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Dr. Lucinda Canty is now a tenured professor at the Elaine Marieb College of Nursing.

Dr. Lisa Duffy, joint associate professor for EMCON and the Institute for Applied Life Sciences (IALS), will be inducted into the American Academy of Nursing.

Dr. Gabrielle Abelard is among 14 faculty "emerging leaders" selected for funding by the provost and chancellor to attend transformational leadership programs.

Dr. Gabrielle Abelard has been voted Nurse.org's 2024 Nurse of the Year, celebrating her 20-plus-year career in mental health nursing.

Several EMCON faculty received Pilot Grant funding from the Elaine Marieb Center for Nursing and Engineering Innovation.

EMCON alum Cidália Vital has received the 2025 Distinguished Community Partner Award for her team's innovative nursing research and collaboration. 

Assistant Professor Jeannine Blake has received the 2025 Young Professional's Award from the Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation.

Shaely Lora, Hannah Durowaa Odei-Opoku, and Brittany Acloque all received scholarships from the Western Massachusetts Black Nurses Association (WMBNA).

Dr. Kalpana Poudel-Tandukar has received a 2024-2025 Faculty Distinguished Teaching Award from the Center for Teaching and Learning (CTL).

EMCON undergraduates Chloe Hogan '26 and Alexis Blaine '26 share their experience at the annual AACN Student Policy Summit in the nation's capital last month.