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Sunday, September 20, 2015
« 9/18 - 11/15 »	Counterpoints: Colors, Layers, Lines Location: Star Store, New Bedford , Purchase Street, New Bedford Cost: Free admission Contact: University Art Gallery Description: The Exhibition "Counterpoints: Colors, Layers, Lines" at UMass Dartmouth University Art Gallery in New Bedford presents three very different, yet highly compatible women artists. While each of them uses strong, intense colors and the layering of various elements and lines, each artist's work is best described by one of the three words in the exhibition title. However, the almost psychedelic interpretation of colors in Friese's landscapes, the inclusion of photography or other unusual materials in Mandle's critical narratives and the underlying geometry and references to female imagery in Thorton's flowers all share an affinity towards abstraction while inspiring visitors to look closer to discover their inner logic. Link: https://www.facebook.com/UMassDartmouthGalleries Topical Areas: Faculty, General Public, Staff and Administrators, Students, Students, Graduate, Students, Undergraduate, University Community, Art Education, Art History, Artisanry, College of Visual and Performing Arts, Fine Arts, Music, Visual Design, Concerts, Exhibits, Films, Literature, Poetry, Theater, Visual Arts
7:00 PM - 8:00 PM	Catholic Mass Location: MacLean Campus Center, Blue & Gold Welcome Center Cost: 0 Contact: Catholic Campus Ministry Description: Catholic Mass is celebrated on campus at 7:00 pm on Sundays in the Blue and Gold Welcome Center. Link: www.umassdcatholics.com Topical Areas: Faculty, General Public, Staff and Administrators, Students, Students, Graduate, Students, Law, Students, Undergraduate, University Community, Religious & Spiritual, Center for Religious and Spiritual Life
« 9/10 - 11/12 »	Formidable: Site Specific Installation by Kat Knutsen Location: Star Store, New Bedford , Purchase Street, New Bedford Cost: Free admission. Contact: University Art Gallery Description: College of Visual & Performing Arts (CVPA) presents a new site-specific installation by recent MFA graduate Kat Knutsen, entitled "Formidable" through November 12, 2015. After receiving her MFA in painting at UMass Dartmouth in 2014, Kat Knutsen (born 1984) began an artist residency at CVPA's Star Store Campus focusing on combining fiber arts and painting in her animations. Her work has since evolved towards installations that combine fiber art, painting, sculpture and music. As she says, "I keep an open mind with the materials I work with and explore the relationships between them. At the moment, my work is a conversation between the two-dimensional, three-dimensional and sound. 'Formidable' is a culmination of my experiences since I arrived in New Bedford in 2012. For me, the object of the jellyfish symbolizes the need to quickly adapt in the changing art world. The challenge of creating a dialogue between the textile objects, painting and music in this site-specific installation parallels my journey in building a career as a young artist today." Link: https://www.facebook.com/UMassDartmouthGalleries Topical Areas: General Public, University Community, College of Visual and Performing Arts, Fine Arts, Exhibits, Visual Arts
« 9/1 - 9/30 »	Farmers and Fishers: Portraits, Words, and Tools Location: > See description for location Cost: Free Contact: > See Description for contact information Description: Farmers and Fishers Curated by Joseph E. Ingoldsby Farming and fishing have evolved with the centuries on the South Coast following a tradition of sustainability.The exhibition highlights the innovations and economics from the 18th century to the 21st century. Dartmouth Town Hall - Third Floor Gallery and Dioramas 400 Slocum Road Dartmouth, MA Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wVx6DTVDHlE Topical Areas: University Community, WUMD
« 9/10 - 10/7 »	Signups for Men's Club Volleyball Team Location: Science and Engineering Building , 285 Old Westport Road, Dartmouth, MA Contact: > See Description for contact information Description: We are going to start up a men's Club Volleyball Team. Looking for men who have high school volleyball experience to play against other college club teams. Contact Scott McGarty at smcgarty@umassd.edu . Would like to get players ASAP so we can get the forms in to start the team. Topical Areas: Faculty, General Public, Staff and Administrators, Students, Students, Graduate, Students, Law, Students, Undergraduate, University Community
Monday, September 21, 2015
« 9/18 - 11/15 »	Counterpoints: Colors, Layers, Lines Location: Star Store, New Bedford , Purchase Street, New Bedford Cost: Free admission Contact: University Art Gallery Description: The Exhibition "Counterpoints: Colors, Layers, Lines" at UMass Dartmouth University Art Gallery in New Bedford presents three very different, yet highly compatible women artists. While each of them uses strong, intense colors and the layering of various elements and lines, each artist's work is best described by one of the three words in the exhibition title. However, the almost psychedelic interpretation of colors in Friese's landscapes, the inclusion of photography or other unusual materials in Mandle's critical narratives and the underlying geometry and references to female imagery in Thorton's flowers all share an affinity towards abstraction while inspiring visitors to look closer to discover their inner logic. Link: https://www.facebook.com/UMassDartmouthGalleries Topical Areas: Faculty, General Public, Staff and Administrators, Students, Students, Graduate, Students, Undergraduate, University Community, Art Education, Art History, Artisanry, College of Visual and Performing Arts, Fine Arts, Music, Visual Design, Concerts, Exhibits, Films, Literature, Poetry, Theater, Visual Arts
« 9/10 - 11/12 »	Formidable: Site Specific Installation by Kat Knutsen Location: Star Store, New Bedford , Purchase Street, New Bedford Cost: Free admission. Contact: University Art Gallery Description: College of Visual & Performing Arts (CVPA) presents a new site-specific installation by recent MFA graduate Kat Knutsen, entitled "Formidable" through November 12, 2015. After receiving her MFA in painting at UMass Dartmouth in 2014, Kat Knutsen (born 1984) began an artist residency at CVPA's Star Store Campus focusing on combining fiber arts and painting in her animations. Her work has since evolved towards installations that combine fiber art, painting, sculpture and music. As she says, "I keep an open mind with the materials I work with and explore the relationships between them. At the moment, my work is a conversation between the two-dimensional, three-dimensional and sound. 'Formidable' is a culmination of my experiences since I arrived in New Bedford in 2012. For me, the object of the jellyfish symbolizes the need to quickly adapt in the changing art world. The challenge of creating a dialogue between the textile objects, painting and music in this site-specific installation parallels my journey in building a career as a young artist today." Link: https://www.facebook.com/UMassDartmouthGalleries Topical Areas: General Public, University Community, College of Visual and Performing Arts, Fine Arts, Exhibits, Visual Arts
9:30 AM - 10:30 AM	Want to Quit Butts? Free, One-Hour Quit Smoking Session Location: Health Services Modular Building , 285 Old Westport Road, Dartmouth, MA Cost: Free! Pre-registration required. Contact: > See Description for contact information Description: Come to a free, one-hour session to learn simple quit smoking strategies and available resources. Sessions are open to all UMass Dartmouth students, staff, faculty + administrators. Anne Duggan, MSN, a certified smoking cessation counselor, will facilitate each session. Pre-registration is required by noon on the Friday preceding the session. Contact Sheila Dorgan, Director of Student Health Services, with any questions at sdorgan@umassd.edu. Link: http://www.umassd.edu/livewell/breathefreeumassd/ Topical Areas: Faculty, Staff and Administrators, Students, Students, Graduate, Students, Law, Students, Undergraduate, University Community, Health Services, Livewell
