Department of History

Faculty

Full-Time Faculty

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Thomas Anderson
Chair, Department of History
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John A. Coakley
Lecturer, History
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Sean Condon
Vice President, Academic Affairs and Provost
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Walker Robins
Lecturer, History
- robinsw@merrimack.edu
- Sullivan 304
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Sally Shockro
Associate Professor, History
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Susan M. Vorderer
Associate Professor, History

Department Administrator

Erin Madden
Administrative Assistant, History
Sullivan 304
978-837-5471
maddene@merrimack.edu

Adjunct Faculty

Name	Email	Phone
Stephen Russell	russellst@merrimack.edu	978-837-5471

Professors Emeriti

Peter Ford, Professor Emeritus
David Knepper, Professor Emeritus
Clarisse Poirier, Professor Emerita

<section class="content-fluid-slider-container content-fluid dark section" style="background:url('/live/image/gid/67/width/1000/height/500/crop/1/src_region/0,0,1200,670/ignore_cropper/1/22456_Unity_in_Diversity_Background_2_1.rev.1617311619.jpg'); background-size:cover;"><div class="container"><div class="row no-gutters"><div class="col-lg-9"><span class="label">Office of Communications and Marketing</span><a class="hover-yellow" href="/live/news/5169-merrimacks-unity-in-diversity-days-attract-3000"><h3>Merrimack’s Unity in Diversity Days Attract 3,000 Guests, Global Partners</h3></a> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">On Tuesday, Oct. 19 and Wednesday, Oct. 20, Merrimack hosted its third biannual</span> <a href="https://www.merrimack.edu/diversity-equity-and-inclusion/programs/unity-in-diversity-days/unity-in-diversity-fall-2021-event/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Unity in Diversity</span></a> <span style="font-weight: 400;">days bringing together scholars, artists, activists, educators and community organizers to speak on a range of topics related to</span> <a href="https://www.merrimack.edu/diversity-equity-and-inclusion/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Diversity, Equity and Inclusion</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">.</span> </p></div><div class="col-lg-3"><div class="d-table h-100 "><div class="d-table-cell align-middle"><picture> <source type="image/webp" srcset="/live/image/gid/67/width/1000/height/500/crop/1/src_region/0,0,1200,670/ignore_cropper/1/22456_Unity_in_Diversity_Background_2_1.rev.1617311619.webp 1x"/> <source type="image/jpeg" srcset="/live/image/gid/67/width/1000/height/500/crop/1/src_region/0,0,1200,670/ignore_cropper/1/22456_Unity_in_Diversity_Background_2_1.rev.1617311619.jpg 1x"/> <img src="/live/image/gid/67/width/1000/height/500/crop/1/src_region/0,0,1200,670/ignore_cropper/1/22456_Unity_in_Diversity_Background_2_1.rev.1617311619.jpg" alt="Merrimack hosted its third biannual Unity in Diversity on Oct. 19-20, 2021. " loading="lazy"/> </picture> </div></div></div></div></div></section>
<section class="content-fluid-slider-container content-fluid dark section" style="background:url('/live/image/gid/67/width/1000/height/500/crop/1/src_region/0,0,1200,670/ignore_cropper/1/23002_RingFit_Twitter.rev.1632832930.jpg'); background-size:cover;"><div class="container"><div class="row no-gutters"><div class="col-lg-9"><span class="label">Office of Communications and Marketing</span><a class="hover-yellow" href="/live/news/5150-merrimack-students-faculty-collaborate-on-gamefit"><h3>Merrimack Students, Faculty Collaborate on GameFit App</h3></a> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In summer 2021, Merrimack’s</span> <a href="https://www.merrimack.edu/chirp/thrive-lab/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">THRIVE Lab</span></a> <span style="font-weight: 400;">built and beta tested an app that helps young people with neurodevelopmental and mental health diagnoses use and access therapeutic exercise and physical activity.