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Sunday, September 25, 2016
7:00 PM - 8:00 PM	Catholic Mass Location: MacLean Campus Center, Blue & Gold Welcome Center Contact: Catholic Campus Ministry Description: We celebrate Catholic Mass on Sunday evenings in the Blue and Gold Welcome Center. All are welcome! Topical Areas: Faculty, General Public, Staff and Administrators, Students, Students, Graduate, Students, Law, Students, Undergraduate, University Community, Religious & Spiritual
« 9/15 - 10/30 »	John Havens Thornton: Vertical / Horizontal / Diagonal Location: Star Store, New Bedford , Purchase Street, New Bedford Cost: FREE Contact: University Art Gallery Description: Reception: Thursday, AHA! Night, October 13, 5-8 pm Abstract geometric paintings by New Bedford artist John Havens Thornton (b. 1933). Thornton has exhibited since the early 1960s, notably at the ICA, Boston (1967), the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (1970), the Whitney Museum of American Art (1967), the Rose Art Museum, Waltham, MA (1979), the De Cordova Museum, Lincoln, MA (1987), and the New Bedford Art Museum, MA (2004). University Art Gallery, Star Store Campus, 715 Purchase Street, New Bedford, MA 02740 Contact: Viera Levitt, Gallery Director 508.999.8555 gallery@umassd.edu www.umassd.edu/cvpa/galleries www.facebook.com/UMassDartmouthGalleries The gallery is open daily from 9 am - 6 pm Closed on major holidays. All events are free and open to the public. Link: http://www.umassd.edu/cvpa/galleries Topical Areas: Faculty, General Public, Staff and Administrators, Students, Students, Graduate, Students, Undergraduate, University Community, College of Visual and Performing Arts, Exhibits, Visual Arts
12:00 PM - 3:00 PM	Steps Towards Recovery Walk Location: > See description for location Cost: Free! Contact: LiveWell: Office of Health Education, Promotion, & Wellness Description: Steps Towards Recovery Walk Sunday, September 25th 12-3 PM UMass Dartmouth Track Join us in celebrating substance use recovery and ending the stigma of addiction! * Information & resources from 25+ organizations * Prescription drug take back provided by UMass Dartmouth Public Safety - Clear out your cabinets and dispose of old prescription medication safely! * Opioid Overdose Prevention Training provided by Seven Hills Behavioral Health * Guest speakers & Open Mic to share stories * Drawing for many great prizes * Music and entertainment provided by Fun 107 & New England Musicians for Heroin Awareness Facebook event page: https://www.facebook.com/events/184367828625203/ This event is happening in concert with the Bristol County District Attorney's Office Free Family Field Day on Cressy Field (https://www.facebook.com/events/337042259969952/) Sponsored by Young People in Recovery-Dartmouth with generous support from UMass Dartmouth, the Town of Dartmouth, the Bristol County District Attorney's Office, and Nurses to Prevent Opioid Abuse. Contact: Callie Nunez, cnunez1@umassd.edu Chapter Lead, Young People in Recovery-Dartmouth Beth-Anne Guthrie, bvieira@umassd.edu Assistant Director of Health Services, Health Education & Promotion Link: https://www.facebook.com/events/184367828625203/ Topical Areas: Faculty, General Public, Staff and Administrators, Students, Students, Graduate, Students, Law, Students, Undergraduate, University Community, Corsairs Care, Health Services, Livewell
Monday, September 26, 2016
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM	Job Fair Tune-Up Location: Campus Center, Suite 001 Contact: Career Development Center Description: Are you planning to attend the Business, Engineering & Technologies Job and Internship Fair on September 28? Stop by the Career Development Center for a Job Fair Tune-up and be prepared to make the best possible impression on recruiters. No appointments necessary. Topical Areas: Faculty, Staff and Administrators, Students, Students, Graduate, Students, Law, Students, Undergraduate, University Community, Career Development Center
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM	Job Fair Tune-up Location: Campus Center, Suite 001 Contact: Career Development Center Description: Are you planning to attend the Business, Engineering & Technologies Job and Internship Fair on September 28? Stop by the Career Development Center for a Job Fair Tune-up and be prepared to make the best possible impression on recruiters. No appointments necessary. Topical Areas: Faculty, Staff and Administrators, Students, Students, Graduate, Students, Law, Students, Undergraduate, University Community, Career Development Center
11:00 AM - 1:00 PM	School for Marine Science & Technology Topping-Off Ceremony Location: > See description for location Contact: > See Description for contact information Description: We’re topping off our new marine science facility in New Bedford! Please join Chancellor Peyton R. Helm, School for Marine Science & Technology Dean Steven Lohrenz,Division of Marine Fisheries, and local and state officials for a major milestone in the expansion of the School for Marine Science and Technology – an unveiling of the final steel beam installed on the project. School for Marine Science and Technology 838 S. Rodney French Boulevard New Bedford, Massachusetts 02744 This 60,000 square foot facility, built in partnership with the state Division of Marine Fisheries, more than doubles UMass Dartmouth’s marine science presence in New Bedford, the nation’s top fishing port and an emerging center of offshore wind energy development. Due to open in 2017, this facility will add to an existing 35,000 square foot marine science laboratory to create a two-building site that will accommodate 150 marine scientists, students, and support staff. The School for Marine Science and Technology is recognized for excellence and impact in the areas of sustainable fisheries, coastal preservation, ocean observation and climate change. RSVP to Cynthia Costa at ccosta3@umassd.edu or 508-910-6550 ** Attendees should consider wearing shoes that are appropriate for a construction site. ** Topical Areas: University Community, General Public, School for Marine Science and Technology
8:00 PM - 9:30 PM	Cory's Story: Adversity to Advocacy Location: Main Auditorium (Angus Bailey Auditorium) , 285 Old Westport Road, Dartmouth, MA Cost: Free! Contact: LiveWell: Office of Health Education, Promotion, & Wellness Description: Cory Palazzi - former UMass Dartmouth student, captain of the Taunton High School varsity baseball team, and National Honor Society member - developed a substance use disorder following a sports-related shoulder injury, overdosed, and is now suber but permanently disabled. Join Cory and his partents as they recount Cory's road from adversity to advocacy. Topical Areas: General Public, Students, University Community, Faculty, Staff and Administrators, Students, Graduate, Students, Law, Students, Undergraduate, Corsairs Care, Livewell, Health Services
7:00 PM	Multi-Faith Dinner and Coversation and the Woodlands Location: Woodland Commons Contact: > See Description for contact information Description: Multi Faith Dinner and Conversations. All are welcome Topical Areas: Staff and Administrators, Students, University Community, Religious Studies, Religious & Spiritual