7:00 PM - 8:30 PM	IEEE Oceanic Engineering Seminar at UMass Dartmouth Speaker: Dr. Jules Jaffe Location: Claire T. Carney Library , 285 Old Westport Road, Dartmouth, MA Cost: free Contact: ECE: Electrical & Computer Engineering Department Description: PROVIDENCE CHAPTER OF THE IEEE OCEANIC ENGINEERING SOCIETY AND UMASS DARTMOUTH STUDENT IEEE CHAPTER Jointly Sponsored Seminar Topic: From Swarms of Miniature Vehicles to Diver Deployed Microscopes and Low Light Level Radiometers: A Next Generation of Ocean Sensing Systems to Help Monitor the Planet Under Man-Made Stress Speaker: Dr. Jules Jaffe, Research Oceanographer, Marine Physical Lab, Scripps Institute of Oceanography, University of California San Diego, IEEE Oceanic Engineering Society Distinguished Lecturer Location: Library LIB-207 Lecture Hall Abstract: Dr. Jaffe will describe a variety of engineering accomplishments that his lab has achieved over the last several decades. In all cases, design, construction, deployment, and analysis has been the model. Looking at just the last five years, his group has built the first hand held, diver deployed microscope that has yielded some fascinating videos of in situ coral wars, the development and first quantitative measurements of deep sea light, and the deployment of a swarm of miniature vehicles for mapping both space and time over sub kilometer scales. These, and other projects will be described as well as environmental challenges for the next generation of ocean-minded engineers that loom as ecosystems under man-made stress need to be monitored for custodianship of the planet. Biography: Dr. Jules S. Jaffe is a Research Oceanographer in the Marine Physical Lab at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UCSD, in La Jolla, CA where he has been since 1988. Prior to this he was an Assistant ('84') and Associate ('88') Scientist at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. Dr. Jaffe holds an undergraduate degree from SUNY Buffalo in physics, a Masters Degree in Biomedical Information Science from The Georgia Institute of Technology, and a Ph.D. from UC Berkeley in Biophysics. After graduating from Cal, Dr. Jaffe spent several years in Silicon Valley as an Image Processing Consultant. Dr. Jaffe's research program is mainly concerned with developing underwater instruments in order to infer the biological and physical properties of the upper ocean. Dr. Jaffe is a recipient of a National Science Foundation Creativity Award (1992), is a Fellow of the Acoustical Society of America (2002), was an H. Burr Steinbach Visiting Scholar at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (2003) and a Visiting Miller Professor at UC Berkeley (2006). He is currently an Associate Editor for both the IEEE Journal of Ocean Engineering and Limnology and Oceanography Methods. He has published over 100 articles in journals, book chapters, and conference proceedings. His web site is http://jaffweb.ucsd.edu. The Seminar is open to the public free of charge. *For further information, please contact Dr. John Buck at 508.999.9237, or by via email at jbuck@umassd.edu. Topical Areas: General Public, University Community, College of Engineering, Electrical and Computer Engineering
11:00 AM - 3:00 PM	Jostens Class Rings on Campus Location: MacLean Campus Center , 285 Old Westport Road, Dartmouth, MA Contact: Campus Store Description: A representative from Jostens Class Rings will be on campus to answer any questions about class rings and to take your order. Topical Areas: Students, Students, Graduate, Students, Law, Students, Undergraduate
11:00 AM - 3:00 PM	Class Rings Location: MacLean Campus Center , 285 Old Westport Road, Dartmouth, MA Contact: Campus Store Description: A representative from Jostens will be on campus in the MacLean Campus Center to answer questions and take orders for class rings. Topical Areas: Faculty, Students, Students, Graduate, Students, Law, Students, Undergraduate, University Community
« 9/1 - 9/30 »	Farmers and Fishers: Portraits, Words, and Tools Location: > See description for location Cost: Free Contact: > See Description for contact information Description: Farmers and Fishers Curated by Joseph E. Ingoldsby Farming and fishing have evolved with the centuries on the South Coast following a tradition of sustainability.The exhibition highlights the innovations and economics from the 18th century to the 21st century. Dartmouth Town Hall - Third Floor Gallery and Dioramas 400 Slocum Road Dartmouth, MA Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wVx6DTVDHlE Topical Areas: University Community, WUMD
« 9/10 - 10/7 »	Signups for Men's Club Volleyball Team Location: Science and Engineering Building , 285 Old Westport Road, Dartmouth, MA Contact: > See Description for contact information Description: We are going to start up a men's Club Volleyball Team. Looking for men who have high school volleyball experience to play against other college club teams. Contact Scott McGarty at smcgarty@umassd.edu . Would like to get players ASAP so we can get the forms in to start the team. Topical Areas: Faculty, General Public, Staff and Administrators, Students, Students, Graduate, Students, Law, Students, Undergraduate, University Community
Tuesday, September 22, 2015
« 9/18 - 11/15 »	Counterpoints: Colors, Layers, Lines Location: Star Store, New Bedford , Purchase Street, New Bedford Cost: Free admission Contact: University Art Gallery Description: The Exhibition "Counterpoints: Colors, Layers, Lines" at UMass Dartmouth University Art Gallery in New Bedford presents three very different, yet highly compatible women artists. While each of them uses strong, intense colors and the layering of various elements and lines, each artist's work is best described by one of the three words in the exhibition title. However, the almost psychedelic interpretation of colors in Friese's landscapes, the inclusion of photography or other unusual materials in Mandle's critical narratives and the underlying geometry and references to female imagery in Thorton's flowers all share an affinity towards abstraction while inspiring visitors to look closer to discover their inner logic. Link: https://www.facebook.com/UMassDartmouthGalleries Topical Areas: Faculty, General Public, Staff and Administrators, Students, Students, Graduate, Students, Undergraduate, University Community, Art Education, Art History, Artisanry, College of Visual and Performing Arts, Fine Arts, Music, Visual Design, Concerts, Exhibits, Films, Literature, Poetry, Theater, Visual Arts
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM	Internship Info Session Location: MacLean Campus Center, Blue & Gold Welcome Center Contact: Career Development Center Description: Want to do an internship? for credit? not for credit? paid? unpaid? Come to this session to learn how to get started. Preregister on CareerLink via the UMD portal or call the Career Development Center for more information at 508.999.8658 Topical Areas: Faculty, Students, Students, Graduate, Students, Law, Students, Undergraduate, Career Development Center
9:30 AM - 11:30 AM	ECE ORAL COMPREHENSIVE EXAM FOR DOCTORAL CANDIDACY by: Mohammad Hassan Ahmad Location: Science & Engineering Building, Lester W. Cory Conference Room: Room 213A Cost: Free Contact: ECE: Electrical & Computer Engineering Department Description: TOPIC: Fast Multipole Method for Analyzing Electromagnetic Scattering from Large Objects LOCATION: Lester W. Cory Conference Room, SENG-213A ABSTRACT: Recent advances in computational electromagnetics has provided the means to simulate scattering from large objects and radiation from complex antenna structures. These advances offer the potential to solve extremely complex scattering and radiation problems in electromagnetics. As result of this, there is a need for efficient and versatile numerical techniques and algorithms to perform large-scale computations. In electromagnetic scattering, many problems can be solved by using boundary-integral methods. For the past several decades, the method of moments (MoM) has been a very popular numerical technique used to solve these integral equations. Unfortunately, due to the large computer storage requirement of this method, only small to medium sized problems can be solved. This is because when the relevant integral equation is discretized using the MoM, it results in a system of dense linear equations. Solving such dense linear equations requires matrix inversions and quickly becomes prohibitively demanding as the size increases. In the past few decades fast iterative methods have been developed for expediting the solution of these linear equations. Different techniques such as the Fast Multipole Method (FMM) have been developed to expedite each iteration step. The efficiency is improved because only a few terms of the multipole expansion are needed to achieve the necessary level of accuracy. Another method used to solve electromagnetic scattering problems is the spatial frequency domain method (SFD). The basic strategy of the SFD method is to take advantage of the convolution structure of the integral equation and to use the FFT to save memory and reduce the number of arithmetic operations. SFD is also able to handle spatial derivatives by using algebraic multiplication. The mathematical structure of the SFD method also lends itself well to FMM-type implementation. The objective of this dissertation research is to investigate the development of a technique which merges the spatial frequency technique with the fast multipole method, so as to provide significant improvements in computational speed, storage and complexity. The new algorithms will be applied to one-dimensional and two-dimensional canonical scattering and radiation problems. The new algorithms will be compared with existing techniques for speed and storage requirements. The ultimate goal of this project is to apply the new technique to rough surface scattering for determining fully polarmetric scattering signatures. These signatures will help retrieve important geophysical information from remotely sensed radar measurements. NOTE: All ECE Graduate Students are ENCOURAGED to attend. All interested parties are invited to attend. Open to the public. Advisor: Dr. Dayalan Kasilingam Committee Members: Dr. Antonio H. Costa and Dr. Paul Gendron, Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering; Dr. Alfa Heryudono, Department of Mathematics; and Dr. Branislav Notaros, Electrical & Computer Engineering Department, Colorado State University *For further information, please contact Dr. Dayalan Kasilingam at 508.999.8534, or by via email at dkasilingam@umassd.edu. Topical Areas: General Public, University Community, Electrical and Computer Engineering
