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Jackson Named Conservationist of the Year by The Nature Conservancy

Scott Jackson, extension associate professor in the department of environmental conservation, has been named the 2013 Conservationist of the Year by The Nature Conservancy in Massachusetts to recognize his efforts in conserving the Bay State’s lands and waters. The award was presented Dec. 12 at the organization’s Boston office.

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Obituary: G. Ernest Anderson, Professor Emeritus of Education
G. Ernest Anderson, 84, of Madison, Conn., professor emeritus of teacher education and curriculum studies, died Dec. 8 at home. Born in Newark, N.J., he graduated from Westfield (N.J.) High School before enrolling at Amherst College, where he received his B.A. in mathematics in 1950. Anderson,...
Nagurney Addresses Network Frontier Workshop at Northwestern
Anna Nagurney, the John F. Smith Memorial Professor of Operations Management at the Isenberg School of Management, was an invited speaker at the Network Frontier Workshop, which took place Dec. 4-6 at Northwestern University in Evanston, Ill. The workshop, according to its website, highlighted...
Lugosch Receives in Women in Design Award
Kathleen Lugosch, graduate program director in architecture + design and a key figure in the creation of the master of architecture program, received the Women in Design Award from the Boston Society of Architects on Nov. 20 as part of the ArchitectureBoston Expo. The Women in Design Award is...
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....

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