WORCESTER – The Trustees of Clark University was one of two Massachusetts recipients of eight-figure awards in the latest funding round of the U.S. Department of Labor’s H-1B One Workforce Grant Program.
The grants, which total $145 million, are intended to help train workers for jobs in industries like information technology, advanced manufacturing and transportation.
“The U.S. Department of Labor is challenging communities to think as ‘One Workforce’,” Assistant Secretary of Labor for Employment and Training John Pallasch said in a statement. “In a post-coronavirus world, it is critical that local organizations think as one instead of independent parts of a process. Our goal is to create seamless community partnerships to build career pathways for local job seekers.”
IC Federal Credit Union in Fitchburg has named Chris Hendry, former senior director of external affairs for UMass Memorial Health Alliance-Clinton, as its new president and CEO, the credit union’s board of directors announced Tuesday.
Hendry has served on IC’s board of directors and supervisory committee since 2014, according to the announcement.
Hendry, who holds an MBA from Fitchburg State University, has served on a variety of local boards, including Fitchburg nonprofits NewVue Communities, Arc of Opportunity and the Fitchburg Art Museum.
Outgoing interim president and CEO Philip Richards, who came out of retirement after previous CEO and president Tony Emerson gave the credit union notice of his departure, will stay on temporarily to ease the leadership transition.
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IMAGE: This image of a glacier on Mars shows the abundance of boulders within the ice.
High-resolution imaging of the surface of Mars suggests that debris-covered glacier deposits formed during multiple. view more
Credit: Joe Levy/Colgate University
In a new paper published today in the
Proceedings of the National Academies of ScienceS (
PNAS), planetary geologist Joe Levy, assistant professor of geology at Colgate University, reveals a groundbreaking new analysis of the mysterious glaciers of Mars.
On Earth, glaciers covered wide swaths of the planet during the last Ice Age, which reached its peak about 20,000 years ago, before receding to the poles and leaving behind the rocks they pushed behind. On Mars, however, the glaciers never left, remaining frozen on the Red Planet s cold surface for more than 300 million years, covered in debris. All the rocks and sand carried on that ice have remained on the surface, says Levy. It s like putting the ice in
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Hartford joins New England Jewish Historical Collaborative
What is the New England Jewish experience?
A collaborative of experts will join together to discuss that question during the first-ever webinar of New England Jewish historical societies on Sunday, Jan. 24.
The New England Jewish Historical Collaborative, which is organizing the free webinar that is open to the public, is headed up by the Wyner Family Jewish Heritage Center in Boston, and includes a representative from each of the New England states, including Elizabeth Rose, executive director of the Jewish Historical Society of Greater Hartford, and reps from the Jewish Historical Society of Western Mass., Documenting Maine Jewry, the Jewish Cemetery Association of North America, Jewish Communities of Vermont, Jewish Federation of New Hampshire the Jewish Genealogical Society of Greater Boston, and the Rhode Island Jewish Historical Society.
MLK online service Sunday, new BPD officers, vaccine progress, Barnstable Notes
The Barnstable Patriot
Barnstable s interfaith service commemorating the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. will be held this Sunday, Jan. 17 at 3 p.m. The service will take place virtually in lieu of the annual march from the Hyannis Village Green to the Federated Church and post-march worship service.
Tune into a pre-recorded video as of 3 p.m. Sunday using the link: https://federatedchurch.org/
The commemoration is organized by The Cape Cod Chapter of the NAACP, The Federated Church of Hyannis, Barnstable No Place for Hate, Cape Cod Community College and the Cape Cod Council of Churches.