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Fink is distinguished lecturer at University of Minnesota

Janet Fink, associate professor in the Mark H. McCormack Department of Sport Management, gave the Borghild-Strand Distinguished Lecture on Oct. 24 at the Tucker Center for Research on Girls and Women in Sport at the University of Minnesota.
 
Fink spoke on "Women and Sport Leadership: U.S. and International Perspectives" with Sally Shaw of the University of Otago, New Zealand.

The Borghild-Strand Distinguished Lecture series is given twice yearly and exemplifies the Tucker Center’s commitment to community outreach and public education by making links to the Twin Cities metro and outstate

Manning gives keynote presentation to Italian Botanical Society

Professor William J. Manning of the Stockbridge School of Agriculture gave an invited keynote presentation titled "Urban Forests and Their Role in Urban Metabolism and Sustainability" at the 107th Congress of the Italian Botanical Society held Sept. 21 in Benevento, Italy.

Obituary: Twega Fill, former jr. clerk typist

Twega Frances (Yurgielewicz) Fill, 90, of Hadley, a former junior clerk typist in Home Economics Extension, died Oct. 25 at home.

Born in South Deerfield, she was a graduate of Northampton High School.
 
During World War II, she was employed at Westover Field as a secretary.
 
She worked on campus from 1973 to early 1977.
 
She leaves her husband of 66 years, Joseph G. Fill of Hadley; her daughter, Barbara, of Jupiter, Fla., daughter Carol, also of Jupiter, and a son, David, of Hadley, a brother, seven grandchildren, five great-grandchildren and several nieces and nephews.

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Portuges authors film studies articles

Several articles by Catherine Portuges, professor of Comparative Literature and director of the Interdepartment Program in Film Studies, have been published recently.
 
“Jewish Immigrant Directors and their Impact on Hollywood” appears in “Hollywood's Chosen People: The Jewish Experience in American Cinema,” published by Wayne State University Press and edited by Daniel Bernardi, Murray Pomerance and Hava Tirosh-Samuelson.
 
“Cinema’s Alchemist: The Films of Peter Forgacs,” published by the University of Minnesota Press, includes a chapter by Portuges titled “Found Images as Witness to

Quilter appointed copyright and information policy librarian

Laura Quilter has joined the Libraries staff as copyright and information policy librarian.

Quilter has a master of library and information science from the University of Kentucky and a J.D. from the University of California, Berkeley School of Law.
 
Quilter has taught as an adjunct professor at Simmons College, and at the Samuelson Law, Technology and Public Policy Clinic at the UC Berkeley School of Law.  She has consulted with libraries and non-profits on copyright, privacy, and other technology law concerns.

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