Weekly Bulletin

Activist Laura X speaks on combating marital and date rape

Human rights activist Laura X will discuss her work combating marital and date rape in the United States and internationally on Thursday, May 16 from 6:30-8:30 p.m. at the Center for Women & Community (CWC) in the second floor reading room in New Africa House.
 
Laura X will also present her groundbreaking interview on “60 Minutes” and join a panel of local experts from the CWC and Safe Passage to discuss contemporary strategies to end “rape culture” and sexual violence, including addressing human trafficking and the international sex trade in girls and women.

Applications open for Jazz in July summer workshops

The Fine Arts Center is now accepting applications for the 32nd annual Jazz in July Summer Music Programs, to be held July 8-19.
 
Jazz in July is a summer intensive workshop examining the technique, history and culture of jazz. Every summer for the last 30 years, the all-stars of jazz have come together to school the next generation of up-and-coming jazz musicians.
 
Students work with cutting-edge artists to hone their musical and performance skills through one-on-one sessions, lectures, group clinics, jazz theory and improvisation training, ensemble coaching, style explorations, jam

Summer hours at dining commons

Worcester and Berkshire dining commons will be daily open this summer as follows:

Worcester, May 20 to July 27, 7 a.m. to 8 p.m.

Berkshire, June 23 to July 3 and July 12 to Sept. 1, 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. (Berkshire will be closed July 4-11).

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ICB3 offers ‘Big Data’ course for life sciences industry and academic researchers

Registration is open for the one-day, short course, “Data Sciences for the Life Sciences in a High-Performance Computing Environment,” sponsored by the Institute for Computational Biology, Biostatistics, and Bioinformatics (ICB3) to be held  Aug. 27 at the Massachusetts Green High Performance Computing Center in Holyoke.
 
The course at the new state-of-the-art facility dedicated to research-oriented computing will offer a foundational curriculum in life sciences research using R, an increasingly important open source statistical programming language.

Doctoral oral exams for May 20-24

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

Peter Fielding, Ph.D., Music. Monday, May 20, 9 a.m., 272 Music Department Conference Room. Dissertation: “The Traditional Vocal Repertoire of Nova Scotia: A Classification of Pitch Space.” Gary Karpinski, chr.

Elizabeth Cahn, Ph.D., Regional Planning. Monday, May 20, 10 a.m., 301 Hills North.

Western Massachusetts Writing Project celebrates 20th anniversary

The Western Massachusetts Writing Project will celebrate its 20th anniversary on May 16 from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. with a program and reception in the Marriott Center of the Campus Center. Titled “Opening Doors and Re-Inventing Teaching Practices,” the program will feature remarks from Sharon Washington, executive director of the National Writing Project.

The project will also honor the newest Massachusetts Teacher of the Year, Anne Marie Bettencourt, of Hatfield, a co-director of the Writing Project and English teacher at Central High School in Springfield.

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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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.

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

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