What is being done to celebrate the life of Amadou Cisse?
An obituary including recollections of Cisse’s friends and colleagues was distributed to the news media and posted on our website at http://www-news.uchicago.edu/releases/07/071119.cisse.shtml. Student leaders organized a candlelight vigil on Tuesday, November 20, and his family invited community members to a prayer service on Wednesday, November 21. The University community also is organizing a memorial service and the details will be announced as soon as they are finalized. Cisse was scheduled to receive his Ph.D. degree in chemistry at Convocation on December 7, and his degree will be awarded posthumously.
