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Wexler Initiates National Meeting on Indigenous Suicide Prevention

Lisa Wexler, associate professor of community health education, co-led a National Action Alliance for Suicide Prevention meeting held Aug. 19-20 in Washington, D.C., that focused on research about suicide prevention among American Indian and Alaska Native populations.

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Obituary: Norman C. Ford, Jr., Former Physics Professor
Norman C. Ford, Jr., 81, of Amherst, a former professor of physics, died Aug. 25 at Baystate Medical Center, shortly after suffering a stroke. Born in Springfield, he graduated with a bachelor’s degree from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He went on to earn a master’s degree...
Rosa Discusses Race and Language on MSNBC
Jonathan Rosa, assistant professor of anthropology, joined MSNBC host Melissa Harris-Perry and other experts in a July 28 discussion of racial issues and language. A linguistic anthropologist, Rosa weighed in on U.S. racial politics beyond black and white, and the propriety of white comedian Tim...
Obituary: E. Louise Tillis, Retired Assistant to Dean of Nursing
Edna Louise (Dillon) Tillis, 84, of Amherst, retired assistant to the dean of the School of Nursing, died at home Sept. 8 after a long illness. She was born in Houston, where she attended school. She met her husband, Frederick Tillis, at Wiley College in Marshall, Texas, in 1946, where they were...
La Follette Edits Essay Collection on Cultural Ownership
“Negotiating Culture: Heritage, Ownership, and Intellectual Property,” a new volume edited by associate professor of art history Laetitia La Follette that examines the question of who owns culture, has been published by the University of Massachusetts Press. The book includes essays by...
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Hannum Helps Guide Carolina Crown Drum Corps to World Championship
Thom Hannum, associate director of the Minuteman Marching Band, who taught the Carolina Crown drum corps this past season, captured another laurel Aug. 10 as the group won its first title at the Drum Corps International (DCI) World Championship in Indianapolis. Hannum, who directs the marimba band...
Chametzky’s Literary Memoir Published by UMass Press

“Out of Brownsville: Encounters with Nobel Laureates and Other Jewish Writers,” by Jules Chametzky, professor emeritus of English, has been published by the University of Massachusetts Press.

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Sinha to Lecture on Abolitionist Debate over Constitution at WPI
Manisha Sinha, professor of Afro-American studies, will speak on “A Covenant with Death? The Abolitionist Debate over the U.S. Constitution” on Sept. 19 at Worcester Polytechnic Institute. Sinha is the author of the “The Counterrevolution of Slavery: Politics and Ideology in...
Elum Named Assistant Director of Residence Education for Community Standards

William Elum, a residence director on campus since 2011, has been named to the new post of assistant director of Residence Education for Community Standards.

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Buonaccorsi Teaches at German Summer School in Epidemiology
John Buonaccorsi, professor emeritus of mathematics and statistics, co-taught a week-long course on “Measurement Error” from July 22-26 as part of the Second German Collaborative Summer School in Epidemiology held at the University of Greifswald. Founded in 1456, Greifswald is the...

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