Weekly Bulletin

Neuroscience and Behavior seminar focuses on addictive processes

Helen Fox of the Yale School of Medicine will speak about "Stress Adaptations Affecting Addictive Processes: Potential Targets for Medications Development" at a Neuroscience and Behavior seminar on Wednesday, Nov. 14 at 4 p.m. in 222 Morrill II.

Alcohol and cocaine dependence are chronic relapsing disorders that are characterized by the up-regulation of core stress systems of the brain.

University Health Services offers Craft Fair on Dec. 5

The University Health Services Craft Fair is being held Wednesday, Dec. 5 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. in 302 UHS.

Handmade items for sale will include jewelry, knitted and crocheted items, ornaments, woodwork, baked goods and other items.

Doctoral oral exams for Nov. 19-23

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

Xi Yu, Ph.D., Chemistry. Tuesday, Nov. 20, 3 p.m., 153 Goessman. Dissertation: “Assembly of Surface Engineered Nanoparticles for Functional Materials.” Vincent Rotello, chr.
 

Veterans Services sponsoring Toys for Tots drive

Veterans Services is collecting new and unwrapped toy for less fortunate children for this year's Toys for Tots campaign.
 
Bring donations to the Veteran Services drop box outside of 231 Whitmore.
 

Speaker examines changes in Scandinavian white nationalist music

Benjamin Teitelbaum of the University of Colorado Boulder will speak “Norwegian Terrorist Breivik, Music, and Ideological Affiliation: Changes in the Sound of Scandinavian Radical Nationalism” on Monday, Nov. 19 at 5:30 p.m. in 601 Herter Hall.
 
The talk is part of the Scandinavian Impulses 2 series on Vengeance and Violence.
 
Teitelbaum’s research on right-wing groups discovered a decline in popularity of hate rock and white power punk, and a rise of white, nationalist hip hop, reggae and light pop.

Transit Services aims to 'Fill-a-Bus' with toiletries for storm victims

UMass Transit Services has organized a “Fill-a-Bus” campaign to collect toiletries and personal are items for those affected by the recent storm that battered the Eastern Seaboard. Hundreds of people have been forced out of their homes and are currently seeking refuge in shelters and supplies are running dangerously low.

Some shelters are currently housing 175-200 volunteers and another 200-300 refugees. Volunteers go out into the community by day to assist with clean-up and come back to the shelters at night.

“These are our friends and family in need of help,” says Katie O’Hara of UMass

Emergency closing and snow-related policies distributed

Copies of emergency closing and snow-related policies will be distributed to faculty and staff on Friday, Nov. 9.
 
As winter approaches, all staff and faculty should know how to obtain information related to severe weather, including closing announcements, parking rules, staggered departure procedures for early closings, related time and attendance policies and the rescheduling of final exams on snow days. 
 
For information on the weather closing status of the campus, visit http://www.umass.edu/closing/
 
For a summary of severe closing weather information, including radio  and TV stations

Klekowskis discuss field research for WWI book

Ed and Libby Klekowski will give a talk titled “Don’t Touch That! Exploring WWI Battlefields While Researching ‘Eyewitnesses to the Great War’” on Sunday, Nov. 11 at 3 p.m. at the Amherst Women’s Club, 35 Triangle St.
 
The Klekowskis will sign copies of their book at 4 p.m. “Eyewitnesses to the Great War” was published earlier this year by Mcfarland Press. Ed Klekowski is professor emeritus of Biology.
 
Books will be available for $30 – cash only – with profits going to the Amherst Women’s Club Scholarship Program.

Walk for Light safety check postponed to Dec. 5

Due to expected inclement weather, the Walk for Light has been postponed from Nov. 7 to Wednesday, Dec. 5, starting at 6 p.m. from the Student Union steps.

During the annual event sponsored by the UMass Amherst Police Department, volunteers walk across campus to identify safety-related issues requiring repairs or other follow-up.

 

 

UWN speaker to discuss 'Workplace Well-Being'

The University Women’s Network luncheon on Wednesday, Nov. 14 will focus on “Workplace Well-Being,” with Chris Willenbrock of Workplace Learning and Development explaining how to identify toxic behavior and the steps employees can take to protect themselves.

The menu for the luncheon, which runs from noon to 1 p.m. in 1001 Campus Center, includes chicken and rice soup, sunflower bread, spinach salad,
 Naples braised beef with rigatoni pasta, mini-cannolis, fruit tarts and 
tea and coffee.

The cost is $12 for member lunch, $15 for non-member lunch and $5 for brown bag only.

RSVP by Nov.

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