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‘Metamorphosis’ exhibit looks at campus development in early 20th century

“Metamorphosis: Transformation from Agriculture College to University,” the second of three exhibits celebrating the 150th anniversary of the founding of the university, will be on view from May 20 through Sept. 27 on the lower level and in Special Collections and University Archives, on floor 25, in the W.E.B. Du Bois Library.

This exhibit focuses on the period just before World War I through post-World War II, during a time of incredible transition for the university as it adapted to the quickly changing 20th century.

By examining and highlighting specific departments, organizations, and

Memorial service for Pauline Collins

A memorial service for Pauline P. Collins, retired librarian of Spanish, Portuguese and Latin American Studies, is being held Sunday, May 19 at 2 p.m., at South Church, 1066 South East St., Amherst.

Collins, who retired in 1996, died April 4.

Following the service there will be an informal reception, hosted by her extended family of friends of South Church.

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Campus Center Garage lower level access road closed May 18

The access road to the lower level of the Campus Center Garage will be closed for paving from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday, May 18. 
 
No deliveries will be allowed to the Campus Center via the lower access road during that time. Parking permit holders who usually park in the lower level of the Campus Garage should contact Parking Services (5-0065) for alternative parking arrangements. The road will be open to emergency vehicles only.
 
Questions should be directed to the project manager, Sara Northrup, at snorthrup@facil.umass.edu or 545-4857.

Town agrees to share cost of development study proposed by chancellor

Amherst Town Meeting members on May 15 approved a proposal by Chancellor Kumble Subbaswamy to jointly hire a consultant to study strategic planning issues involving the university and the town.
 
The $30,000 for the town’s share of the cost passed on a 122-46 vote.
 
Subbaswamy addressed Town Meeting to outline the reasons for the study, which is expected to focus on housing issues but also touch on ways to strengthen boundary neighborhoods, public safety and economic development.
 
 

Senate panel’s budget plan differs from 50-50 formula adopted by House

The Senate Ways and Means Committee is proposing a $33.92 billion fiscal 2014 state budget that calls for a $35 million increase for the public higher education system, about $75 million less than the amount included in the House budget and backed by Gov. Deval Patrick.
 
The Senate plan, which was unveiled May 15, includes $454.8 million for the UMass system, an increase of $16 million from this fiscal year.

New UMass Rising website conveys goals, reasons for supporting fundraising campaign

UMass Rising, the campus’s $300 million, comprehensive fundraising campaign, has launched a new website outlining its goals and priorities accompanied by testimonials from alumni benefactors, recent graduates, faculty, staff and Chancellor Kumble Subbaswamy.
 
The campaign, which was formally announced last month’s Founders Week, has raised $183.7 million, or 60 percent, of its goal.

SPHHS honors service and mentorship

Jeff Harness, director for integrated care and population health at Cooley Dickinson Hospital, was honored April 26 at the School of Public Health and Health Sciences’ Celebration of Service Breakfast in the Campus Center.
 
Harness, who received his master’s in Public Health through the school, was presented with the Distinguished Service Award honoring outstanding leadership in the field of public health.
 
Elizabeth Cardona, director of the governor’s western Massachusetts office, presented Harness with a citation from Gov. Deval Patrick.

SPHHS doctoral student Larry Pellegrini wins APHA award

Larry Pellegrini, a Ph.D. candidate in the Health Policy and Management Program in the School of Public Health and Health Sciences, recently received the American Public Health Association’s (APHA) 2013 Medical Care Student Session Award.
 
Pellegrini will present his winning abstract, “The Impact of the Labor Market on Medicaid, the Industrial and Occupational Composition of the U.S. Healthcare Industry and Mortality, 1999-2009,” in November at APHA’s annual meeting in Boston.
 
“This research explores the labor market’s impact on Medicaid provisions and mortality and morbidity, with

Nahmod named Simons Fellow for 2013-14

Professor Andrea R. Nahmod of Mathematics and Statistics has been awarded a Simons Foundation Fellowship in Mathematics by the Simons Foundation. 
 
With the award, Nahmod will spend her 2013-14 sabbatical year as a visiting professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where she will pursue ongoing research with MIT’s Gigliola Staffilani on deterministic and nondeterministic aspects of nonlinear partial differential equations (PDEs).
 
Nahmod’s research lies at the overlap of nonlinear Fourier analysis, harmonic analysis, and nonlinear partial differential equations, integrating

‘Dinner with Friends’ raised nearly $30,000 for new Digital Media Lab

The 11nth annual “Dinner with Friends” on April 6 raised nearly $30,000 for the new Digital Media Lab in the Du Bois Library. The event, hosted by the Friends of the UMass Amherst Libraries, featured a talk by New York Times bestselling mystery writer Archer Mayor.

New this year, the dinner featured silent and live auctions, including a live auction during which dinner guests could bid on having their name featured for one of the characters in Archer Mayor’s next book.

Sponsors Bassette Printing, Brattle Book Shop, Elsevier, Lexington Group, Print Associates, Sunshine Sign Co., UMass

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