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.
October 15, 2018
Come celebrate two years of Party Smart registration with some pizza, party smart tips from campus partners, and even register your parties for the upcoming weekends.
October 15, 2018
12:00 pm-2:00 pm
Student Union, 314
Since the publication of Randall Collins's Interaction Ritual Chains, much interaction has moved from face-to-face to online settings. IRC theory was based on the former, and Collins has expressed a combination of skepticism and ambivalence as to the theory’s applicability to online interaction.
October 15, 2018
3:00 pm
Old Chapel
Presented by the Departments of Afro-American Studies and Women, Gender, Sexuality Studies at UMass Amherst
October 15, 2018
4:30 pm
South College, E470
September 15 to October 15 is Latinx Heritage Month at UMass Amherst. To celebrate this event, the Latinx American Cultural Center invites you to the Latinx Heritage Month Dinner.
October 15, 2018
7:00 pm-8:30 pm
Campus Center, Amherst Room, 10th Floor
Local poet Nicole Young will perform selections from her debut spoken word album, In/Put: Live from the Valley. And vocalist and multi-instrumentalist Pan Morigan is joined by bassist Rudi Weeks in an evening of hopeful, soulful sounds.
October 15, 2018
7:00 pm
Augusta Savage Gallery
Thirteen artists and architects have created outdoor installations on the UMass Amherst campus and in the town of Amherst, connecting “town and gown” in innovative ways.
July 1—November 1, 2018
All Campus
Following on the heels of the Summer of Love, 1968 seemed like a world apart. It was a year of social experimentation and optimism, but also a year of rebellion, assassination, political agitation, and violence.
September 1—December 21, 2018
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November 22
Library, W.E.B. Du Bois, Lower Level and Floor 25
Graduate Film Certificate Program applications are due February 1, 2019.
September 12—February 1, 2019
Online
This is the latest in a series of exhibitions that highlights the artwork of UMass Amherst Worker Artists.
September 24—December 27, 2018
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November 17—November 18, November 22, November 24, December 22—December 23, December 25
Science and Engineering Library
Would you like to win up to $2,000 towards your (or your student's) spring 2019 tuition and fees?
September 25—November 5, 2018
Online
Come in any day during the month of October, and UMass students can receive a free smoke detector.
October 1—October 31, 2018
Student Union, 314
In her exhibition, The Colored Bone China, Juana Valdes previews her new series of bone china works and current pieces that investigate the history of porcelain as a commodity.
October 2—October 30, 2018, weekdays 11:00 am-4:00 pm
October 7—October 28, 2018, Sundays 1:00 am-4:00 pm
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October 8
Herter Art Gallery
Stephen Fan is a cofounder of InterAPD, a research/design collaborative working at the intersections of architecture, planning, and design.
October 2—October 26, 2018 9:00 am-5:00 pm
Olver Design Building, 180
Mexican printmaking gallery Estampa Galería is comprised of seven highly skilled artists dedicated to the promotion of contemporary graphic art of their capital city Oaxaca. On view are works on paper that display honor for animals, people and plants as well as symbolic tributes to spirituality.
October 2—October 24, 2018, Mon/Tue 1:00 pm-7:00 pm
October 3—October 24, 2018, Wed/Thu/Fri 1:00 pm-5:00 pm
Augusta Savage Gallery
