The Faculty Senate is a representative body that is responsible for faculty participation in university planning and governance.

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.

You are encouraged to apply to be the 2017 Undergraduate Student Commencement Speaker to share your thoughts as a graduating senior and have a lead role in the Undergraduate Commencement Ceremony.

From the battlefields of the US Civil War, to the trenches of the Somme and forts of Verdun, large-scale black and white photographs reveal our collective historical memory as it inhabits our landscape today. 

"A Point of View" is a collection of miniatures, full size paintings, objects and writings inspired by everyday people.

Graduate Film Certificate Program applications are due February 21, 2017.

Applications are being accepted now through the priority deadline of January 29, 2017. View event details for more information.

Walk in and get tested for sexually transmitted infections (STIs) and HIV today.

Michael Kelly, head of archives and special collections at Amherst College, will give a lecture titled "Samson Occom and the Uses of Bibliography." 

"Historical Perspectives on the 2016 Election: Historians Respond to Your Questions."

Peril in Thine Eye: A new, full-length, immersive production inspired by "Romeo and Juliet" and directed by Paul Dennis.

The University of Massachusetts Amherst MFA for Poets and Writers presents a reading by poet and professor Peter Gizzi.

In this presentation, “Supplier Collaboration and Development for Greening Supply Chains,” an overview of greening of supply chains is presented. Greening and sustainability issues associated with supply chain management are the fastest growing research areas within the operations and supply chain management field.  A brief history and need for research and practice in this area is initially introduced.  

The Amherst Area Chamber and the Amherst Business Improvement District present the annual Merry Maple celebration.

UMass Amherst’s third-year architecture students present their original designs for productive urban animal habitat.

Come support your Minutemen as they take on Notre Dame at the Mullins Center.

The former violist of the Grammy-winning Cleveland Quartet and theNaumberg-winning Sequoia Quartet conducts a master class.

Western Massachusetts Flute Day presents guest artist Jake Fridkis.

Come support your Minutemen as they take on Notre Dame.

The Marimba Bands and Ensembles perform, directed by Thomas Hannum. 

Registration for the event is now closed. Add a little extra cheer to your year and join the Cape Cod Alumni Network for a performance of “Holiday on Cape Cod,” presented by the Cape Cod Symphony Orchestra.

 The UMass IT Staff Leadership Group is conducting a toy drive for Baystate Children’s Hospital.

Germaine M. Buck Louis presents her talk titled “Environmental Influences on Human Reproduction: Beyond Humans to Couples.” This talk will highlight recent findings from the LIFE Study.  

The Dinner On Us parent-to-parent roundtable offers parents of young children the opportunity to learn more about themselves while acquiring new approaches to raising children.

The Berthiaume Center for Entrepreneurship at the Isenberg School of Management presents the second annual “Social Entrepreneurship Day” event to discuss and examine key issues related to social entrepreneurship.

Today, an unprecedented 11 million Americans are licensed to carry a concealed gun, which raises a paradox for public law enforcement, who must enforce the very laws that undermine their unique ability to use legitimate coercion in the pursuit of social order.

Join WOCLN for an evening of poetry performances and creative expression.

Jazz Ensemble I, directed by Jeffrey W. Holmes, performs in concert.

Adrian Jordaan of UMass Amherst and Michelle Staudinger of the NE CSC will speak about “The Times They Are a Changing: Shifting Phenology in Northeast Costal Ecosystems.”

Symphony Band and Percussion Ensemble, conducted by Karen Atherton and Ayano Kataoka, perform in concert.

Join the University Women's Network Holiday Luncheon for a wonderful meal, company and networking.

Come support your Minutemen as they take on Pacific at the Mullins Center.

Walk in and get tested for sexually transmitted infections (STIs) and HIV on the ground floor of University Health Services (UHS).

Wind Ensemble and Concert Band present “Swingin' with Spirodopoulos.”

Join us for the holiday caroling flash mob.

The Vocal Jazz Ensemble, directed by Catherine Jensen-Hole, performs.

Enjoy great conversation with students and UMass community members over free coffee, tea and tasty snacks.

Take a study break and explore natural, healthy ways to reduce stress and balance body and mind. 

Head out after work to eat, drink and share holiday cheer with the Greater Boston Alumni Network.

Last of the classes for fall semester.

Put on your ugliest sweater and join the New York City Alumni Network for our Ugly Sweater Party.

Reading Day for final exams

Final exams begin and continue through Dec.

Opening Reception: Friday December 16, 6-8 p.m.Showing in the Lee Edwards Gallery on the first floor of the Studio Arts Building. 

Second Reading Day for final exams.

Come support your Minutemen as they take on Arizona State.

The public is invited to witness sunrise and sunset associated with the winter solstice among the standing stones of the UMass Amherst Sunwheel.

Christmas is observed as a federal and state holiday.

Winter Term classes begin.

Last day to add/drop Winter Term classes.