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM	Getting Started in myCourses Location: Claire T. Carney Library, Room 225 , 285 Old Westport Road, Dartmouth, MA Contact: CITS Instructional Development Description: This face-to-face workshop provides a hands-on introduction to the teaching and learning features of (myCourses) Blackboard Learn. You will learn about the roles an instructor plays in the online environment and identify key attributes for success. From there, you will learn how to set up the Course Menu, your students' access point to tools and content, and how to create Content Areas that contain materials, tools, and resources. You will have the opportunity to add a course structure to your development course, allowing you to learn about Blackboard Learn tools and features as you experience them in the course environment. You will become familiar with some common start-up tasks, such as creating announcements, adding a syllabus, adding calendar entries, and setting up assignments Finally, you will view the course as a student to become familiar with how the course environment appears to your own students. As a student, you will learn how to access and navigate through tools and content. Topical Areas: Training, Workshop, topic: Faculty Development, audience: Faculty, audience: Staff
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM	Peoplesoft Travel and Expense Module Location: Charlton College of Business, Room 115, , 285 Old Westport Road, Dartmouth, MA Contact: Kirk Hellmuth Description: In this workshop, using the Peoplesoft system, participants will learn the following: - Campus policy on travel and business expense - How to complete and process a travel authorization - How to complete a business expense report Location: CCB-115 Topical Areas: Training, Workshop, audience: Faculty, audience: Staff, topic: Finance
« 9/10 - 11/12 »	Formidable: Site Specific Installation by Kat Knutsen Location: Star Store, New Bedford , Purchase Street, New Bedford Cost: Free admission. Contact: University Art Gallery Description: College of Visual & Performing Arts (CVPA) presents a new site-specific installation by recent MFA graduate Kat Knutsen, entitled "Formidable" through November 12, 2015. After receiving her MFA in painting at UMass Dartmouth in 2014, Kat Knutsen (born 1984) began an artist residency at CVPA's Star Store Campus focusing on combining fiber arts and painting in her animations. Her work has since evolved towards installations that combine fiber art, painting, sculpture and music. As she says, "I keep an open mind with the materials I work with and explore the relationships between them. At the moment, my work is a conversation between the two-dimensional, three-dimensional and sound. 'Formidable' is a culmination of my experiences since I arrived in New Bedford in 2012. For me, the object of the jellyfish symbolizes the need to quickly adapt in the changing art world. The challenge of creating a dialogue between the textile objects, painting and music in this site-specific installation parallels my journey in building a career as a young artist today." Link: https://www.facebook.com/UMassDartmouthGalleries Topical Areas: General Public, University Community, College of Visual and Performing Arts, Fine Arts, Exhibits, Visual Arts
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM	Catholic Mass Location: > See description for location Cost: 0 Contact: > See Description for contact information Description: Mass is celebrated at the UMass Law School on Tuesdays at 12:00 noon in Room 116. Deacon Frank Lucca Ext 8872 Link: www.umassdcatholics.com Topical Areas: Faculty, Staff and Administrators, Students, Students, Graduate, Students, Law, Religious & Spiritual, Center for Religious and Spiritual Life
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM	Introduction to LimeSurvey Location: Claire T. Carney Library, Room 226 , 285 Old Westport Road, Dartmouth, MA Cost: Free! Contact: > See Description for contact information Description: UMass Dartmouth has selected LimeSurvey as our Internet survey tool. All Faculty and Staff have access to create and publish their own surveys. This workshop covers the authoring and administration of surveys, as well as data collection. Question types are covered in detail, and survey logic is also included. No previous survey experience is necessary. NOTE: Undergraduate students must have permission from a Faculty or Staff Advisor to use LimeSurvey. Contact Rich Legault for more information at 508-999-8799, or email RLegault@umassd.edu. Seating is limited, so please register today! Topical Areas: Training, Workshop, audience: Everyone, audience: Faculty, audience: Staff, audience: Students
11:00 AM - 3:00 PM	Class Rings Location: MacLean Campus Center , 285 Old Westport Road, Dartmouth, MA Contact: Campus Store Description: A representative from Jostens will be on campus at the MacLean Campus Center to answer questions and take orders for class rings Topical Areas: Faculty, Students, Students, Graduate, Students, Law, Students, Undergraduate, University Community
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM	Mentoring Research Students in Science and Engineering Location: OFD Lounge, Library 220 Contact: Office of Faculty Development Description: Feeling overwhelmed by supervising research students for the first time? Are you frustrated that the advising strategies that your advisor used are not effective here at UMass Dartmouth? Would you like to learn about new strategies for mentoring your graduate research assistants? The Office of Faculty Development is running a discussion for early career science and engineering faculty starting out as research mentors. The discussion group will be led by John Buck (ECE) and Tracie Ferreira (BNG). The group will meet on the second Friday and fourth Tuesday of each month to discuss readings on research mentoring strategies and to share experiences and challenges. Lunch will be provided. Contact Prof. John Buck (jbuck@umassd.edu, x9237) with questions or to sign up. Topical Areas: Training, Workshop, audience: Faculty, topic: Faculty Development
11:00 AM - 3:00 PM	Jostens Class Rings on Campus Location: MacLean Campus Center , 285 Old Westport Road, Dartmouth, MA Contact: Campus Store Description: A representative from Jostens Class Rings will be on campus to answer any questions about class rings and to take your order. Topical Areas: Students, Students, Graduate, Students, Undergraduate, University Community, Students, Law
« 9/1 - 9/30 »	Farmers and Fishers: Portraits, Words, and Tools Location: > See description for location Cost: Free Contact: > See Description for contact information Description: Farmers and Fishers Curated by Joseph E. Ingoldsby Farming and fishing have evolved with the centuries on the South Coast following a tradition of sustainability.The exhibition highlights the innovations and economics from the 18th century to the 21st century. Dartmouth Town Hall - Third Floor Gallery and Dioramas 400 Slocum Road Dartmouth, MA Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wVx6DTVDHlE Topical Areas: University Community, WUMD
« 9/10 - 10/7 »	Signups for Men's Club Volleyball Team Location: Science and Engineering Building , 285 Old Westport Road, Dartmouth, MA Contact: > See Description for contact information Description: We are going to start up a men's Club Volleyball Team. Looking for men who have high school volleyball experience to play against other college club teams. Contact Scott McGarty at smcgarty@umassd.edu . Would like to get players ASAP so we can get the forms in to start the team. Topical Areas: Faculty, General Public, Staff and Administrators, Students, Students, Graduate, Students, Law, Students, Undergraduate, University Community
