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07:18 (2009-09-09)

September 9, 2009

Welcome back!

Greetings from the new editors of WHISC, Magda Oiry and Joe Pater.

We must begin by thanking Chris Potts for all of his work in launching WHISC and maintaining it for 6 (!) years, and for his help in getting us started. We've got big shoes to fill.

We'll try to maintain a Wednesday publication schedule, so get us your WHISC items by Tuesday so they will be in that week's issue. Please use the WHISC g-mail account: umass.whisc@gmail.com.

September 9, 2009 5:27 PM | | 07:18 (2009-09-09)

Welcome first years!

This year's incoming graduate class is:

Elizabeth Bogal-Albritten (Swarthmore)
Minta Elsman (South Carolina)
Seda Kan (Bogazici)
Claire Moore-Cantwell (UCLA)
Jason Overfelt (Purdue)
Presley Pizzo (Emory)
Robert Staubs (William & Mary)
Andrew Weir (Edinburgh/UCL)

September 9, 2009 5:00 PM | | 07:18 (2009-09-09)

Welcome visitors!

Welcome to all of our visiting scholars this year: Visiting-Scholars.pdf

[Thanks Sarah!]

We extend a special welcome to Floris Roelofsen, who joins us as a Visiting Assistant Professor in Semantics. This semester he is available to consult with graduate students on their research projects; they can contact him by e-mail.

September 9, 2009 4:50 PM | | 07:18 (2009-09-09) , visiting scholars

Amy Rose Deal: Successful Dissertation Defense

Amy Rose Deal successfully defended her dissertation on August 31st. The title of the thesis is Topics in the Nez Perce Verb. Congratulations, Amy Rose!

September 9, 2009 4:45 PM | | 07:18 (2009-09-09) , dissertation defenses

Cherlon Ussery: Successful Dissertation Defense

Cherlon Ussery successfully defended her dissertation on August 25th. The title of the thesis is Optionality and Variability in Agreement: Syntactic Licensing Meets Morphological Spell-Out. Congratulations, Cherlon!

September 9, 2009 4:44 PM | | 07:18 (2009-09-09) , dissertation defenses

Keir Moulton: Successful Dissertation Defense

Keir Moulton successfully defended his dissertation on August 6th. The title of the thesis is Natural Selection and the Syntax of Clausal Complementation. Congratulations, Keir!

September 9, 2009 4:40 PM | | 07:18 (2009-09-09) , dissertation defenses

Florian Schwarz: Successful dissertation defense

Florian Schwarz successfully defended his dissertation on July 29. The title of the thesis is Two Types of Definites in Natural Language. Congratulations, Florian!

September 9, 2009 4:35 PM | | 07:18 (2009-09-09) , dissertation defenses

Fall town meeting

The Fall Departmental Town Meeting is this Friday, September 11 at 3:30 p.m. in the Freeman Lounge (South College 3rd Floor). This is an opportunity to meet people in the department, hear important announcements and have our group photo taken.

September 9, 2009 4:00 PM | | 07:18 (2009-09-09) , events

Picnic Saturday

The beginning-of-the-year picnic and potluck will be held at Barbara and Volodja's 3:30 Saturday.
For all of the details, click here: picnic.pdf

[Thanks Barbara!]

September 9, 2009 3:57 PM | | 07:18 (2009-09-09) , events

Fall colloquia

Here is the line-up for this fall's colloquia. All will be held on a Friday at 3:30 in Machmer E-37.

Sep 18 Alice Harris (UMass)
Sep 25 Andries Coetzee (Michigan)
Oct 9 Andrew Nevins (Harvard)
Oct 30 David Pesetsky (MIT)
Dec 4 Jesse Snedeker (Harvard)
Dec 11 Robert Frank (Yale)

[Thanks Suzi!]

September 9, 2009 12:46 PM | | 07:18 (2009-09-09) , colloquia