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 March 2018
Can't make it to the regularly scheduled FAFSA help hours? Come see a financial aid counselor to address your FAFSA concerns during our extended hours.
October 5, 2017 4:30 pm-7:30 pm
November 2, 2017 4:30 pm-7:30 pm
December 7, 2017 4:30 pm-7:30 pm
January 25, 2018 4:30 pm-7:30 pm
February 1, 2018 4:30 pm-7:30 pm
March 1, 2018 4:30 pm-7:30 pm
April 5, 2018 4:30 pm-7:30 pm
Wilder Hall, 005

Come watch some of today's latest films not yet released on DVD for free while enjoying complimentary popcorn and refreshments.
January 26—April 29, 2018, Sun/Fri 8:00 pm-10:00 pm
February 23, 2018 8:00 pm-10:00 pm
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February 16—February 18, March 9—March 18, April 13—April 15
Student Union, Cape Cod Lounge

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.
February 14—May 2, 2018, Wednesdays 4:45 pm-5:45 pm
February 15—May 4, 2018, Thu/Fri 2:30 pm-3:30 pm
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March 14—March 16
Goodell Hall, 511

Following on the mission of the CMASS’ cultural centers of “advancing cultural expression and pride” this program seeks to encourage participants to identify respectful ways to appreciate culture by examining history and participating in the traditional way of making a spiritual symbol, preparing food, styling hair or learning about the history of a holiday.
February 12, 2018 7:00 pm-9:00 pm
March 6, 2018 7:00 pm
March 21, 2018 7:00 pm-8:30 pm
April 4, 2018 7:00 pm

It is never early to start thinking about graduate school. Come and talk with our graduate assistant, Ghida EL-Banna, about the graduate school application process and have your questions answered.
February 14—April 25, 2018, Wednesdays 12:15 pm-2:15 pm
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March 14
Wilder Hall, 102

The UMass Amherst Libraries host “Of Our Spiritual Strivings: W.E.B. Du Bois at 150” in the W. E. B. Du Bois Library, both on the Lower Level and in Special Collections and University Archives (SCUA), on Floor 25.
March 1—August 22, 2018
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May 13—August 19, Sundays, July 4
Library, W.E.B. Du Bois, Lower Level and Floor 25

Founded by the University of Queensland, these popular competitions have become a global phenomenon and offer graduate students the opportunity to communicate the significance of their research to a general audience, all in three minutes or less.
March 2, 2018
1:00 pm-3:00 pm
Campus Center Auditorium

Please join us for the inaugural Five College German Studies Undergraduate Research Symposium, featuring research presentations in German and English by undergraduate students from Amherst College, Hampshire College, Mount Holyoke College, Smith College, and UMass Amherst.
March 2, 2018
3:00 pm-5:45 pm
Integrative Learning Center, N155

Hampden Gallery art exhibit by Taunton native Amy Corey in the main gallery that includes her textured, free-form knitted pieces that playfully suggest wearable items, over 60 knitted hats arrayed as leaves on branches that reference Corey’s engagement with notions of “family tree” (hats are wearable), sock collages, and projections of people who, as the exhibition’s title states clearly, are "Knitting in Public."
March 4, 2018
March 6—March 22, 2018 1:00 pm-6:00 pm
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March 10—March 18
Hampden Gallery

The second screening of the 25th anniversary season of the annual Massachusetts Multicultural Film Festival explores the harships faced by Claude Lanzmann as he shot "Shoah," his nine-and-a-half-hour-long documentary about the Holocaust that took over 12 years to create.
March 7, 2018
7:30 pm
Isenberg School of Management, 137

Visit one of the Building Bridges art installations, available in several locations on campus including the Campus Center Concourse, the Design Building and Hampshire Dining Commons. These exhibits will feature artwork by students, faculty, and staff from across campus, and the artwork will be updated daily.
March 19—April 10, 2018
All Campus

Sabina Vaught is Associate Professor and Director of Educational Studies in the Department of Education at Tufts University, where she has affiliations in Africana, American, and Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies. She researches state institutional contexts and dynamics of insurgent and counterinsurgent knowledge exchange.
March 19, 2018
7:00 pm
Furcolo Hall, 102