11:00 AM - 1:00 PM	School for Marine Science & Technology Topping-Off Ceremony Location: > See description for location Contact: > See Description for contact information Description: We’re topping off our new marine science facility in New Bedford! Please join Chancellor Peyton R. Helm, School for Marine Science & Technology Dean Steven Lohrenz,Division of Marine Fisheries, and local and state officials for a major milestone in the expansion of the School for Marine Science and Technology – an unveiling of the final steel beam installed on the project. School for Marine Science and Technology 838 S. Rodney French Boulevard New Bedford, Massachusetts 02744 This 60,000 square foot facility, built in partnership with the state Division of Marine Fisheries, more than doubles UMass Dartmouth’s marine science presence in New Bedford, the nation’s top fishing port and an emerging center of offshore wind energy development. Due to open in 2017, this facility will add to an existing 35,000 square foot marine science laboratory to create a two-building site that will accommodate 150 marine scientists, students, and support staff. The School for Marine Science and Technology is recognized for excellence and impact in the areas of sustainable fisheries, coastal preservation, ocean observation and climate change. RSVP to Cynthia Costa at ccosta3@umassd.edu or 508-910-6550 ** Attendees should consider wearing shoes that are appropriate for a construction site. ** Topical Areas: School for Marine Sciences and Technology
« 9/15 - 10/30 »	John Havens Thornton: Vertical / Horizontal / Diagonal Location: Star Store, New Bedford , Purchase Street, New Bedford Cost: FREE Contact: University Art Gallery Description: Reception: Thursday, AHA! Night, October 13, 5-8 pm Abstract geometric paintings by New Bedford artist John Havens Thornton (b. 1933). Thornton has exhibited since the early 1960s, notably at the ICA, Boston (1967), the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (1970), the Whitney Museum of American Art (1967), the Rose Art Museum, Waltham, MA (1979), the De Cordova Museum, Lincoln, MA (1987), and the New Bedford Art Museum, MA (2004). University Art Gallery, Star Store Campus, 715 Purchase Street, New Bedford, MA 02740 Contact: Viera Levitt, Gallery Director 508.999.8555 gallery@umassd.edu www.umassd.edu/cvpa/galleries www.facebook.com/UMassDartmouthGalleries The gallery is open daily from 9 am - 6 pm Closed on major holidays. All events are free and open to the public. Link: http://www.umassd.edu/cvpa/galleries Topical Areas: Faculty, General Public, Staff and Administrators, Students, Students, Graduate, Students, Undergraduate, University Community, College of Visual and Performing Arts, Exhibits, Visual Arts
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM	Recording with Techsmith Relay Location: Claire T. Carney Library, Room 226 , 285 Old Westport Road, Dartmouth, MA Contact: CITS Instructional Development Description: Techsmith Relay is a software based lecture capture and personal recording solution. Relay can record PowerPoint presentations or any other content displayed on your computer screen, in addition to audio narration and web cam video. You can record anywhere, anytime regardless of internet connectivity or location. After recording, the video is automatically processed by the Relay server and uploaded to a cloud based storage provider. This workshop will walk through the process of installing Relay, recording and linking to the video from myCourses. Please bring your own laptop if you would like to participate in this Workshop. Link: http://instructionaldev.umassd.edu/relay/ Topical Areas: Training, Workshop, audience: Faculty, topic: Faculty Development
Tuesday, September 27, 2016
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM	Excel Charts Location: Claire T. Carney Library , 285 Old Westport Road, Dartmouth, MA Cost: Free! Contact: CITS: Computing & Information Technology Services Description: This workshop provides a thorough exploration of charting with Excel. Participants create pie, line, stacked column, stock and scatter charts, and learn the proper uses of each. Custom axis formatting and trendlines are also covered. Previous Excel experience is required. This workshop takes place in the Library, room 135. 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
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM	Haiti and Dominican Republic Border Conflict Panel Discussion presented by FDUH Location: > See description for location Contact: > See Description for contact information Description: The Frederick Douglass Unity House will be presenting a panel discussion on the deportation crisis that affected Haitians in the Dominican Republic last year. Various scholars and activists along with current UMD students will present on the topic. The event will be in the Claire T. Carney University Library Grand Reading Room beginning at 2PM. For more information please contact the FDUH at 508.999.9220. Link: https://www.facebook.com/events/1217433761652729/ Topical Areas: Lectures and Seminars, Students, Faculty, General Public, Fredrick Douglass Unity House, Conferences &amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp; Events
4:00 PM - 5:15 PM	FDUH: Intercultural Student Advisory Council (ISAC) Meeting Location: > See description for location Contact: > See Description for contact information Description: Please join us for the bi-weekly ISAC meeting sponsored by the FDUH. Topical Areas: Students, Fredrick Douglass Unity House, Student Organizations
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM	Job Fair Tune-up Location: Campus Center, Suite 001 Contact: Career Development Center Description: Are you planning to attend the Business, Engineering & Technologies Job and Internship Fair on September 28? Stop by the Career Development Center for a Job Fair Tune-up and be prepared to make the best possible impression on recruiters. No appointments necessary. Topical Areas: Faculty, Staff and Administrators, Students, Students, Graduate, Students, Law, Students, Undergraduate, University Community, Career Development Center
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM	Internship Info Session Location: MacLean Campus Center, Blue & Gold Welcome Center Contact: Career Development Center Description: Why do an internship? How do you find one? All types of internships are available for all majors. Come to an Internship Info session and find out how to get started finding and securing the right internship for you! Preregister on CareerLink via the UMassD portal or call the Career Development Center at 508.999.8658 for further information. Topical Areas: Faculty, Staff and Administrators, Students, Students, Graduate, Students, Law, Students, Undergraduate, University Community, Career Development Center
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM	Haiti and Dominican Republic Border Conflict Panel Discussion presented by FDUH Location: > See description for location Contact: > See Description for contact information Description: The Frederick Douglass Unity House will be presenting a panel discussion on the deportation crisis that affected Haitians in the Dominican Republic last year. Various scholars and activists along with current UMD students will present on the topic. The event will be in the Claire T. Carney University Library Grand Reading Room beginning at 2PM. For more information please contact the FDUH at 508.999.9220. Topical Areas: Students, Faculty, General Public, Fredrick Douglass Unity House, Conferences &amp; Events, Lectures and Seminars
