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://umassalumni.com/travel/index.html As part of its commitment to lifelong learning, the Alumni Association this year is offering a series of group travel opportunities to sites in the U.S., Europe, Africa, the Near East and Latin America. Fri, 03 Jan 2014 00:00:00 EST http://www.randomhouse.com/book/131825/autumn-in-the-heavenly-kingdom-by-stephen-r-platt While Union and Confederate troops were slaughtering each other at Antietam in 1862 in what is called the bloodiest day in American history, Taiping rebels were leading millions of Chinese in the final stages of an uprising against the Manchu rulers of China in what, says the History Department's Stephen R. Platt, stands fully as the bloodiest civil war in human history. Platt's new book "Autumn in the Heavenly Kingdom: China, the West, and the Epic Story of the Taiping Civil War" (Knopf), is garnering glowing advance reviews in high places. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 00:00:00 EST http://www.umass.edu/loop/people/articles/146318.php Sabina Murray of the Master of Fine Arts for Poets and Writiers Program has been invited to deliver the annual Harmsworth Lecture in American Arts and Letters at the Rothermere American Institute at Oxford University on June 12. Murray, whose most recent book is a collection of short stories titled "Tales of the New World," has been asked to address the historical and political influences on her fiction. Among those who have been invited to deliver the Harmworth Lecture in recent years are Joyce Carol Oates, Marilyn Robinson, and Richard Ford. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 00:00:00 EST http://www.umass.edu/loop/people/articles/146320.php M.V. Lee Badgett, professor of Economics and director of the Center for Public Policy and Administration, has been in the media spotlight this week - first in the New York Times and then on National Public Radio - for the work she does championing the rights of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 00:00:00 EST http://www.umass.edu/psis/personnel/mangan/mangan_summary.pdf Vegetable Crops specialist and associate professor Frank Mangan of the Plant Soil and Insect Sciences Department has been selected to receive the 2012 New York Farmers Medal by the New York Farmers Club. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 00:00:00 EST http://www.umass.edu/uhs/services/eyecare Wait no more - Eye Care Services at UMass Amherst's University Health Services now offers same or next-day service on most eyewear prescriptions and lenses. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 00:00:00 EST http://www.umass.edu/loop/weeklybulletin/articles/146292.php Historian Derrick P. Alridge will present the 18th Annual Du Bois Lecture, titled "Ideas Have Consequences: The Radical Pedagogy of W.E.B. Du Bois," on Thursday, Feb. 23 at 4:30 pm, in the Cape Cod Lounge. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 00:00:00 EST http://www.umass.edu/loop/weeklybulletin/articles/146313.php "To the Village Square: An Experiment in American Democracy," photos by photojournalist Lionel Delevingne of the antinuclear movement and its occupation of key nuclear power sites in New runs though May 1, on the lower level iog Du Bois Library and continuing on Floor 25 in Special Collections and University Archives. The exhibit features photographs by photojournalist covering the antinuclear movement. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 00:00:00 EST http://www.umass.edu/umhome/pdf/research/umass-researchreport-2011.pdf The latest annual Report on Research from the office of the Vice Chancellor for Research and Engagement is hot of the presses . . . or hot off whatever it is that actually produces a PDF file. The 2011 Report on Research features nearly a dozen major campus research initiatives from the largest telescope to the tiniest communication highways. (VIDEO: Barbara Osborne on A Future in Medicine - Soft Materials Immunology) Wed, 08 Feb 2012 00:00:00 EST http://www.wssa.net. The Weed Science Society of America has honored more than two dozen individuals, including weed scientist Prasanta Bhowmik of the Plant, Soil and Insect Sciences Departmenet for their outstanding contributions to the field of weed science. The awards were presented during the organization's annual meeting, held this year in Waikoloa, Hawaii. