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.

The UMass Architecture Department presents “Beyond the Building,”  an exhibit featuring diverse artifacts made by the faculty. 

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.

Comic art is a worldwide and intensely democratic medium with the power to give voice to the voiceless and marginalized.

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.

Black Heritage Month, also known as Black History Month, is an annual observance in the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom to celebrate culture and scholarly contributions by people of the African Diaspora.

The School of Earth and Sustainability (SES) is hosting its first in a series of SES Lightning Talks.

Opening reception for "Emancipating the Past: Kara Walker's Tales of Slavery and Power" with remarks by collector Jordan Schnitzer at 6 p.m.

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.

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.

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

Former pro football player Wade Davis speaks on “Protecting Me and We: Ending Gender Discrimination and Sexual violence.”

Reese Erlich, a freelance foreign correspondent, working in the Middle East, will present a talk about his new book “Inside Syria: The Backstory of their Civil War and What the World Can Expect.” 

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.

Miranda Lambert will be bringing her #HighwayVagabondTour to the Mullins Center with special guests Old Dominion and Aubrie Sellers.

The evening begins with cocktails, appetizers and music on the lower level of the Campus Center.

The Music and Dance Department presents a concert to celebrate the announcement of this spring's 2017 Bach Festival and Symposium.

Last day for undergraduate, graduate, Stockbridge and Continuing Education students to add or drop any class with no record.

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.

Learn about keeping yourself, your friends, family, pets, and the community safe with the UMass Medical Reserve Corps (MRC). 

Join the Women of Color Leadership Network to socialize with staff members and connect with other women of color.

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

The Department of Music & Dance presents its annual performance of new works by students participating in the jazz composition and arranging master’s degree program.

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. 

Learn more about the newly launched M.S. Business and Analytics, designed especially for non-business majors to make them more competitive in every kind of organization.

 

The Haitian American Student Association is hosting our Annual Charity Date Event, a fundraiser in which we raise money for our community service initiative, Progressive Efforts for the Advancement and Change in Haiti (PEACH).

Come out and learn about an incredible opportunity to travel to Haiti and engage in on hands service learning work with our nonprofit YourStory International. 

Winter is here! Submit your best photos of UMass Amherst to Instagram with the hashtag #UMassWinter17 — three winners will each receive Amazon gift cards.

Join us for the closing reception for “Beyond the Building: Architectural Artifacts.”

The Department of Music and Dance presents the UMass Advanced Percussion Ensemble, directed by Ayano Kataoka.

The University of Massachusetts Innovation Challenge Semi-Final Competition is the third session in the 2016-17 Innovation Challenge series.

UMass men's basketball is coming to Philadelphia to take on the St. Joseph's Hawks at Hagan Arena.

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.

Enjoy some tasty Valentine's Day treats and meet with HFA advisers.

Inspired by the recent Women's Marches on Washington, we invite you to join in a panel-led discussion on the challenges of cultivating diversity within social movements.

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.

Join the Humanities and Fine Arts Student Leadership Board for crafts, snacks, and fun.

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. 

“Engagement and Positive Psychology for STEM Learning and Beyond,” presented by Mark Tuominen, professor of physics, and Lori Tuominen, coach in positive psychology and positive organizational development, Lori Tuominen Coaching and Wholebeing Institute.

Come support your Minutemen as they take on Merrimack.

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.

Students and alumni can meet a variety of employers at our largest career fair regarding internships, co-ops or full-time professional opportunities.

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.

Lecture by Marc Lamont Hill, scholar, activist, television personality and Distinguished Professor of African-American Studies at Morehouse College in Atlanta speaks on "The War on Youth."

Join Mike Famighette, Director of Isenberg’s Full-time MBA, to learn more about the admissions process, curriculum overview, and student experience.

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

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. 

 A lecture by award-winning historian Donna Murch has been canceled and will be rescheduled at a later date.

UMass Theater Presents: Directing II One-Act Play Festival Auditions.

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

Come support your Minutemen as they take on UMass Lowell.

Show your UMass pride and join the Bay Area Alumni Network at the Bruins vs. Sharks hockey game.

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.

Teaching nature of science (NOS) effectively has been a goal of science education for decades, but is one that is still proving difficult to attain. 

Manisha Sinha will deliver a talk on what you didn't know about the abolition movement: the ordinary men and women, black and white, free and enslaved, who are the unsung heroes of American democracy.

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.

Join panelists as they discuss Visions Beyond Trump - Building Solidarity Networks and Economies.

Tony Tulathimutte's novel “Private Citizens” was called "the first great millennial novel" by New York Magazine.

Celebrate the 149th anniversary of the birth of sociologist, historian, civil rights activist, Pan-Africanist, author and editor W.E.B.

Renowned activist, civil rights leader and community organizer, Benjamin Jealous outlines what it will take to secure true equality for all Americans and to empower the next generation to lead toward a better future. 

In this workshop we will consider how we might act like ancestors of future generations and reinvigorate our commitment to climate justice action. The group is facilitated by Tim Beaucage, graduate advisor/teaching associate at UMass Amherst. 

Come support your Minutemen as they take on Providence for the final regular season home game! 

Participants will have the opportunity to conduct actual pruning and gain both experience and confidence in pruning and training grapes in order to produce a bountiful crop.

The UMass Chamber Choir and University Chorale will take part in this year's  Five College Choral Festival.

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.

The duo Climbing PoeTree present a program of multimedia theater, dual-voice spoken word, visual art, sustainable touring and community organizing.

Paul A. Schroeder Rodríguez’s “Latin American Cinema: A Comparative History,”  is the first to address all the major periods in the region, from the silent era to the digital age.