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Lindiwe Sibeko
Nutrition’s Sibeko Speaks at Springfield Diabetes Forum
Lindiwe Sibeko, extension assistant professor in the department of nutrition, was an invited panelist at a forum on “Diabetes in the 21st Century” held Oct. 26 in Springfield. Sponsored by the Western Massachusetts Black Nurses’ Association, the event brought together nurses from...
Karen Brown
NEPR’s Brown Awarded Fellowship for Health Care Reporting
New England Public Radio’s Karen Brown will launch a year-long reporting project about the future of primary care medicine with support from the Association of Health Care Journalists (AHCJ). She is among five journalists nationally to receive the organization’s Reporting Fellowship on...
UMPD Honor Guard at Fenway Park
UMPD Honor Guard to Present Colors at Patriots Game on Dec. 8

The UMass Amherst Police Department’s Honor Guard will present the colors for the playing of the national anthem before the New England Patriots’ game versus the Cleveland Browns on Dec. 8 at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough.

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Rothstein Presents Paper at Folklore Conference; Interviewed in Yiddish Newspaper
Professor Robert A. Rothstein of languages, literatures, and cultures, and Judaic and Near Eastern studies, participated in a panel on the folklore of World War I during the annual meeting of the American Folklore Society held Oct. 16-19 in Providence. His paper, titled "Singing on Both Sides...
Sarah Witkowski
Kinesiology Faculty, Students Share Research Findings at NEACSM Annual Conference
Kinesiology faculty, postdoctoral researchers and graduate students shared research findings at the New England Chapter of the American College of Sports Medicine’s (NEACSM) annual conference held Nov. 14-15 in Providence. Assistant professor Sarah Witkowski appeared at the conference as an...
Michael Barnes
Barnes Honored by Regional Section of American Chemical Society
Chemistry professor Michael Barnes has been chosen by the Connecticut Valley Section of the American Chemical Society (CVS-ACS) to receive its 2014 John S. Burlew Award in recognition outstanding contributions to chemistry. Barnes’ expertise is in the area of single molecule spectroscopy....
Ahern Presents Keynote Paper at Tijuana Conference
Jack Ahern, vice provost for international programs and professor of landscape architecture, gave a keynote paper at the First Regional Forum for Green Infrastructure held Nov. 21-22 in Tijuana, Mexico. Ahern’s paper was titled “Green infrastructure to deliver urban ecosystem cities,...
Tiner’s ‘Tidal Wetlands Primer’ Published by UMass Press
“Tidal Wetlands Primer: An Introduction to Their Ecology, Natural History, Status, and Conservation” by Ralph W. Tiner, adjunct professor in the department of environmental conservation, has been published by the University of Massachusetts Press. The purpose of the book is to...
Louis Graham
Graham receives Kaiser Permanente Burch Minority Leadership Development award
Louis Graham, assistant professor of community health education, recently received the Kaiser Permanente Burch Minority Leadership Development Program award. The goals of the $22,800 fellowship, administered by the Institute for Alternative Futures (IAF), are “to improve health equity and...
Ryan C. Hayward
Hayward Recognized by APS for Research Accomplishments

Ryan C. Hayward, associate professor of polymer science and engineering, has been named the winner of the John H. Dillon Medal, which recognizes outstanding research accomplishments by young polymer physicists who have demonstrated exceptional research promise early in their careers.

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