University of Massachusetts Amherst

October 7, 2005

Stockbridge Field Day
The event will host 100 high school students and teachers from across New England.
Social Networks and Leadership
You are invited to a lecture on Social Networks and Leadership presented by Dr. Dan Brass.
Law and the Creation of the Chinese Empire
A lecture by Professor Michael Loewe on the laws of the early Chinese Empire.
Collaborative Biomedical Research Program's 10th Anniversary Celebration
The celebration includes a symposium, "De-coding the Human Genome: Future Applications" by J. Craig Venter, Ph.D.
TGIF @ The Graduate Lounge
Now that the lounge is back open (and looking pretty spiffy, I might add), let's make our best effort to reclaim the space.
I.W.A.'s First Show
Improv With Attitude starts the year off with two separate groups displaying different styles of improv that guarantee laughs.
Percussion Clinic: Jeff Queen
The featured snare soloist from BLAST! and UMass Amherst's Thom Hannum will demonstrate some amazing talents.
Something Every Friday: The Honeymooners
In a modern day update of the beloved television series starring Jackie Gleason, Ralph Kramden is a working class New York bus driver played by Cedric the Entertainer.
Reflections: Cars and Parts
The show features 30 of artist Bryant J. Stewart's pieces which have been exhibited in galleries throughout the country.
Svetlana and Igor Kopystiansky
Svetlana and Igor Kopystiansky are known for collaborative video and photographic projects. Since the late 1970s their work has developed as a response to their particular position as dissident artists in the former Soviet Union.
New York/New England/New Talent 2005
The 15 artists in New York/New England/New Talent manifest an expansive mix of sensibilities and, to a great extent, mirror the diversity of the current art scene.
Hieronymus Bosch, Revisited
A full sized transcription of Bosch's painting "Garden of Earthly Delights," circa 1500. The piece is a triptyc depicting scenes of heaven, hell, and paradise.
One Man's War: Photographs by Barr Ashcraft
Photographs from the 1960s and 1970s in the Middle East, Africa, and Asia.
Petri Dishes and Arthrax
Local artist Edgar Sabogal returned to his homeland of Medelline, Colombia in 2004 as part of Augusta Savage Gallery's new Art International Residency Program.
Gretchen Beck: Torridity
An exhibition of drawings based on the degradation of the Nigerian landscape.