Weekly Bulletin

Campus Center Way closed to thru traffic weekend of Sept. 22-23

The contractor for the Old Power Plant Demolition Project will be closing a portion of Campus Center Way, from Holdsworth Way to Natural Resources Way, on Saturday, Sept. 22, and Sunday, Sept. 23, from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.
 
The Campus Parking Garage will remain open and accessible via Holdsworth Way. 
 
The work zone will be open, as necessary, to emergency vehicles only. UMass Police will direct traffic.
 
Questions about this project should be directed to the Facilities Planning project manager, Sara Northrup, at 545-4857 or snorthrup@facil.umass.edu.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Working parents support group forming

The Faculty and Staff Assistance Program (FSAP) is sponsoring a monthly brown bag lunch support group for working parents.

The group, which is planned to begin in October and meet the third Wednesday of each month in the Campus Center, is free and open to all UMass Amherst employees; pre-registration is required. Call 545-0350 or e-mail cag@uhs.umass.edu.

Center for Neuroendocrine Studies hosts annual symposium Oct. 26

The Center for Neuroendocrine Studies will host its 13th annual symposium, "The Motivated Brain: Hormones, Learning and Reward," on Friday, Oct. 26.

After a welcome by Provost James Staros, five international leaders in the field of behavioral neuroendocrinology will speak about their research. See the full program, and register on the Center for Neuroendocrine Studies website. Early registration ends Oct. 1.

Badgett to speak on LGBT diversity policies in U.S. workplaces

M.V. Lee Badgett will kick off the Five College Queer and Sexuality Studies Lecture Series on Tuesday, Sept. 25 at 4:30 p.m. with a talk titled “Assessing the Case for Diversity: The Value for LGBT Workers and for Employers.” The lecture will take place at the Stonewall Center, located in Crampton Hall.

Badgett, director of the Center for Public Policy and Administration and professor of Economics, is an internationally recognized authority on civil rights protections for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people.

EEE, West Nile mosquito threat cancels Sunwheel events on Sept. 22

The threat of two mosquito-borne illnesses, Eastern equine encephalitis and West Nile virus, has led Astronomy professor Judith Young to cancel sunrise and sunset events planned to mark the autumnal equinox at the Sunwheel on Saturday, Sept. 22.
 
Young said she is honoring Chancellor Kumble Subbaswamy’s ban on dawn and dusk events to protect students and the public from gathering outdoors at times when mosquitos are most active. “The reality is that the sun will not quite have set by 6:30 p.m.

Alumna's equine portraits displayed at Science and Engineering Library

“A Lovely Horse,” an exhibit of portraits by alumna Erica Damon, is on view at the Science and Engineering Library (SEL) in Lederle lowrise on floor 2, through Jan. 13.  An opening reception will be held on Tuesday, Sept. 18 from 5-7 p.m. .
 
“A Lovely Horse” consists of 22 equine portraits in graphite, pastel, watercolor, and ink.  “I have loved horses for as long as I can remember and grew up doodling them in the margins of my papers,” says Damon.

Conference on small-scale forestry set for Sept. 24-27

More than 80 specialists from 18 countries will convene on campus Sept. 24-27 to share research results, identify future research themes and discuss solutions inherent to small-scale forests and forestry.

From urbanization to wildfires to global climate change, the world is facing unprecedented challenges to the sustainable stewardship of its forests. Now, more than ever, society needs solutions that can help mitigate or avoid the threats facing forests.

Holyoke Mayor Alex Morse to discuss career and plans for city

Alex Morse, the 23-year-old mayor of Holyoke, will speak about his historic election last fall and his efforts to revitalize his hometown during a talk on Thursday, Sept. 27 at 4 p.m. in the Cape Cod Lounge.

Last January, Morse was sworn in as the youngest mayor in Holyoke’s history. He has spent much of his time since then working on early childhood literacy; building a local economy around art, innovation and technology; supporting community policing initiatives; and marketing Holyoke as a great place to live, work and recreate.

Morse was born and raised in Holyoke and is a proud product of

Visiting Writers Series opens with reading by John Ashbery

This semester's Visiting Writers Series kicks off Sept. 20 with Pulitzer Prize-winning poet John Ashbery reading from his work at 8 p.m. in Memorial Hall. Other scheduled speakers include James Salter (Oct. 11), Alice Oswald (Oct. 30), Junot Diaz (Nov. 1) and Noy Holland (Nov. 15).

For nearly 50 years, the Visiting Writers Series has brought outstanding renowned and emerging poets and writers to campus for public readings of new work. All readings are on Thursdays at 8 p.m.

WFCR's 'Tertulia' airs live interviews for Hispanic Heritage Month

New England Public Radio is airing a series of special live interviews on the station's Spanish-language program, Tertulia, in honor of National Hispanic Heritage Month. Host Raquel Obregon will be joined in the studio each week by special guests including:   
 
Sept. 30: Manuel Frau Ramos, editor of El Sol Latino.
 
Oct. 7: Ilan Stavans, Lewis-Sebring Professor in Latin American and Latino Culture and Five College Fortieth Anniversary Professor at Amherst College.  
 
Oct. 14: Mari Castañeda, associate professor of Communication (right), and Marcos A.

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