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM	Internship Info Session Location: MacLean Campus Center, Blue & Gold Welcome Center Contact: Career Development Center Description: Why do an internship? How do you find one? All types of internships are available for all majors. Come to an Internship Info session and find out how to get started finding and securing the right internship for you! Preregister on CareerLink via the UMassD portal or call the Career Development Center at 508.999.8658 for further information. Topical Areas: Faculty, Staff and Administrators, Students, Students, Graduate, Students, Law, Students, Undergraduate, University Community, Career Development Center
3:00 AM - 4:00 AM	The Washington Center Internship Info Session Location: MacLean Campus Center, Blue & Gold Welcome Center Contact: Career Development Center Description: Did you know you could earn UMassD credit while living and working in Washingon, D.C.? And financial aid applies for qualified applicants? Come, learn more! Dana Wade from The Washington Center will answer all your questions. Topical Areas: Faculty, Staff and Administrators, Students, Students, Graduate, Students, Law, Students, Undergraduate, University Community, Career Development Center
9:00 AM - 3:00 PM	Confidential HIV Testing Location: Center for Women, Gender & Sexuality 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. 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
4:00 PM - 6:30 PM	Business, Engineering & Technologies Job and Internship Fair Location: Woodland Commons Contact: Career Development Center Description: Meet with recruiters looking to hire UMass D students from ALL MAJORS for full-time professional positions, internships and part-time employment in all areas of business, engineering, and technologies. Be prepared for an on-the-spot interview! Dress professionally and come prepared with a resume. Link: http://www.umassd.edu/career/newsevents/ Topical Areas: Faculty, Staff and Administrators, Students, Students, Graduate, Students, Law, Students, Undergraduate, University Community, Career Development Center
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM	Job Fair Tune-up Location: Campus Center, Suite 001 Contact: Career Development Center Description: Are you planning to attend the Business, Engineering & Technologies Job and Internship Fair on September 28? Stop by the Career Development Center for a Job Fair Tune-up and be prepared to make the best possible impression on recruiters. No appointments necessary. Topical Areas: Faculty, Staff and Administrators, Students, Students, Graduate, Students, Law, Students, Undergraduate, University Community, Career Development Center
12:00 PM - 4:00 PM	CVPA Student Resource Fair @ Star Store Location: Star Store, New Bedford , Purchase Street, New Bedford Contact: > See Description for contact information Description: CVPA Student Resource Fair @ the Star Store Campus will highlight businesses and organizations in and around the New Bedford area to assist CVPA students in navigating where to shop for art supplies, do their banking, and more. Exhibitors will also include wellness, safety, and health organizations. Contact: jfernandes5@umassd.edu Topical Areas: Students, College of Visual and Performing Arts
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM	Haiti and Dominican Republic Border Conflict Panel Discussion presented by FDUH Location: > See description for location Contact: > See Description for contact information Description: The Frederick Douglass Unity House will be presenting a panel discussion on the deportation crisis that affected Haitians in the Dominican Republic last year. Various scholars and activists along with current UMD students will present on the topic. The event will be in the Claire T. Carney University Library Grand Reading Room beginning at 2PM. For more information please contact the FDUH at 508.999.9220. Topical Areas: Faculty, General Public, Students, Fredrick Douglass Unity House, Lectures and Seminars, Conferences &amp; Events
« 9/15 - 10/30 »	John Havens Thornton: Vertical / Horizontal / Diagonal Location: Star Store, New Bedford , Purchase Street, New Bedford Cost: FREE Contact: University Art Gallery Description: Reception: Thursday, AHA! Night, October 13, 5-8 pm Abstract geometric paintings by New Bedford artist John Havens Thornton (b. 1933). Thornton has exhibited since the early 1960s, notably at the ICA, Boston (1967), the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (1970), the Whitney Museum of American Art (1967), the Rose Art Museum, Waltham, MA (1979), the De Cordova Museum, Lincoln, MA (1987), and the New Bedford Art Museum, MA (2004). University Art Gallery, Star Store Campus, 715 Purchase Street, New Bedford, MA 02740 Contact: Viera Levitt, Gallery Director 508.999.8555 gallery@umassd.edu www.umassd.edu/cvpa/galleries www.facebook.com/UMassDartmouthGalleries The gallery is open daily from 9 am - 6 pm Closed on major holidays. All events are free and open to the public. Link: http://www.umassd.edu/cvpa/galleries Topical Areas: Faculty, General Public, Staff and Administrators, Students, Students, Graduate, Students, Undergraduate, University Community, College of Visual and Performing Arts, Exhibits, Visual Arts
Wednesday, September 28, 2016
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM	Introduction to InDesign, Part 1 Location: Claire T. Carney Library , 285 Old Westport Road, Dartmouth, MA Cost: Free! Contact: CITS: Computing & Information Technology Services 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. This workshop takes place in the Library, room 135. 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
4:00 PM - 6:30 PM	Business, Engineering & Technologies Job and Internship Fair Location: Woodland Commons, UMass Dartmouth Campus , 285 Old Westport Road, Dartmouth, MA 02747 Contact: Career Development Center Description: Students from ALL MAJORS are invited to explore career opportunities, part-time jobs and internships. Dress professionally and bring your resumes. Link: http://www.umassd.edu/career/newsevents/betorganizations/ Topical Areas: Faculty, Staff and Administrators, Students, Students, Graduate, Students, Law, Students, Undergraduate, University Community, Career Development Center
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM	Department of Estuarine and Ocean Sciences Seminar Announcement 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: "Climate Change and New England Hurricanes" Kerry Emanuel Massachusetts Institute of Technology Wednesday, September 28, 2016 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 going to https://echosystem.umassd.edu:8443/ess/portal/section/8d8f41cc-8165-4b4b-b3c2-f3c1c414389a 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. for additional information, please contact Sue Silva at s1silva@umassd.edu Topical Areas: School for Marine Sciences and Technology, SMAST Seminar Series
