Borrowing from Einstein's equation, e = mc², the Fine Arts Center's Advisory Board sponsored, E= FAC², a week of presentations that showcased the creative energy of collaboration between the arts and the sciences, professors and students, and artists and academics at the University of Massachusetts. The series demonstrated how the concepts of chaos theory, turbulence, astronomy, history, and anthropology could be challenged or complemented by introducing the artistic element. Many thanks go to the students, artists, and faculty who participated in the series. A special thanks goes to dance faculty member and Advisory Board Chair, BillBob Brown, for his tireless work and boundless energy in bringing the project to fruition. Stay tuned; the series was such a hit that it may continue this next year.

(Photo credit: Nick Lorden) A student from BillBob Brown's choreography class dances to a essay about Dorothy Parker read by a student from Joyce Berkman's Women in History class.