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Nutrition faculty present at food security conference in Lowell

Lorraine Cordeiro and Jerusha Nelson Peterman of the Nutrition Department spoke at the "Food Security and Healthy Living" conference held Oct. 26 at the UMass Lowell Inn and Conference Center.
 
Cordeiro studies food security and the connections between high risk health behaviors and hunger in multiple social and cultural contexts. Her research largely focuses on adolescents and young adults.
Peterman’s current research focuses primarily on dietary practices in vulnerable immigrant populations, including refugees.

Eveleigh, ATC, honored with Access Award

Rob Eveleigh of the Assistive Technologies Center was recognized Oct. 18 with an Access Award from the Stavros Center for Independent Living.
 
Given annually to individuals and businesses that have provided outstanding services to the disability community of the Pioneer Valley, the awards were presented at a luncheon at the Log Cabin in Holyoke.
 
Joe Tringali, director of services at Stavros, said Eveleigh has been making a big difference at the university.

Platt's book on Taiping rebellion named a finalist for Cundill Prize

A history of the Taiping rebellion by Stephen R. Platt, associate professor of History, is one of three finalists for McGill University’s 2012 Cundill Prize, the world’s most lucrative award for a non-fiction book.
 
“Autumn in the Heavenly Kingdom: China, the West and the Epic Story of the Taiping Civil War,” published earlier this year by Alfred A. Knopf, was chosen from among 143 works submitted by publishers from all over the globe. The competition, now in its fifth year, features a $75,000 U.S. grand prize.
 
While Union and Confederate troops were slaughtering each other at Antietam in

Music faculty featured on new recordings

New CDs featuring professor Jeffrey W. Holmes, visiting assistant professor Christopher Krueger and assistant professor Felipe Salles of the Music and Dance Department were recently released.

The Aulos Ensemble, with flutist Krueger, released the fourth CD in its Baroque Chamber Music series on the Centaur Record label. The Telemann Album, now joins the Bach Family Album, In Dulci Jubilo, Baroque Music for Christmas, and Jean Philippe Rameau, Suites from Les Indes galantes and Les Fêtes d’hébé. The ensemble performs Baroque music on period instruments. The CD will be available on Amazon.com

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

Quilter appointed copyright and information policy librarian

Laura Quilter has joined the Libraries staff as copyright and information policy librarian.

Quilter has a master of library and information science from the University of Kentucky and a J.D. from the University of California, Berkeley School of Law.
 
Quilter has taught as an adjunct professor at Simmons College, and at the Samuelson Law, Technology and Public Policy Clinic at the UC Berkeley School of Law.  She has consulted with libraries and non-profits on copyright, privacy, and other technology law concerns.

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