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Meditation Space Available Through Summer
Thursday, June 13, 2019

An open meditation space will be available through Aug. 30 in room 131 in Bartlett Hall. The space is open to the campus community on weekdays from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.

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Trust Receives Early Career Award
Thursday, June 13, 2019

Torrey Trust, an assistant professor of learning technology in the College of Education, was selected as the recipient of the Technology as an Agent of Change for Teaching and Learning (TACTL) Early Career Scholar Award from the American Educational Research Association.

 

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SPHHS Faculty Members Receive Teaching Awards
Thursday, June 13, 2019

Elizabeth Bertone-Johnson, Jill Hoover and Thomas St. Laurent, faculty in the School of Public Health and Health Science (SPHHS), recently received awards for their outstanding teaching.

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Nagurney Elected 2019 Network Science Society Fellow
Tuesday, June 11, 2019

Anna Nagurney, the John F. Smith Memorial Professor of Operations Management at the Isenberg School of Management, was elected a 2019 Fellow of the Network Science Society.

Anna Nagurney
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Researchers Gather for Workshop on Adverse Childhood Experiences
Tuesday, June 11, 2019

On May 24, a group of fourteen researchers from three University of Massachusetts campuses met at the Amherst Women’s Club for a day long workshop, “Preventing Adverse Childhood Experiences Through Research and Policy: A Tri-Campus Research Collaborative.”

Researchers at ACEs conference in Amherst.
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Seven Faculty, Six Staff Selected to Attend HERS Institutes
Tuesday, June 11, 2019

Seven faculty and six staff members were selected to attend Higher Education Resource Services (HERS) Institutes this summer. This announcement was made at “A Celebration of Women Leaders” on May 17 in Old Chapel.

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Attanasio Publication Receives Best Research Article Award
Monday, June 10, 2019

A journal article published by Laura Attanasio, assistant professor of health policy and management, and co-author Katy Kozhimannil of the University of Minnesota, was recently named Best Research Article for 2018 by “The Journal of Midwifery & Women's Health.” 

Laura Attanasio
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Libraries Announce 2019 Open Education Initiative Grant Recipients
Monday, June 10, 2019

The Libraries recently announced the recipients of the 2019 Open Education Initiative (OEI) grants. Ten faculty members received funding for projects to revise or create open educational resources.

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Two CICS Faculty Members Receive Teaching Awards
Thursday, June 6, 2019

Two faculty members in the College of Information and Computer Sciences (CICS), Charles “Chip” Weems and Marc Liberatore, recently received awards for their outstanding teaching.

Marc Liberatore and Charles “Chip” Weems
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Ocean Vuong to Release Critically Acclaimed Novel June 4
Thursday, May 30, 2019

Ocean Vuong, assistant professor in the department of English, will release his second book “On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous” on Tuesday, June 4. This is Vuong's first novel, following his poetry collection, “Night Sky with Exit Wounds.”

Ocean Vuong
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