The Western Massachusetts Writing Project (WMWP), a professional development program for the area’s K-12 teachers, has received a $36,000 grant to participate in Project Outreach, an ongoing initiative of the National Writing Project, a federally funded network of 195 sites in all 50 states.

George Roberson, a Ph.D. candidate in Geosciences, presented a paper on Jan. 28 at the “Voices of Tangier Conference” held in Tangier, Morocco.

Robert P. Finn, the first post-Taliban U.S. ambassador to Afghanistan, will speak on “The New Central Asia,” on Wednesday, March 8 at 7:30 p.m. in Memorial Hall.

The Center for International Education (CIE) has been awarded a five-year, $8.1 million grant as a subcontractor on a U.S. Agency for International Development project to improve access to quality education in Afghanistan.