Economics Professor Léonce Ndikumana Named Andrew Carnegie Fellow Global expert on macroeconomics and development in African countries is first UMass Amherst faculty member to receive the recognition
April 28, 2021
Léonce Ndikumana
AMHERST, Mass. – Distinguished Professor of Economics Léonce Ndikumana, considered by many to be one of the best-known and most widely respected African macroeconomists of his generation, has been named a 2021 Andrew Carnegie Fellow by the Carnegie Corporation of New York. Ndikumana is the first University of Massachusetts Amherst faculty member to receive the honor.
Each year, the Andrew Carnegie Fellows Program recognizes a select group of scholars and writers who receive philanthropic support for scholarship in the humanities and social sciences that addresses important and enduring issues confronting society. The fellows’ projects focus on a broad range of complex political, economic, technolog
Award-winning filmmaker Kathryn Kraus has ties to Holyoke
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Award-winning videographer Kathryn S. (O’Leary) Kraus, a Westfield native raised in Holyoke, now makes her home in Largo, Florida.
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But life has taken her far from where she graduated from Holyoke High School in 1989.
She has received an Emmy Award nomination, two Aegis Awards and numerous AP Awards, and now she is the co-director and co-owner of K4K Films and the director of photography and lead editor.
Two K4K Films feature films, “Punk Strut – the Movie” and “A Reel Life,” are now represented by Philippe Louis Galliano of The Movie Agency and distributed in English-speaking territories by Bayview Entertainment.
Sen. Comerford looks to ‘build back better’ following pandemic
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Published: 4/27/2021 5:46:05 PM
What a post-pandemic Western Massachusetts might look like was the focus during a virtual town hall with state Sen. Jo Comerford on Monday, who said she’d like to see everyone work together to “build back better” while remaining committed to public health and emergency preparedness.
Comerford, D-Northampton, said she has filed bills or co-sponsored ones she believes build bridges to what’s ahead. She said she and her staff have also been working, since she took office in 2019, on health care, unemployment and eviction when it comes to individuals, while at the same time helping municipalities apply for and get grants, and work with state agencies.
Holyoke Community College grad overcomes adversity; earns spot in Biden Administration
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Meghan Maury, a 2004 Holyoke Community College graduate, has been named a senior advisor to the director of the U.S. Census Bureau. (Photo courtesy of Meghan Maury)
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By Laurie Loisel | Special to The Republican
Hours after President Joe Biden’s inauguration, he told nearly 1,000 new White House staff and political appointees, “We work for the people.” This was a pandemic-era ceremony in which faces appeared in small boxes on several large screens in the State Dining Room.
Meghan Maury, a 2004 Holyoke Community College graduate, was among those whose faces graced the screens that day, taking an oath as senior advisor to the director of the U.S. Census Bureau.
Americans support easier voting methods but also ID requirements, UMass/WCVB poll shows
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A UMass Amherst/WCVB nationwide poll shows voter sentiment for ID requirements, but also easier methods to register and cast ballots.
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AMHERST A nationwide University of Massachusetts Amherst/WCVB poll released today finds that Americans support a variety of election reforms, including both those that make voting easier, but also enacting voter ID requirements.
Their preferences showed a leaning to neither the Democratic or Republican parties, but support for aspects of voter reform favored by each.
“From automatic registration to making the option to vote by mail a permanent fixture of American elections, clear majorities of Americans favor making voting easier in the United States,” said poll director Tatishe Nteta, a UMass associate professor of political science.