Kathryn Clancy, associate professor of anthropology and co-director of the Laboratory for Evolutionary Endocrinology at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, will deliver a talk called "Gender Harassment in Science: Is It Just Me?"
March 20, 2018
4:00 pm
Goodell Hall, Bernie Dallas Room, #506

Flying umbrellas, larger-than-life balloons, giant kites floating over the audience, and the biggest snow globe you’ve ever seen will make you gasp in wonder and laugh until it hurts. Air Play merges circus and street theater performance art with sculptural artistry.
March 20, 2018
7:00 pm
Fine Arts Center Concert Hall

"Color in Containment" examines the use of color within a group of works to ask a difficult question: can color be controlled? Should it be? The exhibition, including pieces by Patrick Hughes, Andy Warhol, and Pipilotti Rist, among others, imagines vibrant works of art from the UMCA permanent collection as specimens under glass, inviting viewers to make their own discoveries about the necessity or futility of containing color.
March 22—April 27, 2018, Tue/Wed/Thu/Fri 11:00 am-4:30 pm
March 24—April 29, 2018, weekends 2:00 pm-5:30 pm
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March 10—March 18
University Museum of Contemporary Art

Stop by one of three Pop-Up Sessions to learn more about the Building Bridges art exhibit and initiative! At the event, you can meet participants and organizers of Building Bridges, pick up a card so you may contribute to Building Bridges, or simply view the artwork—created by students, faculty, and staff from across campus—on display.
March 22, 2018
11:00 am-1:00 pm
Campus Center, Campus Center Concourse

The Department of Music and Dance presents a talk titled "From Discrimination to Art" by award-winning performance artist and Juilliard-trained trombonist Abbie Conant, detailing her struggles against prejudice and the evolution of her career.
March 22, 2018
12:00 pm-1:00 pm
Fine Arts Center Bezanson Recital Hall

Communication alumna and "Vibrator Nation" author Lynn Comella, draws from her recently published book about the history of feminist sex-toy stores to discuss the challenges that progressive retailers face as they attempt to balance profitability and social change in a rapidly expanding and increasingly competitive sexual marketplace.
March 22, 2018
4:00 pm-6:00 pm
Integrative Learning Center, Comm Hub, 3rd floor

The Western MA Health Equity Network, in partnership with the Massachusetts Public Health Association, is hosting a series of Information & Action Sessions to demystify the seemingly complex policy issues that greatly impact our daily lives—housing, transportation, and food.
March 23, 2018
11:30 am-1:00 pm
Campus Center, 168C

The proliferation of social media has given rise to widespread study and speculation about the impact of digital technologies on politics, activism, and social change. Key among these debates is the role social media play in shaping the contemporary public sphere, and by proxy, our democracy.
March 23, 2018
1:30 pm
Integrative Learning Center, 3rd Floor Communication Hub

The Department of Music and Dance presents a talk by Braxton Shelley, assistant professor at the Radcliffe Institute and the Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences, titled "My Mind Is Made Up": Form, Experience, and Meaning in Contemporary Gospel Performance.
March 23, 2018
2:30 pm
Fine Arts Center Room 365

A strong statement of the broader impacts (BI) of your research in an NSF proposal can elevate your proposal above the competition, as well as help you communicate the importance of your science to any audience. Well-executed BI activities can also help you realize greater influence with your research. This workshop will help faculty develop ideas for BI projects and identify partners.
March 28, 2018
3:00 pm-4:30 pm
Life Science Laboratories, S330-340

Stop by one of three Pop-Up Sessions to learn more about the Building Bridges art exhibit and initiative! At the event, you can meet participants and organizers of Building Bridges, pick up a card so you may contribute to Building Bridges, or simply view the artwork—created by students, faculty, and staff from across campus—on display.
March 29, 2018
11:00 am-1:00 pm
Olver Design Building

Students - Need a summer job? Stop by the Summer Jobs and Internships Fair to speak with organization representatives hiring for summer workers from camps, museums, grassroots campaigns, staffing firms, financial, technology, and service organizations. Bring your UCard; resumes are optional.
March 29, 2018
1:00 pm-4:00 pm
Goodell Hall, 5th floor Lounge

Dr. Burcu Balcik will speak about about her research focused on humanitarian rapid needs assessment operations, which are conducted immediately after a disaster to investigate the effects of the disaster on the affected community groups.
March 30, 2018
11:00 am-12:00 pm
Isenberg School of Management, 128
