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Former Arizona grad student convicted of first-degree murder in 2022 shooting of professor

Police break up pro-Palestinian camp at the University of Michigan

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University of California academic workers strike to stand up for pro-Palestinian protesters

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Florida A&M University announced a "transformative" donation earlier this month — but the school said it ceased contact with the donor after questions arose about the funds. Jeffrey Greenberg/Universal Images Group via Getty Images hide caption

A mega-gift for an HBCU college fell through. Here's what happened — and what's next

May 24, 2024 • To people who watch high-level philanthropy, Florida A&M's embarrassing incident wasn't only a shocking reversal. It was something they've seen before. The school is now investigating what went wrong.

Due to the success of the State Department's J-1 Visa program, the Kuspuk School District and other rural districts in Alaska are looking at ways to utilize other visa programs to keep foreign teachers in classrooms for longer. Emily Schwing for NPR/Emily Schwing hide caption

Visa program draws foreign teachers to a rural Alaska school district facing a staffing crisis

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May 24, 2024 • Teacher retention and recruitment is difficult and some schools make use of J-1 Visas to recruit teachers from outside the U.S. In one rural school district in Alaska, foreign teachers make up over half the staff.

Robert Hale gives an envelope with cash to a graduating UMass Dartmouth student at last week's commencement. Each of the 1,200 graduates received $1,000 onstage, half to keep and half to donate. Karl Christoff Dominey/University of Massachusetts Dartmouth hide caption

A billionaire surprised graduates onstage with cash, but it's not all theirs to keep

May 23, 2024 • Billionaire philanthropist Rob Hale gave UMass Dartmouth graduates $1,000 each, and instructed them to donate half. He tells NPR the best cause students can support is one that matters to them.

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May 22, 2024 • Everyone says you live through history, but "I don't think anyone prepared us for this much history," say the students in the Class of 2024.

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May 22, 2024 • Student Podcast Challenge invites students from around the country to create a podcast and compete for a chance to have your work featured on NPR.

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May 18, 2024 • Higher education officials in Ohio are reviewing race-based scholarships after last year's Supreme Court ruling on affirmative action.

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May 18, 2024 • Since the pandemic, chronic absenteeism in the nation's K-12 schools has skyrocketed. These teens are working to get their attendance back on track.

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Code switch, in a debate over a school name, it's not just parents who are attached to the past.

May 18, 2024 • At the height of the racial reckoning, a school district in Virginia voted to rename two schools that had been previously named for Confederate generals. This month, that decision was reversed.

Basil Rodriguez was arrested linking arms outside Hamilton Hall, but said the arrest had strengthened their resolve to continue protesting. The trespassing charge Rodriguez faced was dismissed this week. Keren Carrión/NPR hide caption

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May 18, 2024 • Students arrested at Columbia University and the City College of New York spoke with NPR about their choice to risk legal and academic consequences.

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Iowa superintendent and former Olympian bested in footrace by 5th-grader

May 18, 2024 • Ian Roberts has competed in some of the most high-profile races in the world. But his biggest competition to date was a determined fifth-grader in jean shorts and Nike tennis shoes.

Earlier this month, President Biden spoke about protests that have roiled many U.S. college campuses. Among their demands is for the Israeli military to leave Gaza. Biden said students have a right to protest but not to be disruptive. He is set to speak at Morehouse College in Atlanta on Sunday. Drew Angerer/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

Biden is set for the Morehouse graduation. Students are divided

May 17, 2024 • Ahead of Biden's address at Morehouse, students share their frustrations

Applicants to Georgia State University received a welcome email for the 2024-25 school year. However, the email was sent in error to 1,500 applicants by the school's admissions office. Here, the campus celebrates its fall commencement exercises on Dec. 17, 2014, in Atlanta. Meg Buscema/Georgia State University hide caption

1,500 college applicants thought they were accepted. They soon learned it was an error

May 16, 2024 • Georgia State University says the students were not sent an official acceptance letter but "communication" from a department welcoming those who intend to major in a specific academic area.

