A special issue on “Languages and cultures in contact in Africa and the Americas,” co-edited by the School of Education’s Theresa Austin with Reddad Erguig of Chouaib Doukkali University in Morocco, has been approved for publication in Languages and Linguistics with a publication date of December.
Austin is a professor in the Language, Literacy, and Culture Concentration in the Department of Teacher Education and Curriculum Studies. Erguig is a faculty member in the department of English, Faculty of Letters and Human Sciences, at Chouaib Doukkali University in El-Jadida.
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James D. Capistran, executive director of the UMass Innovation Institute (UMII), has been appointed as a member of the executive committee of the state’s Advanced Manufacturing Collaborative. The appointment was announced Sept. 11 by Gregory P. Bialecki, state secretary of Housing and Economic Development.
The Blue Ocean Film Festival will screen the documentary film, “Fish Meat: Choose Your Farm Wisely,” by eco-filmmaker Ted Caplow and featuring fish ecologist Andy Danylchuk of the Environmental Conservation Department, on Sept. 26 in Monterey, Calif.
Tom Schiff and Diane Fedorchak of the Center for Health Promotion presented Sept. 19 at “It’s Your Call: A Conference for Student Leaders on Changing the Culture of Underage and Destructive Drinking on Campuses,” co-sponsored by the Northwestern District Attorney’s office, the Campus and Community Coalition (CCC) and the Strategic Planning Initiative for Families and Youth (SPIFFY).
Hang Xiao, assistant professor of Food Science, received one of the 2012 International Life Science Institute Future Leader Award.