</span> </p></div><div class="col-lg-3"><div class="d-table h-100 "><div class="d-table-cell align-middle"><picture> <source type="image/webp" srcset="/live/image/gid/67/width/1000/height/500/crop/1/src_region/0,0,1200,670/ignore_cropper/1/23002_RingFit_Twitter.rev.1632832930.webp 1x"/> <source type="image/jpeg" srcset="/live/image/gid/67/width/1000/height/500/crop/1/src_region/0,0,1200,670/ignore_cropper/1/23002_RingFit_Twitter.rev.1632832930.jpg 1x"/> <img src="/live/image/gid/67/width/1000/height/500/crop/1/src_region/0,0,1200,670/ignore_cropper/1/23002_RingFit_Twitter.rev.1632832930.jpg" alt="THRIVE Lab uses exergaming to engage youth with neurodevelopmental and mental health diagnoses." loading="lazy"/> </picture> </div></div></div></div></div></section>
<section class="content-fluid-slider-container content-fluid dark section" style="background:url('/live/image/gid/67/width/1000/height/500/crop/1/src_region/0,0,1200,670/ignore_cropper/1/23109_Chronicle_Twitter_Web.rev.1636740323.jpg'); background-size:cover;"><div class="container"><div class="row no-gutters"><div class="col-lg-9"><span class="label">Office of Communications and Marketing</span><a class="hover-yellow" href="/live/news/5171-merrimack-ranks-among-chronicle-of-higher"><h3>Merrimack Ranks Among Chronicle of Higher Education’s Top 10 Fastest-Growing Colleges</h3></a> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Merrimack College was</span> <a href="https://www.chronicle.com/article/fastest-growing-colleges-2009-19"><span style="font-weight: 400;">recognized by The Chronicle of Higher Education</span></a> <span style="font-weight: 400;">as the 10th fastest-growing private nonprofit institution in the Master’s category out of 347 colleges and universities. Over the 10-year period from 2009-2019, Merrimack’s overall enrollment has increased by 148%.</span> </p></div><div class="col-lg-3"><div class="d-table h-100 "><div class="d-table-cell align-middle"><picture> <source type="image/webp" srcset="/live/image/gid/67/width/1000/height/500/crop/1/src_region/0,0,1200,670/ignore_cropper/1/23109_Chronicle_Twitter_Web.rev.1636740323.webp 1x"/> <source type="image/jpeg" srcset="/live/image/gid/67/width/1000/height/500/crop/1/src_region/0,0,1200,670/ignore_cropper/1/23109_Chronicle_Twitter_Web.rev.1636740323.jpg 1x"/> <img src="/live/image/gid/67/width/1000/height/500/crop/1/src_region/0,0,1200,670/ignore_cropper/1/23109_Chronicle_Twitter_Web.rev.1636740323.jpg" alt="Merrimack recognized as the 10th fastest-growing private nonprofit institution." loading="lazy"/> </picture> </div></div></div></div></div></section>
<section class="content-fluid-slider-container content-fluid dark section" style="background:url('/live/image/gid/67/width/1000/height/500/crop/1/src_region/0,0,1200,670/ignore_cropper/1/23167_mgb_a_2.rev.1639170708.jpg'); background-size:cover;"><div class="container"><div class="row no-gutters"><div class="col-lg-9"><span class="label">Office of Communications and Marketing</span><a class="hover-yellow" href="/live/news/5176-mack-gives-back-packages-90000-meals-delivers-to"><h3>Mack Gives Back Packages 90,000 Meals, Delivers to Local Communities</h3></a> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Mack Gives Back, an annual service event organized by the</span> <a href="https://www.merrimack.edu/about/offices_services/hands-to-help/index.php"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Hands to Help</span></a> <span style="font-weight: 400;">neighborhood resources center, was held on Saturday, Nov. 13, 2021. Merrimack students, alumni, faculty and staff packaged 90,000 meals.