In accordance with Massachusetts regulations, strict restrictions are in effect for in-person campus events. Most of the the events listed here are taking place remotely on Zoom and other online platforms. See each listing for details. All times are United States Eastern Time Zone.
Month of October 2016
The UMass Amherst Libraries host a series of interactive climate change events in the W.E.B. Du Bois Library.
September 12—October 31, 2016, Mondays 3:00 pm-3:45 pm
September 21, 2016 12:30 pm-2:00 pm
September 29, 2016 7:00 pm-9:00 pm
October 20, 2016 7:00 pm-9:00 pm
November 4, 2016 12:30 pm-2:00 pm
Library, W.E.B. Du Bois, 1638 & 2601

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.
September 15—November 20, 2016, Tue/Wed/Thu/Fri 11:00 am-4:30 pm
September 15—November 20, 2016, weekends 2:00 pm-5:00 pm
This event does NOT occur on:
November 11
University Museum of Contemporary Art, 35

UMass Amherst is participating in the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Game Day Challenge, a national collegiate competition where colleges and universities implement recycling and compost programs to reduce waste at football games and tailgates.
September 17, 2016 3:00 pm
October 1, 2016 3:00 pm
October 29, 2016 12:30 pm
McGuirk Alumni Stadium

The Marriott Meals is a core course within the HTM program in which students have the opportunity to manage the restaurant with a team of student employees. All meals are attentively managed, prepared and served by students.
September 20—December 14, 2016, Tue/Wed/Thu
This event does NOT occur on:
October 11—October 13, October 25, November 16, November 22—November 25, December 15
Campus Center - Marriott Center, 1101

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.
September 22—October 21, 2016 10:00 am-6:00 pm
UMass NYPOP

"Science and the Renaissance (Rocking the Boat) will explore science, providing some background before moving directly into the Renaissance, concentrating on the factors that seriously interfered with scientific development throughout its history in Europe and elsewhere.
September 29—November 3, 2016, Thursdays 7:00 pm-8:30 pm
The Massachusetts Center for Interdisciplinary Renaissance Studies

The event is an initiative of the Plant Biology Graduate Program that is designed to highlight an exciting area of plant biology by featuring a daylong program of speakers, along with a poster session for attendees from any institution to share their research.
October 1, 2016
9:00 am-6:00 pm
Integrated Sciences Building, 135

Join us in connecting with the beauty of Western Massachusetts nature at one of the most popular Robert Frost trails in Amherst – the Amethyst Brook Conservation Area! It’s an easy-to-moderate hike by the river brook.We will provide water and energy bars; you bring extra water, snacks and bug spray as needed!
October 1, 2016
10:00 am
New Africa House, 127

Zero Bey, former hip-hop rapper, U.S. Army veteran of two foreign wars, and peace and justice educator, presents a body of explosive paintings that deconstruct American racial narratives.
October 3—October 18, 2016, Mon/Tue 1:00 pm-7:10 pm
October 5—October 20, 2016, Wed/Thu/Fri 1:00 pm-5:10 pm
This event does NOT occur on:
October 10
Augusta Savage Gallery

Rob DeConto of UMass Amherst will speak about “The future fate of the Greenland and Antarctic Ice Sheets and implications for New England.” DeConto's talk is part of “Engaging Stakeholders in Climate Adaptation,” a webinar series presented by The Northeast Climate Science Center.
October 5, 2016
3:30 pm-4:30 pm
Morrill Science Center, 134

What evidence determines a medical consensus? What methods generate good evidence? Does it matter who conducts the experiments? How are patients impacted? Miriam Soloman explores these questions and how evidence-based medicine has superseded other accounts of objectivity in medicine resulting in responses from the areas of translational medicine, personalized medicine, and precision medicine.
October 6, 2016
4:00 pm
Integrative Learning Center, S140

Conference sessions are led by scholars, researchers, students and practitioners that demonstrate and investigate how contemplative practices are being used in higher education to build more just and humane relationships and institutions and will include: research presentations, experiential workshops, contemplative practice sessions, performances, roundtable conversations and panel discussions.
October 7—October 9, 2016 9:30 am-5:00 pm
Campus Center

In a blend of research and storytelling, WOMEN WHO ARE FREE draws from Priscilla Page's most recent interviews with contemporary Latina theater artists in Chicago. And, performing the traditional music of the Arab world, Layaali preserves the rich legacy of its cultur
October 11, 2016
7:00 pm
Augusta Savage Gallery

