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 February 2017
Are you a student who has an idea you've been itching to talk about? Do you have a project you really want to pursue as a venture but you need help finding a team? Are you interested in helping your fellow students out with their entrepreneurial ventures?
January 31—February 2, 2017 7:00 pm-9:00 pm
Integrative Learning Center, S311

The exhibit examines the history of Quakers and Quakerism in New England drawing upon the extraordinary records of the New England Yearly Meeting of the Society of Friends.
January 23—August 18, 2017, Mon/Tue/Wed/Thu/Fri/Sat
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July 4
Library, W.E.B. Du Bois, Lower Level, Floor 25

The UMass Amherst Libraries host “Color Woodblock Prints,” an exhibition by Linda Mahoney ’79.
January 23—April 27, 2017, Mon/Tue/Wed/Thu 8:00 am-11:00 pm
January 27—April 28, 2017, Fridays 8:00 am-5:00 pm
January 28—April 22, 2017, Saturdays 9:00 am-5:00 pm
January 29—April 23, 2017, Sundays 1:00 pm-11:00 pm
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March 11—March 12, March 18—March 19
Science and Engineering Library, Second Floor

Eight artists, all members of the Zea Mays Printmaking studio in Florence, Massachusetts, tell stories through prints, drawings, paintings, installations and video. Opening Reception January 29, 2-4 p.m.
January 31—February 17, 2017, Tue/Wed/Thu/Fri 1:00 pm-6:00 pm
January 29—February 12, 2017, Sundays 2:00 pm-5:00 pm
Hampden Gallery

Experience the vast educational, cultural and environmental diversity of the United States, Puerto Rico, Guam or the U.S. Virgin Islands for a semester or year. Students must attend an Information Session to receive application materials.
February 1—February 22, 2017, Wednesdays 4:45 pm-5:30 pm
February 2—February 24, 2017, Thu/Fri 2:30 pm-3:00 pm
Goodell Hall, 613

The Zube Lecture Series, named for former department head of Landscape Architecture and Regional Planning Ervin Zube, continues to enrich our community with the thoughts and works of local, national and international academic and professional leaders.
February 2—April 20, 2017, Thursdays 4:00 pm-5:00 pm
March 31, 2017 4:00 pm-5:00 pm
April 12, 2017 4:00 pm-5:00 pm
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February 9, March 2—March 22, Thursdays
Olver Design Building, 170

The College of Humanities and Fine Arts invites students of all class years and majors to participate in an experiential career series that will provide hands on tools and experience that will help them to succeed in searching and interviewing for jobs and internships.
February 1—March 1, 2017, Wednesdays 6:30 pm-8:15 pm
Goodell Hall, 5th Floor Main Lounge

“Emancipating the Past: Kara Walker's Tale of Slavery and Power” from the Collections of Jordan D. Schnitzer and the Jordan Schnitzer Family Foundation.
February 2—April 30, 2017, Tue/Wed/Thu/Fri 11:00 am-4:30 pm
February 2—April 30, 2017, weekends 2:00 pm-5:00 pm
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March 11—March 20
Fine Arts Center

Join professors Megan Lewis (Theater) and Sut Jhally (Communication), and Kyla Walters, (PhD Candidate, Sociology) for this interactive panel discussion. “Teaching Controversial Topics Now” is a response to additional challenges and risks instructors may face in light of an increase in perceived and real threats against academic freedom.
February 2, 2017
11:30 am-1:00 pm
Integrative Learning Center, 3rd floor Communication Hub

Psyche Loui, assistant professor of psychology at Wesleyan University, discusses how music, as patterns of “intentional sounds,“ come to embody human creativity, express emotions, and encourage social bonding. Loui is director of Wesleyan's MIND lab (Music, Imaging and Neural Dynamics), where her team has explored the brain networks that enable strong emotional responses to music and observed the effects of training in musical improvisation on brain and cognitive structure and function.
February 3, 2017
1:15 pm-2:15 pm
Integrative Learning Center, N400

As part of the workshops offered in preparation for the Diversity Career Fair, the Center for Women and Community (CWC), the Center for Multicultural Advancement and Student Success (CMASS) and Career Services present: $tart $mart prepares college women who are approaching the job market with the confidence, knowledge, and skills they need to negotiate salaries and benefits.
February 6, 2017
4:00 pm-6:00 pm
Wilder Hall, 201

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. Students deliver first-class dining experiences to guests for lunches and dinners. All of the menu items served are made fresh-to-order.
February 7—May 2, 2017, Tue/Wed/Thu 11:45 am-12:30 pm
February 7—May 2, 2017, Tue/Wed 5:45 pm-6:30 pm
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February 28, March 1—March 2, March 14—March 16, April 18
Campus Center - Marriott Center, 1101

Nate Wood of the USGS and Taj Schottland of the National Wildlife Federation will speak about “Improving Climate-adaptation Planning for Coastal Communities: Local Planning Informed by Regional Hazard Exposer Analysis.” This is talk is a part of “Engaging Stakeholders in Climate Adaptation,” a webinar series presented by the Northeast Climate Science Center.
February 8, 2017
3:30 pm
Morrill Science Center, 134