</span> </p></div><div class="col-lg-3"><div class="d-table h-100 "><div class="d-table-cell align-middle"><picture> <source type="image/webp" srcset="/live/image/gid/67/width/1000/height/500/crop/1/src_region/0,0,1200,670/ignore_cropper/1/23167_mgb_a_2.rev.1639170708.webp 1x"/> <source type="image/jpeg" srcset="/live/image/gid/67/width/1000/height/500/crop/1/src_region/0,0,1200,670/ignore_cropper/1/23167_mgb_a_2.rev.1639170708.jpg 1x"/> <img src="/live/image/gid/67/width/1000/height/500/crop/1/src_region/0,0,1200,670/ignore_cropper/1/23167_mgb_a_2.rev.1639170708.jpg" alt="Students, faculty, alumni and staff gather to package meals for Mack Gives Back 2021." loading="lazy"/> </picture> </div></div></div></div></div></section>
<section class="content-fluid-slider-container content-fluid dark section" style="background:url('/live/image/gid/67/width/1000/height/500/crop/1/src_region/0,0,1200,670/ignore_cropper/1/23085_40Under40_Web_Twitter.rev.1635425621.jpg'); background-size:cover;"><div class="container"><div class="row no-gutters"><div class="col-lg-9"><span class="label">Office of Communications and Marketing</span><a class="hover-yellow" href="/live/news/5167-merrimack-alumnus-named-to-boston-business"><h3>Merrimack Alumnus Named to Boston Business Journal’s 40 Under 40 List</h3></a> <p>Adam Martel ’05 is the CEO and co-founder of <a href="https://www.gravyty.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Gravyty</a>, a company that works to empower nonprofits with accessible technology and Artificial Intelligence (AI). This year, he was named to the <a href="https://www.bizjournals.com/boston/news/2021/08/31/bbj-announces-this-year-s-40-under-40.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Boston Business Journal (BBJ) 40 Under 40 list</a>. </p></div><div class="col-lg-3"><div class="d-table h-100 "><div class="d-table-cell align-middle"><picture> <source type="image/webp" srcset="/live/image/gid/67/width/1000/height/500/crop/1/src_region/0,0,1200,670/ignore_cropper/1/23085_40Under40_Web_Twitter.rev.1635425621.webp 1x"/> <source type="image/jpeg" srcset="/live/image/gid/67/width/1000/height/500/crop/1/src_region/0,0,1200,670/ignore_cropper/1/23085_40Under40_Web_Twitter.rev.1635425621.jpg 1x"/> <img src="/live/image/gid/67/width/1000/height/500/crop/1/src_region/0,0,1200,670/ignore_cropper/1/23085_40Under40_Web_Twitter.rev.1635425621.jpg" alt="Adam Martel ’05, co-founder of Gravyty, was named to BBJ’s 40 Under 40 list." loading="lazy"/> </picture> </div></div></div></div></div></section>
<section class="content-fluid-slider-container content-fluid dark section" style="background:url('/live/image/gid/67/width/1000/height/500/crop/1/src_region/0,0,1200,670/ignore_cropper/1/23012_Homecoming2_Twitter_Web.rev.1633369776.jpg'); background-size:cover;"><div class="container"><div class="row no-gutters"><div class="col-lg-9"><span class="label">Office of Communications and Marketing</span><a class="hover-yellow" href="/live/news/5156-merrimack-welcomes-record-crowd-at-2021-homecoming"><h3>Merrimack Welcomes Record Crowd at 2021 Homecoming Weekend</h3></a> <p>Warrior pride filled campus as Merrimack hosted its largest crowd - more than 12,100 students, alumni, friends and family - at this year’s Homecoming Weekend. </p></div><div class="col-lg-3"><div class="d-table h-100 "><div class="d-table-cell align-middle"><picture> <source type="image/webp" srcset="/live/image/gid/67/width/1000/height/500/crop/1/src_region/0,0,1200,670/ignore_cropper/1/23012_Homecoming2_Twitter_Web.rev.1633369776.webp 1x"/> <source type="image/jpeg" srcset="/live/image/gid/67/width/1000/height/500/crop/1/src_region/0,0,1200,670/ignore_cropper/1/23012_Homecoming2_Twitter_Web.rev.1633369776.jpg 1x"/> <img src="/live/image/gid/67/width/1000/height/500/crop/1/src_region/0,0,1200,670/ignore_cropper/1/23012_Homecoming2_Twitter_Web.rev.1633369776.jpg" alt="Merrimack’s 2021 Homecoming Weekend included performances by the dance team, cheerleaders and the Merrimack marching band." loading="lazy"/> </picture> </div></div></div></div></div></section>
