October 25, 2018
This session provides faculty who are currently teaching a GenEd course with a DU/DG designation with a midterm check-in opportunity to share and discuss challenges and successes related to engaging their students with the new GenEd Diversity Learning Outcomes.
October 25, 2018
12:00 pm-1:30 pm
Campus Center, 805-09
The 3rd Annual Life Sciences & Biotech Internship and Career Fair is growing. This year, over 35 life science and healthcare employers will be on-campus to meet you and hear your professional introduction. Dress professionally and bring printed copies of your resume.
October 25, 2018
12:00 pm-4:00 pm
Campus Center, Auditorium
Start or finish your meningitis B vaccination series, and get vaccinated against seasonal flu at today's walk-in clinic in UHS room 302.
October 25, 2018
1:00 pm-4:00 pm
University Health Services (UHS), 302
Professor Williams will speak about Richard Durham and her own life’s work as a radio documentarian of African American life.
October 25, 2018
4:00 pm
Integrative Learning Center, S414
“Siggi Dimanche,” gives new voice to cultural curiosity with an emphasis on the tremendous contributions of distinguished scholars, artists, writers, musicians, and filmmakers representing Francophone Africa and its French speaking African Diaspora.
October 25, 2018
5:00 pm-7:00 pm
New Africa House
Chinese Warriors of Peking presents a historical slant to its new production.
October 25, 2018
7:30 pm
Fine Arts Center Concert Hall
Darius Jones is an extraordinarily gifted alto saxophonist and composer. Darius Jones is an extraordinarily gifted alto saxophonist and composer. Soul-power is at his foundation; forward-looking expression always at the core.
October 25, 2018
8:00 pm
Old Chapel
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
At the start of 2017, longstanding political and social rifts in the United States created a sense of fear and anxiety on many campuses across the US. Our sense of a collective public purpose and our desire for an engaged democracy — so important to the public mission of UMass Amherst — were challenged in many ways. The “Building Bridges” project grew out of this key moment.
September 12—December 7, 2018, Tue/Wed/Thu/Fri 11:00 am-4:30 pm
September 15—December 9, 2018, weekends 2:00 pm-5:00 pm
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November 18—November 25
University Museum of Contemporary Art
Awaken your inner creativity and learn to create pieces of jewelry and Native art using beads. Materials and tools provided.
September 13—November 29, 2018, Thursdays 6:00 pm-8:00 pm
December 5, 2018, Wednesdays 6:00 pm-8:00 pm
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November 22
Josephine White Eagle Cultural Center
What does it mean for the fields of art and math to intersect? This exhibition offers glimpses into the work of Pau Atela, a professor in the Department of Mathematics at Smith College, that show how bridges can indeed be built between these two worlds.
September 13—December 9, 2018, Tue/Wed/Thu/Fri 11:00 am-4:30 pm
September 15—December 9, 2018, weekends 2:00 pm-5:00 pm
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November 18—November 25
University Museum of Contemporary Art
The Concinnitas Portfolio comprises the contributions of ten mathematicians and physicists in response to the prompt to transcribe their "most beautiful mathematical expression."
September 13—December 7, 2018, Tue/Wed/Thu/Fri 11:00 am-4:30 pm
September 15—December 9, 2018, weekends 2:00 pm-5:00 pm
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November 18—November 25
University Museum of Contemporary Art
All students, families, and community members can come in to meet with a Financial Aid Counselor for advice and FAFSA help.
September 13—December 6, 2018, Thursdays 2:30 pm
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November 22
Wilder Hall, 005
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
VIDA is a Latinx Queer series that highlights underrepresented perspectives in a Latinx community based in Los Angeles, CA.
October 4—November 8, 2018, Thursdays 7:00 pm-8:30 pm
Latin American Cultural Center
Through Domestic Exchange, UMass students can study at another college or university, allowing them to live in another geographic area, access courses and facilities not offered at their home campus, and broaden their undergraduate experience.
October 17—May 1, 2019, Wednesdays 4:45 pm
October 18—April 26, 2019, Thu/Fri 2:30 pm
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December 13—January 21
Goodell Hall, 511
Post your best photos of UMass Amherst in fall to Instagram with the hashtag #UMassFallPhoto18. Three winners will each receive Amazon gift cards.
October 19—November 9, 2018
All Campus
The “[containing] great space” exhibition originated with the notion of a container like image as a vehicle to enter a place of interiority, and the possibilities of distinctly personal results when artists embark on this path.
October 23—November 15, 2018, Tue/Wed/Thu/Fri 1:00 pm-6:00 pm
October 21—November 11, 2018, Sundays 2:00 pm-5:00 pm
Hampden Gallery
Amherst residents, including UMass Amherst students, can vote early for the November election.
October 24—October 26, 2018 9:00 am-3:00 pm
Student Union, 420
.R.O.P.S. is a program/platform that offers students the opportunity to share inspiring stories and innovative discoveries. Selected students will present a 5-12 minute-talk in a live showcase which will be recorded and made available to larger audiences.
October 25—November 5, 2018
Online
We start our season funny, with Dustin Chinn's pointed, futuristic comedy Snowflakes, or Rare White People.
October 25—October 27, 2018 7:30 pm
November 1—November 3, 2018 7:30 pm
October 31, 2018 10:00 am
November 3, 2018 2:00 pm
Rand Theater