3:30 PM - 4:30 PM	DFO seminar - September 28, 2016 - Jason Boucher Location: > See description for location Contact: > See Description for contact information Description: Department of Fisheries Oceanography Characterizing Changes in the Population Dynamics of American Shad in the Connecticut River Jason Boucher Northeast Fisheries Science Center Wednesday, September 28, 2016 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm SMAST II, Room 157 200 Mill Road, Fairhaven, MA The American shad is an anadromous clupeid with a wide latitudinal distribution, spanning from Florida to Canada. Over this range the species exhibits latitudinal variation in a number of vital rates, including growth, fecundity, and parity, resulting in distinct populations by river segregated due to natal homing tendencies. In 2015, we were tasked with sampling the Connecticut River population to identify potential changes in vital rates since the previous landmark study in the 1970's. Adult shad were collected at four locations along the river throughout the spawning season: at the river mouth (Old Lyme, CT), at Holyoke Dam (Hadley, MA), at the Cabot Power Station (Turners Falls, MA), and at the Vernon Power Station (Vernon, VT). The spawning migration began in late April, while temperatures were still below the known 14C threshold, and continued through the end of June. Throughout the spawning season, females were consistently larger (both length and weight) and older than malesÍ¾ however, there was a higher ratio of males at all sites except Holyoke. Sex-specific ages were not different between locations or time periods, indicating a well-mixed population throughout the spawning season. Spawning condition females, including running-ripe individuals, were collected at the most upstream sampling site (southern Vermont), providing evidence for the first time that increased fish passage to the historic habitat is being utilized for spawning. While the population has increased in size over the past forty years, truncated age distributions combined with only 2% parity indicate that American shad in the Connecticut River may no longer be robust to environmental variability. Note: Seminar will be simulcast to SMAST I, Room 204 You can view the seminar live by clicking here: https://echosystem.umassd.edu:8443/ess/portal/section/45f27129-23d3-49ed-85e2-e3fdb032c644 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. For more information, please contact cfox@umassd.edu Topical Areas: University Community, School for Marine Science and Technology, Lectures and Seminars
12:15 PM - 1:00 PM	Faculty & Staff Mindfulness Meditation Group Location: MacLean Campus Center, Reflection Room, Room 233 , 285 Old Westport Road, Dartmouth, MA Contact: > See Description for contact information Description: Weekly meeting of the Faculty & Staff Mindfulness Meditation Group. No prior experience is needed. Drop-ins are welcome at any time. For more information, contact Aminda O'Hare: ext. 8761 or aohare@umassd.edu Topical Areas: Faculty, Staff and Administrators
« 9/15 - 10/30 »	John Havens Thornton: Vertical / Horizontal / Diagonal Location: Star Store, New Bedford , Purchase Street, New Bedford Cost: FREE Contact: University Art Gallery Description: Reception: Thursday, AHA! Night, October 13, 5-8 pm Abstract geometric paintings by New Bedford artist John Havens Thornton (b. 1933). Thornton has exhibited since the early 1960s, notably at the ICA, Boston (1967), the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (1970), the Whitney Museum of American Art (1967), the Rose Art Museum, Waltham, MA (1979), the De Cordova Museum, Lincoln, MA (1987), and the New Bedford Art Museum, MA (2004). University Art Gallery, Star Store Campus, 715 Purchase Street, New Bedford, MA 02740 Contact: Viera Levitt, Gallery Director 508.999.8555 gallery@umassd.edu www.umassd.edu/cvpa/galleries www.facebook.com/UMassDartmouthGalleries The gallery is open daily from 9 am - 6 pm Closed on major holidays. All events are free and open to the public. Link: http://www.umassd.edu/cvpa/galleries Topical Areas: Faculty, General Public, Staff and Administrators, Students, Students, Graduate, Students, Undergraduate, University Community, College of Visual and Performing Arts, Exhibits, Visual Arts
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM	ORAL COMPREHENSIVE EXAM FOR DOCTORAL CANDIDACY BY: John Summerfield Location: Science & Engineering Building, Lester W. Cory Conference Room: Room 213A Cost: free Contact: ECE: Electrical & Computer Engineering Department Description: TOPIC: A GEOMETRIC APPROACH TO SAR/BISAR PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS AND FLIGHTPATH SYNTHESIS LOCATION: Lester W. Cory Conference Room, Science & Engineering Building (Group II), Room 213A ABSTRACT: Synthetic aperture radar (SAR) processing is a signal processing technique that emulates a very large antenna aperture by moving a physically small antenna over a much larger spatial distance. The effective aperture is the spatial distance covered by the synthetic aperture platform, and thus flightpath design is critical to system imaging performance. Conventional synthetic aperture imaging systems are monostatic system where the transmitter and receiver are co-located. The field of mathematics known as differential geometry provides a framework for describing curves and surfaces and offers a powerful tool for the analysis and synthesis of bistatic synthetic aperture (BiSAR) flightpaths. A synthetic aperture imaging system like all other imaging systems has limited resolution which is defined by the spatial frequency bandwidth. The system imaging performance can be defined by evaluating the system response to a point target. The point spread function or ambiguity function of a system describes the imaging performance in the spatial frequency domain known as k-space and incorporates widely used performance metrics such as resolution, peak to side lobe ratio and integrated side lobe ratio. The proposed goal is to use differential geometry to study different flightpaths for developing a tool for the analysis and synthesis of bistatic synthetic aperture flightpaths. NOTE: All ECE Graduate Students are ENCOURAGED to attend. All interested parties are invited to attend. Open to the public. Advisor: Dr. Dayalan P. Kasilingam Committee Members: Dr. John R. Buck and Dr. Paul J. Gendron, Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth; Dr. Dana Fine, Department of Mathematics, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth; Dr. Brian Rigling, Department of Electrical Engineering, Wright State University *For further information, please contact Dr. Dayalan P. Kasilingam at 508.999.8534, or via email at dkasilingam@umassd.edu. Topical Areas: General Public, University Community, College of Engineering, Electrical and Computer Engineering
9:00 AM - 10/12 »	Blended Learning: Finding the Mix Location: Online Contact: CITS Instructional Development Description: This blended workshop is an introduction to the best practices of blended teaching and learning. A mix of online collaboration and face-to-face activities will prepare participants to design their own plan for blended instruction. Note: Face-to-face meetings are scheduled for Wednesday Sept 28th and Oct 5th from 3:00pm - 4:00pm in the Claire T. Library, room TBD. Topical Areas: Training, Workshop, audience: Faculty, topic: Faculty Development