Kansas City Chiefs player Harrison Butker, pictured at a press conference in February, is in hot water for his recent commencement speech at Benedictine College in Kansas. Chris Unger/Getty Images hide caption

The NFL responds after a player urges female college graduates to become homemakers

May 16, 2024 • Harrison Butker of the Kansas City Chiefs urged female graduates to embrace the title of "homemaker" in a controversial commencement speech. The NFL says he was speaking "in his personal capacity."

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May 15, 2024 • Here are the honorable mentions from the 2023 College Podcast Challenge. Congrats!

Why children with disabilities are missing school and losing skills

May 15, 2024 • A special education staffing crisis is raging through many U.S. school districts. It's taking a toll on students and families.

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Why the trope of the 'outside agitator' persists

May 15, 2024 • As protests continue to rock the campuses of colleges and universities, a familiar set of questions is being raised: Are these protests really being led by students? Or are the real drivers of the civil disobedience outsiders , seizing on an opportunity to wreak chaos and stir up trouble?

Students with disabilities are missing school because of staff shortages

May 14, 2024 • There's a special education staffing crisis in a northern California school district. It means some of the district's most vulnerable students have missed weeks and even months of school.

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May 14, 2024 • When Thorsten Siess was in graduate school, he came up with the idea for a heart device that's now been used in hundreds of thousands of patients around the world.

Deadline Extended: NPR Student Podcast Challenge entries are now due May 31

May 13, 2024 • Entries for our sixth annual contest for middle and high school students (and our first-ever fourth grade competition) are now due Friday, May 31 at midnight E.T.

Graduate students and demonstrators at the University of Texas at Austin protest the war in Gaza after walking out of commencement at the DKR-Texas Memorial Stadium on May 11, 2024 in Austin. Brandon Bell/Getty Images hide caption

Student protests caused mostly minor disruptions at several graduation ceremonies

May 12, 2024 • From California to North Carolina, students staged chants and walkouts over the weekend in protest of Israel's ongoing military offensive in Gaza.

Why writing by hand beats typing for thinking and learning

May 11, 2024 • Researchers are learning that handwriting engages the brain in ways typing can't match, raising questions about the costs of ditching this age-old practice, especially for kids.

Students and protesters raise peace signs in the air while listening to speakers at the encampment for Palestine on Tuesday, May 7, 2024, at the University of Washington Quad in Seattle. Large crowds amassed ahead of a speech by Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk at the HUB on UW's campus. Megan Farmer/KUOW hide caption

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Photos: campus protests continue, police make arrests and clear encampments.

May 10, 2024 • Photojournalists at NPR member stations documented protests at college and university campuses nationwide this week.

Student protesters demanding university divestment from Israel have set up encampments over the past month at dozens of campuses across the nation, including at MIT in Cambridge, Mass. Steven Senne/AP hide caption

From pandemic to protests, the Class of 2024 has been through a lot

May 10, 2024 • Pomp and circumstance again fall victim to circumstance for some students in the graduating class of 2024, as protests over the war in Gaza threaten to disrupt commencement ceremonies.

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The School of Engineering welcomes 15 new faculty members across six of its academic departments. This new cohort of faculty members, who have either recently started their roles at MIT or will start within the next year, conduct research across a diverse range of disciplines.

Many of these new faculty specialize in research that intersects with multiple fields. In addition to positions in the School of Engineering, a number of these faculty have positions at other units across MIT. Faculty with appointments in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EECS) report into both the School of Engineering and the MIT Stephen A. Schwarzman College of Computing. This year, new faculty also have joint appointments between the School of Engineering and the School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences and the School of Science.

“I am delighted to welcome this cohort of talented new faculty to the School of Engineering,” says Anantha Chandrakasan, chief innovation and strategy officer, dean of engineering, and Vannevar Bush Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. “I am particularly struck by the interdisciplinary approach many of these new faculty take in their research. They are working in areas that are poised to have tremendous impact. I look forward to seeing them grow as researchers and educators.”

