New England ready for more snow
Updated February 18, 2021, 7:53 p.m.
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Plows ready for storm duty, state says
The Massachusetts Department of Transportation said Thursday it is ready to deploy 3,900 pieces of state and contractor snow-clearing equipment for the long-duration storm hitting the state through Friday. The equipment includes more than 1,400 plow and spreader combos, 2,100 plows, and 460 front-end loaders, the Department of Transportation said in a statement. As of 11 p.m. Thursday, 782 pieces of equipment had already hit the streets, the department said on Twitter. The National Weather Service issued a winter weather advisory ahead of the snowstorm expected to reach New England beginning Thursday night and continuing through Friday. The advisory will continue to 7 p.m. Friday. The storm is expected to dump 3 to 7 inches of snow, according to the National Weather Service. Eastern Massachusetts is expected to see the highest snow accumulations.
New England ready for more snow
MASSACHUSETTS
Plows ready for storm duty, state says
The Massachusetts Department of Transportation said Thursday it is ready to deploy 3,900 pieces of state and contractor snow-clearing equipment for the long-duration storm hitting the state through Friday. The equipment includes more than 1,400 plow and spreader combos, 2,100 plows, and 460 front-end loaders, the Department of Transportation said in a statement. As of 11 p.m. Thursday, 782 pieces of equipment had already hit the streets, the department said on Twitter. The National Weather Service issued a winter weather advisory ahead of the snowstorm expected to reach New England beginning Thursday night and continuing through Friday. The advisory will continue to 7 p.m. Friday. The storm is expected to dump 3 to 7 inches of snow, according to the National Weather Service. Eastern Massachusetts is expected to see the highest snow accumulations.
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University of Amsterdam
The Executive Boards of the University of Amsterdam (UvA) and the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (VU Amsterdam) have appointed Prof. Elsbeth Kalenderian as dean of the Academic Centre for Dentistry Amsterdam (ACTA), a joint venture of the Faculties of Dentistry of the UvA and of VU Amsterdam. Kalenderian is currently affiliated with the University of California – San Francisco School of Dentistry. The appointment is for a period of five years and will take effect on 1 August 2021. Kalenderian has also been appointed as professor of Comprehensive Dentistry at the UvA.
Elsbeth Calenderian (photo: Harvard University)
Kalenderian will succeed Prof. Frank Abbas, who has been in office since July 2019. The appointment was made in consultation with the Faculty Student Council and the ACTA Works Council.