Events Archive

NSB Colloquium | Matthew Carter PhD

Wednesday, December 7, 2016 4:00pm

Location: 

222 Morrill Science Center II

The NSB Graduate Program will hold a colloquium titled Dissecting the neural basis of appetite and appetite suppression.  Matthew Carter of the Biology Department, Williams College will give the talk.

The colloquium is hosted by Elena Vazey and takes place in 222 Morrill Science Center II from 4:00-5:00pm.

Refreshments will be served from 3:45-4:00pm.

All are welcome.

Social Brown Bag | Daniel Ames PhD | CANCELED

Wednesday, December 7, 2016 12:00pm

Location: 

Tobin 423

This event has been canceled and may be rescheduled at a later date.

Daniel Ames PhD, Professor at Columbia University, will present a talk entitled In search of the right touch: The psychology of interpersonal assertiveness.

Dr. Ames conducts research on how people judge themselves as well as the individuals and groups around them.

To learn more about his work, please visit columbia.edu/cbs-directory/detail/da358

 All are welcome!

Tay Gavin Erickson Lecture Series | Germaine Buck-Louis PhD

Monday, December 5, 2016 4:00pm

Location: 

UMass Amherst Campus Center, Room 904-08

Please join The Center for Research on Families as Germaine Buck-Louis PhD, Director & Senior Investigator, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development at the National Institutes of Health, presents a talk titled Environmental Influences on Human Reproduction: Moving Beyond Individuals to Couples.

Making UMass Work For You | Necessary Practices for Supporting our Trans Students

Monday, December 5, 2016 12:15pm

Location: 

Tobin 423

Genny Beemyn PhD, Director of the Stonwall center at UMass, will present a talk titled Necessary Practices for Supporting our Trans Students.

This presentation is being given to faculty and staff throughout the university to ensure that they are in compliance with the new state and federal expectations related to protecting the rights of transgender people by creating nondiscriminatory environments, providing facility access, protecting privacy, and engaging in supportive classroom practices.

Clinical/Developmental Colloquium | Erik Mick ScD

Thursday, December 1, 2016 1:00pm

Location: 

Tobin 423

Clinical Psychology and Developmental Science will hold a colloquium featuring Erik Mick, ScD, Associate Professor at the University of Massachusetts Medical School. Dr Mick's presentation will be titled Developmental Trajectories of Behavioral Dysregulation in a Large Population-Based Cohort.

For more information on Dr Mick, visit profiles.umassmed.edu/profiles/display/130443

This colloquium takes place in Tobin 423 from 1:00-2:15pm.

All are welcome.

NSB Colloquium | Jun Ding PhD

Wednesday, November 30, 2016 4:00pm

Location: 

222 Morrill Science Center II

The NSB Graduate Program will hold a colloquium titled Dopamine modulation of synaptic plasticity - Balance between co-released neurotransmitters.  Jun Ding of the Departments of Neurosurgery and Neurology & Neurological Sciences, Stanford School of Medicine will give the talk.

The colloquium is hosted by Genglin Li and takes place in 222 Morrill Science Center II from 4:00-5:00pm.

Refreshments will be served from 3:45-4:00pm.

All are welcome.

Social Brown Bag | Jennifer Tomlinson PhD

Wednesday, November 30, 2016 12:00pm

Location: 

Tobin 423

Jennifer Tomlinson PhD, Assistant Professor of Psychology at Colgate University, will present a talk entitled Helping each other grow: Individual and relationship benefits of self-expansion across the lifespan.

Dr. Tomlinson conducts research on the ways in which relationship partners can encourage one another to seek out opportunities for personal growth and how this benefits relationships and health.

Tay Gavin Erickson Lecture Series | Suzanne Fenton PhD

Tuesday, November 29, 2016 1:00pm

Location: 

Room 160E, Commonwealth Honors College, UMass Amherst

Please join The Center for Research on Families as Suzanne Fenton PhD, a Group Leader in Reproductive Endocrinology in the National Toxicology Program, part of the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences of the National Institutes of Health,  presents a talk titled Early-Life Chemical Exposures and Female Puberty-Related Outcomes in Animal Models

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