Weekly Bulletin

Final exam schedules

The final examination schedule for December is being sent to academic departments for distribution to the faculty on Oct. 9, according to acting registrar Pamela Marsh-Williams.

Copies will be available to on-campus students in their residence halls and to off-campus students in the Registrar's Office, 213 Whitmore, beginning Friday, Oct. 11.

The final exam schedule is also available on the Web (www.umass.edu/registrar), where information will be updated as needed, said Marsh-Williams.

Telephone directory forms

Telephone Directory Update Forms (yellow cards) were distributed to employees with paychecks on Sept. 27. The forms are being collected and used by Telecommunication Services to publish the 2003 Faculty and Staff Telephone Directory. Anyone who did not receive a form should call 5-2171. All forms should be signed, updated if necessary, and returned to Jason Vosu, Telecommunication Services, Trailer #2, by Oct. 11.

The information shown on the directory forms comes from the Human Resources employee system. Employees are asked to verify the accuracy of this information and correct the following items directly on the card: work location, work phone number, home address and home phone number.

Contact the Human Resources Information Center, 5-6110, for procedures on changing employee name or working title.

E-mail addresses ending with "umass.edu" are pre-printed on the forms. Employees who do not want their e-mail addresses published in the telephone directory may simply cross them out on the forms. Employees should note that the e-mail addresses are accessible through an Internet directory search on the University's homepage.

Directory forms also include a notation that alerts employees as to whether they have restricted their home address/phone number from being disclosed or published. Employees who have not restricted this information and wish to do so, must file a directive form with Human Resources. The form is available in PDF format online (www.umass.edu/humres/fipaform.pdf) and should be submitted by Oct. 4 to the Human Resources Information Center, 3rd floor, Whitmore Administration Building, in order to have the request reflected in the forthcoming directory.

Questions about the phone directory and directory cards should be directed to Jason Vosu, Telecommunication Services, 7-3188.

Volunteers needed for WFCR fund drive

WFCR-FM needs volunteers to staff phones and with its upcoming fund drive, scheduled for Oct. 18-26. Volunteer supervisors are also needed. A list of currently open shifts and jobs and instructions on how to volunteer are available online (www.wfcr.org/volunteerneeds.html).

Springfield Symphony Orchestra broadcasts

WFCR, 88.5 FM will broadcast the complete 2001-02 classical season of the Springfield Symphony Orchestra over seven consecutive Sunday afternoons, starting Oct. 6 at 2 p.m., and concluding on Nov. 17.

The 2001-2002 season was the SSO's first with its current music director, Kevin Rhodes. Highlights included a complete rendition of Ravel's ballet "Daphnis et Chloe" with the Springfield Symphony Chorus, Vivaldi's "Four Seasons" with the young American violinist Corey Cerovsek, Mozart's "Requiem," and an all-Rachmaninoff concert featuring Andre Watts.

Want to start an exercise program?

The Exercise Science Department is seeking women for a research study to examine the relationship between insulin and exercise.

Eligible volunteers should be non-physically active women ages 18-45, not diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes and not on birth control pills.

Participants will receive a bone density scan, body fat analysis, blood sugar profile and five days of personalized supervised exercise.

More information can be obtained by calling 5-8211 or 5-4959 or by e-mail (csharoff@excsci.umass.edu).

Renaissance Wednesdays

"Faces of the Renaissance" will be presented by Alex Chajes, professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, on Wed-nesday, Oct. 9 at 4 p.m. in the Renaissance Center Reading Room.

Chajes will offer portraits of individuals who were either involved in the events of the day or whose faces provided an insight into the happenings of the time. Renaissance Wednesdays are informal discussions of the Renaissance roots of modern culture. Refreshments follow the program.

The Renaissance Center is located at 650 East Pleasant St.

Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacology seminar

Lynne J. Regan of Yale University's department of molecular biophysics and biochemistry and department of chemistry will discuss "Proteins: Design and Disease" on Wednesday, Oct. 9 at noon S1-607 Lazare Auditorium at the Medical School in Worcester.

Application deadline for Arts in India Study Tour

Students and community members interested in participating in Alankar: Arts in India Study Tour in January must apply by Oct. 15.

Sponsored by the Asian Dance and Music Program of the Fine Arts Center, the tour is an intensive course to discover the arts and culture of India.

Coordinated in partnership with Travel Corporation of India, the tour will be hosted by Ranjanaa Devi, director of the Asian Dance and Music Program. Students enrolled in the study tour can earn three credits after completing a research project and giving an oral presentation.

For more information on the tour, contact Asian Dance and Music at 5-1980 or by e-mail (admp@acad.umass.edu).

Renaissance Center trails opens

Two walking trails at the Renaissance Center are available to the public the first two weekends of October.

The Kestrel Trail and the Montague Trail will be open from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. The center is located at 650 East Pleasant St.

Molecular Genetics and Microbiology seminar

The Molecular Genetics and Microbiology Department at the Medical School is hosting a faculty candidate seminar with Peter Dube of the department of molecular microbiology and pediatrics at the Washington University School of Medicine on Wednesday, Oct. 9 at 11 a.m. in the MGM Seminar Room, S5-310.

Dube will speak on "Insights into the role of the rovA regulon in the induction of inflammatory responses to Yersinia enterocolitica infection."

Added personnel needed for snow removal

Physical Plant's Grounds Department is seeking additional overtime personnel to assist with snow removal.

Staff will be assigned to hand-shoveling or snowblowing in Landscape Services' Zone 1 (west side of campus) or Zone 2 (east side) or North Village. The minimum work shift is two hours.

Once the snow response plan is established, the appropriate Landscape Services supervisor will notify personnel on what time to report. Staff will be expected to work whenever the snow response plan is activated.

Any individual who misses two consecutive overtime calls will be removed from the overtime call list.

A signup sheet for overtime snow removal is available at the Grounds Management Department, 5-6528.

Map Collection hours at Library

Fall semester hours for the Library's Map Collection are weekdays, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.

The Map Collection, located on Floor 26 of the Du Bois Library, offers topographic and geologic maps (Americas and other world regions), use and soil survey maps (Massachusetts), FEMA Flood Insurance maps (Massachusetts), world atlases, road maps (North American states and provinces), street atlases (Massachusetts), street maps (selected major U.S. cities), and historic maps.

Physiology seminar

John Marshall of Brown University will discuss "IGF1 Modulation of L-Type Calcium Channel Activity Regulates Nuclear Localization of the Transcription Factor C/EBP and Neuronal Survival" on Monday, Oct. 7 at noon in S4-308 of the Medical School in Worcester.

Sports Luncheon speakers are Whipple and Cahoon

Football coach Mark Whipple and hockey coach Don "Toot" Cahoon will be the featured speakers at the Weekly Sports Luncheon on Wednesday, Oct. 9 at noon under the tent at McGuirk Alumni Stadium.

The buffet lunch costs $6.50. Call 5-4289 for reservations.

Sabbatical leave reports

Faculty members who were on sabbatical leaves during the 2001-2002 academic year should submit their sabbatical leave reports to their department heads by Friday, Oct. 4.