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Page awarded Rome Prize for cross-disciplinary study in Italy

Professor Max Page of the Art, Art History and Architecture Department, is one of three scholars nationally named to receive the Rome Prize for Historic Preservation and Conservation, awarded annually by the American Academy in Rome to honor “the highest standard of excellence in the arts and humanities.”
 
The prize includes a fellowship that provides a stipend, studio or study, room and board in Rome for up to two years—and the opportunity for recipients to expand their own professional, artistic or scholarly pursuits.

Hayes awarded MWPHE scholarship

Karen Hayes, director of Research Communication and Outreach in University Relations, received the Massachusetts Women in Public Higher Education (MWPHE) 2013 Professional Development Award at the organization’s statewide conference in Wrentham on April 15.

Hayes received the $1,000 award in recognition of her professional development goals and for her dedication, perseverance and leadership in the higher education community.

MWPHE is a non-profit organization committed to strengthening the status of women as professionals and enhancing the quality of higher education.

Bracey to receive honorary degree from College of Wooster

The College of Wooster in Ohio is awarding an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree to professor John H. Bracey, Jr. of Afro-American Studies at the school’s 143rd commencement on May 13.

The honor recognizes Bracey’s accomplishments as a distinguished social historian and pioneer of Africana studies, and his commitment to and influence on the study of the history of identity, race and gender.

As is customary at the College of Wooster, Bracey and other honorary degree recipients will share their wisdom and advice in short addresses during the commencement ceremony.

A member of the faculty

Gerber wins national honor from Real Food Challenge

Professor John Gerber, coordinator of the Sustainable Food and Farming Program, is one of three finalists for this year’s University Ally Award from the Real Food Challenge, a national studentorganization as part of its Real Food Awards.
 
The award recognizes an on-campus administrator, staff or faculty member who displays outstanding leadership in an effort to create a more just and sustainable food system.
 
Under Gerber, the Sustainable Food and Farming Program has grown from five students in 2003 to more than 70. He currently teaches courses relating to sustainability and was

IEEE honors Kurose for career contributions and best paper

Jim Kurose, Distinguished Professor in the School of Computer Science, on April 16 received the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) INFOCOM 2013 Achievement Award "for seminal contributions in the design, analysis, modeling and measurement of computer networks and their protocols, and for impactful service and educational contributions."

This award is given to someone who has a body of work (or a single paper) that has had a significant impact on the networking community and INFOCOM.

In addition, Computer Science doctoral alumni Elisha Rosensweig, Daniel Menasche and

Omasta performs with Valley Rock Choir on May 4

Lynn Omasta, contract purchasing manager with Administrative Services, will be performing with the Valley Rock Choir on Saturday, May 4 at 7 p.m. at Northampton High School Auditorium.
 
The performance will feature music of the horn bands from the 1960s, ’70s and ’80s plus the Valley Jazz Choir, under the directorship of Tony Lechner.
 
Tickets are available at Northampton Box Office at 586-8686.

Wier reads weekly poem on PBS NewsHour website

English professor Dara Wier read her poem “Not a Verbal Equivalent” on the “Weekly Poem” feature of the “PBS NewsHour.”
 
The poem is from her new collection, “You Good Thing,” published by Wave Books. She is the author of 10 other books of poetry.
 
 
 
 
 

Lockwood wins national Visionary Voice Award

Becky Lockwood, associate director of the Center for Women & Community, is one of 23 people in the country being recognized by the National Sexual Violence Resource Center (NSVRC) for their outstanding work to end sexual violence.

Each April as part of Sexual Assault Awareness Month, the NSVRC gives its Visionary Voice Awards to outstanding individuals nominated by state, territorial and tribal coalitions. Lockwood was nominated by Jane Doe Inc., the Massachusetts Coalition Against Sexual and Domestic Violence.

The Center for Women & Community houses the rape crisis center for survivors of

Galman lectures in London

Sally Campbell Galman, associate professor in the School of Education’s Department of Teacher Education and Curriculum Studies, presented a lecture April 24 with the Gender and Education Association at London South Bank University’s Weeks Centre for Social and Policy Research.
 
Galman’s lecture, “She is Kind, She is Busy: Carework in Primary School Classrooms Reconfigured,” described the changing shape of carework as experienced by young children and a female workforce in the current ideological and economic climate.

Tymoczko lectures at universities in India

Maria Tymoczko, professor of Comparative Literature, presented a public lecture on “Translation and the New Science of Mind” on March 15 at the University of Hyderabad in India.
 
During her visit to the city, Tymoczko also gavea lecture titled “Problematizing the Translation of Cross-Cultural Concepts” at the departments of translation studies at the University of Hyderabad and the English and Foreign Languages University.
 

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