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Join us in celebrating International Education Week! Enjoy a delicious Portuguese cuisine lunch in partnership with LSU! Questions? Email dining@umassd.edu or connect with us on social @UMassDEats

The Grove

The Center for Religious and Spiritual Life invite you to take a few minutes to practice gratitude - a posture practiced and celebrated in many religious faiths and traditions. Has one of your professors encouraged you or excited a new passion in you this semester? Has a particular staff person helped you more than you hoped or. More than they realized? Come to our table to write them a thank you note and we'll deliver it for you! Join us from 12pm-2pm in the TV Pit area on the first floor of the campus center on November 21. We will provide the supplies to write and send thank you cards to professors and staff. We'll have free popcorn for all those who drop by. All are welcome to stop by and write a card!

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On Thursday, November 21st from 2pm-5pm in the Woodland Commons, join offices from around campus for a Student Registration Fair! Come by to address holds, talk with financial aid, and learn more about registration. The event will also feature: Food - sushi, beef empanadas, buffalo wings, and vegetable spring rolls. Giveaways - iPads, t-shirts, tote bags, blankets and more. Your Favorite campus dogs! Make sure you bring your UMass Pass too. https://www.umassd.edu/ssc/fair/

Woodland Commons

Join the Green Navigators in clearing the brush and overgrowth trails on campus! Please check the address notes for the location. Gloves and equipment will be provided. It is recommended that participants wear long pants, long sleeves, or a sweatshirt, and at minimum close-toed shoes, as well as bring water. Sticker(s) Available: Trail Clearing Contact bbarreraguerrero@umassd.edu for meet-up times and locations.

Cedar Dell

Transcending Barriers: Resilience and Self-Compassion Strategies for Trans and Gender Nonconforming Students with Emerson from Pride Counseling.

Center for Women, Gender & Sexuality

The Department of Accounting & Finance announces the following research seminar. Speaker: Professor. Yanhua Sunny Yang (University of Connecticut) Title: The Impact of Reduced In-Person Contact on Information Quality: The Case of Analyst Forecast Accuracy during Covid Lockdowns Date: Friday, November 22, 2024 Time: 10:00-11:15 AM Location: via Zoom Meeting Meeting ID: 438 755 1509 Abstract: This paper examines whether and how in-person communication influences the quality of information available to market participants. We utilize the lockdown periods during the Covid-19 pandemic as a proxy for the exogenous reduction in in-person communication, and analyst forecast accuracy as a proxy for information quality. We document that when firms headquarter states undergo lockdowns, analyst forecasts for these firms issued in the lockdown periods are significantly less accurate than for other firms or other periods, with an average difference of about 7% of the mean value of absolute forecast errors. Supplemental analyses show greater differences when companies convert from in-person to virtual events despite holding more of the latter, and insignificant differences when firms maintain virtual-to-virtual events. The difference is also greater when analysts have less firm-specific experience or cover more industries, or when firms are smaller or younger. In addition, analysts input more effort and display more divergent opinions during the lockdown periods. The collective results indicate that when there is less in-person communication forecast quality is lower despite more effort and similar or higher frequency of virtual communication. For additional information, please contact Prof. Hongkang Xu at hxu5@umassd.edu.

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