Stephen M. Constantine, 58, of Florence, a senior lecturer in the School of Computer Science and the College of Engineering, died suddenly May 4 at his home.
Born in Racine, Wisc., he earned his undergraduate degree in economics at Harvard University, his master’s degree in mathematics at Cornell University, and his doctorate in English at UMass Amherst in 2006.
He joined the Computer Science Department in 1997, first with a graduate assistantship while completing his Ph.D. in English and later as a lecturer. He was promoted to senior lecturer in 2009.
Over his years on campus, he also
Under partly sunny skies, 5,500 students received bachelor’s degrees at Undergraduate Commencement on May 10. A crowd of 20,000 heard commencement speaker and American Express CEO Kenneth I. Chenault advise, that in a world permanently disrupted, graduates may not “find” a job but that “21st century technology makes inventing a job much cheaper and easier.”
The Graduate School conferred more than 1,200 doctoral and master’s degrees at May 10 Commencement ceremonies that drew nearly 1,000 graduates, along with family members and friends to the William D. Mullins Memorial Center.
The Fine Arts Center is now accepting applications for the 32nd annual Jazz in July Summer Music Programs, to be held July 8-19.
The Massachusetts Gaming Commission (MGC) has selected a School of Public Health and Health Sciences (SPHHS) research team to perform a comprehensive, multi-year $3.64 million research project, believed to be the first of its kind, on the economic and social impacts of introducing casino gambling in Massachusetts. It will focus particularly on problem gambling, but also examine a wide array of social and economic effects of expanded gambling in Massachusetts.
Analyses of the longest sediment core ever collected on land in the Arctic, recently completed by an international team led by Julie Brigham-Grette of the Geosciences Department, provide “absolutely new knowledge” of Arctic climate from 2.2 to 3.6 million years ago and show that with estimated atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) similar to today’s levels, the Arctic was very warm, with no ice sheets.
Distinguished Professor Robert Hallock of the Physics Department was recently elected a fellow of the Massachusetts Academy of Sciences (MAS) along with 17 other Bay State scientists; all were recognized at a reception at Boston’s Museum of Science. Academy peers identify candidates for fellowship based on their significant professional achievement in scientific research or science education.