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 September 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

Performers: Cobus du Toit, flute; Fredric T. Cohen, oboe; Joshua Michal, horn; Stephen Walt, bassoon; Jonathan Hulting-Cohen, saxophone; Elizabeth Chang, violin; Kathryn Lockwood, viola; Edward Arron, cello; Salvatore Macchia, double bass & Nadine Shank, piano
September 13, 2016
7:30 pm
Fine Arts Center Bezanson Recital Hall

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

“The Legacy of Cobra” is a one-day symposium presenting new perspectives on the history and legacy of postwar European art, the Cobra movement (Copenhagen, Brussels, Amsterdam, 1948–51), and its impact on later art from the Situationist International (1957–72) to today.
September 16, 2016
9:00 am
Integrative Learning Center, S140

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

Baker’s talk, “Finding Common Ground When Experts Disagree: An Application to Publically Funded Energy Technology R&D Portfolios,” will discuss a new approach to support decision making, especially public decision making, when there is significant disagreement among scientists or other experts.
September 19, 2016
12:00 pm-1:15 pm
Thompson Hall, 620

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

While the vast majority of incarcerated people in the US are men, the rate of growth for women's imprisonment has outpaced men by more than 50 percent between 1980 and 2014 and trans women have one of the highest rates of incarceration of any group.
September 20, 2016
5:30 pm
Campus Center, Cape Cod Lounge

Thomas Bonnot of the University of Missouri will speak about "Integrating dynamic landscape population modeling and structured decision making to guide regional conservation under climate change." Bonnot's talk is part of "Engaging Stakeholders in Climate Adaptation," a webinar series presented by The Northeast Climate Science Center.
September 21, 2016
3:30 pm-4:30 pm
Morrill Science Center, 134

UMass Clean Energy Extension is hosting the 3rd Annual Massachusetts Clean Energy Conference: Helping Communities with Renewables and Efficiency. We're bringing together municipalities, the private sector and experts from state agencies and academia to identify and explore opportunities for increased renewable energy and energy efficiency in our state's cities and towns.
September 22, 2016
8:00 am-5:00 pm
Beechwood Hotel

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

The Visiting Writers Series presents acclaimed writer Selah Saterstrom reading at Memorial Hall. The Atticus Review said of her novel Slab, “Saterstrom’s narrators charm the reader with their mix of naïveté, natural curiosity, and keen, intelligent observation. The novel’s stark and varied form also mimics a careful sleight of hand.”
September 22, 2016
8:00 pm-10:00 pm
Memorial Hall

John Asher Johnson leads a discussion centered around the definition of four seemingly simple words, with the goal of lending clarity to future discussion around lowering the barriers to racial equity and inclusion in the sciences.
September 23, 2016
12:00 pm-1:00 pm
Integrative Learning Center, S131

This event is also part of the the Basque Inaugural Symposium sponsored by the department of Anthropology. William Douglass founded the Basque studies program and has had a long career of both ethnographic and historical work tracing the demographic patterns, economic causes and lived experience of Basque migration across the world.
September 26, 2016
5:00 pm
Campus Center, Hadley Room

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.
September 27, 2016
4:30 pm
Campus Center, 805

UMass graduate and Assistant Professor of Political Science at Simmons College, Lena Zuckerwise, presents “The White Call for Black Leaders: From Reconstruction to #BlackLivesMatter” as part of the UMass Political Theory Graduate Alumni Lecture Series - Fall 2016.
September 28, 2016
4:00 pm
Thompson Hall, 919

"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 George "Trigger" Burke UMass Athletics Hall of Fame showcases the university's rich athletic history and proudly honors former student-athletes, coaches and administrators who have made a significant impact on the program through their commitment to excellence.
September 30, 2016
6:00 pm-9:00 pm
Student Union Ballroom
