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Jessica Saad UMass Lowell Community Health & Sustainability Alum
Jessica Saad
Community Health & Sustainability

Looking back, Jessica Saad doesn’t take for granted how much UMass Lowell —and community health especially— helped prepare her for life outside of college.

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Marbella Leal
Nursing

An Honors College student fellowship gave Marbella Leal a chance to work with at-risk students and do research with a professor.

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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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Sandra Ocampo
Master of Public Health, Dietetics

Sandra Ocampo switched her career from investment management to dietetics.

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Health Sciences News

  • A man in glasses smiles while a woman drops water into a vial while seated at a table.

    Faculty Unite to Advance STEM Teaching and Research

    More than 75 UMass Lowell faculty, staff and graduate students came together for the inaugural STEM Teaching, Educator Learning and Research (STELAR) Conference, designed to spark collaboration and lay the groundwork for a new interdisciplinary STEM education and research center.
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  • A young woman poses for a photo while holding a metal reusable cup and food container.

    University Dining Dishes Up Sustainability

    University Dining is advancing UMass Lowell’s sustainability efforts through a new reusable container program and research collaborations that promote plant-forward, environmentally responsible dining.
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    New Biotech Labs to Prepare Students for Careers in Growing Sector

    The Biomedical and Nutritional Sciences Department received a $750,000 Workforce Development Grant from the Massachusetts Life Sciences Center to build two specialized teaching and research facilities: mammalian cell culture and histology laboratories.
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