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM	Finance Reporting/Budget Training Location: Claire T. Carney Library, Room 314 Contact: Kirk Hellmuth Description: Review Chartfields Commitment Control module (Budgeting) Reporting on Peoplesoft SUMMIT dashboards for budgets Topical Areas: Training, audience: Faculty, audience: Staff, topic: Finance
3:30 PM - 4:30 PM	DFO seminar - September 28, 2016 - Jason Boucher Location: > See description for location Contact: > See Description for contact information Description: Department of Fisheries Oceanography Characterizing Changes in the Population Dynamics of American Shad in the Connecticut River Jason Boucher Northeast Fisheries Science Center Wednesday, September 28, 2016 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm SMAST II, Room 157 200 Mill Road, Fairhaven, MA The American shad is an anadromous clupeid with a wide latitudinal distribution, spanning from Florida to Canada. Over this range the species exhibits latitudinal variation in a number of vital rates, including growth, fecundity, and parity, resulting in distinct populations by river segregated due to natal homing tendencies. In 2015, we were tasked with sampling the Connecticut River population to identify potential changes in vital rates since the previous landmark study in the 1970's. Adult shad were collected at four locations along the river throughout the spawning season: at the river mouth (Old Lyme, CT), at Holyoke Dam (Hadley, MA), at the Cabot Power Station (Turners Falls, MA), and at the Vernon Power Station (Vernon, VT). The spawning migration began in late April, while temperatures were still below the known 14C threshold, and continued through the end of June. Throughout the spawning season, females were consistently larger (both length and weight) and older than malesÍ¾ however, there was a higher ratio of males at all sites except Holyoke. Sex-specific ages were not different between locations or time periods, indicating a well-mixed population throughout the spawning season. Spawning condition females, including running-ripe individuals, were collected at the most upstream sampling site (southern Vermont), providing evidence for the first time that increased fish passage to the historic habitat is being utilized for spawning. While the population has increased in size over the past forty years, truncated age distributions combined with only 2% parity indicate that American shad in the Connecticut River may no longer be robust to environmental variability. Note: Seminar will be simulcast to SMAST I, Room 204 You can view the seminar live by clicking here: https://echosystem.umassd.edu:8443/ess/portal/section/45f27129-23d3-49ed-85e2-e3fdb032c644 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. For more information, please contact cfox@umassd.edu Link: https://www.facebook.com/events/1217433761652729/ Topical Areas: University Community, School for Marine Science and Technology, Lectures and Seminars
Thursday, September 29, 2016
9:20 AM - 11:20 AM	EAS Doctoral Proposal Defense by Zachary Grant Location: Textiles Building 105 Contact: College of Arts and Sciences Description: TOPIC: ON IMPLICIT & EXPLICIT HIGH ORDER SSP METHODS WITH A VARIETY OF STAGES, STEPS, AND DERIVATIVES FOR LINEAR AND NONLINEAR PROBLEMS. Abstract: High order spatial discretizations with monotonicity properties are often desirable for the solution of hyperbolic PDEs. These methods can advantageously be coupled with high order strong stability preserving time discretizations. The search for high order strong stability time-stepping methods with large allowable strong stability coefficient has been an active area of research over the last two decades. This research has shown that explicit SSP Runge--Kutta methods exist only up to fourth order, and implicit ones only up to sixth order, while multistep SSP methods have small allowable time step. To break these order barriers and SSP time-step bounds, we turn to general (multistep, multi-stage) linear methods of order two and above. Order conditions and monotonicity conditions for such methods are worked out in terms of the method coefficients, and we propose a numerical optimization to find optimal methods of up to five steps, eight stages, and tenth order. Another approach to breaking the order barrier is to restrict ourselves to solving only linear autonomous problems. In this case the order conditions simplify and this order barrier is lifted: explicit SSP Runge--Kutta methods of any linear order exist, but these methods reduce to second order when applied to nonlinear problems. We propose to seek explicit SSP Runge--Kutta methods with large allowable time-step, that feature high linear order and simultaneously have the optimal fourth order nonlinear order. Finally, we turn to multiderivative time-stepping methods which have recently been implemented with hyperbolic PDEs. We describe sufficient conditions for a two-derivative multistage method to be SSP, and formulate an optimization problem that will be used to find optimal SSP multistage two-derivative methods. These methods will be tested on a variety of scalar hyperbolic partial differential equations, to demonstrate the need for the SSP condition and investigate the sharpness of the SSP time-step. Topical Areas: University Community, Mathematics, College of Engineering
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM	Introduction to Qualtrics Location: Claire T. Carney Library , 285 Old Westport Road, Dartmouth, MA Cost: Free! Contact: CITS: Computing & Information Technology Services Description: UMass Dartmouth has selected Qualtrics as our Internet survey tool. All Faculty and Staff have access to create and publish their own surveys. Students may also use Qualtrics under the direction of a Faculty or Staff member. 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 that access to Qualtrics is managed by the Office of Institutional Research and Assessment. Please contact Jonathan Bonilla at JBonilla1@umassd.edu at least three business days prior to this workshop to request access. This workshop takes place in the Library, room 135. 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
11:00 AM - 12:15 PM	"A Moment in Her Story" - Documentary Film and Meet the Filmmaker Location: Claire T. Carney Library, Stoico/FIRST FED Charitable Foundation Grand Reading Room Cost: Free Contact: Women's and Gender Studies Description: Claire T. Carney Library, Stoico/FIRST FED Charitable Foundation Grand Reading Room Join us to watch this documentary film, highlighting stories from the Boston Women's Movement. Stay after the film for free refreshments and a discussion with the filmmaker Catherine Russo. "Starting in 1968, the Second Wave of Feminism rippled across the U.S., demanding expanded possibilities for women of all races and classes. In the Boston area, students, professionals, community activists and working class mothers came together to demand change. This feature length documentary provides testimony of the movement's transforming energy, creativity and determination. Many of the culture wars being waged today came out of this movement and the backlash it incurred. The video traces the history of the women's movement coming out of the Anti-war and Civil Rights movements and continuing through the 1970s. This production includes 22 interviews with movement activists and archival material in the form of photos, videos, posters, music, graphics, newsletters and newspapers from the period. I worked for years to locate this material, asking women for their personal collections and searching through libraries and the web. This video is not about feminist stars as defined by the media. The interviewees are the women who fought these struggles in groups and collectives and developed a new way of working together. They include working class women, black women, Latinas, lesbians, socialist feminists and the radical and cultural feminists of the late 60's and 70's. I doubt that you have seen this revolutionary force portrayed before." -Catherine Russo Topical Areas: General Public, Students, Students, Undergraduate, University Community, History, Labor Studies, Women and Gender Studies, Films