<section class="content-fluid-slider-container content-fluid dark section" style="background:url('/live/image/gid/67/width/1000/height/500/crop/1/src_region/0,0,1200,670/ignore_cropper/1/21675_LM-FF.rev.1594916487.jpg'); background-size:cover;"><div class="container"><div class="row no-gutters"><div class="col-lg-9"><span class="label">Office of Communications and Marketing</span><a class="hover-yellow" href="/live/news/4940-alumni-fast-five-with-nurse-lauren-maher-16"><h3>Alumni Fast Five with Nurse Lauren Maher ’16</h3></a> <p>In this week’s edition of “Fast Five: Quick Q&As with Members of the Merrimack Community,” we talk to alumnus Lauren Maher ’16. Lauren shares her path to becoming a nurse, how Merrimack influenced her career choice and how she’d like to come back and share her knowledge with current nursing students. </p></div><div class="col-lg-3"><div class="d-table h-100 "><div class="d-table-cell align-middle"><picture> <source type="image/webp" srcset="/live/image/gid/67/width/1000/height/500/crop/1/src_region/0,0,1200,670/ignore_cropper/1/21675_LM-FF.rev.1594916487.webp 1x"/> <source type="image/jpeg" srcset="/live/image/gid/67/width/1000/height/500/crop/1/src_region/0,0,1200,670/ignore_cropper/1/21675_LM-FF.rev.1594916487.jpg 1x"/> <img src="/live/image/gid/67/width/1000/height/500/crop/1/src_region/0,0,1200,670/ignore_cropper/1/21675_LM-FF.rev.1594916487.jpg" alt="Merrimack alumnus and nurse Lauren Maher '16 advises students to know they don't have to have it all figured out while they are in college." loading="lazy"/> </picture> </div></div></div></div></div></section>
<section class="content-fluid-slider-container content-fluid dark section" style="background:url('/live/image/gid/67/width/1000/height/500/crop/1/src_region/0,0,1200,670/ignore_cropper/1/23181_BOH_Web.rev.1639500364.jpg'); background-size:cover;"><div class="container"><div class="row no-gutters"><div class="col-lg-9"><span class="label">Office of Communications and Marketing</span><a class="hover-yellow" href="/live/news/5177-merrimack-doubles-up-on-blessing-of-the-hands-and"><h3>Merrimack Doubles Up on Blessing of the Hands and White Coat Ceremonies</h3></a> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In an important milestone for nursing students – some of whom have been waiting since the start of the pandemic – Merrimack hosted both the White Coat and Blessing of the Hands ceremonies on Saturday, Nov. 13.</span> </p></div><div class="col-lg-3"><div class="d-table h-100 "><div class="d-table-cell align-middle"><picture> <source type="image/webp" srcset="/live/image/gid/67/width/1000/height/500/crop/1/src_region/0,0,1200,670/ignore_cropper/1/23181_BOH_Web.rev.1639500364.webp 1x"/> <source type="image/jpeg" srcset="/live/image/gid/67/width/1000/height/500/crop/1/src_region/0,0,1200,670/ignore_cropper/1/23181_BOH_Web.rev.1639500364.jpg 1x"/> <img src="/live/image/gid/67/width/1000/height/500/crop/1/src_region/0,0,1200,670/ignore_cropper/1/23181_BOH_Web.rev.1639500364.jpg" alt="Merrimack nursing students reached two important milestones in their education on Saturday, Nov. 13, 2021." loading="lazy"/> </picture> </div></div></div></div></div></section>
