Friday, May 8, 2015

Disaster Relief - It's About Time

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I have been busy co-organizing the 2nd International Conference on Dynamics of Disasters with my great colleagues, Professor Panos M. Pardal...
Wednesday, May 6, 2015

A Tribute to Shelley Jackson, Head of the Bement School for 16 Years

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How do you say good-bye to an educator, who gave  her time, energy, intelligence, great character, wisdom, warmth, kindness, and friendship ...
Tuesday, May 5, 2015

My 18th PhD Student - Another Successful Dissertation Defense

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Yesterday, was a very happy day since my 18th PhD student, Dong "Michelle" Li successfully defended her doctoral dissertation in M...
Saturday, May 2, 2015

Photos from the UMass Amherst INFORMS Student Chapter Party

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It was a great year for the UMass Amherst INFORMS Student Chapter with wonderful seminar talks,  the visit of Dr. Radhika Kulkari, VP of R...
Wednesday, April 29, 2015

Dinner with a 1964 Olympic Gold Medalist on a Beautiful College Campus

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I have met my share of Olympians, primarily, figure skaters , since that was one of my daughter's passions before college and she even s...
Sunday, April 26, 2015

Learning from Experts on Disaster Management

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When it comes to learning and education there is nothing like hearing from front-line expert practitioners. When the topics to be covere...
Thursday, April 23, 2015

Great Students and Great Faculty at the Isenberg School

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Now is that time of the academic year during which there are numerous deadlines but we still find the time to celebrate student and faculty ...