Party for Lisa Selkirk
Lisa Selkirk's retirement party gets underway tomorrow (May 22), 7:00 pm, at Ellen and John's place!
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07:17 (2009-05-21)
May 21, 2009
Michael Becker to Harvard
Michael Becker, who has just finished a year teaching at Reed College, is now headed to Harvard, where he will be a College Fellow. Congratulations, Michael!
Amy Rose Deal to Harvard
Amy Rose Deal has accepted a tenure-track offer in Linguistics at Harvard, starting this fall. Congratulations, Amy Rose!
Ilaria Frana Dissertation Defense
Concealed Questions: In Search of Answers
Thursday, May 28, 3:30 pm, Herter 201
UMass Amherst Recursion Conference
The NSF-sponsored workshop Recursion: Structural Complexity in Language and Cognition takes place here at UMass Amherst, May 26-28. The workshop is organized by Peggy Speas and Tom Roeper, and it features a line-up of top scholars.
Barbara Partee at Dialog 2009
Barbara Partee will present a paper "The dynamics of adjective meaning" at the conference Dialog 2009 (the series is so-named because it aims to foster dialogue between theoretical and computational linguists), May 27-31 at the Bekasovo Spa ("Common-Snipe-ovo Spa") in Naro-Fominsk outside Moscow. Barbara writes, "Part of what I love about these end-of-semester Dialog conferences is that often the whole family comes along (lots of linguists seem to be children of linguists and/or married to linguists) and there are lots of kids - here's my favorite photo from last year's conference at the same location.Farewell Celebration for Esther Terry
UMass Amherst is holding a farewell celebration for Esther Terry on Friday, May 29, from 4:00-6:00 pm, in the Student Union Ballroom. Esther is retiring from UMass, but apparently she won't be all that retiring — she will become Provost at Bennett College for Women in North Carolina. Esther is being honored with an endowment fund to support PhD research in Afro-American Studies here at UMass Amherst. The fund, as well as some of Esther's major achievements, are described here. An achievement that isn't listed: our own J. Michael Terry, 2004 UMass Amherst PhD, now Assistant Professor in Linguistics at UNC Chapel Hill!