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Libraries closing at 4 p.m. on May 14

All branches of the Libraries will close at 4 p.m. on Tuesday, May 14 for the annual end-of-school-year staff celebration.

UHS’ Acupuncture Clinic celebrates 10th year

University Health Services' Acupuncture Clinic is celebrating its 10th year of service to the campus community with two free events on Monday, May 13, and Wednesday, May 15 from noon to 1 p.m. at the clinic on the ground floor of UHS.

Meet the providers, learn about the many health concerns acupuncture can treat, including tobacco use, and experience it with free demonstrations.

Acupuncture originated in China about 5,000 years ago. Practitioners treat the person as an integrated whole in body, mind and spirit and seek to remedy the root cause of illness, not only the symptoms.

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UHS survey iPad winner announced

Sophomore Jonathan Floyd was the winner of a new iPad for participating in a campus survey on the mission of University Health Services.

The e-mail survey was distributed to a sample group of community members in late March; participants shared their opinions on the importance of a variety of campus health services.

Photo: Maria Coach, associate director of the University Health Services, presents iPad to Jonathan Floyd.

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Remembering David Bloodsworth

A gathering to remember David Bloodsworth and his contributions to the Labor Center and the labor movement is being held Friday, May 17 from 4-6 p.m. at the University Club, 243 Stockbridge Rd. Bloodsworth died last October at age 75.

His roots in the Labor Center were deep. He was an alumnus, and long-time teacher, and served as the center’s assistant director for many years. He was also highly sought after as an arbitrator throughout New England. He was a friend and mentor to many Labor Center students.

RSVP to Beth Berry, bberry@lrrc.umass.edu or 545-4875.

OIT moving campus to new e-mail platforms with extra features

During the next year, the Office of Information Technologies is introducing a new set of e-mail, calendar and collaboration tools through Microsoft Exchange and Apps at UMass Amherst, Google’s suite of collaboration tools for educational institutions, according to John Dubach, chief information officer.
 
In e-mails sent May 1 to the campus community, Dubach said, “By moving to Microsoft Exchange and Google Apps, we hope to meet the campus’s growing needs for collaboration and communication tools, while also providing our faculty, staff and students with access to innovative technologies and

Massachusetts Review sets copies free to roam

In the end-of-semester frenzy in the Pioneer Valley, the Massachusetts Review is offering Five College students a potential distraction. The magazine has launched a project its calling “MR Nomads.” With the help and assistance of each of the Five College libraries, over 100 free copies of MR’s best recent issues will be left for the taking. As a sticker on each magazine cover announces, “This Book is Owned by its Reader,” so students should feel free to take the issues home and keep them as long as they like.
 
There is one stipulation—the MR Nomads are designed to roam.

Ph.D. candidate awarded DAAD grant for dissertation research in Germany

Victoria Rizo Lenshyn, a doctoral candidate in German and Scandinavian Studies, has been awarded a research grant by the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) to support her dissertation research at the Academy for Film and Television (HFF “Konrad Wolf”) in Potsdam/Babelsberg, Germany.
 
During the next academic year, Rizo Lenshyn will conduct research on the stars and star culture in the cinema of socialist East Germany.
 
The campus nominating committee praised Rizo Lenshyn’s project on stardom in East Germany’s socialist context as “extremely rich and well-conceived.” They added, “By

Doctoral oral exams for May 13-17

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

Yaser Abunnasr, Ph.D., Regional Planning. Monday, May 13, 9:30 a.m., 355 Fine Arts Center. Dissertation: “A Green Infrastructure Framework for Climate Change Adaptation in Metropolitan Regions.” Elisabeth Hamin, chr.

Amy Brady, Ph.D., English. Tuesday, May 14, 10 a.m., 316 Bartlett. Dissertation: “Staging the Depression: The Federal Theatre Project’s Dramas of Poverty, 1935-1939.” Jenny Spencer, chr.

Supagit Vinitpornsawan, Ph.D., Wildlife and Fisheries

21st Century Leaders, Welch Scholars to be recognized at Commencement

The exemplary achievement, initiative and leadership of some of the university’s most talented and accomplished graduating seniors will be recognized during Undergraduate Commencement on May 10 beginning at 5 p.m. at McGuirk Alumni Stadium.
 
Eleven graduating seniors have been named 21st Century Leaders and will be honored for far-ranging achievement, initiative and social awareness. Ten of those being recognized are members of Commonwealth Honors College.

  • Zachary Robert Bemis, a Civil Engineering major with a minor in Geology, is from Southborough.

Senior Caroline Conena honored at State House

Senior Caroline Conena of East Sandwich was honored May 2 at the State House as one of “29 Who Shine,” a group of outstanding students from each of the community colleges, state universities and UMass campuses.

A double major in Public Health and Business Management, Conena is graduating with a 4.0 GPA. As a peer mentor, she provided crucial academic support to first-year students. As an Commonwealth Honors College peer ambassador, she met with Massachusetts high school students to acquaint them with the colleges programs and opportunities.

For two years, Conena has interned at

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