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This month: February 1, 2012–February 29, 2012
- Exhibit: "Mix and Match"
- To mix and match is to combine things that are not related. Although the items may all exhibit different characteristics, within the phrase, there is an assumption that items to be mixed and matched are of roughly equal value.
- Sun Dec 11 to Sun Feb 19, 2012
- Hampden Gallery
- Exhibit: "A Novel Idea"
- Painters, sculptors, writers, film-makers, printers, and all-round lovers of the printed page, boldly bend, fold, and mutilate traditional books until all that remains are discrete art objects.
- Sun Dec 11 to Sun Feb 19, 2012
- Hampden Gallery
- Exhibit: "Midway"
- The Student Union Art Gallery is pleased to present "Midway," an annual group exhibition by UMass Amherst MFAs.
- Mon Jan 23 to Fri Feb 3, 2012
- Student Union Art Gallery 326
- Women in Academia: Surviving the Dissertation -- Registration Period
- Register now to join our dissertation support group and meet with other women who are writing dissertations and understand the particular challenges that women face in academia and in the dissertation writing process.
- Thu Jan 26 to Tue Feb 7, 2012
- Blueberries at the Dining Commons
- Blueberry specialties will be featured at all Dining Commons. Sample blueberry smoothies, blueberry salads, and more.
- Mon Jan 30 to Sat Feb 4, 2012
- All Dining Commons
- Musical: "The Color Purple"
- The Color Purple is a soul-stirring new musical and a landmark Broadway event.
- Tue Jan 31 to Wed Feb 1, 2012
- Fine Arts Center Concert Hall
- Play: "The Tailor of Inverness"
- Written and performed by Matthew Zajac, "The Tailor of Inverness," is a story of journeys, of how a boy who grew up on a farm in Galicia came to be a tailor in Inverness.
- Tue Jan 31 to Fri Feb 3, 2012
- Curtain Theater
- RefWorks Workshop
- Manage your citations and create quick bibliographies. Open to students, faculty and staff.
- Wed Feb 1, 2012, 2:30 pm
- Library, W.E.B. Du Bois 1620
- SPHHS Bistro Night
- SPHHS students and recent alums meet to discuss life after graduation, including career options, post-grad internships, graduate schools, and community-based volunteer work.
- Wed Feb 1, 2012, 5:00 pm
- Campus Center Amherst Room (10th Floor)
- Providence, RI Alumni Event: UMass vs. URI Men's Basketball
- Hoop it up with fellow alumni as Coach Derek Kellogg '95 and the UMass Minutemen square off against the URI Rams in the only area appearance this year.
- Wed Feb 1, 2012, 5:00 pm
- Casey's Grill and Bar
- Opening Reception: David Teeple: Dialogue with a Collection
- Opening reception and discussion with the artist.
- Wed Feb 1, 2012, 5:00 pm
- Fine Arts Center - University Museum of Contemporary Art
- Lecture: "Education after Auschwitz: Levinas, Humanism, & the Promise of Jewish Education"
- Claire Katz, Professor of Philosophy and Women's Studies, Texas A&M, speaks.
- Wed Feb 1, 2012, 5:30 pm
- Herter 301
- Exhibit: "To the Village Square - An Experiment in American Democracy"
- Featuring photographs by photojournalist Lionel Delevingne covering the antinuclear movement.
- Wed Feb 1 to Tue May 1, 2012
- Library, W.E.B. Du Bois Lower Level and Floor 25
- STEM Family Travel Deadline
- Apply for a STEM Family Travel Initiative travel grant to help cover the incremental costs of child care during professional travel.
- Wed Feb 1, 2012
- Exhibit: Eija-Liisa Ahtila's "The Annunciation"
- The University Museum of Contemporary Art is pleased to present "The Annunciation," a new work by Eija-Liisa Ahtila, the internationally acclaimed artist from Finland who is a pioneer in the development of multi-media art.
- Thu Feb 2 to Sun May 6, 2012
- Fine Arts Center - University Museum of Contemporary Art