New Worlds of Adoption: Contact Between Adoptive & Birth Families: What Works?
Thu 11th, Apr 2013 - 8:00 AM - Fri 12th, Apr 2013 - 5:00 PM
8:00am - 5:00pm

Growing numbers of adoptions involve some form of contact between the child's adoptive family and birth relatives. This has become especially common in domestic infant adoptions, but it is also a key consideration in adoptions from the public child welfare system, and increasingly in international adoptions. This year's "New Worlds of Adoption" conference will highlight research-based practice and policy relating to contact between a child's birth and adoptive families. 

"Migrant Day Laborers, Neoliberalism, and the Struggle for Time"
Thu 18th, Apr 2013 - 4:00 PM
4:00pm

 

Professor Apostolidis is Professor and T. Paul Chair of Political Science at Whitman College, Washington.

Dr. Apostolidis’s scholarly research bridges political theory, cultural studies, and the analysis of social movements. His work investigates immigration and labor in the United States and focuses primarily on undocumented Latino day laborers, meatpacking workers, and the worker center movement. 

Graphing Multilevel Models in Excel
Mon 22nd, Apr 2013 - 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM
11:00am - 12:30pm

 

CANCELLED - "The Role of Parents in Supporting Their Children's Achievements"
Mon 22nd, Apr 2013 - 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
4:00pm - 5:00pm

Jacquelynne S.  Eccles is the McKeachie/Pintrich Distinguished University Professor of Psychology and Education at the University of Michigan, as well as a Senior Research Scientist at the Institute for Social Research at the University of Michigan. She is Director of the Gender and Achievement Research Program at ISR and editor of Developmental Psychology. 

ISI presents: The Challenges of Engagement: Public Scholarship in the Interdisciplinary Arena
Wed 24th, Apr 2013 - 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
4:00pm - 5:30pm

The Interdisciplinary Studies Institute (ISI) is delighted to present a panel discussion of greatimportance to the campus. 

The UMass Public Engagement Project Presents "The Engaged Campus: Giving Back to the Commonwealth and Beyond"
Fri 26th, Apr 2013 - 3:00 PM - 4:30 PM
3:00pm - 4:30pm

A distinguished panel will discuss “The Engaged Campus: Giving Back to the Commonwealth and Beyond” as part of this year’s Founders Week celebration at UMass Amherst. This panel presentation, hosted by the UMass Public Engagement Project, will examine the importance of the University's involvement in the local, state, and national community.