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November 17, 2008
- RefWorks Workshop
- Learn to store and manage citations and create bibliographies.
- Mon Nov 17, 2008, 2:30 pm
- Library, W.E.B. Du Bois Calipari Room (ground floor)
- Mentoring and Persistence Among Lower-Income First Generation College Students in STEM
- Dr. Becky Wai-Ling Packard, Associate Professor of Psychology and Education at Mount Holyoke College, will speak about the role of mentoring in increasing the diversity of the STEM workforce.
- Mon Nov 17, 2008, 4:00 pm
- Campus Center 803
- 2008-09 Feinberg Series: "Forty Acres and a Mule in the 21st Century"
- 2008-09 Feinberg Series presents "Forty Acres and a Mule in the 21st Century," a discussion with William Darity, Jr., Arts and Sciences Professor of Public Policy and Professor of African and African-American Studies and Economics at Duke University.
- Mon Nov 17, 2008, 4:00 pm
- Studio Arts Building The Commons, 2nd Floor
- Global Health Open House
- This event will introduce students to global health issues and activities that improve the population health in developed and developing nations.
- Mon Nov 17, 2008, 4:30 pm
- Campus Center 911
- Dinner on Us: Good Food for Your Child - Making Healthy Family Choices
- This week's Dinner on Us features Dr. Ilana Schmitt, M.D., speaking on nutrition for the family.
- Mon Nov 17, 2008, 5:30 pm
- Student Union Commonwealth Room (Earthfoods)
- Pandemic Flu Training
- Pandemic Flu Training will be presented by Stephanie Bozigan-Merrick, RN. The training is open to all UMass Amherst Medical Reserve Corps volunteers, as well as to interested students, faculty and staff.
- Mon Nov 17, 2008, 6:00 pm
- Draper 102
- Still Black: A Portrait of Black Transmen
- Still Black is a feature-length experimental documentary that explores the lives of six black transgender men living in the United States.
- Mon Nov 17, 2008, 7:00 pm
- Campus Center 101
- ALANA Health Film Series: Life Support
- The film Life Support will be shown as part of the ALANA Health Film Series in an effort to create awareness about HIV/AIDS and communities of color.
- Mon Nov 17, 2008, 7:00 pm
- Malcolm X Cultural Center
- Bunker Hill: Film and Introduction by Director Kevin Willmott
- Bunker Hill is the new independent film from director Kevin Willmott (CSA: Confederate States of America), a professor at the University of Kansas.
- Mon Nov 17, 2008, 7:30 pm
- Herter 231
- Italian Cinema: Radiofreccia
- Radiofreccia (1998), the story of an independent radio station, is about five friends who grew up in the '70s in a small town of the Emilia-Romagna region.
- Mon Nov 17, 2008, 7:30 pm
- Flavin Auditorium - Isenberg 137
- Concert: Marimbas and Tubas
- MASS Marimba Band, UMass Amherst Marimba Ensembles and the Tuba Studio perform with Thomas Hannum and Scott Mendoker, directors.
- Mon Nov 17, 2008, 8:00 pm
- Bowker Auditorium
- Art Exhibit: Transporting
- A collaborative installation between Dr. Patty Bode and the Secoyan community in Ecuador comments on the erosion of the Amazon environment and indigenous ways of life, while celebrating resilience and resistance to globalization.
- Mon Nov 17, 2008
- Augusta Savage Gallery 101 New Africa House
- Art Exhibit: Of People and Places
- Bringing together for the first time the work of seven international artists working in the field of photography.
- Wed Sep 24 to Sun Dec 14, 2008
- Fine Arts Center - University Gallery
- Student Flu Vaccinations
- Protect yourself and others against seasonal flu - get vaccinated!
- Mon Sep 29 to Thu Dec 11, 2008
- University Health Services (UHS)
- Mental Health Services Support Groups
- Mental Health Services is offering three ongoing support groups this semester: "Feeling Funky," "Connecting on Campus," and "Just the Guys."
- Mon Oct 6 to Fri Dec 12, 2008
- Hills (North) 127 (Mental Health Services)