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM	Marijuana Update 2015 (Webinar) Location: MacLean Campus Center, Conference Room, Room 201 , UMass Dartmouth, 285 Old Westport Road, Dartmouth, MA 02747 Cost: Free! Pre-registration required. Contact: LiveWell: Office of Health Education, Promotion, & Wellness Description: Data support the notion that marijuana is less dangerous than alcohol or other drugs, but that does not mean that its use is entirely benign. Given the national trend towards medicalization and commercialization, it is important to have current information about marijuana, including its biology, pharmacology, effects on brain development, and physical and mental health risks, in addition to issues related to synthetic marijuana. Mechanisms for decreasing marijuana abuse among college students will also be addressed. Presenter: Donald Misch, MD University of Colorado Boulder This webinar is being conducted by the American College Health Association's Clinical Medicine Section. Link: https://webapps.umassd.edu/events/healtheducation/ Topical Areas: Faculty, Staff and Administrators, Students, Students, Graduate, Students, Law, Students, Undergraduate, University Community, Health Services, Livewell
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM	Internship Info Session Location: MacLean Campus Center, Blue & Gold Welcome Center Contact: Career Development Center Description: Want to do an internship? for credit? not for credit? paid? unpaid? Come to this session to learn how to get started. Preregister on CareerLink via the UMD portal or call the Career Development Center for more information at 508.999.8658 Topical Areas: Faculty, Students, Students, Graduate, Students, Law, Students, Undergraduate, Career Development Center
Wednesday, September 23, 2015
« 9/18 - 11/15 »	Counterpoints: Colors, Layers, Lines Location: Star Store, New Bedford , Purchase Street, New Bedford Cost: Free admission Contact: University Art Gallery Description: The Exhibition "Counterpoints: Colors, Layers, Lines" at UMass Dartmouth University Art Gallery in New Bedford presents three very different, yet highly compatible women artists. While each of them uses strong, intense colors and the layering of various elements and lines, each artist's work is best described by one of the three words in the exhibition title. However, the almost psychedelic interpretation of colors in Friese's landscapes, the inclusion of photography or other unusual materials in Mandle's critical narratives and the underlying geometry and references to female imagery in Thorton's flowers all share an affinity towards abstraction while inspiring visitors to look closer to discover their inner logic. Link: https://www.facebook.com/UMassDartmouthGalleries Topical Areas: Faculty, General Public, Staff and Administrators, Students, Students, Graduate, Students, Undergraduate, University Community, Art Education, Art History, Artisanry, College of Visual and Performing Arts, Fine Arts, Music, Visual Design, Concerts, Exhibits, Films, Literature, Poetry, Theater, Visual Arts
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM	DEOS Weekly Seminar Location: > See description for location Contact: > See Description for contact information Description: The School for Marine Science and Technology Department of Estuarine and Ocean Sciences Seminar Announcement "Soft" (non-infrastructure) solutions to mitigating nitrogen enrichment of shallow estuaries, Massachusetts Estuaries Project Phase II Prof. Brian Howes Department of Estuarine and Ocean Sciences School for Marine Science and Technology UMass Dartmouth Wednesday, September 23, 2015 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm SMAST I, Room 204 706 S. Rodney French Blvd New Bedford, MA Note: Seminar will be simulcast to SMAST II, Room 325. You can view the seminar live by logging into https://echsystem.umassd.edu:8443/ess/portal/section/9f732442-8871-46c1-a9c1-d11db930bb39 and clicking on 'live event' in the top banner on the website. Please note: the earliest you will be able to log in is 15 minutes before the regularly scheduled time. To view a video of an SMAST seminar (post-October 1st), go to http://www.umassd.edu/smast/newsandevents/seminarseries/ and click on a highlighted title. For additional information, please contact Sue Silva at s1silva@umassd.edu Topical Areas: University Community
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM	SMAST - DFO Seminar- September 23 Location: Fairhaven Campus Contact: > See Description for contact information Description: Department of Fisheries Oceanography Responses of diadromous fishes to passage improvements in the Mill River, Taunton, Massachusetts Michael Bednarski Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries Wednesday, September 23, 2015 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm SMAST II, Room 157 200 Mill Road, Fairhaven, MA Link: https://echosystem.umassd.edu:8443/ess/portal/section/0e18d475-8b5f-4e6f-8903-eaed1a6045b3 Topical Areas: University Community
12:15 PM - 1:00 PM	Faculty/Staff Mindfulness Meditation Location: MacLean Campus Center, Reflection Room, Room 233 , 285 Old Westport Road, Dartmouth, MA Contact: > See Description for contact information Description: Weekly meeting for faculty and staff to practice mindfulness meditation. Contact: Aminda O'Hare 508.999.8761 aohare@umassd.edu Topical Areas: Faculty, Staff and Administrators, Psychology, College of Arts and Sciences
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM	Department of Estuarine and Ocean Sciences Seminar Location: > See description for location Contact: > See Description for contact information Description: The School for Marine Science and Technology Department of Estuarine and Ocean Sciences Seminar Announcement "Ocean Variability from the Surface to the Abyss" Dr. Baylor Fox-Kemper Assistant Professor Earth, Environmental & Planetary Sciences Brown University Wednesday, September 30, 2015 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm SMAST I, Room 204 706 S. Rodney French Blvd., New Bedford, MA Abstract: The ocean is the primary reservoir of thermal energy in the earth system. As greenhouse gasses affect the planetary energy balance, key ways to track and predict energy variability are ocean observations and modeling. However, to go beyond rough trend estimates, there are major challenges in observation, understanding, modeling, and prediction to be overcome. This talk will describe and quantify some of the challenges, processes, and observational analyses involved. Note: Seminar will be simulcast to SMAST II, Room 325. You can view the seminar live by logging into https://echosystem.umassd.edu:8443/ess/portal/section/9f732442-8871-46c1-a9c1-d11db930bb39 and clicking on 'live event' in the top banner on the website. Please note: the earliest you will be able to log in is 15 minutes before the regularly scheduled time. To view a video of an SMAST seminar (post-October 1st), go to http://www.umassd.edu/smast/newsandevents/seminarseries/ and click on a highlighted title. for additional information, please contact Sue Silva at s1silva@umassd.edu. Topical Areas: University Community, SMAST Seminar Series, School for Marine Sciences and Technology
10:00 AM - 4:00 PM	HIV Testing - Free + Confidential Location: Center for Women, Gender & Sexuality Cost: Free! Contact: LiveWell: Office of Health Education, Promotion, & Wellness Description: Improved HIV testing technology can detect new infections within two weeks of an exposure. This test requires a blood draw, which is performed by trained counselors from our partner, Seven Hills. You receive your results in about a week. The same blood sample can also be tested for Hepatitis C and syphilis. Testing is first-come, first-served. No appointments. Link: http://www.umassd.edu/livewell/whatwedo/hivtesting/ Topical Areas: Faculty, Staff and Administrators, Students, Students, Graduate, Students, Law, Students, Undergraduate, University Community, Health Services, Center for Women, Gender, and Sexuality, Livewell
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM	BuyWays Requisitioner Training Location: Charlton College of Business, Room 115, , 285 Old Westport Road, Dartmouth, MA Contact: Kirk Hellmuth Description: BuyWays Requisitioner Training Learn how to create Purchase Orders. Available purchasing resources. UMass Dartmouth policies and procedures. How to monitor you Purchase Order. Lookup payments, receipts, workflow approval steps. How to add a new vendor to system Topical Areas: Training, Workshop, audience: Faculty, audience: Staff
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM	Introduction to InDesign, Part 1 Location: Claire T. Carney Library, Room 226 , 285 Old Westport Road, Dartmouth, MA Cost: Free! Contact: > See Description for contact information Description: InDesign is a sophisticated page layout and graphic design tool geared toward print publication. The first workshop in the three part series covers the basics of Adobe InDesign, and is intended for users with little or no InDesign experience. Topics covered include working with the toolbox, palettes and document window, as well as setting up pages, guides and grids. Contact Rich Legault for more information at 508-999-8799, or email RLegault@umassd.edu. Seating is limited, so please register today! Topical Areas: Training, Workshop, audience: Everyone, audience: Faculty, audience: Staff, audience: Students