Do you have an idea or product? Looking for the basics, exposure, and mentors? The UMass Innovation Challenge competitive events are designed to help and reward UMass students and young alumni who want to pursue a novel business idea and develop it into a marketable product.
February 10, 2017
12:00 am-11:55 pm

The UMass Music Department presents the 32nd Annual High School Honor Band Concert. Coordinated by Matthew Westgate with guest conductor and composer Steve Danyew, the concert features 250 outstanding high school musicians from over 50 high schools plus the UMass Wind Ensemble.
February 11, 2017
7:00 pm
Fine Arts Center Concert Hall

The Department of Music & Dance presents a staged performance of Gilbert and Sullivan's comic opera The Pirates of Penzance by the UMass Opera Workshop, with guest director Ellen Kaplan, guest conductor Mark Swanson, and an ensemble of Five College musicians.
February 11, 2017
7:30 pm
Bowker Auditorium

This workshop is an introduction to the concepts of implicit, or, unconscious bias, and microaggressions. The session aims to raise awareness about what constitutes expressions of implicit bias and microaggressions, how these negatively impact student learning, and what we can do to work against them in classroom settings.
February 13, 2017
2:30 pm-4:00 pm
Campus Center, 174-76

Are you thinking about graduate school? Find out about applying for research fellowships that come with FREE graduate school applications and FREE early recruiting events. There will be a special focus on the GEM Fellowship and many others!
February 13, 2017
5:30 pm-6:30 pm
Marcus Hall, Gunness Student Center

The Department of Music and Dance presents a staged performance of Gilbert and Sullivan's comic opera, The Pirates of Penzance by the UMass Opera Workshop, with guest director Ellen Kaplan, guest conductor Mark Swanson, and an ensemble of Five College musicians.
February 13, 2017
7:30 pm
Bowker Auditorium

The Diversity Career Fair, is a great event for all students of all backgrounds and identities and all majors to meet employers who have a commitment to diversity and are excited to connect them with career positions, co-ops, and internships in a friendly and professional atmosphere.
February 14, 2017
1:00 pm-5:00 pm
Student Union Ballroom

Join the Student Alumni Association at the Campus Center concourse for some fun, games, and prizes to celebrate your love for UMass. Share what you love about UMass on a postcard to university donors thanking them for their generous support.Take a picture with friends in our photo booth and share it on social media to win more prizes! Can’t make it to the Campus Center? Participate all day long on social media using #iLoveUMassAmherst to #sharethelove and celebrate your involvement in the UMass Amherst community.
February 15, 2017
10:00 am-2:00 pm
Campus Center, Concourse

Alessandra Di Maio will give a lecture titled, "AfroItalia: Voices and Images Across the Mediterranean." Her talk is related to her most recently edited poetry collection, Migrazioni/Migrations, and addresses the migrations, connections and trespassings that have marked the relationship between Italy and the African continent.
February 15, 2017
4:30 pm-6:00 pm
Herter Hall, 601

Mei-Po Kwan, professor of Geography and Geographic Information Science, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, will discuss how GIS-based mapping and location-aware devices using GPS can take into account both time and location to make a more accurate picture of environmental health concerns for the public.
February 16, 2017
4:00 pm
Procopio Room 170, Design Building

Professor John Rickford of Stanford University, one of the world’s foremost experts on the structure, history and sociolinguistics of African-American Vernacular English, delivers the 2017 Freeman Lecture, titled “Justice for Jeantel (and Trayvon): Fighting Dialect Prejudice in Courtrooms and Beyond.”
February 17, 2017
2:30 pm
Integrative Learning Center, N151

Diversity Lunch Talk: “Let’s Talk About It – Facilitating Difficult Dialogues and Managing Hot Moments in College Classes,” is open to faculty, post-docs and graduate students. The event is part of TEFD’s Spring 2017 Teaching & Diversity Professional Development Series, open to faculty, post-docs, and graduate students. In this session, we will open a space for conversation to explore purposeful strategies for cooling down tension and turning hot moments into powerful learning opportunities.
February 21, 2017
11:30 am-1:00 pm
Campus Center, 904-08

Groundbreaking at the time of its premiere, yet condemned for its portrayal of a “vicious, heartless, cowardly, unmoral, mischief-making vixen,” Ibsen’s Hedda Gabler has since come to be regarded as one of the most dimensional character portraits in theatrical history.
February 22, 2017 7:30 pm
February 24—February 25, 2017 7:30 pm
March 1—March 4, 2017 7:30 pm
March 4, 2017 2:00 pm
Rand Theater

Using textile techniques such as knitting, weaving, and embroidery, Jenine Shereos explores a dialog with the natural world in which threads interact with the landscape or the architecture surrounding it.
February 26—March 27, 2017, Tue/Wed/Thu/Fri 1:00 pm-6:00 pm
February 26—March 27, 2017, Sundays 2:00 pm-5:00 pm
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March 12—March 19
Hampden Gallery
