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Caroline Klim
Nursing, Public Health

Lacrosse player Caroline Klim ’23 plans to apply public health knowledge to her future nursing career.

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Coral Gonzalez poses for a photo with Oprah Winfrey and five other students who won Oprah Winfrey Scholarships in 2018
Coral Gonzalez
Nursing

Coral Gonzalez set her sights on becoming a nurse after she was hospitalized in middle school. The Honors College student won one of the first Oprah Winfrey Scholarships to help her succeed.

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Levon Markosyan poses inside a lab while interning at a pharmaceutical manufacturing company in Armenia.
Levon Markosyan
Pharmaceutical Sciences

Pharmaceutical sciences major Levon Markosyan gained operational experience as an intern at a pharmaceutical manufacturing company in Armenia.

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Stacey Nwachukwu
Public Health

Stacey Nwachukwu is helping communities and influencing policy at the Statehouse.

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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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