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Presentation to address classroom use of i>clicker

Faculty and graduate student instructors are invited to “i>clicker: Transforming Student Learning through Technology,” a special guest presentation featuring Mats Selen, one of the i>clicker inventors, on Friday, Nov. 2 from 10-11:10 a.m.
 
Students’ unprecedented access to content on the Web is providing a unique opportunity to transform the role of lectures in education, moving the focus from content delivery to helping students synthesize content into knowledge.

Doctoral oral exams for Nov. 5-9

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

Sompit Wanwong, Ph.D., Chemistry. Monday, Nov. 5, 2:30 p.m., 153 Goessman. Dissertation: “Molecular Designs for Charge and Ion Transporting Materials.” Sankaran Thayumanavan, chr.

Jean Kosha, Ed.D., Education. Tuesday, Nov. 6, 1:30 p.m., 151 Hills House. Dissertation: “Miss, Miss, I’ve got a Story!: Exploring Identity Through Micro-Ethnographic Analysis of Lunchtime Interactions with Four Somali Third Grade Students.” David Evans, chr.

Patek explores sound in the sea in Honors Faculty Lecture

Listening beyond the rhythm of ocean waves and squawks of seagulls, biologist Sheila Patek explores the sounds below the ocean’s surface during her talk "(un)Silent Sea" on Wednesday, Nov. 7 at 6:30 p.m. in the Student Union Ballroom. The talk is part of the Honors Faculty Lecture Series presented by Commonwealth Honors College.
 
"A healthy sea is full of sound. Yet," she asks, "Are we heading toward a silent sea?"  Her lecture examines the biomechanics and behavior of sound in the sea, and considers the ever-increasing impact of humans on ocean life.

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.

Stockbridge student awarded new GreenDependence Scholarship from National Grid Foundation

Derek Silva, a second-year Stockbridge School of Agriculture student from Lowell studying sustainable food and farming, is the first recipient of a new scholarship established by the National Grid Foundation to encourage minority students to pursue green-related careers.

 
Funded with a $10,000 gift from the foundation, the GreenDependence Scholarship provides financial assistance to a qualified student interested in sustainability who wants to apply knowledge and skills through a community service-learning project.

Lecture examines challenges to translating Shakespeare into Portuguese

Lawrence Flores Pereira will speak on "Translating Shakespeare's Drama into Portuguese: poetry, prose and other problems" on Wednesday, Nov. 7 at 4 p.m. at the Renaissance Center, 650 East Pleasant St.

 

Oriana Singers to perform Nov. 4 at Renaissance Center

The Oriana Singers from Farmington High School in Connecticut will perform Sunday, Nov. 4, 2-4 p.m. at the Renaissance Center.

The concert is free and open to the public. Seating is limited, so early arrival is advised.

Oriana Singers is a select small ensemble of all-female voices that meets weekly. Members  demonstrate a high level of commitment and independent musicianship, devoting extra hours outside of the regular rehearsal to perfecting their music. Their director, Christen Hernandez, is a graduate of the University of Connecticut and has been teaching in Farmington since 2009.

Libraries launch Digital Scholarship & Consultation Services

The Libraries are now offering Digital Scholarship & Consultation Services (DSCS) to support the creation, curation, management and long-term access and discovery of digital content.

The consultation-based service is targeted to faculty and researchers, but is open to the entire campus community. Library staff will advise on digital collections in support of instructional and research activities and are available to answer questions, help strategize on projects, and outline options to meet goals.
 
The scope of Digital Scholarship & Consultation Services ranges from one-on-one consultations

Greensboro Justice Fund exhibit opens at Du Bois Library

The exhibit, “Waging Change: The Greensboro Justice Fund,” is on display through Jan. 11 in the Special Collections Reading Room on the 25th floor of the Du Bois Library.

A public reception will be held on Friday, Nov. 2 from 4:30-6 p.m. The reception will feature speakers Marty Nathan, former director of the Greensboro Justice Fund, and Rev. Nelson Johnso, executive director of the Beloved Community Center, Greensboro, N.C.
 
On Nov. 3, 1979, five activists were killed by members of the Ku Klux Klan at an anti-Klan rally in Greensboro, N.C.

Speakers to examine black conciousness and literature in Brazil

Afro-Brazilian writer Conceição Evaristo and professor Eduardo de Assis Duarte will talk about black consciousness and literature in Brazil, the Afro-Brazilian literary and cultural tradition, and the contemporary challenges for resisting the cultural politics of racism in Brazil and the Diaspora on Friday, Nov. 2 at 12:30 p.m. in 203 New Africa House.

Evaristo is from Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, now residing in Rio de Janeiro state. She started publishing poetry in the literary journal Cadernos Negros in 1990, where she has continuously published both poetry and short fiction.

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