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/talkingpoints/articles/95794.php Nov. 20, 2009 Come next spring, the peregrine falcons that nest on the roof of the Du Bois Library will have a new penthouse suite available, according to Richard Nathhorst of Facilities and Campus Planning. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.umass.edu/loop/talkingpoints/articles/95793.php Nov. 20, 2009 The Food Science Department has been awarded a $234,000 Graduate Training Fellowship Grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to develop scientists with cutting-edge multidisciplinary training in food science, nutrition and public policy. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.umass.edu/loop/weeklybulletin/articles/95783.php The final First Sundays Concert at the Renaissance Center will feature the Honest Harmony madrigal singers with a program of music for the Christmas season on Dec. 6 at 2 p.m. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.umass.edu/loop/people/articles/95781.php Biology professor Tobias Baskin recently received a three-year, $511,143 National Science Foundation Major Research Instrumentation award to acquire a state-of-the-art, high-resolution scanning electron microscope. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.umass.edu/loop/people/articles/95780.php Sabina Diamond Braunthal, 80, of Amherst, alumna and a retired technician in Microbiology, died of cancer on Nov 16 at the Center for Extended Care. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.umass.edu/loop/people/articles/95797.php Several faculty and graduate students from the School of Public Health and Health Sciences made presentations at the annual meeting of the American Public Health Association held Nov. 5-11 in Philadelphia. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.umass.edu/loop/talkingpoints/articles/95773.php Nov. 20, 2009 Two graduate students from Plant, Soil and Insect Sciences won Turfgrass Presentation Awards at the joint meeting of the American Society of Agronomy, Crop Science Society of America and the Soil Science Society of America, held Nov. 1-5 in Pittsburgh. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.physics.umass.edu/seminars/index.php?mode=full&sqid=733 Assistant professor Marc Achermann will present a Physics colloquium on “Optical Excitations and Interactions in Metal and Semiconductor Nanostructures” on Wednesday, Dec. 2 at 4 p.m. in 124 Hasbrouck. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.umass.edu/loop/weeklybulletin/articles/95778.php Faculty candidate Ryan Gutenkunst of Los Alamos National Laboratory will discuss “Sloppy modeling and natural selection in biochemical networks” on Monday, Dec. 7 at 11 a.m. at the Medical School in Worcester. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.umass.edu/loop/talkingpoints/articles/95782.php Nov. 20, 2009 Experiments at the Pioneer Valley Life Sciences Institute at Baystate Medical Center in Springfield, reported in a recent British Journal of Cancer, confirm that chemical engineer Neil Forbes’ delivery and trigger system has for the first time successfully placed a cancer-fighting protein directly into solid tumors and on cue, turned it on. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.massachusetts.edu/news/news.cfm?mode=detail&news_id=1341 Nov. 19, 2009 Mari Castañeda, associate professor of Communication, is one of five University system faculty members awarded a President’s Public Service Award on Nov. 19. Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.umass.edu/loop/talkingpoints/articles/95758.php Nov. 19, 2009 A proposal to create a public law school at the Dartmouth campus was approved Nov. 18 by the Board of Trustees Committee on Academic and Student Affairs. Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.umass.edu/loop/weeklybulletin/articles/95772.php The following new course proposal has been submitted to the Faculty Senate Office for review and approval and is listed here for faculty review and comment. Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.umass.edu/loop/weeklybulletin/articles/95757.php Gov. Deval Patrick has ordered that flags be lowered to half-staff at all state buildings from sunrise until sunset on Friday, Nov. 20 in honor of Army Sgt. Benjamin W. Sherman of Plymouth, who was killed in action in Afghanistan on Nov. 4. Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.umass.edu/loop/talkingpoints/articles/95717.php Nov. 18, 2009 Professor Guy Lanza, director of the Environmental Science Program in the Department of Natural Resources Conservation, has been invited to serve as a Fulbright senior specialist in Russia next fall. Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.umass.edu/loop/people/articles/95719.php Linda Lockwood Stansmore, 73, retired associate professor in Environmental Sciences and former director of the Honors program, died Nov. 15 from Alzheimer’s disease at her home in Sunderland. Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.umass.edu/loop/weeklybulletin/articles/95721.php Football coach Kevin Morris will show film of the Hofstra game and Jeff Smith, associate athletic director for sports medicine, will speak at the Weekly Sports Luncheon on Wednesday, Nov. 25 at 12:15 p.m. in 1009 Campus Center. Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.umass.edu/loop/talkingpoints/articles/95700.php Nov. 18, 2009 Hungary’s Ministry of Culture and Education last month honored Catherine Portuges, professor of Comparative Literature in the Department of Languages, Literatures and Cultures, for her contributions on behalf of the country’s cinema and for enriching cultural relations between Hungary and other nations. Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.umasstix.com James Patrick Miller will lead the Wind Ensemble Concert performance on Thursday, Dec. 3 at 8 p.m. in the Fine Arts Center Concert Hall. Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.umass.edu/loop/people/articles/95718.php Marion Rhodes, 86, of Sunderland, alumna and professor emeritus of Chemistry, died Nov. 11 at UMass Memorial Medical Center in Worcester. Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST