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Admissions Director Kevin Kelly to Speak at Globe Insiders Event

Kevin Kelly, director of undergraduate admissions, will be a panelist at a Boston Globe Insiders Event on Tuesday, March 11 called “Getting into (and paying for) college.”

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College of Education’s Au-Yeung Named Fellow of New Science Teacher Academy

Monica Au-Yeung, a teaching fellow in the College of Education’s National Science Foundation’s Noyce Foundation project, has been named a 2014 Fellow of the Dow-National Science Teachers Association’s New Science Teacher Academy, a yearlong program focused on encouraging and supporting early-career science educators.

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Hanno Named President of Wheaton College
Dennis Hanno, former associate professor of accounting and associate dean for undergraduate matters in the Isenberg School of Management, has been named president of Wheaton College in Norton. Currently provost and senior vice president at Babson College in Wellesley, he will take office as...
Obituary: Barbara J. Frost, Retired EDP Operator in Registrar’s Office
Barbara Jean (Hunt) Frost, 79, of Pelham, a retired electronic data processing operator I in the Registrar’s Office, died Feb. 20 at home. Born in Ware, she spent her early years growing up in the town of Enfield, and moved to Pelham in 1938, when the state flooded the Swift River Valley to...
Wexler Participates in Alaskan Suicide Prevention Summit
Lisa Wexler, associate professor of community health education, attended a two-day suicide prevention summit held Jan. 9-11 in Anchorage, Alaska. Hosted by the Alaska Statewide Suicide Prevention Council, along with the Division of Behavioral Health, Alaska Mental Health Trust Authority, Alaska...
Obituary: Lewis Yablonksy, Former Sociology Faculty Member
Lewis Yablonsky, 89, a former associate professor of sociology who later gained national prominence as sociologist, criminologist and author, died Jan. 29 at his home in Santa Monica, Calif. Yablonsky taught sociology from 1958-61 before accepting a position at the University of California, Los...
Obituary: H.J. ‘Jack’ Littlefield, Retired Director of Facilities Planning
Horace Jackson “Jack” Littlefield, Jr., 86, of Belchertown, retired director of facilities planning, died Feb. 2. He worked at General Electric for 16 years before joining the university staff in 1964. After retiring in 1990, he took a position with the UMass Building Authority, where...
Peyton Keynotes Northeast Alliance Science Day in Puerto Rico
Shelly Peyton, assistant professor of chemical engineering, gave the keynote address during the 7th Northeast Alliance Science Day on Feb. 13 at the  Universidad de Puerto Rico Mayagüez. Organized by Sandra Petersen, executive director of the STEM Diversity Institute and professor of...
Obituary: Dennis L. Rivard, Former Electrical Maintenance Foreman
Dennis L. Rivard, 71, of Greenfield, formerly of Haydenville, a retired maintenance foreman at Physical Plant, died Feb. 13 at Baystate Medical Center in Springfield. Born in Westfield, he grew up in Northampton and was a graduate of Smith Vocational High School. He spent four years in the Air...
American Herbal Products Association Honoring Craker
The American Herbal Products Association (AHPA) has chosen professor Lyle Craker of the Stockbridge School of Agriculture to receive its Herbal Insight Award. The award, which will be presented March 6 during the AHPA’s annual meeting in Anaheim, Calif., recognizes Craker’s “...

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