The new engineering faculty include:

Stephen Bates joined the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science as an assistant professor in September 2023. He is also a member of the Laboratory for Information and Decision Systems (LIDS). Bates uses data and AI for reliable decision-making in the presence of uncertainty. In particular, he develops tools for statistical inference with AI models, data impacted by strategic behavior, and settings with distribution shift. Bates also works on applications in life sciences and sustainability. He previously worked as a postdoc in the Statistics and EECS departments at the University of California at Berkeley (UC Berkeley). Bates received a BS in statistics and mathematics at Harvard University and a PhD from Stanford University.

Abigail Bodner joined the Department of EECS and Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences as an assistant professor in January. She is also a member of the LIDS. Bodner’s research interests span climate, physical oceanography, geophysical fluid dynamics, and turbulence. Previously, she worked as a Simons Junior Fellow at the Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences at New York University. Bodner received her BS in geophysics and mathematics and MS in geophysics from Tel Aviv University, and her SM in applied mathematics and PhD from Brown University.

Andreea Bobu ’17 will join the Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics as an assistant professor in July. Her research sits at the intersection of robotics, mathematical human modeling, and deep learning. Previously, she was a research scientist at the Boston Dynamics AI Institute, focusing on how robots and humans can efficiently arrive at shared representations of their tasks for more seamless and reliable interactions. Bobu earned a BS in computer science and engineering from MIT and a PhD in electrical engineering and computer science from UC Berkeley.

Suraj Cheema will join the Department of Materials Science and Engineering, with a joint appointment in the Department of EECS, as an assistant professor in July. His research explores atomic-scale engineering of electronic materials to tackle challenges related to energy consumption, storage, and generation, aiming for more sustainable microelectronics. This spans computing and energy technologies via integrated ferroelectric devices. He previously worked as a postdoc at UC Berkeley. Cheema earned a BS in applied physics and applied mathematics from Columbia University and a PhD in materials science and engineering from UC Berkeley.

Samantha Coday joins the Department of EECS as an assistant professor in July. She will also be a member of the MIT Research Laboratory of Electronics. Her research interests include ultra-dense power converters enabling renewable energy integration, hybrid electric aircraft and future space exploration. To enable high-performance converters for these critical applications her research focuses on the optimization, design, and control of hybrid switched-capacitor converters. Coday earned a BS in electrical engineering and mathematics from Southern Methodist University and an MS and a PhD in electrical engineering and computer science from UC Berkeley.

Mitchell Gordon will join the Department of EECS as an assistant professor in July. He will also be a member of the MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory. In his research, Gordon designs interactive systems and evaluation approaches that bridge principles of human-computer interaction with the realities of machine learning. He currently works as a postdoc at the University of Washington. Gordon received a BS from the University of Rochester, and MS and PhD from Stanford University, all in computer science.

Kaiming He joined the Department of EECS as an associate professor in February. He will also be a member of the MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL). His research interests cover a wide range of topics in computer vision and deep learning. He is currently focused on building computer models that can learn representations and develop intelligence from and for the complex world. Long term, he hopes to augment human intelligence with improved artificial intelligence. Before joining MIT, He was a research scientist at Facebook AI. He earned a BS from Tsinghua University and a PhD from the Chinese University of Hong Kong.

Anna Huang SM ’08 will join the departments of EECS and Music and Theater Arts as assistant professor in September. She will help develop graduate programming focused on music technology. Previously, she spent eight years with Magenta at Google Brain and DeepMind, spearheading efforts in generative modeling, reinforcement learning, and human-computer interaction to support human-AI partnerships in music-making. She is the creator of Music Transformer and Coconet (which powered the Bach Google Doodle). She was a judge and organizer for the AI Song Contest. Anna holds a Canada CIFAR AI Chair at Mila, a BM in music composition, and BS in computer science from the University of Southern California, an MS from the MIT Media Lab, and a PhD from Harvard University.

Yael Kalai PhD ’06 will join the Department of EECS as a professor in September. She is also a member of CSAIL. Her research interests include cryptography, the theory of computation, and security and privacy. Kalai currently focuses on both the theoretical and real-world applications of cryptography, including work on succinct and easily verifiable non-interactive proofs. She received her bachelor’s degree from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, a master’s degree at the Weizmann Institute of Science, and a PhD from MIT.

