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Get our free LIBN e-alerts & breaking news notifications! Farmingdale State gets $500K gift By: Adina Genn March 3, 2021 Comments Off on Farmingdale State gets $500K gift Farmingdale State College recently received a $500,000 donation, the school’s second largest, officials said Wednesday. The gift will establish the Murray Pasternack Endowed Scholarship in Engineering as part of the college’s anticipated Honors Program, the college’s president, John Nader, said. MurrayPasternack O...

Release Date Dr. Darryl Scriven Following a national search, Dr. Darryl Scriven has been appointed Dean of Clarkson University’s School of Arts & Sciences and Fellow in the Shipley Center for Innovation, effective April 4, 2021. Scriven is currently the Dean of the College of Arts, Sciences, Business, and Education as well as the John W. and Anna H. Hanes Distinguished Professor in the Humanities at Winston-Salem State University. He is also a Non-Resident Visiting Scholar at the Tuskegee Uni...

Prosecutor who helped dismantle outlaw Hells Angels in Washington is tapped as acting U.S. attorney By Mike Carter, The Seattle Times Published: March 2, 2021, 10:35am Share: SEATTLE — A senior prosecutor who helped dismantle the outlaw Hells Angels motorcycle club in Washington and is overseeing some of the state’s most complex federal criminal prosecutions has been appointed acting U.S. attorney in Western Washington. Tessa Gorman, who worked as first assistant to retiring ...

Former Director of the FTC Bureau of Competition Joins Latham & Watkins Ian Conner, also previously a Trial Attorney with the DOJ, expands the firms bench of elite antitrust talent with government experience. News provided by Share this article WASHINGTON, March 1, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Latham & Watkins LLP 1 is pleased to announce that Ian Conner, former Director of the Bureau of Competition at the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has joined the firms Washington, D.C. office as a partner in...

The University will today inform prospective members of the Class of 2025 of their acceptance. Despite the pandemic having a negative effect on college admissions applications in many parts of the US, UConn has seen its highest-ever number of prospective students apply. (Peter Morenus/UConn Photo) More than 38,000 students have applied so far to join UConn’s Class of 2025, a record-high level of interest despite the unpredictability that the COVID-19 pandemic has created in higher education w...

Share this article Share this article SMITHFIELD, R.I., March 1, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Bryant University President Ross Gittell, Ph.D., and Provost and Chief Academic Officer Glenn Sulmasy, JD, LL.M, have announced that the University will offer an accelerated Fourth-Year MBA (3+1) Program this fall, allowing incoming freshmen to earn a Master of Business Administration degree in just four years.  Bryant University’s new accelerated Fourth-year MBA (3+1) dual degree adds value and expands opt...

Pre-med student helps clinic with COVID-19 protocols February 28, 2021 Victoria Fonzi, a Foundation Fellow majoring in cellular biology while also pursuing a master’s degree in public health, has traveled the world while learning about ethics, childbirth and neurosurgery. She currently works at Gwinnett Clinic and helps with their COVID-19 procedures. (Photo by Chad Osburn/UGA) Double Dawg student travels the world learning about health and medicine For Victoria Fonzi, college is about the l...

Saturday, October 19 Check-In: 8 a.m., Race Start: 8:30 a.m., Begins on Central Quad The Panhellenic Association, National Pan-Hellenic Council, and Interfraternity Council are working to support the transition from the current Oxford Pantry to the Talawanda Oxford Pantry and Social Services (TOPSS), which includes a new building. Come get your Family Weekend run on and support a great local cause. The race route begins on Central Quad, goes around campus, and ends at the Farmers Market in the...

Courtney Grant: No Place Like Home February 26, 2021 After graduating from one of the nations most acclaimed fellowships in vascular surgery, Courtney Grant BS 07 returned to her home state of Georgia to practice. Dr. Courtney Grant has seen a lot of the world in just a short time. But all of that traveling—for school, work, and volunteering—made one thing very clear. There is no place like home. “Georgia is home,” says Grant BS ’07, a native of Evans. In 2020, after becoming the f...

Florida State University News Faculty and Staff Briefs: February 2021 Published: HONORS AND AWARDS The FSU Alumni Association was recognized with a 2021 CASE District III award and received Grand Gold in the category of Alumni/General Interest Magazines produced two times per year for its biannual alumni publication, VIRES magazine. Mackenzie Alston, Ph.D. (Department of Economics) was selected for a post-doctoral fellowship from the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) to support diver...