful for the community support her request has prompted.

Epidemiologist and Public Health Prof. David Kriebel, who is reviewing data as it becomes available on the outbreak of COVID-19, sees cautiously encouraging trends on the containment of the virus emerging in China.

Three of the Whitcomb quadruplets chose UMass Lowell, each for their own reasons. But they’re happy to be here together.

This year’s winners of the university's Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Distinguished Service Awards have served the community through theater, community health research and volunteer work with homeless people and at-risk high school students.

Sleep disruption can lead to depression, cardiovascular disease and accidents on the job or at home. To combat these issues, Asst. Prof. Yuan Zhang of the Solomont School of Nursing is partnering on a $1.7 million four-year National Institute of Aging grant to study strategies that help older night shift workers sleep soundly.

Four administrators from the School of Nursing at Naresuan University, Thailand, visited UMass Lowell on April 26 to celebrate the signing of a memorandum of understanding (MOU) and discuss plans for collaboration.

At UMass Lowell’s Center for Gerontology Research and Partnerships’ forum, speakers shared their latest research on aging workers in the workplace, age-friendly initiatives and asthma in older adults.

More than 280 students finished the academic year by presenting their work at the annual Student Research & Community Engagement Symposium. Many of the students’ research projects aimed to solve or engage real-world problems, from public health to violent crime.

Multiple groups of nursing students educated teens in Dracut, Billerica and Tewksbury about the health risks of vaping.

The Solomont School of Nursing celebrated the 50th anniversary of the nursing program by recognizing 50 nursing leaders at an event on Oct. 4.

The Center for Promotion of Health in the New England Workplace (CPH-NEW) has launched an online continuing education program to help nurses prevent musculoskeletal injuries in clinical care settings.

Invitation to Innovation, which was held May 4 at the Tsongas Center, was attended by more than 2,000 schoolchildren, educators and community and corporate partners.

An interdisciplinary team led by Manning School Assoc. Prof. Asil Oztekin and Zuckerberg College Assoc. Prof. Margaret Knight received a $10,000 IDEA grant from the Office of the Provost to collaborate with the Lowell Community Health Center and use Big Data analytics to model health outcomes for risk groups.

Three interdisciplinary faculty research projects were selected to receive mini-grants as part of a new collaborative initiative between the Manning School of Business and the Zuckerberg College of Health Sciences.

An oncology nurse for more than 30 years, Donna Manning and her husband Rob established an endowed faculty chair nursing position in the Solomont School of Nursing.

Faculty Teaching Circle Fellows integrate innovative teaching methods in classes to help students succeed.

Every year, more than 200 first-year students receive merit-based, $4,000 Co-op Scholarships in their acceptance packages. The scholarships pay them to do research with a faculty member, intern at a community agency or study abroad.

Led by Asst. Prof. Valerie King, 13 students from the Solomont School of Nursing spent two weeks in Cádiz, Spain, learning Spanish medical terminology.

UMass Lowell officially dedicated its College of Health Sciences to alumnus Roy Zuckerberg in recognition of his support for the university and its students.

Alice Bonner ‘89, who spoke on campus to students, staff, faculty and community agency representatives at the recent third annual Healthy Aging-Living Well Forum, urged students to get involved in health policy.

UMass Lowell recently celebrated the naming of its School of Nursing and the first-ever endowed professorship in the nearly 50-year history of the program.

UMass Lowell dedicated the Susan and Alan Solomont School of Nursing and announced the Donna Manning Endowed Chair for Nursing at a ceremony with more than 100 students, faculty, staff, alumni and friends held at the Health and Social Sciences Building.

A new “Interdisciplinary Experiential Learning” course gives students from five different majors — nursing, medical laboratory science, nutritional sciences, exercise physiology and public health — experience working in teams at Summit ElderCare in Lowell.

Research conducted by Asst. Prof. of Nursing Yuan Zhang shows that sleep deprivation can negatively affect both nursing assistants and their patients. The results were published in the January issue of Geriatric Nursing.

From improving rehabilitation for stroke survivors to reducing inflammation through diet in older adults, faculty members in the College of Health Sciences are conducting studies that have the potential to make a powerful impact on people’s lives.

Eight nursing students and two faculty members traveled to China on a cross-cultural exchange experience.

As they prepare for commencement, some of our seniors reflect on how they found their place at UMass Lowell and what legacy they’d like to leave behind.

Marcelle Durrenberger and her mom Jocelyne of Hudson will be graduating together from UMass Lowell May 14.

Members of the Disable the Label club work to unite people with unique challenges and to welcome students with disabilities through events and outreach.

College of Health Sciences students designed interactive, fun activities to educate kids about health before the College of Health Sciences Alumni Night with the River Hawks hockey game.

Living-learning communities help students academically and socially, increasing retention and student success.

The School of Nursing has been selected as a member of the National Hartford Center of Gerontological Nursing Excellence.