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
Shelly Peyton, assistant professor of Chemical Engineering, is one of 22 researchers who have been named Pew Scholars in the Biomedical Sciences by The Pew Charitable Trusts. The scholarships provide flexible funding to early career scientists researching the basis of perplexing health problems—including diabetes, autism, Parkinson’s disease, and cancer.
A new documentary by Northampton Cable Television about the construction of an 80-foot green labyrinth at the Hampshire County Jail notes the role of the School of Nursing and the Department of Landscape Architecture and Regional Planning, which worked with the Sheriff’s Department on the project.
Eight campus scholars have been selected to participate in the prestigious Fulbright U.S. Student Program.
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.
Annual fire evacuation drills and testing of fire alarm systems begin June 17 and will be conducted within academic and administrative buildings through July 3, according to Ed Mientka of Environmental Health and Safety.
A recent visit by videographers from the Journal of Visualized Experiments (JoVE) to the laboratory of geneticist and neurobiologist Dan Chase in the Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Department highlighted special experimental techniques his lab uses to perform genome-wide RNA interference (RNAi) screens. “These RNAi screens can be used to identify novel genes involved in many important biological processes,” says Chase.
Three faculty-in-residence have been selected for the coming academic year, according to Eddie Hull, executive director of Residential Life.
Trustee and alumnus Philip W. Johnston is the new chairman of the UMass Building Authority Board of Directors, succeeding three-term chairman Robert Sheridan.