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Hillel awarded World Food Prize

Daniel Hillel, professor emeritus of Plant and Soil Sciences, received the 2012 World Food Prize from U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Oct. 18 at the Norman E. Borlaug International Symposium on food security in Des Moines, Iowa.
 
Hillel, an Israeli scientist who pioneered a radically innovative way of bringing water to crops in arid and dry-land regions, was presented with a $250,000 award.
 
“We draw hope from contributions like those of this year’s honoree,” said the secretary-general.

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

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