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<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/0,0,400,267/ignore_cropper/1/20641_Wellness_Expo_02_190930.rev.1570711318.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><h3>Wellness Expo Injects a Dose of Fun into Health</h3><p><p><span style="font-weight: 400;">There were free plants, bouncy balls and food for students who stopped by the Wellness Expo in O’Brien Plaza Sept. 30 to learn about the resources available to help students stay healthy this academic year.</span></p></p></div><div class="col-lg-3"><div class="d-table h-100 "><div class="d-table-cell align-middle"><a class="btn float-right" href="/live/news/4813-wellness-expo-injects-a-dose-of-fun-into-health" role="button" title="Wellness Expo Injects a Dose of Fun into Health" aria-label="Wellness Expo Injects a Dose of Fun into Health">Read more </a> </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/0,0,3200,2400/ignore_cropper/1/20464_Pedro_02_190829.rev.1567024086.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><h3>Good Deed Multiplying into More Good Deeds</h3><p><p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Pedro Lugo ’21 gave away a ticket to a Red Sox game and in return received a new perspective on the plight of homeless people in the Greater Boston region. Now Lugo and his friends are on a mission to alleviate the suffering of those who live on the streets.</span></p></p></div><div class="col-lg-3"><div class="d-table h-100 "><div class="d-table-cell align-middle"><a class="btn float-right" href="/live/news/4792-good-deed-multiplying-into-more-good-deeds" role="button" title="Good Deed Multiplying into More Good Deeds" aria-label="Good Deed Multiplying into More Good Deeds">Read more </a> </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/0,0,1700,917/ignore_cropper/1/20321_Cailin_Currie_Swims.rev.1561127682.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><h3>Hitting her Stride in Berlin, Sophomore Looking to Paralympics</h3><p><p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Cailin Currie ’21 recently returned from the Paralympics World Series in Berlin where she competed in the tune-up swimming meet leading into qualifying races for next summer’s Paralympics games in Tokyo.</span></p></p></div><div class="col-lg-3"><div class="d-table h-100 "><div class="d-table-cell align-middle"><a class="btn float-right" href="/live/news/4752-hitting-her-stride-in-berlin-sophomore-looking-to" role="button" title="Hitting her Stride in Berlin, Sophomore Looking to Paralympics" aria-label="Hitting her Stride in Berlin, Sophomore Looking to Paralympics">Read more </a> </div></div></div></div></div></section>
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<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/0,0,300,450/ignore_cropper/1/20490_Hobson_Hallie_Credit_Julie_Skarratt_2016_1.rev.1567603752.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><h3>Defender of the Arts to be Guest Speaker at This Year’s Convocation</h3><p>Merrimack College is honored to welcome a tireless defender of arts, the poet and playwright Hallie Hobson, as its guest speaker for this year’s Convocation at <a href="https://merrimackathletics.com/facilities/?id=2" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Hammel Court</a> in the Merrimack Athletic Center Thursday, Sept. 5 at 4 p.m. </p></div><div class="col-lg-3"><div class="d-table h-100 "><div class="d-table-cell align-middle"><a class="btn float-right" href="/live/news/4797-defender-of-the-arts-to-be-guest-speaker-at-this" role="button" title="Defender of the Arts to be Guest Speaker at This Year’s Convocation" aria-label="Defender of the Arts to be Guest Speaker at This Year’s Convocation">Read more </a> </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/0,0,400,259/ignore_cropper/1/20522_We_Are_One_5.rev.1568156589.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><h3>Merrimack Climbs U.S. News & World Report’s Ranking of Best Colleges</h3><p><p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Merrimack College continued its steady climb up U.S. News & World Report magazine’s Best Colleges rankings this year, leaping from 50th a year ago to 46th on the 2020 list released Monday Sept. 9. It also listed the Merrimack among the top 10 most innovative regional universities.</span></p></p></div><div class="col-lg-3"><div class="d-table h-100 "><div class="d-table-cell align-middle"><a class="btn float-right" href="/live/news/4800-merrimack-climbs-us-news-world-reports-ranking" role="button" title="Merrimack Climbs U.S. News & World Report’s Ranking of Best Colleges" aria-label="Merrimack Climbs U.S. News & World Report’s Ranking of Best Colleges">Read more </a> </div></div></div></div></div></section>
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<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/0,0,2400,1553/ignore_cropper/1/20432_NancyStudio2.rev.1566307677.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><h3>Summer Break Offers Professors Time for Research, Including Art</h3><p><p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Associate professor of visual and performing arts Nancy Wynn went on the 20th annual Pellegrinaggio pilgrimage to Italy last spring and is using the experience as inspiration for her latest artwork series.</span></p></p></div><div class="col-lg-3"><div class="d-table h-100 "><div class="d-table-cell align-middle"><a class="btn float-right" href="/live/news/4785-summer-break-offers-professors-time-for-research" role="button" title="Summer Break Offers Professors Time for Research, Including Art" aria-label="Summer Break Offers Professors Time for Research, Including Art">Read more </a> </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/364,947,2400,2982/ignore_cropper/1/20391_Rosana_Urbaez_190724.rev.1564064159.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><h3>Merrimack, Charity Partner to Aid Schoolchildren</h3><p><p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Merrimack’s Hands to Help/Manos Para Ayuda program is holding its third annual Back to School Supply Drive for underserved school children in nearby Lawrence, Massachusetts this month. Director Rosana Urbaez would like to fill 300 backpacks with almost everything students in grades 1-12 will need to start the academic year.</span></p></p></div><div class="col-lg-3"><div class="d-table h-100 "><div class="d-table-cell align-middle"><a class="btn float-right" href="/live/news/4770-merrimack-charity-partner-to-aid-schoolchildren" role="button" title="Merrimack, Charity Partner to Aid Schoolchildren" aria-label="Merrimack, Charity Partner to Aid Schoolchildren">Read more </a> </div></div></div></div></div></section>
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