The Campus Chronicle
Vol. XVII, Issue 4
for the Amherst campus of the University of Massachusetts
Sept. 21, 2001

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A student firefighter pins on a white ribbon during last Friday's Campus Remembrance for the victims of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. A student firefighter pins on a white ribbon during last Friday's Campus Remembrance for the victims of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. (Stan Sherer photo)
   
  No reprieve for Consumer Studies Department
After more than a year of campus debate and despite a Faculty Senate vote to restore the department, the administration has decided to close the Department of Consumer Studies.

Campus continues coping with tragedy, loss
The University has been a place of mourning since Sept. 11, as students and staff struggle to deal with the loss of life from plane hijackings and attacks on the Pentagon and World Trade Center.

Lazare to present findings of campus review
Medical School Chancellor Aaron Lazare, who chairs a seven-member task force reviewing the operations of the Amherst campus, will present his observations to the University community on Tuesday, Sept. 25 at 3 p.m. in the Student Union Ballroom.

Legislative budget leaders await September tax revenue totals
Fluctuating state tax revenues are adding a new wrinkle to legislative budget negotiations as top lawmakers wait to see how much money the state takes in this month before nailing down a Fiscal 2002 spending plan.

Chancellor praises campus response in wake of tragedy

Experience adds up for new controller
The University's new controller, Andrew Mangels, comes to campus after nearly 11 years in the controller's office at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, where he served for six years as director of accounting.

Hewlett grant boosts diversity teaching
Funding for small grants to faculty using innovative approaches to teaching social and cultural diversity in their courses has been made available through a Hewlett grant on pluralism and unity.

 
 
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