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Liu, W.; Pickett, A.; Huang, K. & Su, Y.H. (2022). Camera Configuration Models for Machine Vision Based Force Estimation in Robot-Assisted Soft Body Manipulation. 2022 International Symposium On Medical Robotics (ISMR).
Melody Su continues her strong medical robotics research connections with UW, RIT, JHU and Trinity College. With the recent renovation completion of her new Intelligent Medical Robotics (IMeRo) research lab, she recruited eight Mount Holyoke research students to participate in her ongoing medical robotics research projects.
The Classical Association of New England (CANE) honored Geoff Sumi with its Barlow-Beach Distinguished Service Award for “distinguished service to CANE and to classics in New England.” Geoff received the award at the March 2023 CANE Annual Meeting.
Svaldi, M. (2025) Beyond Words: The Profound Impact of Reading the Dizionarietto Quotidiano di Dacia Maraini on Mind and Society, CAIS and University of Bologna, Classical Philology and Italian Studies Department, June 6-7 & 9-10
Svaldi, M. (2025) Organizer and Chair of a panel Page by Page: Mastering Italian Language and Culture Through Reading, CAIS and University of Bologna, Classical Philology and Italian Studies Department, June 6-7 & 9-10
Svaldi, M. (2026) The Art and Creativity of the Italian Food: Local Roots, Global Impact, NECTFL-North East Council Teaching Foreign Languages, 26-28 February, New York.
Svaldi, M. (2025) Presented Creating Connections through the Reading of Dizionarietto Quotidiano by Dacia Maraini, AATI [American Association Teachers of Italian] Princeton University, April 25-27, 2025
Svaldi, M. (2024) Presented: A Small Cup of Coffee with a Big Impact: the Interconnection between Creativity, Sociality, Sustainability, and Art in the Coffee Industry, MAFLA-Massachusetts Foreign Language Association, October 24-26, 2024
Svaldi, M. (2023) Presenting at the MAFLA (Massachusetts Association Foreign Languages) a paper "L’incanto della cultura italiana: Teaching Italian Language and Culture through Food, Design, Sustainability and Urban Planning", October 26-28, 2023
Svaldi, M. (2021) Presented "Immersive Teaching of Italian: Transforming a Challenge Into a Resource" at the virtual ACTFL Convention– American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages, 19-21 November 2021.
