NSF Honors 13 Williams Students and Alumni

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The National Science Foundation has awarded research fellowships to 10 Williams College students and alumni.

In addition, the NSF has awarded honorable mentions to three Williams graduates. The NSF fellowships support graduate study in the natural and social sciences.

The 10 Williams fellowship recipients are Shaan Amin, class of 2015, who studies political science at the University of Wisconsin-Madison; Garrett Anstreicher, class of 2015, who studies economics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison; Rebecca Frances Durst, class of 2017, who studies applied mathematics at Brown University; Rachel Alana Essner, class of 2016, who studies neurosciences at Harvard University; Roya Eskandari Huang, class of 2017, who studies developmental biology at Harvard University; Bijan Henrik Mazaheri, class of 2016, who studies computational and data-enabled science at the California Institute of Technology; Olivia Shira Meyerson, class of 2016, who studies evolutionary biology at Harvard University; Anya Michaelsen, class of 2019, who will study mathematics at the University of California, Berkeley; Stephanie Eu-Tien Stacy, class of 2017, who studies statistics at the University of California-Los Angeles; and Abigail Rose Zimmermann-Niefield, class of 2015, who studies technology education at the University of Colorado at Boulder.

Honorable mentions went to Alice Chapman and Alice Stears from the class of 2015 and Gabriela Suarez from the class of 2017.  

Williamstown Fire Committee Talks Station Project Cuts, Truck Replacement

By Stephen DravisiBerkshires Staff
05:17AM / Friday, April 26, 2024

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The Prudential Committee on Wednesday signed off on more than $1 million in cost cutting measures for the planned Main Street fire station.

 

Some of the "value engineering" changes are cosmetic, while at least one pushes off a planned expense into the future.

 

The committee, which oversees the Fire District, also made plans to hold meetings over the next two Wednesdays to finalize its fiscal year 2025 budget request and other warrant articles for the May 28 annual district meeting. One of those warrant articles could include a request for a new mini rescue truck.

 

The value engineering changes to the building project originated with the district's Building Committee, which asked the Prudential Committee to review and sign off.

 

In all, the cuts approved on Wednesday are estimated to trim $1.135 million off the project's price tag.

 

The biggest ticket items included $250,000 to simplify the exterior masonry, $200,000 to eliminate a side yard shed, $150,000 to switch from a metal roof to asphalt shingles and $75,000 to "white box" certain areas on the second floor of the planned building.

 

The white boxing means the interior spaces will be built but not finished. So instead of dividing a large space into six bunk rooms and installing two restrooms on the second floor, that space will be left empty and unframed for now.