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The Linguistics Department is supported by four outstanding staff members. Department Manager Paula Floro, a UC Berkeley graduate, has been with the department since 1996. She oversees the programmatic and operational needs of the department, including the budget, external grants, faculty and staff appointments, and department infrastructure and space. Floro serves on a number of important campus committees and working groups representing the Department, Division and/or College.

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This is the last issue of Calques for the 2014-15 academic year. For volume 3, scheduled to begin August 21, please send contributions (information and news of departmental interest) to Andrew Garrett. Meanwhile, the editors wish everyone an enjoyable summer of relaxing productivity.

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Two Berkeley faculty members are being nominated for lofty positions in the Linguistic Society of America (the main professional organization for US linguists):

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Bling | Cal Day | Talks

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Two hundred and twenty-two Department of Linguistics PhD dissertations are now visible (downloadable, prominent in online searches, many of them searchable) through the California Digital Library's eScholarship website (bling):

Awesomeness | Conference travel | Newly published | Talks

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More talks this week have topics TBA than in any previous issue of Calques. Go Bears!

Awesomeness | Conference travel | Newly published| Talks

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This issue reveals that Dartmouth grads have some of the best Linguistics Department websites. Go Keggy!

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The Calques office was closed on Friday; hence today's irregular Monday issue. Please send contributions (information and news of departmental interest) to Andrew Garrett.

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Next week is spring break! Even so, please send contributions (information and news of departmental interest) to Andrew Garrett, toiling from afar on your behalf.

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Berkeley linguists are the best teachers:

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Three Berkeley linguists are giving two presentations at the 28th Annual CUNY [sic] Conference on Human Sentence Processing, to be hosted at the University of Southern California on March 19-21:

Memento | Celtic | Talks

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Aloha! Next week's 4th International Conference on Language Documentation and Conservation features ten talks by eleven Berkeley faculty and grad students:

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Photographic evidence of honors given to current and former Berkeley Linguistics faculty at the January meeting of the Linguistic Society of America:

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Congratulations to three colleagues:

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This weekend and next week, Berkeley linguists are giving four talks at two conferences:

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Welcome back for the spring semester! Please send contributions (information and news of departmental interest) to Andrew Garrett.

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Congratulations to two colleagues: