University of Massachusetts Amherst

Colloquia Celebrating the 100th Anniversary of the Graduate School

Distinguished graduate alumni will be presenting the following sessions.

10:00 – 11:30 Session I

Room 904
The Idea of Race and the Nature Politic
Michael Blakey, Ph.D., College of Social and Behavioral Sciences

Room 917
Built to Last
Dev Gupta, Ph.D., College of Engineering

Room 163C
Global Outsourcing of Goods and Services: Business Decisions in the Face of Public Denouncements and Disapprovals
Rajan Varadarajan, Ph.D., Isenberg School of Management

1:30 – 3:00 Session II

Room 904
Logic and Grammar: How Language and Reasoning Shape Each Other
Gennaro Chierchia, Ph.D., College of Humanities and Fine Arts

Room 163C
My Last Lecture: Ten Things that Really Mattered
Priscilla M. Clarkson, Ph.D., School of Public Health and Health Sciences

Room 917
From Classroom to Boardroom: One Analytical Chemist’s Journey
David J. Mazzo, Ph.D., College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics

3:15 – 4:45 Session III

Room 905
Perspectives of Research Careers
Noel Anderson, Ph.D., College of Natural Resources and the Environment

Room 917
Military Nurses Making a Difference: Diffusion of Military Research into Civilian Nursing Practice
Deborah J. Kenny, RN, Ph.D. LTC, US Army Nurse Corps, School of Nursing

Room 904
The University’s Archives: Inspiration from Days Gone By
Homer Meade II, Ed.D., University Library System/School of Education