SEMANTICS AND LINGUISTIC THEORY CONFERENCE A SUCCESS

The department is recovering from last week’s extremely successful Semantics and Linguistic Theory Conference. Many people commented on the consistently high quality of the talks, and the conference was carried off without a hitch. There is a reason world-class conferences are organized rarely, and many people deserve thanks and praise for hard work. Our graduate students, faculty, and many undergraduate students gave a good deal of their time. So did many faculty, especially Sandy Chung, Amy Rose Deal, Jim McCloskey, and Matt Wagers, and most especially our faculty SALT organizers Pranav Anand, Adrian Brasoveanu, and Donka Farkas. SALT could not have happened without our outstanding staff as well: many, many thanks to Maggie Bardacke, Susan Welch, and especially Ashley Hardisty for coordinating the staff efforts and Maria Zimmer, who has specialized in SALT for many weeks now.