In accordance with Massachusetts regulations, capacity limits and other restrictions are in effect for in-person campus events. Please see Campus Event Guidance for Spring 2021 for more details.
November 21, 2019
The UMass Amherst Institute for Global Health (IGH) in collaboration with the STEM Ambassadors Program will host a symposium titled “Achieving Global Equity through STEM Education: Health, Environment & Policy” on Thursday, November 21, from 9:00 am to 3:00 pm in the Old Chapel.
November 21, 2019
9:00 am-3:00 pm
Old Chapel
Need to relax? Love graphic novels? Join us to learn how to find graphic novels at UMass and the Five Colleges.
November 21, 2019
12:00 pm-1:30 pm
Library, W.E.B. Du Bois, Lobby
Walk-In Flu Clinic for the Umass Amherst campus community. Bring your insurance card.
November 21, 2019
3:30 pm-6:30 pm
Recreation Center
Ethan Carr will discuss his latest book, The Greatest Beach: A History of Cape Cod National Seashore (2019). When Congress passed the park's authorizing legislation in 1961, it set a new pattern for large landscape conservation in the United States.
November 21, 2019
4:00 pm-5:00 pm
Olver Design Building, 170
Join us for a early screening of a powerful documentary about childhood trauma and related issues of conflict and displacement. Panel of experts to support discussion about conflict, trauma, and the Rohingya people to follow viewing.
November 21, 2019
6:00 pm-7:00 pm
Carney Auditorium
UMass battles Brown at the Mullins Center.
November 21, 2019
7:00 pm
Mullins Center
UMass Amherst students, faculty, and staff are invited to register for the fifth annual Tower Run on Thursday, November 21, 7-10 p.m.
November 21, 2019
7:00 pm-10:00 pm
Library, W.E.B. Du Bois, Lower Level Between Stairs
In 1619, the Dutch brought the first African slaves to Jamestown, Virginia. Acclaimed bassist and composer Avery Sharpe marks this 400th anniversary with a new original piece of music touched by spirituals, gospel, blues, jazz and classical idioms, and featuring a video component.
November 21, 2019
7:30 pm
Bowker Auditorium
The Department of Music & Dance presents a faculty concert by Rémy Taghavi, bassoon and Nadine Shank, piano.
November 21, 2019
7:30 pm
Fine Arts Center Bezanson Recital Hall
Matthew Mattingly ’02 is an artist living and working in Western Massachusetts. The exhibit includes new and recent oils, watercolors, and ink drawings, including landscapes, figures, sketches, and works from imagination.
September 3—December 13, 2019, weekdays 9:00 am-5:00 pm
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November 28
Science and Engineering Library
Drawing from the burgeoning collections of visual materials in Special Collections and University Archives (SCUA), the exhibit follows the history of documentary photography from its century origins to its flowering in the post-World War II era.
September 20—January 30, 2020
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November 28, December 21—December 22, weekends, December 25, December 28—January 1
Library, W.E.B. Du Bois, Lower Level and Floor 25
During the past 30 years, Leonardo Drew has become best known for his installations, both sweeping in scale and intimate in detail, which transform materials such as cotton, metal, animal hides, and wood — often oxidizing, burning, and decaying them — into something completely different from their original state.
September 20—December 6, 2019, Tue/Wed/Thu/Fri 11:00 am-4:30 pm
September 21—December 8, 2019, weekends 2:00 pm-5:00 pm
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November 23—November 30
University Museum of Contemporary Art
In this weekly class, students will learn about Native American beadwork.
September 26—December 5, 2019, Thursdays 5:00 pm-7:00 pm
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November 14, November 28
Josephine White Eagle Cultural Center
Avital Sagalyn: A Life of Exploration, researched and curated by a team of UMass Art History students, explores the range of Sagalyn’s work and rich cultural history.
October 4—December 6, 2019, Tue/Wed/Thu/Fri 11:00 am-4:30 pm
October 5—December 8, 2019, weekends 2:00 pm-5:00 pm
October 3, 2019, Thursdays 11:00 am-8:00 pm
November 7, 2019, Thursdays 11:00 am-8:00 pm
December 5, 2019, Thursdays 11:00 am-8:00 pm
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November 23—December 1
University Museum of Contemporary Art
This is a judgement free, safe space for survivors of sexual violence to drop in and share what's on their mind. Facilitators will discuss coping skills and issues common to all survivors such as trust, boundaries and triggers.
October 10—December 13, 2019, Thursdays
An exhibition presesnting works by the 1st and 2nd year MFA students from the Department of Art.
November 4—November 22, 2019, weekdays 11:00 am-4:00 pm
November 10—November 17, 2019, Sundays 1:00 pm-4:00 pm
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November 11
Herter Art Gallery
The third exhibit in a three-part series: 'Games of Chance." Shawn Farley’s mixed-media Constructions apply discarded and found materials to yield soulful results. Lois Guarino exhibits pen drawings created by making marks,which she follows obsessively until completion.
November 7—November 22, 2019, Wed/Thu/Fri 1:00 pm-5:00 pm
November 12—November 19, 2019, Mon/Tue 1:00 pm-7:00 pm
November 6, 2019 1:00 pm-7:00 pm
Augusta Savage Gallery
The sisters of Sigma Kappa and the brothers of Sigma Chi are working together to collect canned foods for the Amherst Survival Center and other shelters and food pantries.
November 18—November 21, 2019 10:00 am-2:00 pm
Campus Center, bluewall
