Anthropologist Caroline Brettell, an internationally recognized immigration expert, discusses how the technology boom affects immigration, trends of new immigration gateway cities such as Dallas, Atlanta and Minneapolis and the challenges of women immigrants. 

Join us for An Evening with 2016 Common Read Author, Jennine Capó Crucet. Moderated by Gretchen Holbrook Gerzina, Dean of Commonwealth Honors College.

Trumpeter and composer Wadada Leo Smith, one of the most influential musicians of our time, performs with pianist Vijay Iyer. The 2016 release of “A Cosmic Rhythm with Each Stroke” is the first documentation of their duo work.

“The Weight of Air” is a cross-disciplinary, multi-media exhibition by photographer, videographer, and imaging specialist James Gehrt.

Both artist/photographers were tasked with the challenge of choosing  twenty-five portraits from each others oeuvre.

This exhibition presents the history of Cobra through paintings, sculpture, prints and primary documents by artists such as Asger Jorn, Pierre Alechinsky, Karel Appel, Constant and Corneille. 

This exhibition showcases projects from the Department of Architecture’s Spring 2016 Graduate Design IV studio at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. The focus of the studio was to develop students’ skills in designing innovative, wood-constructed, mixed-use sustainable buildings.