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Social media spotlight: Emma Fournier

May 24, 2018 Hometown: Turner, º£½ÇÉçÇø In May, after just three years of college, Emma Fournier earned a degree in biology with a concentration in pre-medical studies. She teamed with assistant professor Allison Gardner to identify regions in º£½ÇÉçÇø most vulnerable to Lyme disease and to explore if dogs are sentinels for Lyme disease transmission. […]

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Social media spotlight: Christian Zwirner

May 8, 2018 Hometown: Windham, º£½ÇÉçÇø Christian Zwirner is a biochemistry major and Spanish minor. The former president of Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity will graduate in December 2018. The Senior Skull vice president’s research in Rob Wheeler’s lab focused on the fungus Candida albicans, which annually causes several thousand deaths due to hospital-acquired infection. He […]

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Duc Ngoc Hong Nguyen: Outstanding Graduating International Student

April 25, 2018 What difference has Uº£½ÇÉçÇø made in your life and in helping you reach your goals? The scholarship that I received from Uº£½ÇÉçÇø has certainly allowed me to get a quality education, and I am very grateful for that. Besides that, many classes here have well prepared me academically to enter my graduate […]

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Social media spotlight: Isaiah Mansour

Hometown: Fairfield, Connecticut I’m a marine science major with a dual concentration in marine biology and aquaculture, and for two years I was vice president of student entertainment. I enjoy playing music, reading, meditation and being outside. I’m researching human pharmaceutical uses of marine invertebrates. I’ve always been fascinated by marine life and how marine […]

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Austin Steward: Bioengineering major aiming for pediatric career in º£½ÇÉçÇø

Austin Steward, a third-year bioengineering major at the University of º£½ÇÉçÇø, was part of a select group who gained early access to the Tufts University School of Medicine through the º£½ÇÉçÇø Track Early Assurance program. Born of a partnership between Tufts and º£½ÇÉçÇø Medical Center in Portland, º£½ÇÉçÇø Track Early Assurance reserves a limited number […]

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Drew Brooks: Microbiology, music double major on track for medical school

October 12, 2017 Drew Brooks, a microbiology and music double major from Lyman, º£½ÇÉçÇø, came to the University of º£½ÇÉçÇø with a goal of becoming a medical doctor. As a sophomore, Brooks already has been accepted to Tufts University School of Medicine through the º£½ÇÉçÇø Track Early Assurance program. Born of a partnership between Tufts […]

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Uº£½ÇÉçÇø students awarded Eastern º£½ÇÉçÇø Medical Center Scholarships from medical staff

June 6, 2017 Physicians and other medical providers at Eastern º£½ÇÉçÇø Medical Center recently awarded scholarships to three University of º£½ÇÉçÇø students this who aspire to enter health professions in º£½ÇÉçÇø after graduation. “It is a privilege for the medical staff at Eastern º£½ÇÉçÇø Medical Center to award scholarships to deserving students at the University […]

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Madeline Wehrle: Researching structural thermoplastics for use in medical field

April 25, 2017 Editor’s note: An updated version of this story appears in the College of Engineering’s winter 2017 magazine. Madeline Wehrle was interested in medicine from an early age. After being introduced to isometric drawing and computer-aided design, or CAD, modeling in high school, she also became interested in bioengineering. “It was more of […]

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