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Ceccagnoli co-edits new translation of Milo de Angelis poetry

Patrizio Ceccagnoli, lecturer in Italian in the Department of Languages, Literatures and Cultures, is the co-editor and translator of “Theme of Farewell and After-Poems: A Bilingual Edition” by Milo de Angelis, published this month by the University of Chicago Press.
 
De Angelis, born in 1951, is one of the most important living Italian poets.

Boxes for Boston aims to bring joy to bombing victims, first responders

Danielle Roosa, a senior Communication major, is leading a student drive to brighten the lives of those injured in the Boston Marathon bombings as well as emergency personnel affected by the attacks.
 
“Boxes for Boston’s goal is to make the victims and the first responders happy,” she says. “These boxes are not a relief box, but a box of joy. If we make any of these people happy, we have done our job. Around 151 students have already joined the event. But we still need more participation.”
 
Members of the campus community can participate by bringing items such as candy, letters, drawings or

Three-day conference focuses on corporate rules change

Hedrick Smith, author of “Who Stole the American Dream,” along with a special pre-recorded video address by U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren, will kick off a three-day summit conference on corporate “rules change” on Friday, May 3 at 7:30 p.m. in Bowker Auditorium.
 
“Rules Change: Resetting the Playing Field for Corporations, People and Democracy,” is a three-day gathering organized by the UMass Donahue Institute at the request of U.S. Rep. James P. McGovern and four other non-profit policy groups. McGovern will be a special guest at the event.
 
Warren will deliver – by pre-recorded video – a

Achieving Diversity in Nursing Celebration and Conference is April 25

More than 300 students from Springfield, Holyoke, Northampton and Amherst are scheduled to attend the first Achieving Diversity in Nursing Celebration and Conference to be held Thursday, April 25 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the Campus Center Auditorium.
 
The keynote speaker will be Judy Jones of Springfield, the daughter of the late Springfield City Councilor Morris Jones. Jones attended the School of Nursing where she received her baccalaureate, master’s and doctoral degrees.
 
Professor Jean Swinney, principle investigator and director of the Achieving Diversity: A Comprehensive Approach

Ground broken for new football, basketball training facilities

The construction of two new athletic facilities was officially launched April 22 with ceremonial groundbreakings for the Football Performance Center at McGuirk Alumni Stadium and the Champions Center south of the Mullins Center.

The Performance Center is a 55,000-square-foot, two-level complex that will include coaches’ offices, a new locker room space, meeting rooms, athletic training facilities and a dedicated strength and conditioning facility. The foyer will feature displays about the football program’s history.

Three named to editorial team of Comparative Education Review

The editorship of the Comparative Education Review will be transferred to the School of Education’s Center for International Education as of July 1 for an initial five-year term.

Three School of Education associate professors have been named to editorial positions: Bjorn Nordtveit has been named editor; Cris Smith has been named one of the co-editors, and Jacqi Mosselson will serve as the book review editor.

Flags lowered for victims of Boston Marathon attacks

Gov. Deval L. Patrick has ordered that the United States and Commonwealth flags be lowered to half-staff at all state buildings from sunrise until sunset on Wednesday, April 24 in honor of the victims of the acts of violence perpetrated in Boston on April 15.

Year-long sesquicentennial observance begins with Founders Week

The campus kicks off a year-long sesquicentennial celebration of its founding in 1863 with Founders Week, April 22-29, an expansion of the annual Founders Day celebration.
 
Students, faculty and staff have the opportunity to demonstrate their commitment to a healthy, sustainable campus on Earth Day, April 22. The full day of activities celebrating Earth Day features an afternoon student fair and concert on Goodell Lawn, a Trashion Show featuring student-designed outfits made from recycled materials, and an evening keynote address, film screening, and book signing with Annie Leonard,

Sullivan, Turner present research at science teaching conference in Puerto Rico

Florence Sullivan, associate professor, and K.C. Nat Turner, assistant professor, both of the School of Education’s  Department of Teacher Education and Curriculum Studies, presented together on April 7 at the National Association for Research in Science Teaching (NARST) conference in Rio Grande, Puerto Rico.

The spoke on “Multiple Representations, Collaboration and Student Reasoning: Designing Online Environments for Learning About Global Heat Transfer,” which covered National Science Foundation-funded research with M.I.T., the School of Computer Science, the Massachusetts Green High

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.

PSYCH 662, “Improving Group Relations,” 3 credits; Instructor: Dr. Linda Tropp; This course examines social psychological research on strategies to improve relations between groups, and potential strengths and weaknesses depending on the relative statuses and conflict histories of the groups involved.

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