Second 2-week budget expected
Another two-week, interim state budget was awaiting Senate action this week as the Chronicle went to press.

GEO contract talks break off
The Graduate Employee Organization picketed outside the President's Office in Boston on Wednesday to protest the break-off of contract talks on June 28, two days before the union's contract expired.

Campus’s first executive chef takes measure of food services
No matter how dainty a salad or dessert he might hand you to try, the campus's first executive chef, Alfred Milot, has a lot on his metaphorical plate.

Isenberg awarded President’s Medal
Eugene Isenberg, a 1950 Amherst campus graduate, was awarded the President's Medal June 20 when 2,300 alumni of the University's five campuses gathered at Symphony Hall to hear the Boston Pops conducted by Keith Lockhart.

ONSA caps year as Fulbrights go to 4 students
Four University students have been awarded Fulbright grants to support overseas graduate studies or research during the upcoming academic year.

New tax law provisions summarized for employees
President Bush has signed the $1.35 trillion "Economic Growth and Tax Reconciliation Act" into law. It is a unique law in that many of the provisions are phased in and phased out over a period of years ... some will have implications for Massachusetts tax purposes.

Parking improvements underway
More than $481,000 in parking lot construction and repairs are underway at six sites across campus, according to Bruce Thomas, landscape architect at Facilities Planning.

Cookbook author discusses insights into healthy eating
Cookbook author and artist Mollie Katzen shared insights from three decades of her career with an intimate audience of culinary enthusiasts June 20 in the Mullins Center.