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 00:00:00 EST http://www.umass.edu/loop/people/articles/146289.php Sharon Rallis, Dwight W. Allen Distinguished Professor of Education Policy and Reform, led a workshop, "Conducting Useful Evaluations", in Istanbul.. The workshop, sponsored by Bahcesehir University, was attended by teams of teachers and school administrators, as well as by teams from NGOs, foundations, and businesses. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 00:00:00 EST http://www.umass.edu/loop/talkingpoints/articles/146245.php Feb. 7, 2012 Dean of Students Enku Gelaye has vowed to move quickly to discipline students involved in a disturbance following the Super Bowl. Gelaye noted that due to federal law she cannot comment on specific sanctions levied against specific individuals. The university has begun disciplinary procedures in the matter, she said, evaluating each individual case in detail. Under the Code of Student Conduct, sanctions can include suspension or expulsion. Tue, 07 Feb 2012 00:00:00 EST http://maps.admin.umass.edu/apps/MasterPlanExplorer/ Feb. 7, 2010 Faculty senators got a glimpse at the campus' future on Feb. 2 . . . or at least its possible future, assuming that campus capital budgets remain flush, that neighboring towns remain fully onboard and that folks across a range of campus constituencies stay open to the same vision. Yes, that future. Tue, 07 Feb 2012 00:00:00 EST http://www.umass.edu/loop/weeklybulletin/articles/145574.php Pearls from the flock: yarn is available from the campus farm's very own sheep. It is double ply and a natural white that will dye very well, according to manager Alice Newth. Tue, 07 Feb 2012 00:00:00 EST http://www.umass.edu/loop/talkingpoints/articles/146206.php Feb. 7, 2012 Physical Plant's Landscape Management Department has nearly completed a new 40'x25' greenhouse, located up near the departments Tillson Farm headquarters, and ready to take on a major role saving money and providing hands-on training, according to Physical Plant associate director Pam Monn. Tue, 07 Feb 2012 00:00:00 EST http://www.umass.edu/loop/weeklybulletin/articles/146188.php Due to heavy construction activity and traffic associated with the Commonwealth Honors College residential project, the speed limit on Commonwealth Avenue between Massachusetts Avenue and Campus Center Way has been reduced to 20 mph. This speed limit is being strictly enforced by the UMass Amherst Police and as a designated "work zone," fines for speeding in the area will be doubled Tue, 07 Feb 2012 00:00:00 EST httP://www.honors.umass.edu/ Former Chancellor David K. Scott will speak on "Multiple Modes of Inquiry and the Nature of Reality" on Tuesday, Feb. 14 at 6:30 p.m. in the Campus Center. Tue, 07 Feb 2012 00:00:00 EST http://www.mwphe.org/professionaldevelopment/guidelines.html The Massachusetts Women in Public Higher Education, Inc. is seeking applicants for two available awards is offering several awards to campus women, including three $1,000 Professional Development Awards and $750 student scholarship. The deadline for both is Feb. 24. Tue, 07 Feb 2012 00:00:00 EST http://www.umasstix.com/musicanddance There will be a faculty chamber music concert on Tuesday Feb. 14, at 8 p.m. in Benzanson Recital hall. Performers include, Amy Johnson, soprano; Marjorie Melnick, mezzo-soprano; William Hite, tenor; alumnus John Salvi baritone; Elizabeth Chang, violin; Ayano Kataoka, percussion; Lynn Klock, alto saxophone; Kathryn Lockwood, viola; Nadine Shank and Nicholas Shaneyfelt, piano. Mon, 06 Feb 2012 00:00:00 EST http://www.umass.edu/english/MFA_VWS.htm The Visiting Writers Series will present a talk by writer and editor Kate Bernheimer on Thursday, Feb. 16, at 8 p.m. in Memorial Hall. She is the author of eight books of prose, most recently "Horse, Flower, Bird." She has edited three fairy-tale anthologies, including "My Mother She Killed Me," "My Father He Ate Me: Forty New Fairy Tales." Mon, 06 Feb 2012 00:00:00 EST