Weekly Bulletin

Campus programs organize ‘Stand Against Racism’ activities

As part of National YWCA Take a Stand Against Racism Day on Friday, April 26, several campus programs are sponsoring events focused on civil rights, the legal system and social justice.
 
The program opens at noon with a Stand Against Racism Walk starting at Haigis Mall in front of the Fine Arts Center.
 
From 1-6 p.m. in 201 Wilder Hall, there will be a series of presentations, including speakers, a film screening, media gallery, student testimonials and performances.
 
Shelley Perdomo, director of the Center for Multicultural Advancement and Student Success (CMASS) will give opening

Poets featured in finale of jubilat/Jones Reading Series

The final event in the jubilat/Jones Reading Series will feature poets Ben Kopel, Laurie Saurborn Young and Amanda Nadelberg on Sunday, April 21 at 3 p.m. in the Woodbury Room at the Jones Library, 43 Amity St.
 
The reading will be followed by a question-and-answer session with the poets.  
 
Kopel is a graduate of the MFA Program for Poets and Writers. He is the author of a chapbook, “Because We Must,” and a full-length collection titled “Victory,” which was published in 2012.
 
Young is a poet, writer and photographer. She is the author of “Carnavoria,” a book of poems.

ECE students show inventions at Senior Design Day

The College of Engineering is hosting Senior Design Project Day on Friday, April 19, where students in Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) show off electronic devices they have invented. One speeds up the location of avalanche victims, another teaches how to play the guitar and a third helps sports trainers diagnose concussions. There is also an automated system for parking payments using wireless technology.
 
Thirteen teams of four students will unveil their inventions at the Gunness Engineering Student Center in Marcus Hall from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Cornell scientist discusses X-ray phase problem solutions

Veit Elser of Cornell University will speak on “A Solution Strategy for Hard Problems Inspired by the X-ray Phase Problem” Wednesday, April 24 at 4 p.m. in 124 Hasbrouck Laboratory.

A standard topic in the introductory physics curriculum is computing a diffraction pattern given a pair of slits of a given size and separation -- but not the reverse, i.e. directly computing the structure of the slits from the diffraction pattern.

Native Studies Symposium and Powwow set for April 19-20

The sixth annual Native Studies Symposium and Powwow is being held on campus April 19-20.
 
The symposium, “Water and Social and Economic Justice,” takes place Friday, April 19 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on the 10th floor of the Campus Center. The program highlights graduate and undergraduate research with indigenous communities, especially as relates to indigenous water rights, industrialization and economic politics. The keynote speaker is Ramona Peters of the Mashpee Wampanoags.
 
Also on Friday, Martha Redbone performs in concert at 8 p.m. in the Campus Center Reading Room.
 
The UMass Powwow

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