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Quilter appointed copyright and information policy librarian

Laura Quilter has joined the Libraries staff as copyright and information policy librarian.

Quilter has a master of library and information science from the University of Kentucky and a J.D. from the University of California, Berkeley School of Law.
 
Quilter has taught as an adjunct professor at Simmons College, and at the Samuelson Law, Technology and Public Policy Clinic at the UC Berkeley School of Law.  She has consulted with libraries and non-profits on copyright, privacy, and other technology law concerns.

Obituary: Jerome B. King, retired Political Science professor

Jerome B. King, retired professor of Political Science, died Oct. 13 at his home in Hanover, N.H.

Born in New York City, he grew up in Short Hills, N.J.; London, England, and Scarsdale, N.Y.

He received a B.A. from Dartmouth in 1948 after having interrupted his studies to enlist in the Navy. He received an M.A. and a Ph.D. from Stanford University.

Hankinson recognized as Spotlight Scholar

Epidemiology professor Susan Hankinson of the School of Public Health and Health Sciences, whose research investigates the “underlying etiology and biologic pathways” that lead to breast cancer’s development, is the campus's latest Spotlight Scholar.

Hankinson, who joined the faculty last year, previously taught at Harvard Medical School.

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Springfield building designed by Brause featured on 'This Old House'

The new EcoBuilding Bargains store in Springfield, designed by assistant professor of Architecture Caryn Brause, was featured Oct. 11 on the PBS program "This Old House" in an episode titled “Deconstruction & Design.”

The new 32,000-square-foot facility is the largest material reuse store in New England. Brause worked with the client to insure that the new store design would be consistent with the non-profit’s goals: to reuse valuable building materials, to make home improvement more affordable, and to create local jobs and provide job training.

A grant from the Massachusetts Department of

Gordon's articles published in two journals

Daniel Gordon, History professor and associate dean of the Commonwealth Honors College, published two journal articles in September.

"The Confidence Factor in Liberal Education" appeared in Liberal Education. According to the publication's website, "Liberal Education, the flagship journal of the Association of American Colleges and Universities, expresses the voices of educators, faculty, administrators, and others who are working to enrich liberal learning and undergraduate education.

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