The view from above: Northampton oil painter to show work at UMass Hampden Gallery “Spaghetti Night!” by Bruce Ackerson. John Polak Photography/courtesy Hampden Gallery
Image from artist’s website“Joggers” by Bruce Ackerson is part of a one-man show at Hampden Gallery at UMass Amherst through May 14. Image from artist’s website Detail from “Boxcar Getaway” by Bruce Ackerson, on display at the Hampden Gallery through May 14. John Polak Photography
By STEVE PFARRER
‘Birds-Eye Views” is an exhibit of note by Northampton oil painter Bruce Ackerman that’s opened this month at Hampden Gallery at the University of Massachusetts Amherst through May 14. In-person visits are only available to members of the UMass community, but the exhibit can also be viewed online.
Report: Men still hold bulk of top-paying higher ed jobs
A solitary person walks across the common of the Northeast Residential Area at the University of Massachusetts on Monday morning, Feb. 8, 2021. GAZETTE FILE PHOTO/KEVIN GUTTING
By MATT MURPHY
Eight of the country’s leading institutions of higher education have no women among their top earners on campus, including the University of Massachusetts Amherst, according to a new study published by the Eos Foundation.
The report, which focused on the pay gaps that exist by gender at colleges and universities around the country, found that fewer than one quarter, or 24%, of the most highly compensated employees at top research universities are women.
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Noveome Biotherapeutics, Inc. Makes New Appointment to Board of Directors
March 8, 2021 GMT
PITTSBURGH (BUSINESS WIRE) Mar 8, 2021
Noveome Biotherapeutics, Inc., a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company focused on developing next-generation biologics for the restoration of cellular integrity of damaged tissues, has appointed Christopher J. P. Velis to the company’s Board of Directors.
Mr. Velis is an entrepreneur and venture capitalist who has pioneered some of the most innovative medical technologies brought to market in the last decades. As Founder and Executive Chairman of Miraki Innovation, he forecasts imminent global health and medical challenges, uncovers technologies at leading research institutions and assembles teams of industry experts to solve these global problems. Mr. Velis not only offers investment guidance and critical research and industry connections, but also he