Back row: Marco Vargas of Lowell, Andrew Watrous of Westford, and Zorimar Rivera of Lowell. Front row: Elder De La Cruz of Lunenburg, Tania Marquez of Lowell, and Roselyn González-Javier of Methuen. (Photo courtesy Brooke Coupal)
The first cohort of students to participate in Bioversity’s Biotech Career Foundations certificate program at UMass Lowell graduated on Thursday, June 5.
Over eight weeks, the students received hands-on lab training, technical instruction and career guidance to prepare them for entry-level scientific operations roles.
The free, stipend-supported program is part of a broader vision to transform the city’s economic future through the Lowell Innovation Network Corridor (LINC), a 1.2-million-square-foot mixed-use development project designed to fuel job growth, innovation and access to emerging industries like biotechnology.
Bioversity, a nonprofit workforce training provider that spun out of MassBio in 2023, is a key partner in LINC.
Back row: Marco Vargas of Lowell, Andrew Watrous of Westford, and Zorimar Rivera of Lowell. Front row: Elder De La Cruz of Lunenburg, Tania Marquez of Lowell, and Roselyn González-Javier of Methuen. (Photo courtesy Brooke Coupal)
