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Academics
The Elaine Marieb College of Nursing offers programs that combine academic excellence, real-world experience, and world-class instruction.
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clinical agency partnerships, including Baystate Health and UMass Medical Center
gift to the College of Nursing from the Elaine Nicpon Marieb Charitable Foundation
Become a nursing leader
Learn from renowned faculty members and industry professionals who draw on their advanced clinical skills and innovative research in their teaching.
Advancing nursing science through research
Our faculty are involved in research using innovative and evidence-based approaches to health care, practice and patient outcomes, and improving nursing education.
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In the spotlight
"My research examines the relationship between community engagement practices and maternal and neonatal health service utilization in Tanzania. This knowledge is critical to providing the foundation for integrating, designing, and scaling up strategies in their health service provision systems."
Elaine Marieb Center for Nursing & Engineering Innovation
Our Nurse-Engineer Approach leverages real-time collaborations to identify today’s healthcare problems and iterate potential solutions, leading to valuable advancements in patient care, nursing practice, and medical product development.
In the news
EMCON students sweep 2024 AAHN essay contest
Shaely Lora-Brito (BSN) and Ameneh Arzheh (PhD Nursing) each won the 2024 Sarah B. Pasternack Nursing Student Essay Contest in their respective categories.
Dr. Lucinda Canty featured in upcoming nursing documentary
EMCON's Dr. Lucinda Canty is one of the nurses featured in an upcoming documentary from SHIFT Films, out May 2024.
UMass Amherst and American International College sign agreement to share Springfield instruction spaces after fire
The agreement mediates effects from a devastating fire on the AIC campus in July 2023. Both nursing programs will share space in Tower Square through May 2024.
Policies and Accreditation
Largest cash gift in UMass Amherst history
Accreditation
The baccalaureate degree program in nursing, master’s degree program in nursing and Doctor of Nursing Practice degree program at the University of Massachusetts Amherst Elaine Marieb College of Nursing are accredited by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education, 655 K Street, NW, Suite 750, Washington, DC 20001, 202-887-6791. The baccalaureate degree program is fully approved by the Massachusetts Board of Registration in Nursing. The University of Massachusetts Amherst is accredited by the New England Commission of Higher Education (formerly the Commission on Institutions of Higher Education) of the New England Association of Schools and Colleges (NEASC).
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