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Outstanding staff and student employees recognized

Chancellor Kumble R. Subbaswamy recognized 10 staff members and 10 student employees for outstanding contributions to the university at a reception held May 1 at the Marriott Center.

2013 Chancellor’s Citation Award Recipients

Pictured in the back row from left to right: Sidonio D. Ferreira (Residential Academic Programs), Michele A. Turre (Academic Computing), Chancellor Kumble R. Subbaswamy, Lisa Anne Sullivan-Werner (Nutrition), and David C. Vaillancourt (Dean of Students Office). Pictured in the front row from left to right: Jennifer N. Konieczny (Grounds Management), Sherry C.

Environmental Health Sciences’ Calabrese to receive honorary degree

Edward Calabrese, professor of Environmental Health Sciences, will be awarded the honorary degree of Doctor of Science (D.Sc.) by McMaster University in Hamilton, Canada. Calabrese will accept the degree on June 11 at the Spring Convocation for the School of Nursing and Medical Radiation Sciences Program.
 
Honorary degree recipients are recognized for their contributions in such areas as public service, education and scholarship, creative and performing arts, and for their work within the McMaster community. 
 
Calabrese learned of the honor in January via email. “It was quite a shock.

Climate scientist Raymond Bradley will receive honorary doctorate from Ontario’s Queen’s University

Climate scientist Raymond Bradley, director of the Climate System Research Center, will receive an honorary Doctor of Science degree from Queen’s University in ceremonies to be held June 12 in Kingston, Ontario.
 
Described as “a celebrated global warming whistleblower known for championing integrity in science,” Bradley joins actress Glenn Close as one of two honorary degree recipients from the United States. Also receiving honorary degrees are pioneering nurse Sally Elizabeth Thorne and Canadian Chief Justice Warren Winkler, among others. 
 
The award cites Bradley’s “outstanding

Detective Lieutenant Ian Cyr named UMPD deputy chief of operations

Ian Cyr, detective lieutenant in the University of Massachusetts Amherst Police Department (UMPD), has been chosen to be the department’s deputy chief of operations, Chief John Horvath has announced.
 
“Lieutenant Cyr participated in an extensive search process that included numerous interviews with members of the campus community, as well as outside law enforcement professionals,” said Horvath. “He possesses a unique combination of education, training, and experience that will afford him the opportunity to succeed as the department’s deputy chief of operations.

News Office wins Telly Award for iCons video

Elizabeth Wilda, video producer for the Office of News and Media Relations, has been awarded a 2013 Telly Award for her video “The iCons Experience at UMass Amherst.” 
 
She submitted the video to the Telly Award committee for review in April and was notified in mid-May that her work had received a Bronze Award in the Film/Video category of Non-Broadcast Education Production.
 
iCons, an 18-credit academic program directed by chemistry professor Scott Auerbach and offered by the College of Natural Sciences, provides integrative science education in renewable energy and biomedicine.

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