Whamit!

The Weekly Newsletter of MIT Linguistics

Issue of Monday, May 17th, 2010

Events calendar for MIT Linguistics

MIT Linguistics now has a unified events calendar.

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MIT students, faculty and staff can add events to the calendar (contact David if you’ve lost the e-mail with the password), but anyone can read it.

Summer Pause

This is the last issue of this academic year. Whamit! will resume publication on Tuesday Sept 7.

Phonology Circle’s 1st summer meeting, 5/17: Claire Halpert

Announcing the 1st summer meeting of the Phonology Circle: Monday May 17 at 5PM.

Claire Halpert (MIT): “Place assimilation changes its triggers”

This is a rehearsal for a talk at the Manchester Phonology Meeting.

Guillaume Thomas receives dissertation grant

Guillaume Thomas has received a Travel Grant for Dissertation Research from MISTI Brazil. Congratulations, Guillaume!

Adam Albright promoted to Associate Professor with Tenure

Adam Albright’s promotion to tenure has been approved by MIT’s Executive Committee. Congratulations, Adam!!