'Living Values' focus of visit by activists
More than 120 members of the greater campus community gathered Oct. 18 to share ideas over breakfast with interim Chancellor Marcellette G. Williams and hear about the upcoming visit to the University by social justice activists and foundation leaders Peter and Linda Biehl.

Williams laying foundation for next chancellor
If anyone thought interim Chancellor Marcellette Williams was simply going to keep the seat warm for a permanent successor, the last few weeks have demonstrated that she has no intention of putting the administration on cruise control.

Classics scholar traces spooky stories to antiquity
In the genre of ghost stories, Stephen King or Henry James are more likely to come to mind than Petronius or Pliny the Younger, but many modern tales of the supernatural are links in a long, clanking chain of thrillers that go back to ancient Rome and Greece, according to Debbie Felton, assistant professor of Classics.

Panel to study undergraduate education
The Faculty Senate voted to establish an ad hoc committee on undergraduate education for a term of three years at its Oct. 18 meeting.

Medical School professor to address senate
The Faculty Senate is scheduled to hear a presentation on "Proposed Modifications to Tenure at the University of Massachusetts Medical School" by John Walsh, co-chair of the American Association of University Professors at UMass Worcester, at its Nov. 1 meeting at 3:30 in 227 Herter.

Entrance to building blossoms under care of Computer Science staffers
As part of an ongoing volunteer beautification project around the entrance to the Computer Science Building, four Computer Science clerks planted flower bulbs in the area Oct. 9.

OIT employee recognition effort underway
From telephones to e-mail to an array of computing services, the Office of In-formation Technologies provides services of some kind to virtually every member of the campus community.