« 9/10 - 11/12 »	Formidable: Site Specific Installation by Kat Knutsen Location: Star Store, New Bedford , Purchase Street, New Bedford Cost: Free admission. Contact: University Art Gallery Description: College of Visual & Performing Arts (CVPA) presents a new site-specific installation by recent MFA graduate Kat Knutsen, entitled "Formidable" through November 12, 2015. After receiving her MFA in painting at UMass Dartmouth in 2014, Kat Knutsen (born 1984) began an artist residency at CVPA's Star Store Campus focusing on combining fiber arts and painting in her animations. Her work has since evolved towards installations that combine fiber art, painting, sculpture and music. As she says, "I keep an open mind with the materials I work with and explore the relationships between them. At the moment, my work is a conversation between the two-dimensional, three-dimensional and sound. 'Formidable' is a culmination of my experiences since I arrived in New Bedford in 2012. For me, the object of the jellyfish symbolizes the need to quickly adapt in the changing art world. The challenge of creating a dialogue between the textile objects, painting and music in this site-specific installation parallels my journey in building a career as a young artist today." Link: https://www.facebook.com/UMassDartmouthGalleries Topical Areas: General Public, University Community, College of Visual and Performing Arts, Fine Arts, Exhibits, Visual Arts
6:30 PM - 7:30 PM	Laboratory Safety Location: Violette Research Building , 285 Old Westport Road, Dartmouth, MA Contact: > See Description for contact information Description: This in-person course teaches you how to safely work in the laboratory with hazardous materials in accordance with OSHA Laboratory Safety Standard 1910.1450 "Occupational exposure to hazardous chemicals in laboratories". You will learn: - Federal Laboratory and Hazardous Communication Standards, - Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS), - Chemical Toxicology and Exposure, - Administrative Procedures for handling chemicals, - Engineering Controls, - Personal Protective Equipment, - Emergency Procedures and - Chemical Storage and Disposal. This is mandatory training for faculty, staff and students who will be handling or come into contact with chemicals in the laboratory. Location: Violet Building - Room #201 Questions: Contact Robert Casparius at extension 8176. Topical Areas: Training, Workshop, audience: Faculty, audience: Staff, audience: Students, topic: Faculty Development
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM	Chemistry & Biochemistry Department Seminar - Dr. Akbar Ali - UMass Medical School Location: Claire T. Carney Library, Room 206 Cost: free Contact: Chemistry & Biochemistry Department Description: TITLE: Elucidating the Molecular Mechanisms of Drug Resistance to Develop Effective Hepatitis C Virus NS3/4A Protease Inhibitors Topical Areas: Faculty, Students, Students, Graduate, Students, Undergraduate, Biology, Chemistry and Biochemistry
« 9/1 - 9/30 »	Farmers and Fishers: Portraits, Words, and Tools Location: > See description for location Cost: Free Contact: > See Description for contact information Description: Farmers and Fishers Curated by Joseph E. Ingoldsby Farming and fishing have evolved with the centuries on the South Coast following a tradition of sustainability.The exhibition highlights the innovations and economics from the 18th century to the 21st century. Dartmouth Town Hall - Third Floor Gallery and Dioramas 400 Slocum Road Dartmouth, MA Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wVx6DTVDHlE Topical Areas: University Community, WUMD
« 9/10 - 10/7 »	Signups for Men's Club Volleyball Team Location: Science and Engineering Building , 285 Old Westport Road, Dartmouth, MA Contact: > See Description for contact information Description: We are going to start up a men's Club Volleyball Team. Looking for men who have high school volleyball experience to play against other college club teams. Contact Scott McGarty at smcgarty@umassd.edu . Would like to get players ASAP so we can get the forms in to start the team. Topical Areas: Faculty, General Public, Staff and Administrators, Students, Students, Graduate, Students, Law, Students, Undergraduate, University Community
11:00 AM - 1:00 PM	MetLife Representative on Campus Location: > See description for location Contact: > See Description for contact information Description: A MetLife representative will be located outside of the University Club Campus Center to discuss discounted auto and home insurance options. These plan payments are available through a direct payroll deduction for UMD employees. For more information, please contact Rafael Guimaraes at rguimaraes@metlife.com or 508-823-1234 Topical Areas: Faculty, Staff and Administrators, Human Resources
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM	interdisciplinary Research and Teaching Location: OFD Lounge, Library 220 Contact: Office of Faculty Development Description: Interdisciplinary Research and Teaching (Kerry Fater, College of Nursing and Cathy Smilan, Art Education and OFD) Join us for a continuation of the discussion on interdisciplinary research and teaching. Bring colleagues and ideas for collaborative research and co-teaching possibilities as we try to implement some of the concepts considered last spring. Let’s make some partnerships and begin the inquiry process. Lunch will be provided. If you wish to join, please register through the main event calendar. Topical Areas: Training, Workshop, audience: Faculty, topic: Faculty Development
Thursday, September 24, 2015
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM	Blackboard Collaborate Location: Claire T. Carney Library, Room 225 , 285 Old Westport Road, Dartmouth, MA Contact: CITS Instructional Development Description: This workshop will demonstrate Collaborate, a live conferencing tool that uses a virtual online classroom to meet live within a myCourses course site. Using Collaborate, faculty can interact virtually with students for lectures, guest presentations, share applications, and meetings. This technology integrates seamlessly into your myCourses site and simply requires speakers and microphone. Topical Areas: Training, Workshop, audience: Faculty, topic: Faculty Development, audience: Staff
« 9/18 - 11/15 »	Counterpoints: Colors, Layers, Lines Location: Star Store, New Bedford , Purchase Street, New Bedford Cost: Free admission Contact: University Art Gallery Description: The Exhibition "Counterpoints: Colors, Layers, Lines" at UMass Dartmouth University Art Gallery in New Bedford presents three very different, yet highly compatible women artists. While each of them uses strong, intense colors and the layering of various elements and lines, each artist's work is best described by one of the three words in the exhibition title. However, the almost psychedelic interpretation of colors in Friese's landscapes, the inclusion of photography or other unusual materials in Mandle's critical narratives and the underlying geometry and references to female imagery in Thorton's flowers all share an affinity towards abstraction while inspiring visitors to look closer to discover their inner logic. Link: https://www.facebook.com/UMassDartmouthGalleries Topical Areas: Faculty, General Public, Staff and Administrators, Students, Students, Graduate, Students, Undergraduate, University Community, Art Education, Art History, Artisanry, College of Visual and Performing Arts, Fine Arts, Music, Visual Design, Concerts, Exhibits, Films, Literature, Poetry, Theater, Visual Arts
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM	BuyWays Requisition Approver/Peoplesoft Travel Approver Location: Claire T. Carney Library, Room 314 Contact: Kirk Hellmuth Description: How does BuyWays work? What needs approval? Review BuyWays Approver Workflow process. Learn how to approve requisitions two ways; via email or within BuyWays. Also, a quick review of the Peoplesoft Travel and Expense Approver process. How to approve Travel Authorizations and Expense Reports. Topical Areas: Training, Workshop, audience: Faculty, audience: Staff