7:00 PM - 10:00 PM	Game Night in the Library Living Room Location: Claire T. Carney Library Living Room Contact: > See Description for contact information Description: Need a study break? Come to the Library's Living Room for our Game Night which features a selection of popular board games. Great way to unplug and spend time with friends. Questions? Please contact kmofford@umassd.edu Topical Areas: Students
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM	Workshop: Assessment & the Flipped Classroom - Recent Practices Location: Claire T. Carney Library, Room 314 Contact: Office of Faculty Development Description: Facilitated by Glaucia Silva (Portuguese) & Jacqueline Einstein (Management) Join us to kick start your approach to flipped teaching and learning! In this workshop faculty will discuss and share their recent strategies for preparing students to work in the flipped classroom. Lunch will be provided, please sign up through the event calendar Topical Areas: Training, Workshop, audience: Faculty, topic: Faculty Development
10:00 AM - 11/2 »	Bill Plympton Animator; Crowned King of Indie Animation: Drawings from Cheatin' Location: CVPA: College of Visual and Performing Arts , 285 Old Westport Road, Dartmouth, MA Cost: FREE Contact: University Art Gallery Description: Opening Reception: CVPA Campus Gallery, Sept 29 at 4-6 pm. Artist Talk to follow at Claire T. Carney Library Grand Reading Room: 6-7:30 pm (RSVP required on Eventbrite.com - under "Bill Plympton Talk at UMass Dartmouth"). Link: www.eventbrite.com/e/bill-plympton-talk-at-umass-dartmouth-tickets-27607014323 Gallery will remain open until 9 pm for the reception. UMass Dartmouth College of Visual and Performing Arts (CVPA) proudly presents Bill Plympton Animator; Crowned King of Indie Animation: Drawings from Cheatin'. This exhibition is a showcase of original drawings and production art of animator, cartoonist, and filmmaker Bill Plympton. Nearly 100 original graphite drawings from the artist's recent film Cheatin' will be on display along with other essential production materials and related media to reveal a "behind the scenes" look at Plympton's artistic process. Accompanying the art will be a continuous screening of the feature film Cheatin' in its entirety in the gallery. Video tutorials, produced by the artist himself, further the educational experience of "handmade" animation. This special exhibition curated for UMass Dartmouth can be seen at the CVPA Campus Gallery (UMass Dartmouth Main Campus) from September 29 through November 2, 2016. Bill Plympton, who has been called The King of Indie Animation, is the first person to independently hand-draw an entire animated feature film. He has created over 40 animated short films and seven animated features. Plympton received Oscar nominations for various animated shorts along with winning the Cannes Palme d'Or and the Canal+ Award for short films at Cannes Critics' Week. Bill Plympton will speak about his work and provide insight into the wild world of cartooning and independent animation. While the event is free and open to the public, reservations for the talk are required and can be made through this link: www.eventbrite.com/e/bill-plympton-talk-at-umass-dartmouth-tickets-27607014323 Excerpts from Artist's Statement "Why is it that animation is stereotyped as being only aimed at children and created by computer graphics? Why can't adults see stories for themselves, created in the fantastically free style of a hand-drawn animator? The look of this film is very special to me. When I started my career as an illustrator, I developed a style that I loved, watercolor with a pen and ink crosshatch overlay. But because of the limits of technology, I was never able to recreate my favorite style in animation. However, with the new digital technology available now, I've been able to exactly replicate that beautiful watercolor look." Biography Bill Plympton moved to New York City in 1968 and began his career creating cartoons for publications such as The New York Times, Playboy, National Lampoon, and Screw. In 1987, he was nominated for an Oscar for his animated short Your Face. In 2005, Plympton received another Oscar nomination, this time for his short Guard Dog. Push Comes to Shove won the prestigious Cannes 1991 Palme d'Or; and in 2001, another short film, Eat, won the Grand Prize for Short Films in Cannes Critics' Week. After producing many shorts that appeared on MTV, Spike, and Mike's, he turned his talent to feature films. Since 1991, he has made ten feature films. Seven of them, The Tune, Mondo Plympton, I Married a Strange Person, Mutant Aliens, Hair High, Idiots and Angels, and Cheatin', are all animated features. Bill Plympton has also collaborated with Madonna, Kanye West, Terry Gilliam, and "Weird Al" Yankovic in a number of music videos, animated films, and book projects. In 2006, Plympton received the Winsor McCay Lifetime Achievement Award from The Annie Awards. This event made possible through the generous support of Allan and Priscilla Ditchfield. Personnel: Prof. Jean-FranÒ«ois Allaux (Illustration): Producer Prof. James Edwards (Illustration): Curator Prof. Michael Swartz (Digital Media): Co-Curator, Graphic Design Viera Levitt: Gallery Director Contacts: James Edwards, Curator: jedwards@umassd.edu, Viera Levitt, Gallery Director: vlevitt@umassd.edu Link: jedwards@umassd.edu Topical Areas: Faculty, General Public, Staff and Administrators, Students, Students, Graduate, Students, Undergraduate, University Community, College of Visual and Performing Arts, Visual Design, Exhibits, Visual Arts
« 9/15 - 10/30 »	John Havens Thornton: Vertical / Horizontal / Diagonal Location: Star Store, New Bedford , Purchase Street, New Bedford Cost: FREE Contact: University Art Gallery Description: Reception: Thursday, AHA! Night, October 13, 5-8 pm Abstract geometric paintings by New Bedford artist John Havens Thornton (b. 1933). Thornton has exhibited since the early 1960s, notably at the ICA, Boston (1967), the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (1970), the Whitney Museum of American Art (1967), the Rose Art Museum, Waltham, MA (1979), the De Cordova Museum, Lincoln, MA (1987), and the New Bedford Art Museum, MA (2004). University Art Gallery, Star Store Campus, 715 Purchase Street, New Bedford, MA 02740 Contact: Viera Levitt, Gallery Director 508.999.8555 gallery@umassd.edu www.umassd.edu/cvpa/galleries www.facebook.com/UMassDartmouthGalleries The gallery is open daily from 9 am - 6 pm Closed on major holidays. All events are free and open to the public. Link: http://www.umassd.edu/cvpa/galleries Topical Areas: Faculty, General Public, Staff and Administrators, Students, Students, Graduate, Students, Undergraduate, University Community, College of Visual and Performing Arts, Exhibits, Visual Arts