<section class="content-fluid-slider-container content-fluid dark section" style="background:url('/live/image/gid/67/width/1000/height/500/crop/1/src_region/0,0,1200,670/ignore_cropper/1/21380_F5_Janet_Ierardi_Twitter.rev.1588791908.jpg'); background-size:cover;"><div class="container"><div class="row no-gutters"><div class="col-lg-9"><span class="label">Office of Communications and Marketing</span><a class="hover-yellow" href="/live/news/4921-faculty-fast-five-with-janet-ierardi"><h3>Faculty Fast Five with Janet Ierardi</h3></a> <p>In this week’s edition of “Fast Five: Quick Q&As with Members of the Merrimack Community,” we talk to obstetrics nurse and associate clinical professor of nursing Janet Ierardi who teaches in the <a href="/nursing">nursing program at Merrimack</a>. </p></div><div class="col-lg-3"><div class="d-table h-100 "><div class="d-table-cell align-middle"><picture> <source type="image/webp" srcset="/live/image/gid/67/width/1000/height/500/crop/1/src_region/0,0,1200,670/ignore_cropper/1/21380_F5_Janet_Ierardi_Twitter.rev.1588791908.webp 1x"/> <source type="image/jpeg" srcset="/live/image/gid/67/width/1000/height/500/crop/1/src_region/0,0,1200,670/ignore_cropper/1/21380_F5_Janet_Ierardi_Twitter.rev.1588791908.jpg 1x"/> <img src="/live/image/gid/67/width/1000/height/500/crop/1/src_region/0,0,1200,670/ignore_cropper/1/21380_F5_Janet_Ierardi_Twitter.rev.1588791908.jpg" alt="The first in her family to attend college, Janet Ierardi has been teaching nursing for more than 15 years and tells her students to "squeeze every drop out of learning."" loading="lazy"/> </picture> </div></div></div></div></div></section>
<section class="content-fluid-slider-container content-fluid dark section" style="background:url('/live/image/gid/67/width/1000/height/500/crop/1/src_region/0,0,1200,670/ignore_cropper/1/23108_Jin_Twitter_Web.rev.1636465166.jpg'); background-size:cover;"><div class="container"><div class="row no-gutters"><div class="col-lg-9"><span class="label">Office of Communications and Marketing</span><a class="hover-yellow" href="/live/news/5170-merrimacks-writers-house-welcomes-national-book"><h3>Merrimack’s Writers House Welcomes National Book Award Winner Ha Jin</h3></a> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">On Tuesday, Nov. 16 the</span> <a href="https://www.merrimack.edu/academics/the-writers-house/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Writers House</span></a> <span style="font-weight: 400;">will welcome esteemed author</span> <a href="https://www.bu.edu/creativewriting/people/faculty/ha-jin/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Ha Jin</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">. Jin has won the National Book Award, two PEN/Faulkner Awards, the Pen/Hemingway Award and the Flannery O’Connor Award, and has been a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize.</span> </p></div><div class="col-lg-3"><div class="d-table h-100 "><div class="d-table-cell align-middle"><picture> <source type="image/webp" srcset="/live/image/gid/67/width/1000/height/500/crop/1/src_region/0,0,1200,670/ignore_cropper/1/23108_Jin_Twitter_Web.rev.1636465166.webp 1x"/> <source type="image/jpeg" srcset="/live/image/gid/67/width/1000/height/500/crop/1/src_region/0,0,1200,670/ignore_cropper/1/23108_Jin_Twitter_Web.rev.1636465166.jpg 1x"/> <img src="/live/image/gid/67/width/1000/height/500/crop/1/src_region/0,0,1200,670/ignore_cropper/1/23108_Jin_Twitter_Web.rev.1636465166.jpg" alt="Ha Jin, writer and professor of English at Boston University, visits Merrimack’s Writers House for a reading and Q&A." loading="lazy"/> </picture> </div></div></div></div></div></section>