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM	BMEBT Seminar & Thesis Proposal Defense by Abdulrahman Kehail Location: Textiles Building 101E Contact: BMEBT Seminar Series Description: TOPIC:Production and degradation of microbial synthesized poly (hydroxybutyrate-co- hydroxyhexanoate) polymer: impact on mechanical stability and medical applications ABSCRACT: The copolymer poly(3-hydroxybutyrate-co-3-hydroxyhexanoate) [P(HB-co-HHx)], is produced by engineered Ralstonia eutropha strains using lipids and fatty acids as carbon feedstocks. The presence of the 3-hydroxyhexanoate (HHx) monomer disrupts the packing of polymer chains, resulting in less numerous polymer crystals and producing a polymer with favorable thermal and mechanical properties. In this study, copolymers varying in HHx content will be recovered from different R. eutropha strains. Tensile constitutive response of solvent-cast samples of PHB and P(HB-co-17mol%HHx), P(HB-co-23mol%HHx), and P(HB-co-30mol%HHx) will be investigated using a custom-built micro-tensile tester. Our preliminary results show that presence and quantity of HHx monomer has a noticeable impact on P(HB-co-HHx) mechanical properties, such as tensile strength, elongation at break, toughness and thermal properties. It was found that with higher content of HHx in the material, the more flexible and tougher the polymer is, and the greater the reduction of Tm and crystallinity. The challenges associated with using biodegradable, bio-based polymers in resorbable medical devices are; the monitoring of mechanical properties over the course of degradation, and correlation of mechanical properties with application, therefore, the degradation kinetics and crystallization dynamics of the P(HB-co-HHx) polymer in vivo (zebra fish) and in vitro will be investigated by applying tensile testing, indentation, and scanning electron microscopy. A biodegradable PHA-based anti-biofilm material will be designed by preparing the sheets via solvent-casting and electro-spinning, and immobilizing the antibiotic lysozyme on the membrane, then evaluate its properties against a gram-positive bacteria, such as Rhodococcus, Bacillus, and Clostridium. By this work, four copolymers will be prepared with different HHx content in order to test its mechanical and thermal properties to have a better understanding between the medical device material and the HHx content. Also, the correlation between the mechanical properties and in vivo and in vitro degradation will be found by implanting PHA in zebrafish and placing it on cell culture plates, and then perform mechanical testing. Moreover, PHA sheets will be prepared to act as an anti-biofilm and load them with antibiotics to prevent and/or cure biofilms that develops in a wounded area. Topical Areas: University Community, Biology, Bioengineering, College of Engineering
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM	Technology for Team-Based Learning Location: Liberal Arts Building 208 Contact: CITS Instructional Development Description: LARTS 208 has been designed to support teaching that is conducive to involving students, actively in their own learning. Participants will explore several active learning strategies and scenarios and utilize the technology in the room to engage students and promote active and collaborative learning. This workshop is limited to College of Arts & Science faculty. Topical Areas: Training, Workshop, audience: Faculty, topic: Faculty Development
« 9/10 - 11/12 »	Formidable: Site Specific Installation by Kat Knutsen Location: Star Store, New Bedford , Purchase Street, New Bedford Cost: Free admission. Contact: University Art Gallery Description: College of Visual & Performing Arts (CVPA) presents a new site-specific installation by recent MFA graduate Kat Knutsen, entitled "Formidable" through November 12, 2015. After receiving her MFA in painting at UMass Dartmouth in 2014, Kat Knutsen (born 1984) began an artist residency at CVPA's Star Store Campus focusing on combining fiber arts and painting in her animations. Her work has since evolved towards installations that combine fiber art, painting, sculpture and music. As she says, "I keep an open mind with the materials I work with and explore the relationships between them. At the moment, my work is a conversation between the two-dimensional, three-dimensional and sound. 'Formidable' is a culmination of my experiences since I arrived in New Bedford in 2012. For me, the object of the jellyfish symbolizes the need to quickly adapt in the changing art world. The challenge of creating a dialogue between the textile objects, painting and music in this site-specific installation parallels my journey in building a career as a young artist today." Link: https://www.facebook.com/UMassDartmouthGalleries Topical Areas: General Public, University Community, College of Visual and Performing Arts, Fine Arts, Exhibits, Visual Arts
« 9/1 - 9/30 »	Farmers and Fishers: Portraits, Words, and Tools Location: > See description for location Cost: Free Contact: > See Description for contact information Description: Farmers and Fishers Curated by Joseph E. Ingoldsby Farming and fishing have evolved with the centuries on the South Coast following a tradition of sustainability.The exhibition highlights the innovations and economics from the 18th century to the 21st century. Dartmouth Town Hall - Third Floor Gallery and Dioramas 400 Slocum Road Dartmouth, MA Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wVx6DTVDHlE Topical Areas: University Community, WUMD
« 9/10 - 10/7 »	Signups for Men's Club Volleyball Team Location: Science and Engineering Building , 285 Old Westport Road, Dartmouth, MA Contact: > See Description for contact information Description: We are going to start up a men's Club Volleyball Team. Looking for men who have high school volleyball experience to play against other college club teams. Contact Scott McGarty at smcgarty@umassd.edu . Would like to get players ASAP so we can get the forms in to start the team. Topical Areas: Faculty, General Public, Staff and Administrators, Students, Students, Graduate, Students, Law, Students, Undergraduate, University Community
10:00 AM - 10/22 »	HERE + elsewhere: Sabbatical Exhibition Location: CVPA: College of Visual and Performing Arts , 285 Old Westport Road, Dartmouth, MA Cost: Free admission Contact: University Art Gallery Description: The Sabbatical Exhibition, entitled "HERE + elsewhere" at the CVPA Campus Gallery presents four UMass Dartmouth faculty and the results of their investigations into their creative process in art and music from September 24 through October 22, 2015. The reception with Artist Talks and music will be on Thursday, October 1st from 4 to 6 pm. Thomas Spencer Ladd, Yoon Soo Lee, Bryan McFarlane & royal hartigan went in depth to explore their personal artistic inspirations 'here and elsewhere'. Thomas Spencer Ladd teaches photography and acts as a Chair of UMass Dartmouth Design Department. His sabbatical advanced his ongoing photographic documentation the people, agriculture and landscape of Ozogoche, Ecuador. Ozogoche is a remote high alpine community formed around a complex of lagoons within the Ecuadorian Andes province of Chimborazo. Yoon Soo Lee teaches graphic design. She presents a talk entitled, Gender and Race; A Story Telling Project. Yoon Soo Lee's sabbatical work was the study of this topic in the minds of children. In her talk, she will share her process of learning and the evolution of gender and race. Bryan McFarlane is a UMass Dartmouth professor of painting and drawing. His recent oil paintings are inspired by microbes in the exploration and expression of immensity and 'minuteness': as they constitute microscopic communities of the human body or cloud formations deeply influenced by his travels and work in China, and concurrently, close work with MIT Oceanographers and 'Design Team' of scientists, artists, composers/musicians and writers researching at EMMAS, BROAD Institute and TERC, funded through the National Science Foundation. A collaboration of disciplines of extremes, fundamental to our physical and spiritual lives, is a recurrent theme in McFarlane's metaphoric and artistic expression. royal hartigan teaches world music at UMass Dartmouth. His sabbatical as a Fulbright scholar included teaching at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology in Kumase, doing research on the music and dance of the Asante people, and work on a book on the musical expressions of Asante Adinkra visual designs. His research also included a tour with his blood drum spirit ensemble across Ghana in January 2015 to do a series of video recordings in 14 villages, focusing on the culture and spirituality of the people, to be edited for release as a DVD. Link: https://www.facebook.com/UMassDartmouthGalleries Topical Areas: Faculty, General Public, Staff and Administrators, Students, Students, Graduate, Students, Undergraduate, University Community, Art Education, Art History, Artisanry, College of Visual and Performing Arts, Visual Design, Concerts, Exhibits, Films, Literature, Poetry, Theater, Visual Arts, Fine Arts, Music
