Events

Listing of Events

A list of IALS and related calendar events
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Startup Law Office Hours

10:00 am - Virtual
IALS Venture Development offers Startup Law Office Hours with Matt Whitehead for founders who want to gain a better understanding of legal issues in support of their efforts toward startup formation, team development, and working with investors.
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Startup Law Office Hours

10:00 am - Virtual
IALS Venture Development offers Startup Law Office Hours with Matt Whitehead for founders who want to gain a better understanding of legal issues in support of their efforts toward startup formation, team development, and working with investors.
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Intellectual Property Law Office Hours

10:00 am - Virtual
IALS Venture Development offers Intellectual Property Law Office Hours with Tani Chen, ScD, for founders who want to gain a better understanding of legal issues in support of their efforts toward startup formation, team development, and working with investors.
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Commencement Weekend

See full schedule at https://www.umass.edu/commencement/schedule.

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Startup Law Office Hours

10:00 am - Virtual
IALS Venture Development offers Startup Law Office Hours with Matt Whitehead for founders who want to gain a better understanding of legal issues in support of their efforts toward startup formation, team development, and working with investors.
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Founders Day 2026

9:00 am - UMass Amherst campus

Campus cookout from 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.

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LOI Information Session-Translational Seed Awards

2:30 pm - LSL S330, Conference Center
Attendance by lead faculty PIs is mandatory at one of the sessions as a prerequisite to submit a letter of intent. Affiliated graduate students, business mentors, and/or startup co-founders are welcome to attend with the PI.
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LOI Information Session-Translational Seed Awards

11:00 am - LSL S330, Conference Center
Attendance by lead faculty PIs is mandatory at one of the sessions as a prerequisite to submit a letter of intent. Affiliated graduate students, business mentors, and/or startup co-founders are welcome to attend with the PI.
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Third Annual Employee Wellness Fair

11:00 am - Campus Center Auditorium

Offering a wide range of resources to help employees prioritize their health and well-being, including screenings, activities, student engagement, giveaways, raffles and prizes.

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Physics Machine Shop Open House

9:00 am - Hasbrouk 6 (in the basement)

The newly renovated and expanded Physics & Astronomy Machine/Scientific Instrument Shop is holding an all-day open house. The physics machine shop has some really impressive capabilities and is very helpful in creating experimental setups and prototype devices for your research. Stop by to meet Walter and Gary!

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Startup Law Office Hours

10:00 am - Virtual
IALS Venture Development offers Startup Law Office Hours with Matt Whitehead for founders who want to gain a better understanding of legal issues in support of their efforts toward startup formation, team development, and working with investors.
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CPHM Research Showcase

10:00 am - LSL S330-340, Conference Center
Discover the latest scientific advancements and innovative discoveries from CPHM faculty, explore resources that support research translation, and learn strategies to maximize the impact of your work.
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Intellectual Property Law Office Hours

10:00 am - Virtual

For many technology-based startups creating and securing intellectual property is essential to building a company development and fund raising. Patents, copyrighting, trademarks, trade secrets, and licensing are all tools that can be used to build value. Founders are challenged to leverage these tools to create value and reduce risk, while constrained by scarce resources and before they have retained intellectual property counsel for the company.

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Startup Law Office Hours

10:00 am - Virtual
IALS Venture Development offers Startup Law Office Hours with Matt Whitehead for founders who want to gain a better understanding of legal issues in support of their efforts toward startup formation, team development, and working with investors.
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BME Seminar: Why You Shouldn't Study Mycobacterium abscessus

10:30 am - LSL S330-340, Conference Center

Eric Rubin, MD, Editor-in-Chief, New England Journal of Medicine and NEJM Group Adjunct Professor of Immunology and Infectious Diseases Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health 

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MLSC-Convening of the Cores

11:00 am - The Engine, 750 Main Street, Cambridge, MA

The Massachusetts Life Sciences Center (MLSC) is hosting the Convening of the Cores event to highlight scientific equipment and facilities, including those funded through the Center’s competitive grant programs.

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Startup Law Office Hours

10:00 am - Virtual
IALS Venture Development offers Startup Law Office Hours with Matt Whitehead for founders who want to gain a better understanding of legal issues in support of their efforts toward startup formation, team development, and working with investors.
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Luminex 200 Magpix Lunch and Learn

12:00 pm - LSL N330
 Join us for an educational seminar introducing ProcartaPlex™ and QuantiGene™ technologies, now available as a new service offering through the UMass Amherst ICTC Core Facility.