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Weekly Bulletin
Blood drives
The Hampshire County Chapter
of the American Red Cross is conducting blood drives on Monday,
Feb. 26, Tuesday, Feb. 27 and Wednesday, Feb. 28, 10:30 a.m.-4:30
p.m. in 101 Lincoln Campus Center.
Final examination schedules distributed to faculty
The final examination schedules
for May are being sent to academic departments for distribution
to the faculty on March 13. Copies will be available to on-campus
students in their residence halls and to off-campus students in
the Registrar's Office, 213 Whitmore, beginning Thursday, March
15. The final examination schedule will also be available on the
World Wide Web (www.umass.edu/registrar)
no later than March 2.
The information on the World Wide Web will be updated online with
any changes that are made, according to registrar Elizabeth Pyle.
Faculty Senate meeting
The Faculty Senate meets Thursday,
March 1 at 3:30 p.m. in 227 Herter Hall.
Physiology seminar
Shuk-Mei Ho of the Medical School
presents "Probing into the Action of FSH on Ovarian Carcinogenesis
Using DNA Array Technology" in a Department of Physiology
seminar on Monday, Feb. 26 at noon.
The talk takes place in the Physiology Seminar Room, S4-308 of
the Worcester campus.
Massachusetts Review seeking new computer
The Massachusetts Review, a literary
quarterly based in South College, is looking for a Mac G4 or PowerMac
7300 in order to switch to desktop publishing.
Any department with a surplus unit that could be given to the
Review should call Christian at 5-2689.
PCOS and exercise study
The Exercise Science Department
and the Endocrine Division of Baystate Medical Center are seeking
subjects for a study of the effect of insulin resistance on glucose
uptake during exercise. Women with Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS)
are extremely insulin-resistant but it is not known if they are
also "resistant" to the effect of exercise on glucose
uptake. The results from this study are expected to guide the
use of exercise as an effective therapy for women with PCOS. Women
enrolled in the study will gain information about their aerobic
capacity, body composition and blood lipids, as well as financial
compensation for their time.
Participants must be women diagnosed with PCOS, insulin-resistant,
but not hyperglycemic (high blood sugar), 18-45 years old, not
pregnant and not on birth control.
For information, contact Carrie Sharoff at 549-1814 or by e-mail
(pcos1@hotmail.com).
Sports Luncheon features O'Brien and Barnes
Women's basketball coach Joanie
O'Brien and women's lacrosse coach Phil Barnes will be the featured
speakers at the Weekly Sports Luncheon on Wednesday, Feb. 28 at
noon in 1009 Lincoln Campus Center.
The buffet lunch costs $6.50. Call 5-4289 for reservations.
Molecular Genetics and Microbiology seminar
Joseph R. Nevins, the James B.
Duke Professor of Genetics at Duke University Medical Center and
investigator at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, will lead
a Molecular Genetics and Microbiology seminar at the Medical School
on Friday, March 2 at 12:15 p.m.
Nevins will speak on "Synergy in Pathways That Regulate G1
Cell Cycle Progression."
The lecture takes place in the MGM Seminar Room, S5-310 at the
Worcester campus.
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