The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has awarded the UMass Amherst Biologically Inspired Neural & Dynamical Systems (BINDS) Laboratory, the DARPA DITTO – Intelligent Auto-Generation and Composition of Surrogate Models project. This is one of the agency’s AI Explorations. Umass’ co-PI on this award is Lockheed Martin Advanced Technology Laboratories.
The DEFA Film Library at UMass Amherst, in solidarity with the international Black Lives Matter movement, is showcasing films by Black German filmmakers, actors, scholars and activists during its 2020-21 virtual film festival “Black Lives in Germany: Resilience, Art and Hope.” The festival offers viewers a bold and refreshing look at the diversity of the Black diaspora and contemporary Germany.
This year's Edible Book Festival will take place virtually. All members of the Five College community are invited to submit photos of their edible book-inspired creations by noon on Tuesday, March 30, using this entry form.
The Resistance Studies Initiative Speaker Series will host Ynestra King and Joanne Sheehan on Wednesday, Mar 24, at noon, for a webinar talk, “The Revolutionary Nonviolence of Barbara Deming: Two Handed Practices.”
The models used to produce global climate scenarios may overestimate the energy and emission savings from improved energy efficiency, warns new research by an international team including UMass Amherst economist Gregor Semieniuk.
The UMass Fine Arts Center’s Valley Jazz Network and the Berklee Institute of Jazz and Gender Justice present an “informance” (discussion and performance event) on gender dynamics and the historical and contemporary contributions of women to jazz music, on Wednesday, March 10, at 7 p.m. ET.
The department of faculty diversity has announced the call for applications for the 2021 Faculty Success Fellows Program. The UMass Amherst Faculty Success Fellows Program supports faculty participation in the National Center for Faculty Development and Diversity Faculty Success Program.
“Deserted Villages: Perspectives from the Eastern Mediterranean,” published this week, brings together nine peer-reviewed studies of abandoned villages from Greece, Turkey and North Dakota, authored by leading scholars in their fields, including Rebecca M. Seifried, geospatial information librarian at UMass Amherst.
This spring, students at the School of Public Policy are examining how the COVID-19 pandemic has affected Massachusetts communities, developing resources on nature-based solutions to pressing global problems and working to support economic opportunities for LGBTI people around the world.
