You are cordially invited to the 2015 University of Connecticut Language Fest.
The UConn Language Fest is a University-wide research conference, now in its fifth year, which showcases the many facets of research on language in the UConn community. Last year's Fest drew participation across many departments and programs, including Psychology, Education, Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences, Linguistics, Literatures, Cultures and Languages, Philosophy and Haskins Laboratories. The fest will take place from 9:00AM--4:00PM on Saturday, April 25th, in the South Wing of Oak Hall on the Storrs campus.
This year's Fest features talks from two internationally renowned researchers: Sheila Blumstein, (Brown University) and Dorit Bar-On (University of Connecticut). In addition to these talks, three poster sessions will showcase language-related research from the UConn community.
Schedule of Events:
Talks take place in Oak Hall, room 112
Poster sessions will be held in the 1st-floor hallway of Oak hall
Continental breakfast and a light lunch will be served, and refreshments will be available during the poster sessions
9:00: Continental Breakfast
9:30: Poster Setup
9:45: Opening Remarks
Diane Lillo-Martin, Director, UConn Cognitive Science Program and Board of Trustees Distinguished Professor of Linguistics
10:00 – 11:00: Poster Session 1
11:00 – 12:00: Sheila Blumstein, Brown University
“Variability and Invariance in Speech and Lexical Processing: Evidence from Aphasia and Functional Neuroimaging”
12:00 – 1:00: Lunch
1:00 – 2:00: Poster Session 2
2:00 – 3:00: Dorit Bar-On, University of Connecticut
“Expression, Communication, and Origins of Meaning”
3:00 – 4:00: Poster Session 3
Sponsored by the University of Connecticut Cognitive Science Program and an IGERT grant on Language Plasticity to the University of Connecticut
IMPORTANT NOTE REGARDING PARKING: Language Fest falls during Spring Weekend at UConn. Your entry to campus may be monitored; please indicate that you are attending Language Fest in Oak Hall. Weekday parking restrictions will be enforced (i.e., you will need to display an appropriate parking permit for your lot). Other attendees without a parking pass are encouraged to peruse parking options at http://springweekend.uconn.edu/roads/.
For more information, contact: UConn Language Fest at http://languagefest.uconn.edu/