Did you know you can get course credit for doing hands on work in a local agency? These learn by working experiences are called Internships, and doing one while still in school is one of the best investments you can make to increase your employability after graduation and your chances of landing a spot in a graduate training program.
November is the best month to line up Spring semester Internships. For more information about what Internships are like and how to get one, come to this workshop. Prof. MacDonald will be leading the session.
Come learn more about a new faculty-led study abroad program in Ireland. The course includes a spring 2017 weekly 1 hour seminar followed by two weeks in Ireland from June 10-24, 2017. This course will introduce students to cross-cultural views on disability and the public policies and systems of support that affect the quality of life for people with disabilities worldwide.
Participants will attend a conference on human rights for people with disabilities in Galway (first week) then learn about the Irish context through site visits in Dublin (second week).
The NSB Graduate Program will hold a colloquium titled Can computer-based cognitive training improve real world functioning? Joseph DeGutis of the Boston VA and Harvard Medical School will give the talk.
The colloquium is hosted by Bekki Spencer and takes place in 222 Morrill Science Center II from 4:00-5:00pm.
Kevin Potter PhD, Post-Doc in the Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences at UMass-Amherst, will present a talk titled Testing a Perceptual Fluency/Disfluency Model of Priming with a Model of Response Time and Choice.
Peter Wainwright PhD, candidate for the CNS Dean position and Interim Dean of the College of Biological Sciences at UC Davis and past Chair of the Department of Evolution and Ecology at UC Davis, will hold a public presentation.
Meeting the diverse needs of students can be challenging, but UMass has a variety of resources designed to help support our students and promote success. Please join us as we welcome a panel of speakers ready to share their expertise. The speakers will present information about the variety of services offered and they will answer your questions. Working together we can enhance our students’ experiences and strengthen our UMass community.
The NSB Graduate Program will hold a colloquium titled Neurosteroid estrogens and seizures. Catherine Woolley of the Deptartment of Neurobiology, Northwestern University will give the talk.
The colloquium is hosted by Dan Vahaba and takes place in 222 Morrill Science Center II from 4:00-5:00pm.
