Three Liberian health care leaders visited UMass Medical School after participating in the inaugural conference of the Public University Initiative of the Women in Public Service Project.

In remarks delivered at a memorial service at the Massachusetts State House, Chancellor Collins spoke about the late Governor Paul Cellucci’s final campaign to establish the UMass ALS Champion Fund in order to find a cure for the disease that took his life.

Lisa Beittel, assistant dean for administration, chief of staff and instructor in psychiatry, has graduated from the Higher Education Resource Services (HERS) Institute at Wellesley College.

The family of former Massachusetts Gov. Paul Cellucci invites the public to take part in a viewing in the Hall of Flags Rotunda at the Massachusetts State House in Boston on Thursday and to attend his funaral Mass on Friday.

Jesse Edwards has joined the Human Resources, Diversity and Inclusion and Community & Government Relations teams as community outreach and diversity manager, announced Deborah L. Plummer, PhD, and Jim Leary.

On Tuesday, June 4, the annual farmer’s market returns to the UMass Medical School Worcester campus. Every Tuesday through October, from 1 to 5 p.m., familiar vendors will set up near the campus green to sell their goods, including fruit, vegetables, maple syrup, honey, meat, bread and more.

The Barre Family Health Center has received the 2013 Science and Service Award from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration for its opioid addiction treatment training initiative.

Anne Marie Comeau, PhD, deputy director of the New England Newborn Screening Program and professor in the Department of Pediatrics, has been awarded the 2013 Harry Hannon Laboratory Improvement Award in Newborn Screening.