April 1, 2013

Center announces $1.3 million in capital grant funding for projects in Northeastern Massachusetts

From left to right: Beth Nicklas, General Counsel and Vice President for Academic and Workforce Program, Massachusetts Life Sciences Center; April Anamisis, Lab Science Associate Degree Program Student, Northern Essex Community College; State Representative Lenny Mirra; State Representative Linda Dean Campbell; Dr. Lane Glenn, President, Northern Essex Community College; Carole Cowan, President, Middlesex Community College; Dr. Noemi Custodia-Lora, Assistant Dean, Foundational Studies and Liberal Arts & Sciences, Northern Essex Community College; State Representative Frank Moran; Dr. Susan Windham-Bannister, President & CEO, Massachusetts Life Sciences Center; and David Legg, Vice President of Quality Assurance, Charm Sciences, Inc.
From left to right: Beth Nicklas, General Counsel and Vice President for Academic and Workforce Program, Massachusetts Life Sciences Center; April Anamisis, Lab Science Associate Degree Program Student, Northern Essex Community College; State Representative Lenny Mirra; State Representative Linda Dean Campbell; Dr. Lane Glenn, President, Northern Essex Community College; Carole Cowan, President, Middlesex Community College; Dr. Noemi Custodia-Lora, Assistant Dean, Foundational Studies and Liberal Arts & Sciences, Northern Essex Community College; State Representative Frank Moran; Dr. Susan Windham-Bannister, President & CEO, Massachusetts Life Sciences Center; and David Legg, Vice President of Quality Assurance, Charm Sciences, Inc.

The Massachusetts Life Sciences Center (MLSC) on April 1, 2013, announced $1.3 million in grants for life-sciences-related capital projects in Northeastern Massachusetts. This total includes $1.24 million for Northern Essex Community College (NECC) to renovate its laboratory space to accommodate the rapidly growing enrollment of students in laboratory sciences, and a $50,000 planning grant for Middlesex Community College (MCC) to expand its biotechnology facilities. The MLSC has funded Science, Technology Engineering and Math (STEM) education in Northeastern Massachusetts through a variety of grants, including more than $500,000 that the MLSC announced this past December for equipment and supply grants to vocational technical schools and public high schools in Northeastern Massachusetts.