10:00 AM - 11:30 AM	Excel Pivot Tables Location: Claire T. Carney Library, Room 226 , 285 Old Westport Road, Dartmouth, MA Cost: Free! Contact: > See Description for contact information Description: This workshop provides a thorough exploration of the use of tables, pivot tables and pivot charts in Excel. Participants create pivot tables to summarize hundreds of rows of transactional data in just a few clicks, without complex formulas, or time-consuming grouping and reorganization. Previous Excel experience is required. Contact Rich Legault for more information at 508-999-8799, or email RLegault@umassd.edu. Seating is limited, so please register today! Topical Areas: Training, Workshop, audience: Everyone, audience: Faculty, audience: Staff, audience: Students
Friday, September 25, 2015
« 9/18 - 11/15 »	Counterpoints: Colors, Layers, Lines Location: Star Store, New Bedford , Purchase Street, New Bedford Cost: Free admission Contact: University Art Gallery Description: The Exhibition "Counterpoints: Colors, Layers, Lines" at UMass Dartmouth University Art Gallery in New Bedford presents three very different, yet highly compatible women artists. While each of them uses strong, intense colors and the layering of various elements and lines, each artist's work is best described by one of the three words in the exhibition title. However, the almost psychedelic interpretation of colors in Friese's landscapes, the inclusion of photography or other unusual materials in Mandle's critical narratives and the underlying geometry and references to female imagery in Thorton's flowers all share an affinity towards abstraction while inspiring visitors to look closer to discover their inner logic. Link: https://www.facebook.com/UMassDartmouthGalleries Topical Areas: Faculty, General Public, Staff and Administrators, Students, Students, Graduate, Students, Undergraduate, University Community, Art Education, Art History, Artisanry, College of Visual and Performing Arts, Fine Arts, Music, Visual Design, Concerts, Exhibits, Films, Literature, Poetry, Theater, Visual Arts
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM	Public Interest Design Location: CVPA: College of Visual and Performing Arts , 285 Old Westport Road, Dartmouth, MA Cost: Free to the Public and UMassD Campus Community Contact: Art History Department Description: Tour of Historic New Bedford at Waterfront Historic League. WHALE Link: https://pamelakarimi.wordpress.com/guest-speakers/ Topical Areas: General Public, Claire T. Carney Library, College of Arts and Sciences, Art Education, Art History, Artisanry, College of Visual and Performing Arts, Fine Arts, Visual Design, Lectures and Seminars
« 9/10 - 11/12 »	Formidable: Site Specific Installation by Kat Knutsen Location: Star Store, New Bedford , Purchase Street, New Bedford Cost: Free admission. Contact: University Art Gallery Description: College of Visual & Performing Arts (CVPA) presents a new site-specific installation by recent MFA graduate Kat Knutsen, entitled "Formidable" through November 12, 2015. After receiving her MFA in painting at UMass Dartmouth in 2014, Kat Knutsen (born 1984) began an artist residency at CVPA's Star Store Campus focusing on combining fiber arts and painting in her animations. Her work has since evolved towards installations that combine fiber art, painting, sculpture and music. As she says, "I keep an open mind with the materials I work with and explore the relationships between them. At the moment, my work is a conversation between the two-dimensional, three-dimensional and sound. 'Formidable' is a culmination of my experiences since I arrived in New Bedford in 2012. For me, the object of the jellyfish symbolizes the need to quickly adapt in the changing art world. The challenge of creating a dialogue between the textile objects, painting and music in this site-specific installation parallels my journey in building a career as a young artist today." Link: https://www.facebook.com/UMassDartmouthGalleries Topical Areas: General Public, University Community, College of Visual and Performing Arts, Fine Arts, Exhibits, Visual Arts
3:30 PM - 4:30 PM	DFO SEMINAR - Sept. 30 - Jason McNamee, RI DEM Location: Fairhaven Campus Contact: > See Description for contact information Description: Department of Fisheries Oceanography Creating tools for ecosystem management: Development of a multi-species statistical catch-at-age model for a mid-Atlantic species complex Jason McNamee Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management Wednesday, September 30, 2015 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm SMAST II, Room 157 200 Mill Road, Fairhaven, MA Note: Seminar will be simulcast to SMAST I, Room 204. You can view the seminar live by clicking here: "live event" . Please note: the earliest you will be able to log in is 15 minutes before the regularly scheduled time. To view a video of an SMAST seminar (post-October 1, 2014), go to http://www.umassd.edu/smast/newsandevents/seminarseries/ and click on a highlighted title. Topical Areas: University Community
« 9/1 - 9/30 »	Farmers and Fishers: Portraits, Words, and Tools Location: > See description for location Cost: Free Contact: > See Description for contact information Description: Farmers and Fishers Curated by Joseph E. Ingoldsby Farming and fishing have evolved with the centuries on the South Coast following a tradition of sustainability.The exhibition highlights the innovations and economics from the 18th century to the 21st century. Dartmouth Town Hall - Third Floor Gallery and Dioramas 400 Slocum Road Dartmouth, MA Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wVx6DTVDHlE Topical Areas: University Community, WUMD
« 9/10 - 10/7 »	Signups for Men's Club Volleyball Team Location: Science and Engineering Building , 285 Old Westport Road, Dartmouth, MA Contact: > See Description for contact information Description: We are going to start up a men's Club Volleyball Team. Looking for men who have high school volleyball experience to play against other college club teams. Contact Scott McGarty at smcgarty@umassd.edu . Would like to get players ASAP so we can get the forms in to start the team. Topical Areas: Faculty, General Public, Staff and Administrators, Students, Students, Graduate, Students, Law, Students, Undergraduate, University Community
« 9/24 - 10/22 »	HERE + elsewhere: Sabbatical Exhibition Location: CVPA: College of Visual and Performing Arts , 285 Old Westport Road, Dartmouth, MA Cost: Free admission Contact: University Art Gallery Description: The Sabbatical Exhibition, entitled "HERE + elsewhere" at the CVPA Campus Gallery presents four UMass Dartmouth faculty and the results of their investigations into their creative process in art and music from September 24 through October 22, 2015. The reception with Artist Talks and music will be on Thursday, October 1st from 4 to 6 pm. Thomas Spencer Ladd, Yoon Soo Lee, Bryan McFarlane & royal hartigan went in depth to explore their personal artistic inspirations 'here and elsewhere'. Thomas Spencer Ladd teaches photography and acts as a Chair of UMass Dartmouth Design Department. His sabbatical advanced his ongoing photographic documentation the people, agriculture and landscape of Ozogoche, Ecuador. Ozogoche is a remote high alpine community formed around a complex of lagoons within the Ecuadorian Andes province of Chimborazo. Yoon Soo Lee teaches graphic design. She presents a talk entitled, Gender and Race; A Story Telling Project. Yoon Soo Lee's sabbatical work was the study of this topic in the minds of children. In her talk, she will share her process of learning and the evolution of gender and race. Bryan McFarlane is a UMass Dartmouth professor of painting and drawing. His recent oil paintings are inspired by microbes in the exploration and expression of immensity and 'minuteness': as they constitute microscopic communities of the human body or cloud formations deeply influenced by his travels and work in China, and concurrently, close work with MIT Oceanographers and 'Design Team' of scientists, artists, composers/musicians and writers researching at EMMAS, BROAD Institute and TERC, funded through the National Science Foundation. A collaboration of disciplines of extremes, fundamental to our physical and spiritual lives, is a recurrent theme in McFarlane's metaphoric and artistic expression. royal hartigan teaches world music at UMass Dartmouth. His sabbatical as a Fulbright scholar included teaching at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology in Kumase, doing research on the music and dance of the Asante people, and work on a book on the musical expressions of Asante Adinkra visual designs. His research also included a tour with his blood drum spirit ensemble across Ghana in January 2015 to do a series of video recordings in 14 villages, focusing on the culture and spirituality of the people, to be edited for release as a DVD. Link: https://www.facebook.com/UMassDartmouthGalleries Topical Areas: Faculty, General Public, Staff and Administrators, Students, Students, Graduate, Students, Undergraduate, University Community, Art Education, Art History, Artisanry, College of Visual and Performing Arts, Visual Design, Concerts, Exhibits, Films, Literature, Poetry, Theater, Visual Arts, Fine Arts, Music
