Weekly Bulletin

Doctoral oral exams for Feb. 11-15

The graduate dean invites all graduate faculty to attend the final oral examinations for the doctoral candidates scheduled as follows:

German Colon, Ph.D., Physics. Wednesday, Feb. 13, 2:30 p.m., 1033 Lederle Graduate Research Tower. Dissertation: “Search for TeV-Scale Gravity Signatures in Final States with Leptons and Jets with the ATLAS Detector at sqrt(s)=8 TeV.” Carlo Dallapiccola, chr.

Jeffrey Muttart, Ph.D., Industrial Engineering and Operations Research. Friday, Feb.

New course proposal

The following new course proposal has been submitted to the Faculty Senate Office for review and approval and is listed here for faculty review and comment. Comments on any new course proposal should be submitted to Ernest May, secretary of the Faculty Senate, at senate@senate.umass.edu.

CMPSCI 119, “Introduction to Programming,” 3 credits; Instructor: William T. Verts; An introduction to computer programming with multimedia applications. Students will create Python programs to process image, video, and audio data. No prior programming experience expected. Not open to CMPSCI majors.

Retired Faculty Association meeting includes lecture by Baker

Erin Baker, associate professor of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, will be the featured speaker at the next meeting of the Retired Faculty Association on Wednesday, Feb. 13 in 101 Campus Center. She will discuss “Energy Technology R&D Policy in Response to Climate Change.”
 
The meeting begins at 10 a.m. with refreshments, followed by business and announcements from 10:15-10:30, when Joel Martin, vice provost and dean of faculty, will give a short presentation on “Faculty Development.” Baker’s lecture starts at 11.
 
 
 

Diversity trainer Lee Mun Wah to present all-day program

The Five College Diversity and Dialogue Initiatives Group is sponsoring an all-day program titled "An Unfinished Conversation" with Lee Mun Wah, the Chinese-American documentary filmmaker, author, poet and educator, on Tuesday, Feb. 12 in the Student Union Ballroom. 

He will give a keynote address at 9 a.m. and present a workshop open to all Five College students at 10, and another workshop for Five College faculty and staff at 1 p.m.  He will also screen his latest film, "If These Walls Could Talk," at 7 p.m.
 
There is limited availability per campus. Register by Feb. 6 at

Panel to highlight research and engagement projects in Springfield

Three social scientists who are engaged in projects in Springfield will discuss their work at the first Institute for Social Science Research (ISSR) “Research in Process Panel” of the spring semester on Thursday, Feb. 7 from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., in the Amherst Room of the Campus Center. Lunch will be served. RSVP to Karen Mason by Feb. 4.
 
In 2010, officials from campus and Springfield formalized a new Greater Springfield-University of Massachusetts Amherst Partnership designed to promote collaborations that will lead to the revitalization of Springfield’s economy.

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