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From uncertainty to purpose
1+ hour, 55+ min ago (670+ words) I am the mother of children close to the age my brother and I were when my family fled Bosnia. That realization has changed how I remember everything. When I was 13, war split my childhood into before and after. My…...
Hampshire College gets financial lifeline via 'philanthropic partner' as closure plan continues
1+ day, 4+ hour ago (248+ words) Leadership at Hampshire College says the school can plan out its final months with new "financial confidence," thanks to a "philanthropic partner." With an agreement reached in principle, College President Jennifer Chrisler says Hampshire has firmer financial footing compared to…...
MCLA gets $1. 2 mil for new early education center project
1+ week, 1+ day ago (285+ words) Inside the Feigenbaum Center For Science and Innovation Monday morning, MCLA Board of Trustees Chair Buffy Lord said the funding would impact not just the public college but the broader Northern Berkshire community. The funding was secured by Democratic Congressman…...
Hampshire College says it "does not have enough" cash for teach-out ahead of closure
1+ week, 2+ day ago (116+ words) WAMC Hampshire College says it "does not have enough" cash for teach-out ahead of closure Over a month after announcing the Amherst, Massachusetts, school would close following fall semester, Hampshire's leadership now says the college "does not have enough" funding…...
RPI and Albany Medical College to collaborate on research
10+ mon, 3+ week ago (162+ words) Albany Medical College and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute have agreed to share research facilities and equipment. " Dr. Gabrielle Fredman, professor and vice chair in the Department of Molecular Cellular Physiology at Albany Medical College, studies how the human body deals with…...
Southern Berkshire Regional students: it's time to act after news of teacher layoffs
2+ week, 5+ day ago (709+ words) News of the layoffs broke in the middle of the school day Tuesday. It didn't take students long to catch on that something notable was going on. The layoff emails from Southern Berkshire Regional Superintendent Brian Ricca " first reported by…...
'A place for humans to meet': Catskill library envisions bright future for 125-year-old building
2+ week, 5+ day ago (529+ words) Christopher Leary If you go to this Amish grocery store, you can get sleeves of roughly expired Nespresso capsules, but they're in aluminum, so it's okay, and you can get them for pennies on the dollar. So one of my…...
New Lebanon parents frustrated by ongoing uncertainty after failed school budget vote
2+ week, 5+ day ago (516+ words) Although voters in over 95% of New York school districts approved their school budgets on Tuesday, but handful did not. One of those was New Lebanon. Now, for the second year in a row, parents in the Columbia County town of…...
NYS Board of Regents approves ACPHS, Russell Sage merger
3+ week, 1+ hour ago (142+ words) The New York State Board of Regents has approved the merger of the Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences and Russell Sage College. The merger next requires approval from the U. S. Department of Education, which Russell Sage President Matthew Shaftel…...
Hudson, Kingston pass school budgets that include staff cuts
3+ week, 7+ hour ago (304+ words) Hudson City School District voters have approved the board's proposed budget for the next fiscal year " increasing the district's funding by just over 1%." The budget was controversial practically from the moment it was proposed. As WAMC has previously reported, the…...