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The Faculty Senate voted overwhelmingly Feb. 2 to establish an ad hoc committee to "monitor and evaluate the costs and financial impacts of FBS Footall." The vote came as Chancellor Robert Holub, saying that he was speaking as member of the faculty and not of the administration, strongly urged the senate not to do so.
Please do not coo over this story . . . Jack is working: Stroll across campus and you may well come across Laurie Banas and Jack, her newest guide dog in training. Banas, business manager for the Energy Frontier Research Center on campus, is a puppy walker for the Guide Dog Foundation for the Blind. Jack, the ninth dog she has trained, is her constant companion, preparing for a life of service. (Video: Canine Education at UMass)
Feb. 1, 2012
So much for the dark and silent depths. They remain dark, but according to Rodney Rountree (photo), Francis Juanes and colleagues, not so quiet. The fish biologists from the College of Natural Sciences have published one of the first studies of deep-sea fish sounds in more than 50 years, collected from the sea floor about 2,237 feet below the North Atlantic. With recording technology now more affordable, they are exploring the idea that many fish make sounds to communicate with each other, especially those that live in the perpetual dark of the deep ocean.
Feb. 1, 2012
The campus has a lot at steak in Sunday's Super Bowl, which is sizing up to be no clambake. New York University has agreed to a friendly food wager as the New England Patriots face the New York Giants in the showdown.
Feb. 1, 2012
The campus and the intellectual property law firm of Wolf, Greenfield & Sacks, P.C. have announced the establishment of the David Wolf Prize as a new award in support of the UMass Innovation Challenge business plan competition. Wolf Greenfield was a founding sponsor of the competition and continues as a platinum-level sponsor.
Jan. 31, 2012
A diverse and broad-based campus effort is succeeding in building what some are calling a campus "permaculture of sustainability" - while apparently sustaining broader recognition in the outside world.
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Larson to discuss campus historic buildings Emeritus professor Joseph Larson will discuss the historic buildings at the Amherst campus at the annual meeting of the Massachusetts Agricultural Club on Feb. 25. The talk begins at noon at the Marriott Courtyard Inn on Route 20 in Marlborough.
New Yorker: Gizzi's poetry is 'ecstatic and profound' What lunch-pail mystic wouldn't be thrilled to be featured in The New Yorker, complete with a two-column portrait drawing? The English Department's Peter Gizzi may or may not be thrilled, but his poetry, says the magazine, is ecstatic. Gizzi and his recently released fifth book of poems "Threshold Songs" (Wesleyan) are the focus of a flattering full-page-plus write-up in the Feb. 6 issue.
McCormick named to CADREI board Christine B. McCormick, dean of the School of Education, has been elected to the executive board of the Council of Academic Deans from Research Education Institutions.
CSSC hosts two fellows from China as Servaes assumes UNESCO chair The Center for Communication of Sustainable Social Change is hosting two visiting fellows from the Huazhong University of Science and Technology in Wuhan, China. In addition, those who missed "Communication for Sustainable Social Change: Back to the Basics," CSSC director Jan Servaes' Oct. 3 inaugural speech upon assuming the UNESCO Chair in Communication for Sustainable Social Change, can watch an edited version of it here, courtesy of amherstmedia.org.
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Workshops to offer PI essentials
The Center for Research on Families, in collaboration with the Office of Research Development, is hosting another "I'm a PI, Now What?" workshop series for current and aspiring principal investigators beginning Feb. 10 in Room 1001 Campus Center. Building off the success of the fall program, in which more than 40 faculty members participated, the group hopes to serve a new set of faculty members from all disciplines across campus.
Panel discusses NIH funding for social sciences
A faculty panel will discuss the National Institutes of Health and its funding processes for the social sciences on Thursday, Feb. 2 from 3:30-5 p.m. in W32 Machmer Hall.
Carcio is focus UWN 'surprise' luncheon Feb. 29
Helen Carcio, founder and director of the Health and Continence Institute, will offer a previously unscheduled talk on women's health issues at the next University Women's Network luncheon on Feb. 29 at 1 p.m. in 1001 Campus Center.
Katz to discuss 'Education after Auschwitz' Feb. 1
Claire Katz, associate professor of philosophy and director of women's and gender studies at Texas A&M University, will discuss "Education after Auschwitz: Levinas, Humanism, and the Promise of Jewish Education" on Wednesday, Feb. 1 at 5:30 p.m. in 301 Herter. Katz is currently Copeland Faculty Fellow in residence at Amherst College.
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