<section class="content-fluid-slider-container content-fluid dark section" style="background:url('/live/image/gid/67/width/1000/height/500/crop/1/src_region/0,0,1200,670/ignore_cropper/1/21758_rickey-caldwell.rev.1599077275.jpg'); background-size:cover;"><div class="container"><div class="row no-gutters"><div class="col-lg-9"><span class="label">Office of Communications and Marketing</span><a class="hover-yellow" href="/live/news/4947-merrimack-college-awarded-nsf-grant-for-machs"><h3>Merrimack College Awarded NSF Grant for MACHS Scholars Program</h3></a> <p>Merrimack secures NSF grant for new STEM program to support high-achieving, low-income students. </p></div><div class="col-lg-3"><div class="d-table h-100 "><div class="d-table-cell align-middle"><picture> <source type="image/webp" srcset="/live/image/gid/67/width/1000/height/500/crop/1/src_region/0,0,1200,670/ignore_cropper/1/21758_rickey-caldwell.rev.1599077275.webp 1x"/> <source type="image/jpeg" srcset="/live/image/gid/67/width/1000/height/500/crop/1/src_region/0,0,1200,670/ignore_cropper/1/21758_rickey-caldwell.rev.1599077275.jpg 1x"/> <img src="/live/image/gid/67/width/1000/height/500/crop/1/src_region/0,0,1200,670/ignore_cropper/1/21758_rickey-caldwell.rev.1599077275.jpg" alt="Principal Investigator Dr. Rickey Caldwell, Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering" loading="lazy"/> </picture> </div></div></div></div></div></section>
<section class="content-fluid-slider-container content-fluid dark section" style="background:url('/live/image/gid/67/width/1000/height/500/crop/1/src_region/0,0,1200,670/ignore_cropper/1/23087_Baseball_SHS_Alum_-_Twitter_Web.rev.1635516157.png'); background-size:cover;"><div class="container"><div class="row no-gutters"><div class="col-lg-9"><span class="label">Office of Communications and Marketing</span><a class="hover-yellow" href="/live/news/5168-warrior-alumni-find-way-to-professional-baseball"><h3>Warrior Alumni Find Way to Professional Baseball as Strength Coaches</h3></a> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Will Franco ’16 and Cory Chapp ’16 were among the inaugural class of graduate students in the</span> <span style="font-weight: 400;"><a href="/academics/health-sciences/graduate/exercise-and-sport-science/">master of science in exercise and sport science</a> program</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">. Both have since found employment as strength coaches under the Major League Baseball (MLB) umbrella.</span> </p></div><div class="col-lg-3"><div class="d-table h-100 "><div class="d-table-cell align-middle"><picture> <source type="image/png" srcset="/live/image/gid/67/width/1000/height/500/crop/1/src_region/0,0,1200,670/ignore_cropper/1/23087_Baseball_SHS_Alum_-_Twitter_Web.rev.1635516157.png 1x"/> <img src="/live/image/gid/67/width/1000/height/500/crop/1/src_region/0,0,1200,670/ignore_cropper/1/23087_Baseball_SHS_Alum_-_Twitter_Web.rev.1635516157.png" alt="Will Franco ’16 and Cory Chapp ’16 join Major League Baseball organizations as strength trainers." loading="lazy"/> </picture> </div></div></div></div></div></section>
<section class="content-fluid-slider-container content-fluid dark section" style="background:url('/live/image/gid/67/width/1000/height/500/crop/1/src_region/0,0,800,396/ignore_cropper/1/23075_4df2dfe9-53af-0aba-4d52-58b31d1afcf4.rev.1634915983.png'); background-size:cover;"><div class="container"><div class="row no-gutters"><div class="col-lg-9"><span class="label">Office of Communications and Marketing</span><a class="hover-yellow" href="/live/news/5165-merrimack-named-apple-distinguished-school-for"><h3>Merrimack Named Apple Distinguished School for Second Time</h3></a> <p>Since 2018, Merrimack College has been transforming the student experience through the integration of technology in our teaching, learning and campus design as an <a href="/about/offices_services/office-of-the-provost/center-for-excellence-in-teaching-and-learning/mobile-merrimack/">Apple Distinguished School</a>. </p></div><div class="col-lg-3"><div