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Find your place in Public Health, Nursing, Physical Therapy or Biomedical & Nutritional Sciences

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Students Teach Healthy Eating

Students Teach Healthy Eating | Featured Story

7/31/2017
Students studying dietetics gain valuable work experience during their summer community internships.
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First-year Cambodian-American Students Win Nisei Scholarships

First-year Cambodian-American Students Win Nisei Scholarships | Featured Story

7/28/2017
A dozen incoming first-year students have been awarded scholarships by the Nisei Student Relocation Commemorative Fund. The fund honors efforts to get nearly 5,000 second-generation Japanese-American (Nisei) students out of World War II relocation camps and into colleges.
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Public Health Prof Wins $2.1M Grant for Parkinson's Research

Public Health Prof Wins $2.1M Grant for Parkinson's Research | Featured Story

7/6/2017
The National Institutes of Health awarded Asst. Prof. of Public Health Natalia Palacios a $2.1 million, five-year grant to study the relationship between gut bacteria and the risk of Parkinson’s disease.
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Nursing Students Break Down Language Barriers in Spain

Nursing Students Break Down Language Barriers in Spain | Featured Story

6/26/2017
Led by Asst. Prof. Valerie King, 13 students from the Solomont School of Nursing spent two weeks in Cádiz, Spain, learning Spanish medical terminology.

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By the Numbers

2,141
Undergraduates
409
Graduate Students
4
Departments & Schools
6
Research Centers & Institutes
82
Faculty
66
Staff
32
Degrees Offered
15
Graduate Certificates

Delivering Real-World Experiences

Kassie Pavlakos

Medical Laboratory Sciences

When the opportunity arose for the Medical Laboratory Sciences major to work hands-on as a lab intern in Weed Hall, Kassie Pavlakos knew it was too good to pass up.
Erneston Maurissaint

Nursing

Even though Erneston Maurissaint '16 passed the state’s nursing board exam on his first try, his road to success was not an easy one.
Sean Jordan

Physical Therapy

Sean Jordan is living his dream working for the New England Patriots as an assistant athletic trainer and physical therapist.

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