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Author John Robison to speak on Asperger's syndrome

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. More...



Morris, Cahoon, Dacko are Sports Luncheon speakers

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. More...


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Salthouse to give first Gupta Lecture on Nov. 19

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. More...


Clean Energy Connections conference is Nov. 10

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. More...



Flags lowered for Marine officers killed in Afghanistan

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. More...



Kulik to address Faculty Senate

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. More...


International Education Week set for Nov. 16-20

The International Programs Office is encouraging individuals and organizations at the Five Colleges and in the local community to organize international events to celebrate International Education Week from Nov. 16-20. More...



Theater Department stages ‘Burial at Thebes’

The Theater Department’s fall production of “The Burial at Thebes,” Seamus Heaney’s version of Sophocles’ tragedy “Antigone,” will be staged Thursday, Nov. 3-7 at 8 p.m. and Nov. 7 at 2 p.m. in the Curtain Theater. More...



'Outsider' artists exhibit at Augusta Savage Gallery

“Inside the Outside,” featuring the paintings of three New Mexico artists, Jay Dickens, Arnold Nelson and Floyd Nelson, is on view through Nov. 20 at the Augusta Savage Gallery. More...



Library exhibit focuses on New Haven garment workers

“New Haven’s Garment Workers: An Elm City Story,” an exhibition about the lives, victories and defeats of working people who, in the 1930s, combated sweatshop conditions in New Haven, Conn., is on display through Jan. 30 on the lower level of the Du Bois Library. More...


Thanksgiving hosts needed for international students

The International Programs Office is inviting families around town to host international students for Thanksgiving dinner on Thursday, Nov. 26. More...


New course proposals

The following new course proposals have been submitted to the Faculty Senate office for review and approval and are listed here for faculty review and comment. More...


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