03/08/2021
Amazing Alumnae Exemplify River Hawk Spirit
These Young Women have Just Begun their Journeys
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Computer Science
Vanessa Chen likes computer science because it’s both logical and creative.
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Public Health
For Nery Rodriguez, public health is the perfect major to combine science with helping people and communities.
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Public Health
Annie Soup Koagne is getting everything she can out of UMass Lowell, while working to make it a better place.
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Criminal Justice
Criminal Justice major and community organizer Mayara Reis says the diversity at UMass Lowell let her be who she's supposed to be.
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Finance and Marketing
Business administration major Melanie Sunnerberg has a passion for finance that she’s honed through a co-op experience at MFS Investment Management and her leadership roles in student organizations.
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Chemistry
Benedicta Agyemang-Brantuo won the 2021 MLK Service Award for starting a club to address health disparities – amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
UMass Lowell Looks to Balance the Scales
Center for Women & Work
The UMass Lowell Center for Women and Work is a community of scholars who are dedicated to advancing knowledge about the relationship between gender and work through research, enhancing understanding of this relationship through education and training, and challenging inequalities through institutional change.
Making WAVES: Women Academics Valued and Engaged in STEM
Research, Academics and Mentoring Pathways (RAMP)
Piloted in 2018, Research, Academics and Mentoring Pathways (RAMP), is a 6-week summer program that provides support to women entering the Francis College of Engineering with coursework, project work, mentoring, and networking with local companies and alumni.