Tom Roeper has been awarded the CHFA Award for Outstanding Accomplishments in Research and Creative Activity for 2006-2007. Tom will receive the award at the CHFA reception on May 15, 3:45 pm, in the Fine Arts Center.
Congratulations, Tom!
The Sources of Phonological Markedness
Thursday, May 31, 2:00 pm, Machmer W-26
The Emergence of Phonetic Naturalness
Friday, June 1, 2:30 pm, Bartlett 301
SRG will have a celebratory meeting on Wednesday, May 16, 8:00 pm. See Florian for additional details (place, things to celebrate, etc.).
[Thaks Florian!]
Jason Fossella, a recent UMass Amherst Linguistics BA, wrote to say that he is studying to become a civil engineer — and that his linguistics training is a big asset. He wrote, "the habits of thought I picked up studying linguistics have really helped me in my new field. Being able to analyze and describe complex systems is a valuable skill for an engineer, and syntax and semantics certainly taught me that."
Very cool! Thank you, Jason!
Mark Stein (1981 UMass Amherst PhD) recently sent in some updates. He's been working as a chaplain at Albany Medical Center, his daugher is finishing up school at MIT (Civil Engineering, as it happens &mdash Jason might advise that she take a few linguistics courses), and his wife Cheryl Geisler is Chair of the Department of Language, Literature and Communication at RPI.
Mark was wondering when we would again have a reunion-style picnic. Barbara?
