Faculty and graduate students are welcome to a research panel and reception to celebrate and welcome 14 new CSSI affiliates (including 8 new hires) who joined CSSI in the past year. Six new affiliates will give brief introductions to their research interests, and we will spend the rest of the time sharing lunch and mixing and mingling across colleges.
Kathy Roberts Forde, Associate Professor and Chair of the Journalism Department, presents the Cole Lecture in Contemporary Issues: Journalism and the Enduring Struggle for Racial Justice. Communications Hub, 3rd Floor, Integrative Learning Center, UMass Amherst
The Departments of Geosciences and Environmental Conservation are collaborating to launch an interdisciplinary reading group focused on the relationships between water and society. The first meeting will take place in mid-October. Click to read a description of the reading group and information for those interested in joining.
The Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR) is holding its 2015 Biennial Meeting this week, and offers livestreaming of its concurrent sessions and the business meeting on Thursday, October 1, and Friday, October 2.
The October 15 performance of A Cuatro Corridos will be preceded by a free panel discussion,"The Reality of Human Trafficking," led by ISSR Scholar and UMass Assistant Professor of Legal Studies Lauren McCarthy.