29 current UMass linguists and alums will be presenting papers and posters at the 2017 Annual Meeting of the LSA in Austin (Texas) in January. The contributions range from the Presidential Address by Alice Harris and an Invited Plenary Address by Gennaro Chierchia (Harvard, 1984 UMass PhD) to poster presentations by 1st year graduate students Kimberly Johnson and Andrew Lamont. The Program Committee for the conference was co-chaired by me (junior co-chair) and Andries Coetzee (University of Michigan, 2004 UMass PhD, senior co-chair), and also included Amy Rose Deal (UC Berkeley, 2010 UMass PhD). Here is the full program.

There should be enough UMass folks at the LSA in Austin that one evening we could have a mini-UMass reunion there. The LSA will be held at the exciting JW Marriott hotel in downtown Austin, which apart from being a great conference venue  offers THE ULTIMATE CHOICE IN AUSTIN ROOFTOP POOLS. I am attaching a few gratuitous Austin pictures to tempt everyone to the LSA in Austin.