class="d-table h-100 "><div class="d-table-cell align-middle"><picture> <source type="image/png" srcset="/live/image/gid/67/width/1000/height/500/crop/1/src_region/0,0,800,396/ignore_cropper/1/23075_4df2dfe9-53af-0aba-4d52-58b31d1afcf4.rev.1634915983.png 1x"/> <img src="/live/image/gid/67/width/1000/height/500/crop/1/src_region/0,0,800,396/ignore_cropper/1/23075_4df2dfe9-53af-0aba-4d52-58b31d1afcf4.rev.1634915983.png" alt="Merrimack College has been named an Apple Distinguished school for the second time." loading="lazy"/> </picture> </div></div></div></div></div></section>
<section class="content-fluid-slider-container content-fluid dark section" style="background:url('/live/image/gid/67/width/1000/height/500/crop/1/src_region/0,0,1200,670/ignore_cropper/1/23137_Anchorage_Web_Twitter.rev.1638388629.jpg'); background-size:cover;"><div class="container"><div class="row no-gutters"><div class="col-lg-9"><span class="label">Office of Communications and Marketing</span><a class="hover-yellow" href="/live/news/5174-merrimack-faculty-partners-receive-largest-federal"><h3>Merrimack Faculty, Partners Receive Largest Federal Grant in College History</h3></a> <p><p> Collaborators in the <a href="/chirp/">Center for Health Inclusion and Research Practice (CHIRP)</a> recently received the largest federal award in Merrimack’s history. Team members from the NOURISH and THRIVE labs, as well as faculty across the College have been awarded $2.5 million to continue nutrition studies in Anchorage, AK.</p></p></div><div class="col-lg-3"><div class="d-table h-100 "><div class="d-table-cell align-middle"><picture> <source type="image/webp" srcset="/live/image/gid/67/width/1000/height/500/crop/1/src_region/0,0,1200,670/ignore_cropper/1/23137_Anchorage_Web_Twitter.rev.1638388629.webp 1x"/> <source type="image/jpeg" srcset="/live/image/gid/67/width/1000/height/500/crop/1/src_region/0,0,1200,670/ignore_cropper/1/23137_Anchorage_Web_Twitter.rev.1638388629.jpg 1x"/> <img src="/live/image/gid/67/width/1000/height/500/crop/1/src_region/0,0,1200,670/ignore_cropper/1/23137_Anchorage_Web_Twitter.rev.1638388629.jpg" alt="Merrimack faculty members will partner with Anchorage School District with NIH grant." loading="lazy"/> </picture> </div></div></div></div></div></section>
<section class="content-fluid-slider-container content-fluid dark section" style="background:url('/live/image/gid/67/width/1000/height/500/crop/1/src_region/0,0,1200,670/ignore_cropper/1/22254_band1.rev.1612985404.jpg'); background-size:cover;"><div class="container"><div class="row no-gutters"><div class="col-lg-9"><span class="label">Office of Communications and Marketing</span><a class="hover-yellow" href="/live/news/5009-bring-on-the-merrimack-college-marching-band"><h3>Bring on the Merrimack College Marching Band</h3></a> <p>Merrimack has launched its inaugural marching band to accompany the College’s Division I athletic program. </p></div><div class="col-lg-3"><div class="d-table h-100 "><div class="d-table-cell align-middle"><picture> <source type="image/webp" srcset="/live/image/gid/67/width/1000/height/500/crop/1/src_region/0,0,1200,670/ignore_cropper/1/22254_band1.rev.1612985404.webp 1x"/> <source type="image/jpeg" srcset="/live/image/gid/67/width/1000/height/500/crop/1/src_region/0,0,1200,670/ignore_cropper/1/22254_band1.rev.1612985404.jpg 1x"/> <img src="/live/image/gid/67/width/1000/height/500/crop/1/src_region/0,0,1200,670/ignore_cropper/1/22254_band1.rev.1612985404.jpg" alt="The Merrimack College Marching Band launched with 40 members and plans to grow to around 100 members who will provide entertainment at Merrimack’s Division I sports events." loading="lazy"/> </picture> </div></div></div></div></div></section>

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