Sendhil Mullainathan will join the departments of EECS and Economics as a professor in July. His research uses machine learning to understand complex problems in human behavior, social policy, and medicine. Previously, Mullainathan spent five years at MIT before joining the faculty at Harvard in 2004, and then the University of Chicago in 2018. He received his BA in computer science, mathematics, and economics from Cornell University and his PhD from Harvard University.

Alex Rives  will join the Department of EECS as an assistant professor in September, with a core membership in the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard. In his research, Rives is focused on AI for scientific understanding, discovery, and design for biology. Rives worked with Meta as a New York University graduate student, where he founded and led the Evolutionary Scale Modeling team that developed large language models for proteins. Rives received his BS in philosophy and biology from Yale University and is completing his PhD in computer science at NYU.

Sungho Shin will join the Department of Chemical Engineering as an assistant professor in July. His research interests include control theory, optimization algorithms, high-performance computing, and their applications to decision-making in complex systems, such as energy infrastructures. Shin is a postdoc at the Mathematics and Computer Science Division at Argonne National Laboratory. He received a BS in mathematics and chemical engineering from Seoul National University and a PhD in chemical engineering from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Jessica Stark joined the Department of Biological Engineering as an assistant professor in January. In her research, Stark is developing technologies to realize the largely untapped potential of cell-surface sugars, called glycans, for immunological discovery and immunotherapy. Previously, Stark was an American Cancer Society postdoc at Stanford University. She earned a BS in chemical and biomolecular engineering from Cornell University and a PhD in chemical and biological engineering at Northwestern University.

Thomas John “T.J.” Wallin joined the Department of Materials Science and Engineering as an assistant professor in January. As a researcher, Wallin’s interests lay in advanced manufacturing of functional soft matter, with an emphasis on soft wearable technologies and their applications in human-computer interfaces. Previously, he was a research scientist at Meta’s Reality Labs Research working in their haptic interaction team. Wallin earned a BS in physics and chemistry from the College of William and Mary, and an MS and PhD in materials science and engineering from Cornell University.

Gioele Zardini joined the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering as an assistant professor in September. He will also join LIDS and the Institute for Data, Systems, and Society. Driven by societal challenges, Zardini’s research interests include the co-design of sociotechnical systems, compositionality in engineering, applied category theory, decision and control, optimization, and game theory, with society-critical applications to intelligent transportation systems, autonomy, and complex networks and infrastructures. He received his BS, MS, and PhD in mechanical engineering with a focus on robotics, systems, and control from ETH Zurich, and spent time at MIT, Stanford University, and Motional.

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DEI Bans At Colleges: UNC Becomes Latest School Repealing Its Diversity Program—Here’s A Full List

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The University of North Carolina’s board of governors repealed the state school system’s diversity, equity and inclusion policy (DEI) on Thursday, joining a growing list of schools eliminating programs intended to boost representation for historically underrepresented minority groups, as right-wing lawmakers, some university donors and billionaires push back on DEI.

The University of North Carolina joins state schools in Florida and Texas to cut back on DEI ... [+] programs.

North Carolina : The statewide University of North Carolina system with a flagship in Chapel Hill will no longer require each school to submit annual DEI reports, after its board voted to repeal the program, which has a stated goal of “foster[ing] an inclusive environment,” replacing it with a new system called “Equality Within the University of North Carolina.”

The new program purports to “ensure equality of all persons and viewpoints,” though it also nixes key fixtures of the DEI policy and complies with new amendments to a bill that passed the state legislature—though Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper vetoed —limiting what can be taught on race, racism and sex in state schools.

The move comes just weeks after the UNC board voted to divert $2.3 million away from DEI programs, and follows a group of schools and state governments doing away with DEI.

Florida : The University of Florida gutted its DEI program in March to comply with a state law limiting public funding for DEI, eliminating over a dozen campus positions, including in its chief diversity officer’s office, with Florida’s Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis responding by calling DEI “toxic,” saying he “hope[s] more states follow suit.”

Texas: Republican Gov. Greg Abbott signed a bill last year banning DEI programs on state college campuses, resulting in over 300 layoffs across the state university system, NBC News reported.