6:00 PM - 9/27 »	UMass Dartmouth Homecoming Weekend 2015 Location: > See description for location Contact: > See Description for contact information Description: Celebrate UMassD Homecoming Weekend by catching up at reunions and cheering our Corsairs onto victory. Special highlights for the weekend include: - a young alumni dance party - all-alumni tent - reunions There will be an alumni kids zone with games and activities. Plenty of fun for the whole family. Most events take place under the Alumni Tent on the Practice Field. More details can be found at: www.alumni.umassd.edu/2015Homecoming (see link above). Questions? Contact UMass Dartmouth Alumni Relations at alumni@umassd.edu or 508.999.8031. Link: http://www.alumni.umassd.edu/2015Homecoming Topical Areas: University Community, Alumni Events, General Public
Saturday, September 26, 2015
« 9/18 - 11/15 »	Counterpoints: Colors, Layers, Lines Location: Star Store, New Bedford , Purchase Street, New Bedford Cost: Free admission Contact: University Art Gallery Description: The Exhibition "Counterpoints: Colors, Layers, Lines" at UMass Dartmouth University Art Gallery in New Bedford presents three very different, yet highly compatible women artists. While each of them uses strong, intense colors and the layering of various elements and lines, each artist's work is best described by one of the three words in the exhibition title. However, the almost psychedelic interpretation of colors in Friese's landscapes, the inclusion of photography or other unusual materials in Mandle's critical narratives and the underlying geometry and references to female imagery in Thorton's flowers all share an affinity towards abstraction while inspiring visitors to look closer to discover their inner logic. Link: https://www.facebook.com/UMassDartmouthGalleries Topical Areas: Faculty, General Public, Staff and Administrators, Students, Students, Graduate, Students, Undergraduate, University Community, Art Education, Art History, Artisanry, College of Visual and Performing Arts, Fine Arts, Music, Visual Design, Concerts, Exhibits, Films, Literature, Poetry, Theater, Visual Arts
« 9/10 - 11/12 »	Formidable: Site Specific Installation by Kat Knutsen Location: Star Store, New Bedford , Purchase Street, New Bedford Cost: Free admission. Contact: University Art Gallery Description: College of Visual & Performing Arts (CVPA) presents a new site-specific installation by recent MFA graduate Kat Knutsen, entitled "Formidable" through November 12, 2015. After receiving her MFA in painting at UMass Dartmouth in 2014, Kat Knutsen (born 1984) began an artist residency at CVPA's Star Store Campus focusing on combining fiber arts and painting in her animations. Her work has since evolved towards installations that combine fiber art, painting, sculpture and music. As she says, "I keep an open mind with the materials I work with and explore the relationships between them. At the moment, my work is a conversation between the two-dimensional, three-dimensional and sound. 'Formidable' is a culmination of my experiences since I arrived in New Bedford in 2012. For me, the object of the jellyfish symbolizes the need to quickly adapt in the changing art world. The challenge of creating a dialogue between the textile objects, painting and music in this site-specific installation parallels my journey in building a career as a young artist today." Link: https://www.facebook.com/UMassDartmouthGalleries Topical Areas: General Public, University Community, College of Visual and Performing Arts, Fine Arts, Exhibits, Visual Arts
« 9/1 - 9/30 »	Farmers and Fishers: Portraits, Words, and Tools Location: > See description for location Cost: Free Contact: > See Description for contact information Description: Farmers and Fishers Curated by Joseph E. Ingoldsby Farming and fishing have evolved with the centuries on the South Coast following a tradition of sustainability.The exhibition highlights the innovations and economics from the 18th century to the 21st century. Dartmouth Town Hall - Third Floor Gallery and Dioramas 400 Slocum Road Dartmouth, MA Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wVx6DTVDHlE Topical Areas: University Community, WUMD
« 9/10 - 10/7 »	Signups for Men's Club Volleyball Team Location: Science and Engineering Building , 285 Old Westport Road, Dartmouth, MA Contact: > See Description for contact information Description: We are going to start up a men's Club Volleyball Team. Looking for men who have high school volleyball experience to play against other college club teams. Contact Scott McGarty at smcgarty@umassd.edu . Would like to get players ASAP so we can get the forms in to start the team. Topical Areas: Faculty, General Public, Staff and Administrators, Students, Students, Graduate, Students, Law, Students, Undergraduate, University Community
« 9/24 - 10/22 »	HERE + elsewhere: Sabbatical Exhibition Location: CVPA: College of Visual and Performing Arts , 285 Old Westport Road, Dartmouth, MA Cost: Free admission Contact: University Art Gallery Description: The Sabbatical Exhibition, entitled "HERE + elsewhere" at the CVPA Campus Gallery presents four UMass Dartmouth faculty and the results of their investigations into their creative process in art and music from September 24 through October 22, 2015. The reception with Artist Talks and music will be on Thursday, October 1st from 4 to 6 pm. Thomas Spencer Ladd, Yoon Soo Lee, Bryan McFarlane & royal hartigan went in depth to explore their personal artistic inspirations 'here and elsewhere'. Thomas Spencer Ladd teaches photography and acts as a Chair of UMass Dartmouth Design Department. His sabbatical advanced his ongoing photographic documentation the people, agriculture and landscape of Ozogoche, Ecuador. Ozogoche is a remote high alpine community formed around a complex of lagoons within the Ecuadorian Andes province of Chimborazo. Yoon Soo Lee teaches graphic design. She presents a talk entitled, Gender and Race; A Story Telling Project. Yoon Soo Lee's sabbatical work was the study of this topic in the minds of children. In her talk, she will share her process of learning and the evolution of gender and race. Bryan McFarlane is a UMass Dartmouth professor of painting and drawing. His recent oil paintings are inspired by microbes in the exploration and expression of immensity and 'minuteness': as they constitute microscopic communities of the human body or cloud formations deeply influenced by his travels and work in China, and concurrently, close work with MIT Oceanographers and 'Design Team' of scientists, artists, composers/musicians and writers researching at EMMAS, BROAD Institute and TERC, funded through the National Science Foundation. A collaboration of disciplines of extremes, fundamental to our physical and spiritual lives, is a recurrent theme in McFarlane's metaphoric and artistic expression. royal hartigan teaches world music at UMass Dartmouth. His sabbatical as a Fulbright scholar included teaching at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology in Kumase, doing research on the music and dance of the Asante people, and work on a book on the musical expressions of Asante Adinkra visual designs. His research also included a tour with his blood drum spirit ensemble across Ghana in January 2015 to do a series of video recordings in 14 villages, focusing on the culture and spirituality of the people, to be edited for release as a DVD. Link: https://www.facebook.com/UMassDartmouthGalleries Topical Areas: Faculty, General Public, Staff and Administrators, Students, Students, Graduate, Students, Undergraduate, University Community, Art Education, Art History, Artisanry, College of Visual and Performing Arts, Visual Design, Concerts, Exhibits, Films, Literature, Poetry, Theater, Visual Arts, Fine Arts, Music
« 9/25 - 9/27 »	UMass Dartmouth Homecoming Weekend 2015 Location: > See description for location Contact: > See Description for contact information Description: Celebrate UMassD Homecoming Weekend by catching up at reunions and cheering our Corsairs onto victory. Special highlights for the weekend include: - a young alumni dance party - all-alumni tent - reunions There will be an alumni kids zone with games and activities. Plenty of fun for the whole family. Most events take place under the Alumni Tent on the Practice Field. More details can be found at: www.alumni.umassd.edu/2015Homecoming (see link above). Questions? Contact UMass Dartmouth Alumni Relations at alumni@umassd.edu or 508.999.8031. Link: http://www.alumni.umassd.edu/2015Homecoming Topical Areas: University Community, Alumni Events, General Public
All Day	SHARE 30th Annual Fun Walk Location: > See description for location Contact: > See Description for contact information Description: SHARE Foundation Walk-A-Thon located at Fort Tabor, New Bedford, MA. For more information please contact Linda Vandal at 509-999-8482 or lvandal@umassd.edu. Topical Areas: General Public, Conferences & Events

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