Published: 1/12/2021 5:28:13 PM
For years while operating an architectural woodworking business in the city, Dirk Auferoth would look at the late 1800s former National Thread Factory building downtown and envision its revival.
And for the better part of the last decade, Auferoth and his wife, Susannah, have worked to make that happen. After buying the 532 Main St. building eight years ago, the couple began renovating the space. Today, they rent out artist studios to a community of 20-plus artists on the third floor, which range from photographers to bookmakers, painters and woodworkers. The Auferoths, who live part of the time in Hatfield and in New York City, also operate their own art gallery inside the building called Readywipe Gallery.
Mark Fuller, vice chancellor for advancement at UMass Amherst, picked to lead UMass Dartmouth
Updated Jan 12, 2021;
Posted Jan 12, 2021
Mark Fuller, currently a vice chancellor at UMass Amherst, takes over Jan. 19 as interim chancellor of the university s Dartmouth campus.
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By Katie Lannan | State House News Service
A nine-year dean of the University of Massachusetts Amherst’s business school who now holds the flagship campus’ top development role will take over next week as the interim chancellor of UMass Dartmouth.
UMass President Marty Meehan announced Tuesday that Mark Fuller, the vice chancellor for advancement at UMass Amherst and former dean of UMass Amherst’s Isenberg School of Management, will step into the Dartmouth job on Jan. 19.
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ACM, the Association for Computing Machinery, has named 95 members ACM Fellows for wide-ranging and fundamental contributions in areas including artificial intelligence, cloud computing, computer graphics, computational biology, data science, human-computer interaction, software engineering, theoretical computer science, and virtual reality, among other areas. The accomplishments of the 2020 ACM Fellows have driven innovations that ushered in significant improvements across many areas of technology, industry, and personal life.
The ACM Fellows program recognizes the top 1% of ACM Members for their outstanding accomplishments in computing and information technology and/or outstanding service to ACM and the larger computing community. Fellows are nominated by their peers, with nominations reviewed by a distinguished selection committee.
You can get a bigger unemployment check, for a longer period of time
The amount of money a worker receives when they apply for unemployment benefits, and for how long, varies by state.
Generally, individuals are paid half of their weekly wages based on earnings from the previous four quarters. In January 2020, unemployed workers were paid an average of $385 per week, and most benefits lasted 26 weeks, according to the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities.
Under the new stimulus package, workers will be paid an additional $600 per week on top of what they would normally receive for up to four months until July 31. Once that additional federal assistance is exhausted, they will continue to receive their normal benefit amount, administered by their state.