Weekly Bulletin

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.

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.

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.

Karlstrom to discuss forebrain and pituitary development in zebrafish

Professor Rolf O. Karlstrom of the Biology Department will speak on "Ventral Forebrain and Pituitary Development: A view from the zebrafish" on Wednesday, Oct. 31 at 4 p.m. in 222 Morrill Science Center II as part of the Neuroscience and Behavior Program's colloquium series.

Karlstrom's team is using a variety of genetic and experimental approaches to determine how Hedgehog/Gli (Hh/Gli) mediated cell-cell signaling induces and patterns the zebrafish forebrain. They are analyzing several mutations that affect both Hh/Gli signaling and cell differentiation in the forebrain.

Figure drawing sessions for Five College students

The Student Union Art Gallery is offering free figure drawing sessions to Five College students through Nov. 29.

The sessions take place Thursdays in 110 Studio Arts Building from 7-9 p.m. Easels and chairs are provided but participants should bring their own drawing materials.

The UMass Arts Council, the Student Government Association and the Graduate Student Senate sponsor the Student Union Art Gallery. All events held at the Student Union Art Gallery are free and open to the public.

Gallery hours are Monday to Thursday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Friday, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

College of Engineering's Outstanding Alumni Awards luncheon is Oct. 27

The College of Engineering will hold its third annual Outstanding Alumni Awards Luncheon Oct. 27 during Homecoming Weekend. The event will be held from noon to 2:30 p.m. in the Amherst Room of the Campus Center. The luncheon is open to the public.

Nine individuals who epitomize the potential of an education at the College of Engineering through their exemplary accomplishments will be honored with outstanding junior and senior alumni awards. The recipients also embody the college’s mission, to educate the engineering leaders of tomorrow and help drive the economy of today.

Recipients of the

Poet Alice Oswald to read from her work Oct. 30

Poet Alice Oswald will give a reading of her work on Tuesday, Oct. 30 at 8 p.m. at the University Club as part of the Visiting Writers Series.

Oswald trained as a classicist and was the recipient of an Eric Gregory Award. She has been awarded the Froward Poetry Prize in 1996 and the T.S. Eliot Poetry Prize in 2002 for her poetry collections "The Thing in the Gap-Stone Stile" and "Dart," respectively. Her latest book is "Memorial: An Excavation of the Iliad."

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