Utah : Republican Gov. Spencer Cox signed into law in January a prohibition against DEI training and hiring initiatives at state universities, later arguing in a February essay the new law wasn’t racist, saying he “care[s] deeply about our brown kids and our [B]lack kids.”

The University of Wyoming : The school eliminated its DEI office earlier this week to comply with a new state law cutting $1.7 million from the school’s budget earmarked for DEI programs, though school President Ed Seidel pushed back on the elimination, saying he had “heard from our community that many of the services that might have incorrectly been categorized under DEI are important for the success of our students, faculty and staff.”

Iowa : State schools, including Iowa State University and the University of Iowa , rolled back on DEI programs in response to a new anti-DEI law , cutting offices and positions at the state schools.

Kansas : State lawmakers voted on a bill this month to ban DEI statements in student admissions and faculty hirings at public universities, with Gov. Laura Kelly, D-Ks., signing it into law.

Idaho : A state law enacted in March bans public universities from mandating students and employees to submit so-called diversity statements that include information on prospective students’ race or ethnicity.

Oklahoma University : The school’s former DEI office changed its name to the “Division of Access and Opportunity” in February with its staff members embracing new roles after the state’s GOP Gov. Kevin Stitt issued an executive order for a review of DEI in higher education.

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While initiatives to promote diversity in higher education date back decades, those programs grew nationwide after the murder of George Floyd, and the ensuing protests. The programs expanded at schools but also in the corporate world. Groups like the NAACP say these programs are “necessary to reaching important organizational goals, and eliminating the scourge of racism and discrimination.” But lawmakers primarily on the right have gone on the offensive in recent years, criticizing them as prioritizing minority populations at the expense of white students and job applicants. Universities also took a hit in their diversity and inclusion efforts in admissions last June, when the Supreme Court ruled colleges can no longer use race as a factor in the admissions process, effectively gutting affirmative action.

DEI opponents, including a group of university donors led by billionaire hedge fund manager Bill Ackman, have argued the programs unfairly promote some students over others. Ackman claimed DEI was responsible for Harvard University’s hiring of President Claudine Gay, who took heat for her response to pro-Palestinian protests last year, and eventually resigned. Billionaire Tesla, X and SpaceX head Elon Musk has also criticized the programs, claiming their intention “was to end discrimination,” but that they “replace[d] it with different discrimination,” and arguing DEI is the “definition of racism.”

Large corporations have also cut back on DEI programs, including at Google and Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram. Both tech giants have downsized their DEI programs, though a Meta spokesperson told CNBC in December its “commitment to DEI remains at the center of who we are as a company.” DoorDash, Lyft, the Home Depot and X have also slashed their DEI teams in 2023 and 2024, according to Revelio Labs data obtained by The Washington Post , with some companies embracing a strategy of “ quiet cutting ” to eliminate those positions.

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Carmarthenshire: Teenage girl in court charged with attempted murder of three people at school

Two teachers and a pupil were treated for stab wounds after the alleged incident at Ysgol Dyffryn Aman in the town of Ammanford last month.

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A teenage girl charged with the attempted murder of three people at a school in Carmarthenshire has appeared in court.

Ysgol Dyffryn Aman in the town of Ammanford went into lockdown for several hours after the alleged incident on 24 April.

Two teachers and a pupil were treated for stab wounds, though Dyfed-Powys Police later confirmed their injuries were not life-threatening.

The comprehensive school has around 1,500 pupils between the ages of 11 and 18.

The day after the incident, the school was shut so that police could carry out their investigation.

In the aftermath of the incident, headteacher James Durbridge said all those affected would be provided with wellbeing support.

The teenager, who cannot be named for legal reasons, appeared via video link at a short hearing at Swansea Crown Court on Friday.

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The Detroit Zoo’s iconic water tower is receiving a major makeover — and that’s not all. On Tuesday, the Detroit Zoological Society (DZS) announced an organization-wide visual rebrand, including new websites and logos for the society, the zoo, and the Belle Isle Nature Center.

The rebrand is the result of more than two years of project work now coming to fruition, said DZS's director of marketing Kimberly Waatti.