10:00 AM - 2:00 PM	Flu Clinic Location: > See description for location Contact: > See Description for contact information Description: This clinic is offered by Rite Aid Pharmacy and will be held in the Library Living Room. Rite Aid accepts most insurances, but does not accept Tufts insurance. The cost is $30 if not covered by your insurance. Sponsored by Student Health Services. Topical Areas: University Community, Health Services
« 9/28 - 10/12 »	Blended Learning: Finding the Mix Location: Online Contact: CITS Instructional Development Description: This blended workshop is an introduction to the best practices of blended teaching and learning. A mix of online collaboration and face-to-face activities will prepare participants to design their own plan for blended instruction. Note: Face-to-face meetings are scheduled for Wednesday Sept 28th and Oct 5th from 3:00pm - 4:00pm in the Claire T. Library, room TBD. Topical Areas: Training, Workshop, audience: Faculty, topic: Faculty Development
Friday, September 30, 2016
« 9/29 - 11/2 »	Bill Plympton Animator; Crowned King of Indie Animation: Drawings from Cheatin' Location: CVPA: College of Visual and Performing Arts , 285 Old Westport Road, Dartmouth, MA Cost: FREE Contact: University Art Gallery Description: Opening Reception: CVPA Campus Gallery, Sept 29 at 4-6 pm. Artist Talk to follow at Claire T. Carney Library Grand Reading Room: 6-7:30 pm (RSVP required on Eventbrite.com - under "Bill Plympton Talk at UMass Dartmouth"). Link: www.eventbrite.com/e/bill-plympton-talk-at-umass-dartmouth-tickets-27607014323 Gallery will remain open until 9 pm for the reception. UMass Dartmouth College of Visual and Performing Arts (CVPA) proudly presents Bill Plympton Animator; Crowned King of Indie Animation: Drawings from Cheatin'. This exhibition is a showcase of original drawings and production art of animator, cartoonist, and filmmaker Bill Plympton. Nearly 100 original graphite drawings from the artist's recent film Cheatin' will be on display along with other essential production materials and related media to reveal a "behind the scenes" look at Plympton's artistic process. Accompanying the art will be a continuous screening of the feature film Cheatin' in its entirety in the gallery. Video tutorials, produced by the artist himself, further the educational experience of "handmade" animation. This special exhibition curated for UMass Dartmouth can be seen at the CVPA Campus Gallery (UMass Dartmouth Main Campus) from September 29 through November 2, 2016. Bill Plympton, who has been called The King of Indie Animation, is the first person to independently hand-draw an entire animated feature film. He has created over 40 animated short films and seven animated features. Plympton received Oscar nominations for various animated shorts along with winning the Cannes Palme d'Or and the Canal+ Award for short films at Cannes Critics' Week. Bill Plympton will speak about his work and provide insight into the wild world of cartooning and independent animation. While the event is free and open to the public, reservations for the talk are required and can be made through this link: www.eventbrite.com/e/bill-plympton-talk-at-umass-dartmouth-tickets-27607014323 Excerpts from Artist's Statement "Why is it that animation is stereotyped as being only aimed at children and created by computer graphics? Why can't adults see stories for themselves, created in the fantastically free style of a hand-drawn animator? The look of this film is very special to me. When I started my career as an illustrator, I developed a style that I loved, watercolor with a pen and ink crosshatch overlay. But because of the limits of technology, I was never able to recreate my favorite style in animation. However, with the new digital technology available now, I've been able to exactly replicate that beautiful watercolor look." Biography Bill Plympton moved to New York City in 1968 and began his career creating cartoons for publications such as The New York Times, Playboy, National Lampoon, and Screw. In 1987, he was nominated for an Oscar for his animated short Your Face. In 2005, Plympton received another Oscar nomination, this time for his short Guard Dog. Push Comes to Shove won the prestigious Cannes 1991 Palme d'Or; and in 2001, another short film, Eat, won the Grand Prize for Short Films in Cannes Critics' Week. After producing many shorts that appeared on MTV, Spike, and Mike's, he turned his talent to feature films. Since 1991, he has made ten feature films. Seven of them, The Tune, Mondo Plympton, I Married a Strange Person, Mutant Aliens, Hair High, Idiots and Angels, and Cheatin', are all animated features. Bill Plympton has also collaborated with Madonna, Kanye West, Terry Gilliam, and "Weird Al" Yankovic in a number of music videos, animated films, and book projects. In 2006, Plympton received the Winsor McCay Lifetime Achievement Award from The Annie Awards. This event made possible through the generous support of Allan and Priscilla Ditchfield. Personnel: Prof. Jean-FranÒ«ois Allaux (Illustration): Producer Prof. James Edwards (Illustration): Curator Prof. Michael Swartz (Digital Media): Co-Curator, Graphic Design Viera Levitt: Gallery Director Contacts: James Edwards, Curator: jedwards@umassd.edu, Viera Levitt, Gallery Director: vlevitt@umassd.edu Link: jedwards@umassd.edu Topical Areas: Faculty, General Public, Staff and Administrators, Students, Students, Graduate, Students, Undergraduate, University Community, College of Visual and Performing Arts, Visual Design, Exhibits, Visual Arts
« 9/15 - 10/30 »	John Havens Thornton: Vertical / Horizontal / Diagonal Location: Star Store, New Bedford , Purchase Street, New Bedford Cost: FREE Contact: University Art Gallery Description: Reception: Thursday, AHA! Night, October 13, 5-8 pm Abstract geometric paintings by New Bedford artist John Havens Thornton (b. 1933). Thornton has exhibited since the early 1960s, notably at the ICA, Boston (1967), the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (1970), the Whitney Museum of American Art (1967), the Rose Art Museum, Waltham, MA (1979), the De Cordova Museum, Lincoln, MA (1987), and the New Bedford Art Museum, MA (2004). University Art Gallery, Star Store Campus, 715 Purchase Street, New Bedford, MA 02740 Contact: Viera Levitt, Gallery Director 508.999.8555 gallery@umassd.edu www.umassd.edu/cvpa/galleries www.facebook.com/UMassDartmouthGalleries The gallery is open daily from 9 am - 6 pm Closed on major holidays. All events are free and open to the public. Link: http://www.umassd.edu/cvpa/galleries Topical Areas: Faculty, General Public, Staff and Administrators, Students, Students, Graduate, Students, Undergraduate, University Community, College of Visual and Performing Arts, Exhibits, Visual Arts
