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2000
Campus Chronicle
Daniel Fitzgibbons, Editor
205 Munson Hall
University of Massachusetts Amherst, MA 01003
House
Panel Proposes $35M in New Funding for System
A $21.7 billion state budget issued by the House Ways and Means Committee
last week calls for $34.7 million in new funding for the University system.
Child
Care to Move for Summer Renovations
State-mandated repairs and improvements at two University Child Care buildings
are forcing the office to relocate some of its programs to the School
of Education's lab school in Skinner Hall for the summer.
Engineering
Makes US News
Graduate Rankings
The College of Engineering has been ranked number 49 out of a total of
219 graduate engineering programs nationwide in U.S. News & World Report's
year 2001 rankings of "America's Best Graduate Schools."
Alumni
Honor Athletes and Coaches: 'Salute to Athletics' Set for April 26 in
Boston
Two senior student-athletes and two coaches will be honored at a "Salute
to UMass Athletics" dinner on Wednesday, April 26 at the Fairmont Copley
Plaza Hotel in Boston.
'Toot'
Cahoon Hired as Hockey Coach
Don "Toot" Cahoon, who has headed the Princeton hockey program since 1991,
has been hired to lead the Minuteman hockey team, athletic director Bob
Marcum announced late Wednesday.
Professor
Emeritus, Noted Labor Economist Solomon Barkin, Dies
Solomon Barkin, 92, professor emeritus of Economics and a labor leader
for decades, died March 29 at his home in Leverett.
Survey
Measures Progress on Administrative Redesign Efforts
Starting next week, a private survey firm will begin querying faculty,
staff and students across the University system about various administrative
services on their campuses.
Senate
Approves Split of Physics and Astronomy into Separate Departments
The Faculty Senate has approved the creation of separate departments of
Astronomy and Physics from the existing Department of Physics and Astronomy.
Senate president Ernie May said the administration has 45 days to question
or negate the move, which will otherwise become rule at that time.
Nobel
Peace Prize Winner Gives Annual Toko Lecture
Jody Williams,
who shared the 1997 Nobel Peace Prize with the International Campaign
to Ban Landmines (ICBL), speaks at Memorial Hall on Thursday, April 13,
at 4 p.m. as part of the annual Lois E. Toko Class of '56 Lecture Series.
ONLINE EDITION
Vol. 15, Issue 27
April 7, 2000