“We knew that we wanted to have a new visual identity that was vibrant and modern and timeless,” she said, “and that truly supported the future of our organization and the direction that we’re headed. The Detroit Zoo logo has two O's that invite you into a world of storytelling, and the Belle Isle Nature Center logo pairs together two leaf-inspired shapes that are really symbolic to its mission, which is creating connection between people and urban wildlife. In 2022, it went under a $2.5 million renovation, so there’s lots to see there as well.”

Such values are also reflected in the organization's tagline, “Where life connects.”

Southfield ad agency Doner is behind the new design on the zoo's water tower that rises high above the campus near Interstate 696 and Woodward Avenue. A 515-gallon paint job and a 30-foot-high vinyl wrap will depict the new zoo logo with some animal denizens peeking out from the O's. Zoo officials say it should take about two weeks to complete.

“We know the water tower is an iconic landmark in our community, and many people have a special connection to it,” said Dr. Hayley Murphy, executive director and CEO of the DZS. “We’ve heard so many stories of the joy people get, adults and children alike, when they see the water tower, whether they’re out and about in the community or heading to the zoo for a visit. This new design will continue to spark that joy for years to come.”

As for what will become of the artwork that formerly occupied the water tower, it has been repurposed uniquely.

“It was very important to us that we included the community throughout this entire process,” Waatti said, “and we had them (involved in) market research studies, and we found that there is a very strong (sense of) nostalgia toward the former design and our former brand identity. We came across an opportunity to partner with a Detroit-based, woman-owned business, Rebel Nell, which is making an exclusive line of accessories and jewelry, which uses remnants from the former wrap artwork.

“It’s not only a wonderful way for the community to take a piece of history home with them, but it is in alignment with our sustainability principles. It was just a wonderful collaboration and we couldn’t be more thrilled how it came out.”

The new logo will also be featured as a bigger-than-life, 18-foot-wide photo opportunity sculpture, which allows guests to climb inside the O's at standard bench height.

“This is an accessible photo op,” Waatti said, “and we really can’t wait to see all the memories that will be made in this, which is located right outside the front gates.”

Not only are there new website designs, but the Detroit Zoo is also launching its own mobile app, through which visitors can plan their visits and enhance their experiences.

“Conservation is truly at the heart of everything that we do,” Waatti said of the new developments, “and this will allow for this portal of visual storytelling to share with the world all the work we do both here at home and afar. Whether it’s celebrating our vibrant history with the wildlife interpretive gallery, which is an iconic building here on Zoo grounds, or quite literally creating that meaningful connection between animals and nature.”

Contact Free Press arts and culture reporter Duante Beddingfield at [email protected].

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Former State Official Indicted, Arrested for School Construction Extortion and Bribery Scheme

Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, Robert Fuller, Special Agent in Charge of the New Haven Division of the FBI, and Harry T. Chavis, Jr., Special Agent in Charge of IRS Criminal Investigation in New England, today announced that a federal grand jury in New Haven has returned a 22-count indictment charging KONSTANTINOS “KOSTA” DIAMANTIS , 67, of Farmington, with extortion, bribery, conspiracy, and false statement offenses related to his conduct as director of Connecticut’s Office of School Constructions Grants and Review (“OSCGR”), the state agency responsible for the grant administration of all Connecticut public school construction projects seeking state funding.

The indictment (link below) was returned yesterday, and Diamantis was arrested this morning.  He appeared before U.S. Magistrate Judge Thomas O. Farrish in Hartford, pleaded not guilty to the charges, and was released on a $500,000 bond.

In addition, three related cases were unsealed today.  On May 13, 2024, SALVATORE MONARCA , 53, of Durham, the president and director of Acranom Masonry, Inc. (“Acranom”), a masonry contractor located in Middlefield, and JOHN F. DUFFY , 63, of Westerly, Rhode Island, vice president of Acranom, each pleaded guilty to conspiring to bribe Diamantis to obtain masonry contracts on school construction projects.  On May 14, 2024, ANTONIETTA ROY , 41, of Plainfield, the owner of Construction Advocacy Professionals, LLC (“CAP”), pleaded guilty to conspiring to bribe Diamantis to obtain business as a construction administrator on school construction projects.