« 9/28 - 10/12 »	Blended Learning: Finding the Mix Location: Online Contact: CITS Instructional Development Description: This blended workshop is an introduction to the best practices of blended teaching and learning. A mix of online collaboration and face-to-face activities will prepare participants to design their own plan for blended instruction. Note: Face-to-face meetings are scheduled for Wednesday Sept 28th and Oct 5th from 3:00pm - 4:00pm in the Claire T. Library, room TBD. Topical Areas: Training, Workshop, audience: Faculty, topic: Faculty Development
Saturday, October 1, 2016
« 9/29 - 11/2 »	Bill Plympton Animator; Crowned King of Indie Animation: Drawings from Cheatin' Location: CVPA: College of Visual and Performing Arts , 285 Old Westport Road, Dartmouth, MA Cost: FREE Contact: University Art Gallery Description: Opening Reception: CVPA Campus Gallery, Sept 29 at 4-6 pm. Artist Talk to follow at Claire T. Carney Library Grand Reading Room: 6-7:30 pm (RSVP required on Eventbrite.com - under "Bill Plympton Talk at UMass Dartmouth"). Link: www.eventbrite.com/e/bill-plympton-talk-at-umass-dartmouth-tickets-27607014323 Gallery will remain open until 9 pm for the reception. UMass Dartmouth College of Visual and Performing Arts (CVPA) proudly presents Bill Plympton Animator; Crowned King of Indie Animation: Drawings from Cheatin'. This exhibition is a showcase of original drawings and production art of animator, cartoonist, and filmmaker Bill Plympton. Nearly 100 original graphite drawings from the artist's recent film Cheatin' will be on display along with other essential production materials and related media to reveal a "behind the scenes" look at Plympton's artistic process. Accompanying the art will be a continuous screening of the feature film Cheatin' in its entirety in the gallery. Video tutorials, produced by the artist himself, further the educational experience of "handmade" animation. This special exhibition curated for UMass Dartmouth can be seen at the CVPA Campus Gallery (UMass Dartmouth Main Campus) from September 29 through November 2, 2016. Bill Plympton, who has been called The King of Indie Animation, is the first person to independently hand-draw an entire animated feature film. He has created over 40 animated short films and seven animated features. Plympton received Oscar nominations for various animated shorts along with winning the Cannes Palme d'Or and the Canal+ Award for short films at Cannes Critics' Week. Bill Plympton will speak about his work and provide insight into the wild world of cartooning and independent animation. While the event is free and open to the public, reservations for the talk are required and can be made through this link: www.eventbrite.com/e/bill-plympton-talk-at-umass-dartmouth-tickets-27607014323 Excerpts from Artist's Statement "Why is it that animation is stereotyped as being only aimed at children and created by computer graphics? Why can't adults see stories for themselves, created in the fantastically free style of a hand-drawn animator? The look of this film is very special to me. When I started my career as an illustrator, I developed a style that I loved, watercolor with a pen and ink crosshatch overlay. But because of the limits of technology, I was never able to recreate my favorite style in animation. However, with the new digital technology available now, I've been able to exactly replicate that beautiful watercolor look." Biography Bill Plympton moved to New York City in 1968 and began his career creating cartoons for publications such as The New York Times, Playboy, National Lampoon, and Screw. In 1987, he was nominated for an Oscar for his animated short Your Face. In 2005, Plympton received another Oscar nomination, this time for his short Guard Dog. Push Comes to Shove won the prestigious Cannes 1991 Palme d'Or; and in 2001, another short film, Eat, won the Grand Prize for Short Films in Cannes Critics' Week. After producing many shorts that appeared on MTV, Spike, and Mike's, he turned his talent to feature films. Since 1991, he has made ten feature films. Seven of them, The Tune, Mondo Plympton, I Married a Strange Person, Mutant Aliens, Hair High, Idiots and Angels, and Cheatin', are all animated features. Bill Plympton has also collaborated with Madonna, Kanye West, Terry Gilliam, and "Weird Al" Yankovic in a number of music videos, animated films, and book projects. In 2006, Plympton received the Winsor McCay Lifetime Achievement Award from The Annie Awards. This event made possible through the generous support of Allan and Priscilla Ditchfield. Personnel: Prof. Jean-FranÒ«ois Allaux (Illustration): Producer Prof. James Edwards (Illustration): Curator Prof. Michael Swartz (Digital Media): Co-Curator, Graphic Design Viera Levitt: Gallery Director Contacts: James Edwards, Curator: jedwards@umassd.edu, Viera Levitt, Gallery Director: vlevitt@umassd.edu Link: jedwards@umassd.edu Topical Areas: Faculty, General Public, Staff and Administrators, Students, Students, Graduate, Students, Undergraduate, University Community, College of Visual and Performing Arts, Visual Design, Exhibits, Visual Arts
« 9/15 - 10/30 »	John Havens Thornton: Vertical / Horizontal / Diagonal Location: Star Store, New Bedford , Purchase Street, New Bedford Cost: FREE Contact: University Art Gallery Description: Reception: Thursday, AHA! Night, October 13, 5-8 pm Abstract geometric paintings by New Bedford artist John Havens Thornton (b. 1933). Thornton has exhibited since the early 1960s, notably at the ICA, Boston (1967), the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (1970), the Whitney Museum of American Art (1967), the Rose Art Museum, Waltham, MA (1979), the De Cordova Museum, Lincoln, MA (1987), and the New Bedford Art Museum, MA (2004). University Art Gallery, Star Store Campus, 715 Purchase Street, New Bedford, MA 02740 Contact: Viera Levitt, Gallery Director 508.999.8555 gallery@umassd.edu www.umassd.edu/cvpa/galleries www.facebook.com/UMassDartmouthGalleries The gallery is open daily from 9 am - 6 pm Closed on major holidays. All events are free and open to the public. Link: http://www.umassd.edu/cvpa/galleries Topical Areas: Faculty, General Public, Staff and Administrators, Students, Students, Graduate, Students, Undergraduate, University Community, College of Visual and Performing Arts, Exhibits, Visual Arts
9:00 AM - 1:00 PM	31st Annual SHARE Fun Walk Location: > See description for location Contact: Center For Rehabilitation Engineering Description: SHARE Foundation Walk-A-Thon located at the Fall River Carousel, Heritage State Park, 5 Water Street, Fall River, MA. 9AM to 1PM. For more information please contact SHARE at 508-999-8482. Topical Areas: Faculty, General Public, Staff and Administrators, Students, Center for Rehabilitation Engineering, Conferences & Events
« 9/28 - 10/12 »	Blended Learning: Finding the Mix Location: Online Contact: CITS Instructional Development Description: This blended workshop is an introduction to the best practices of blended teaching and learning. A mix of online collaboration and face-to-face activities will prepare participants to design their own plan for blended instruction. Note: Face-to-face meetings are scheduled for Wednesday Sept 28th and Oct 5th from 3:00pm - 4:00pm in the Claire T. Library, room TBD. Topical Areas: Training, Workshop, audience: Faculty, topic: Faculty Development

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