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Co-op Scholars Explore Infinity – and Beyond

Co-op Scholars Explore Infinity – and Beyond | Featured Story

8/18/2017
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.
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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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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

May Futrell

School of Nursing

As a young nursing student on hospital duty, May Futrell was struck by the neglect of elderly patients, which ultimately defined her career and helped implement the first graduate program in the U.S. to educate primary-care gerontological nurse practitioners.
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.
Mallory Hillard

Community Health & Sustainability

Thanks to UMass Lowell, Hillard says she's found true satisfaction and happiness in her career and in herself.

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