AMHERST, Mass. - Elizabeth Dale, director of business and facilities services of the University of Massachusetts Campus Center/Student Union Complex and an adjunct faculty member in the department of hotel, restaurant, and travel administration at the University, has been nominated for the 1999-2000 American Council on Education (ACE) Fellows program. About 30-35 persons are accepted for the program each year.

AMHERST, Mass. - As part of a weekend-long celebration incorporating Homecoming and the UMass Festival, the University of Massachusetts will host a special convocation Friday, Oct. 23 in Bowker Auditorium to award Chancellor''s Medals to a number of distinguished faculty and alumni. The Chancellor''s Medal is the highest honor the campus bestows on individuals, and is given for exemplary and extraordinary service to the University.

AMHERST, Mass. - University of Massachusetts School of Education professor Ronald K. Hambleton has been appointed a Distinguished Professor by University President William M. Bulger. The appointment was made following approval by the University’s Board of Trustees at its meeting today in Amherst. The honor recognizes Hambleton for outstanding academic distinction.

AMHERST, Mass. - University of Massachusetts paleontologist Emily CoBabe looks at molecules pulled from fossils in order to learn about ancient animals and climates. "When people hear about my work, they tend to think of the movie ‘Jurassic Park,’" said CoBabe, a member of the geosciences faculty, and director of a state-of-the-art paleobiology laboratory set to come on line in the spring. "We’re not building organisms from the past, but we are looking into what they ate and how they lived."