The indictment alleges that Diamantis demanded and received bribes from Acranom, Monarca, and Duffy in connection with multi-million dollar school construction projects Diamantis supervised as director of OSCGR.  In exchange for those bribes, and promises to pay bribes, Diamantis used his official position to assist Acranom to obtain and maintain contracts to perform masonry work for state-funded school construction project.  Diamantis helped Acranom resolve a dispute on phase two of Hartford’s Weaver High School renovation project around 2018; obtain the contract for masonry work on phase four of the same project; and, in and around 2019, obtain the masonry contract for the emergency rebuild of the Birch Grove Primary School in Tolland.  In numerous electronic messages recounted in the indictment, Diamantis, Duffy, and Monarca discussed their plan to pay Diamantis in exchange for his official action on behalf of Acranom.  Diamantis also demanded payment in exchange for his actions, and threatened to remove Acranom as mason on the Weaver and Birch Grove projects if he was not paid.  The indictment also alleges incidents where cash was provided by Acranom to Diamantis.

The indictment further alleges that Diamantis demanded and received bribes from Roy in her capacity as the owner of CAP.  In exchange for those bribes, Diamantis used his official position to assist CAP in obtaining contracts to provide construction administrator and related services on state school construction projects, including a 2019 contract on the Birch Grove project in Tolland, a 2019 contract to assist New Britain in obtaining state reimbursement for school construction projects, and a 2019 contract related to the renovation project at Hartford’s Bulkeley High School.  Roy paid Diamantis via cash and check, and hired Diamantis’s daughter at an inflated salary.

The indictment also alleges that on three different occasions in 2023, Diamantis made multiple false statements to FBI agents investigating this matter.

“Constructing and renovating schools is an important, and very expensive, endeavor for our state and municipalities, and corruption within a program that manages and funds them adds cost, seriously erodes trust in government, and raises questions about work quality and the potential harms to students and educators in the classroom,” said U.S. Attorney Avery.  “This indictment contains allegations of a civil servant who committed multiple felonies, including extorting contractors, demanding and receiving bribes, and repeatedly lying to federal agents investigating his conduct.  This kind of criminal behavior can never be tolerated, and the U.S. Attorney’s Office and our investigative partners will work to uncover it, no matter how long it takes.  I thank the FBI and IRS-Criminal Investigation for their diligent work here.  This investigation is ongoing.”

“The depth of deception, collusion, and abuse of power by the defendants in this case, as alleged, is glaring,” said FBI Special Agent in Charge Robert Fuller.  “The willingness to manipulate contracts and blatantly steal by abusing a position of public trust is intolerable.  We have a long history in this state of rooting out corruption and delivering white collar criminals to justice.  Today’s arrest further indicates that we are continuing to protect taxpayers from criminal actors.”

“The indictment and arrest of Konstantinos Diamantis demonstrates IRS-CI’s commitment to halting public corruption at the source,” said IRS CI Special Agent in Charge Harry T. Chavis Jr.  “Pay to play schemes, such as the alleged scheme orchestrated by Diamantis, Monarca, Duffy, and Roy are not only detrimental to the business community but also the community at large.  Unjustly bribing public officials for municipal contracts circumvents the bidding process which can result in subpar construction, delays, and costly overages that directly impact the American taxpayers.”

The indictment charges Diamantis with two counts of extortion and two counts of conspiracy to commit extortion, offenses that carry a maximum term of imprisonment of 20 years on each count; two counts of bribery, an offense that carries a maximum term of imprisonment of 10 years of each count; two counts of conspiracy to commit bribery, an offense that carries a maximum term of imprisonment of five years on each count; and 14 counts of making false statements, an offense that carries a maximum term of imprisonment of five years on each count.

U.S. Attorney Avery stressed that an indictment is only a charge and is not evidence of guilt. Charges are only allegations, and a defendant is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.

Monarca and Roy have agreed to cooperate with the government’s prosecution of this matter.

This investigation is being conducted by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Internal Revenue Service – Criminal Investigation Division.  The case is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorneys Jonathan N. Francis and David E. Novick.

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