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Gershenson’s book on Soviet Holocaust films is published

“The Phantom Holocaust: Soviet Cinema And Jewish Catastrophe,” by Olga Gershenson, associate professor of Judaic and Near Eastern Studies, was published last week by Rutgers University Press.
 
The work tells the story of unknown, forgotten or banned Holocaust films in the Soviet Union. Gershenson draws on archival research and in-depth interviews to tell the sometimes tragic and sometimes triumphant stories of filmmakers who found authentic ways to represent the Holocaust in the face of official silencing.
 
The book, which includes illustrations, is available in hardcover, paperback and

Obituary: Sophie Kahle, retired cook

Sophie Mary (Ostrowski) Kahle, 91, formerly of South Deerfield and Fruitland Park, Fla., a former cook at several campus venues, died May 28 at the home of her daughter in Deerfield.

Born in Sunderland, she attended Deerfield schools before leaving school to work with her parents. She later earned her G.E.D.
 
She married the late Bernard E. Kahle in 1942, and they lived together in South Deerfield before relocating to Fruitland Park, Fla., in 1985.

She began her campus service in 1970 as a departmental assistant and then an assistant cook at the Hatch in the Student Union.

Nagurney gives graduate commencement speech at University of Gothenburg

Anna Nagurney, the John F. Smith Memorial Professor of Operations Management at the Isenberg School of Management, delivered the graduate commencement speech in a June 12 diploma ceremony celebrating the master’s degree recipients at the School of Business, Economics and Law at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden.

Nagurney’s speech, “On Great Leadership,” emphasized the importance of innovation and creation, doing the right thing, making opportunities for others, recognizing the achievements of others, supporting diversity, and remembering where you come from.

Obituary: Conrad Heon, retired HVAC mechanic at Physical Plant

Conrad N. “Connie” Heon, 61, of Leeds, a retired HVAC and refrigeration mechanic at Physical Plant, died June 9 at Kindred Hospital in Springfield.

Born in Northampton, he was a lifelong resident of Leeds and was educated in local schools, graduating from Smith Vocational High School in 1969.
 
He was hired at Physical Plant in 1982 and retired last year.
 
He leaves his wife of 39 years, Madeline (Adams) Heon, his sisters Beatrice Emerson of Leeds and Theresa Eastwood of Shoreham, N.Y., and four nieces and nephews.

Donations in his memory may be made to the Dakin Pioneer Valley Humane

Three chosen as faculty-in-residence

Three faculty-in-residence have been selected for the coming academic year, according to Eddie Hull, executive director of Residential Life.
 
Alexander Phillips, English and Commonwealth Honors College, will reside in and work with students in Van Meter/Butterfield and its Creative ExpressionsSophoMORE Living-Learning Community.
 
Alexandrina Deschamps, of Women, Gender, Sexuality Studies, and Christin Glodek, Sociology, will reside in and work with students in the new Commonwealth Honors College Residential Community.
 
“These three faculty members will be the vanguard for re-launching the

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