Wesley M. Daniel of Michigan State University, Nick Sievert of University of Missouri, and Jana Steward of USGS/ Wisconsin Water Science Center will speak about “FishTail: a decision support tool for assessing the conservation status of fish habitats in the NE CSC region.”
October 12, 2016
3:30 pm-4:30 pm
Morrill Science Center, 134

Leslie Chambers was appointed President and CEO of the American Parkinson Disease Association in August of 2012 and brings to the role a rich background in successful management and leadership experience from the non-profit voluntary health sector.
October 14, 2016
1:00 pm-3:00 pm
Life Science Laboratories, S330

UMass graduate and Assistant Professor of Political Science at UMass Boston, Andrés Fabián Henao Castro, presents “Material Transferences of Agency in Antigone: Afro-Pessimism Meets Subaltern Studies" as part of the UMass Political Theory Graduate Alumni Lecture Series - Fall 2016.
October 14, 2016
4:00 pm
Thompson Hall, 620

The UMass Wind Ensemble and Symphony Band open their 2016-2017 season with music that encourages you to travel. Symphony Band opens the concert with a journey across America and the Wind Ensemble takes you “away” to exotic Greece, Scotland, Bohemia, and South Carolina, with electronics.
October 14, 2016
7:30 pm
Fine Arts Center Concert Hall

This interactive workshop is aimed at participants across all disciplines who seek effective and practical teaching strategies that foster motivation in their classrooms across diverse students.
October 18, 2016, Tuesdays 1:00 pm-2:30 pm
October 25, 2016, Tuesdays 1:00 pm-2:30 pm
Campus Center, 805-09

The artist says, '“...My woven abstractions, landscapes and portraits are emotional reactions to the absurdity of the human species, world politics, and our changing environment. "
October 19—November 16, 2016, weekdays 11:00 am-4:00 pm
October 23—November 13, 2016, Sundays 1:00 pm-4:00 pm
This event does NOT occur on:
November 11
Herter Art Gallery

Jeff Donovan ’91 (Burn Notice), and Rob Corddry ’93 (Ballers) are back in town to honor their mentor, professor emeritus Ed Golden, and will deliver a pre-show talk about the training they received by working on shows in the Department of Theater with Golden and other faculty members.
October 21, 2016
6:45 pm-7:15 pm
Rand Theater

Printmaker Erika Radich responds to the 2015 Nepal earthquake, witnessing the wounds within familiar people and places while also celebrating earth in its constant formation.
October 24—November 8, 2016, Mon/Tue 1:00 pm-7:00 pm
October 26—November 10, 2016, Wed/Thu/Fri 1:00 pm-5:00 pm
Augusta Savage Gallery

“The Viking Age Colonization of the North Atlantic and the Importance of Being First” is the subject to be addressed by Douglas Bolender, Research Assistant Professor at the Andrew Fiske Memorial Center for Archaeological Research and the Department of Anthropology at UMass Boston.
October 24, 2016
4:30 pm
Herter Hall, 301

This free, hands-on Internship and Scholarship Opportunities Workshop will feature HFA Alums and University staff who will provide students with strategies to help them be more successful as they identify and apply to internships and scholarships.
October 25, 2016
6:00 pm-7:30 pm
Student Union, Cape Cod Lounge

Laura Quilter, copyright and information policy librarian, will provide an overview of Wikipedia’s principles, an introduction to the mechanics of editing pages and communicating with others, and an overview of how the Wikipedia Education program works.
October 26, 2016
12:00 pm-4:00 pm
Library, W.E.B. Du Bois, 1920

The History Department's Feinberg Family Distinguished Lecture Series presents “Resisting Police Violence in Springfield and Beyond: Mothers, Scholars, and Queer People of Color Speak Out,” an evening of conversation with local and national voices:
October 26, 2016
7:00 pm
Scibelli Hall Auditorium, Springfield Technical and Community College, Building 2

The Center for Multicultural Advancement and Student Success (CMASS), the Association of Latin American and Caribbean Students (ALACS), and Graduate Colombian Students at UMASS invite the campus community to a debate with scholars and activists about the current political situation in South America.
October 27, 2016
1:00 pm-6:00 pm
Campus Center Auditorium, Rm. 168
