http://www.umass.edu/loop/RSS/rss_category.php?category=Talking Points,Weekly Bulletin,Looking Back,People UMass Amherst In The Loop en-us edblag@admin.umass.edu http://www.umass.edu/loop/people/articles/95154.php Alice Schaerr Rossi, 87, of Amherst, professor emerita of Sociology and a founder of the National Organization for Women (NOW), died Nov. 3. Fri, 06 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.johnrobison.com John Elder Robison, author of the New York Times best-seller “Look Me in the Eye: My Life with Asperger’s,” will speak on Monday, Nov. 16 at 5:30 p.m. in the Bernie Dallas Room in Goodell Hall. Fri, 06 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.umass.edu/loop/talkingpoints/articles/95142.php Nov. 6, 2009 With the retirement of Sandy Anderson, director of Campus Services, there has been a realignment of several functions within the Office of the Associate Vice Chancellor for Facilities and Campus Services. Fri, 06 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.umass.edu/loop/talkingpoints/articles/95069.php Nov. 5, 2009 As part of the Greater Springfield-University of Massachusetts Amherst Partnership established last year, campus officials intend to establish a “Downtown Design Center” in Springfield to assist the city with economic development projects, according to Chancellor Robert C. Holub. Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.umass.edu/loop/weeklybulletin/articles/95061.php Chistopher Salthouse, the new Dev and Linda Gupta Assistant Professor in the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, will deliver the first Gupta Lecture on Thursday, Nov. 19 at 4 p.m. in the Massachusetts Room of the Mullins Center. Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.umass.edu/green/conference Representatives of more than 50 area businesses, agencies and higher education programs are expected to attend the campus’s second annual Clean Energy Connections conference on Tuesday, Nov. 10 from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Springfield’s MassMutual Center. Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.umass.edu/loop/weeklybulletin/articles/95059.php Football coach Kevin Morris will show film of the Northeastern game and hockey coach Don “Toot” Cahoon and women’s basketball coach Marnie Dacko will speak at the Weekly Sports Luncheon on Wednesday, Nov. 11 at 12:15 p.m. in 1009 Campus Center. Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.umass.edu/loop/talkingpoints/articles/95060.php Nov. 5, 2009 The Fine Arts Center has engaged theater artist Talvin Wilks to explore the future direction for the New WORLD Theater. Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.umass.edu/loop/talkingpoints/articles/95062.php Nov. 5, 2009 A group of Computer Science researchers recently joined with 61 other teams nationwide to participate in building and deploying a virtual laboratory funded by the National Science Foundation for experimenting with future Internet architectures, or networks. Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.umass.edu/loop/people/articles/95016.php Michelle Budig and Joya Misra of the Sociology Department were finalists for this year’s Rosabeth Moss Kanter Award for Excellence in Work-Family Research. Wed, 04 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.umass.edu/loop/weeklybulletin/articles/95018.php Gov. Deval Patrick has ordered that the U.S. and Massachusetts flags be lowered to half-staff at all state buildings from sunrise until sunset on Nov. 6-7 in honor of two Marine Corps captains killed in Afghanistan. Wed, 04 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.pw.org/content/top_fifty_mfa_programs_united_states_comprehensive_guide Nov. 4, 2009 The Master of Fine Arts Program for Poets and Writers is among the best graduate creative writing programs in the country, according to Poets & Writers Magazine. Wed, 04 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.umass.edu/loop/talkingpoints/articles/94977.php Nov. 4, 2009 Public radio stations WFCR and WNNZ raised more than $267,500 during the fall on-air fund that ended Oct. 24, besting last year’s record of $257,000. Wed, 04 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.umass.edu/uww J. Gary Bernhard, program manager for University Without Walls’ Sustainable Entrepreneurship concentration, was a panelist at the regional fall conference of the University Continuing Education Association held Oct. 28-30 in Hyannis. Tue, 03 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.umass.edu/loop/people/articles/94905.php Professor Linda K. Enghagen of Hospitality and Tourism Management received a “Best in Track” award for her presentation at the 15th Sloan Consortium International Conference on Online Learning held Oct. 28-30 in Orlando. Tue, 03 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.umass.edu/loop/talkingpoints/articles/94966.php Nov. 3, 2009 Journalism professor Ralph Whitehead, Jr., will participate in a forum with U.S. Vice President Joe Biden on the challenges facing the American middle class in the 21st century on Nov. 5 at the Center for American Progress in Washington, D.C. Tue, 03 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.umass.edu/loop/talkingpoints/articles/94938.php Nov. 3, 2009 Ice fields on Africa’s Mount Kilimanjaro are rapidly shrinking and thinning, according to a research team including geoscientist Douglas Hardy and colleagues at Ohio State University. Tue, 03 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.sci.utu.fi/projects/biologia/ekologia/kamy/scape/index.htm Lynn Adler, associate professor of Entomology, gave one of two invited keynote presentations at the annual meeting of the Scandinavian Association for Pollination Ecologists held Oct. 23-25 at the Archipelago Research Institute of the University of Turku in Finland. Tue, 03 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.umass.edu/loop/talkingpoints/articles/94959.php Nov. 3, 2009 M.V. Lee Badgett, professor of Economics and director of the Center for Public Policy and Administration, will deliver the first Distinguished Faculty Lecture in this year’s series on Monday, Nov. 9 at 4 p.m. in the Bernie Dallas Room in Goodell Hall. Tue, 03 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.umass.edu/senate/fs/agendas/2009-2010/689TH_AGENDA_111209.pdf State Rep. Stephen Kulik (D-Worthington), assistant vice chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, will speak at the Faculty Senate meeting on Thursday, Nov. 12 at 3:30 p.m. in 227 Herter Hall. Tue, 03 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST