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Former UMass Associate Provost fined $10,000 for violating state conflict of interest law by hiring brother

Heather Sharpes-Smith, the former associate provost for Instruction Design and Technology, admitted to the violation, the state Ethics Commission said.

A former associate provost at the University of Massachusetts-Amherst has paid a $10,000 fine for violating the state’s conflict of interest law by hiring her brother to work in her department, the State Ethics Commission said Wednesday.
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Source: The Boston Globe | Published: 2025-09-25T03:09:45Z

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