Professors James Allan and Brian Levine of the UMass Amherst College of Information and Computer Sciences (CICS) have been named Fellows by the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), the world’s largest educational and scientific computing society.

Torrey Trust, associate professor of learning technology in the College of Education’s department of teacher education and curriculum studies, co-authored a special report as part of the State of the Nation: K-12 E-Learning in Canada project titled, “Understanding Pandemic Pedagogy: Differences Between Emergency Remote, Remote, and Online Teaching.”

Research professor of epidemiology Rachel Volberg has been invited to serve on “The Lancet Public Health” Commission on Gambling for an 18-month term running through the summer of 2022. She joins an international, multidisciplinary group aiming for transformational change in policy and political action.

On Sunday, Jan. 31 at 3 p.m., the UMass Amherst department of Music and Dance will present a virtual concert featuring beloved long-time piano professor Nadine Shank, who passed away in October. The video, titled “Celestial Graces: A Remembrance of Nadine Shank,” features recent performances by her and numerous current and former colleagues.