The 2013 rates for endowed health care plans have been finalized. Among other considerations, endowed employees currently in the HealthNow plan will need to choose between three Aetna plans for 2013.
Patricia Watson '83, senior associate vice president of alumni affairs and development, has been named senior vice president for university advancement at Brown University. She will begin the position Dec. 1. (Oct. 3, 2012)
Fiction writer Junot Diaz, MFA '95, is among 23 recipients of a 2012 John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Fellowship. The $500,000 awards are intended to encourage innovation. (Oct. 2, 2012)
Michael Mazourek, Ph.D. '08, a professor of plant breeding, has won recognition from the Organic Seed Alliance for his work connecting farmers with research. (Oct. 1, 2012)
Ramaswami Balasubramaniam, founder of a leading Indian nonprofit development organization, visited campus Sept. 27 to encourage students to participate in global service learning. (Oct. 1, 2012)
Julie Nucci proposes an integrated approach to solving the STEM pipeline crisis, which includes keeping the CNS Institute for Physics Teachers alive. (Oct. 1, 2012)
Ruth Schwartz, professor emerita in the Division of Nutritional Sciences, died Sept. 19 as the result of a motor vehicle accident. She was 87. Funeral services were held Sept. 24. (Sept. 27, 2012)
V.P. Elmira Mangum said the revised guidelines provide units with assistance in determining how to proceed with capital projects and clear direction on funding requirements before a project can go forward. (Sept. 26, 2012)
