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Sunday, December 6, 2015
« 11/25 - 2/14 »	Wendy Wahl: ConTexts / Exhibition Location: University Art Gallery Contact: University Art Gallery Description: Wendy Wahl: ConTexts. Paper in 2D and 3D Reception: AHA! Night, Dec 10, 6-8 pm, Artist Talk 7 PM The exhibition ConTexts at the University Art Gallery in New Bedford presents a series of work by Wendy Wahl created from re-purposed encyclopedias. Her 2D works, made of hundreds of rolled paper strips glued onto a wooden panel, are sculpted into complex, repetitive reliefs. When light hits, they create an amazing universe that changes in surprising ways as the visitor walks by, often revealing an underlying geometry. In Wahl's newest work created for the exhibition, she uses the tops of the pages with golden edges taken from old Funk and Wagnalls Encyclopedias. Ms. Wahl's 3D pieces, enhanced by shadow-producing light and made from cut pages released from its binding, might remind visitors of underwater creatures with tentacles reaching out from the walls or into the gallery space. ConTexts brings new and inspiring meaning to the phrase 'reading a page'. For the last ten years Wendy Wahl's studio work has included a series that is created from thousands of pages of discarded and some now out of print volumes that include the Encyclopaedia Britannica, World Book, Collier's, Funk and Wagnalls and a variety of Dictionaries. The outcome of this work is an expression of her view of the connections between nature and culture. Wahl's interest is considering the associations between the tree of life, defined as the patterns of relationships that link all earthâ's species and the tree of knowledge, defined as the connected branches of human thought realized in the form of writing and speaking. This work is part of an ongoing experiment that uses the potency of printed text on paper. She is using a cultural artifact as her material for many reasons that include its unique physical qualities, the meanings that it carries and to recognize its existence. By restructuring familiar elements that in a particular format belongs to a collective consciousness, Wahl is commenting on an aspect of our station in time. Wendy Wahl's work has been exhibited internationally and is in a number of private and public collections including the Cooper-Hewitt Museum, NY and the RISD Museum. In 2010, she was selected for Networks, a project documenting Rhode Island artists through video and exhibition. The same year, she was commissioned to create a piece for the entrance of SOFA (Sculpture, Objects and Functional Art exposition) at the Park Avenue Armory, NY. Her work has been the subject of exhibitions at the Grand Rapids Art Museum, Michigan, the Newport Art Museum, RI and Fuller Craft Museum in Brockton, MA. She has received artist fellowship awards from the Rhode Island State Council on the Arts and the US Ambassador to Tashkent, Uzbekistan selected her work for his residence through the Art in Embassy Program. She has been recognized in numerous publications including Art News, Boston Globe, Casa Vogue, Providence Journal, Metropolis, The New York Times, Architectural Digest, The New Yorker, the Britannica blog, the Curated Object and The Wall Street Journal. Currently she is a lecturer at The New School - Parson's, Department of Constructed Environments. She received an MAE in Textile Art from the Rhode Island School of Design and a BA in Art from California State University at Northridge. She resides in Rhode Island with her husband, John Dunnigan, and their daughter, Hannah. Wendy Wahl was born in Los Angeles, California in 1961 . The exhibition is curated by Viera Levitt, Gallery Director and is open through Feb 14, 2016. University Art Gallery UMass Dartmouth 715 Purchase Street, New Bedford, MA 02740 umassd.edu/universityartgallery www.facebook.com/UMassDartmouthGalleries Gallery exhibitions are open Mon-Sat from 9:00 am to 6:00 pm, Sun 9 am to 5 pm and until 9:00 pm during AHA! Nights (every second Thursday each month). Closed for holidays on Nov 26, Dec 25 and Jan 1. Free admission. Link: https://www.facebook.com/events/1632707470317313/ Topical Areas: Faculty, General Public, Staff and Administrators, Students, Students, Graduate, Students, Law, Students, Undergraduate, University Community, College of Visual and Performing Arts, Exhibits, Poetry, Visual Arts
2:15 PM - 4:15 PM	Irish Lifelines Location: Claire T. Carney Library, Stoico/FIRST FED Charitable Foundation Grand Reading Room Cost: free Contact: Carney Library Associates Description: The Claire T. Carney Library Associates proudly presents an afternoon of Irish culture entitled Irish Lifelines. The event will take place in the First Fed/Stoico Grand Reading Room in the Claire T. Carney Library at 2 PM. There will be live Irish music performed by violinist Eliza Bowes followed by a lecture on 20th century Irish culture by Fr. Oliver Rafferty, the director of Irish studies at Boston College and the author of several books on Irish, British and Ecclesiastical history. There will be a display of Irish crafts and a light reception featuring Irish foods. Topical Areas: Faculty, General Public, Students
« 11/17 - 12/8 »	IGNITING THE PASSION II Location: Star Store, New Bedford , Purchase Street, New Bedford Cost: Free Admission Contact: University Art Gallery Description: Select Works by Young Apprentices Nov 17 - Dec 8 Closing Reception: Tuesday, Dec 8, 4-6 pm, Artist Talk 5 pm Location: CVPA Campus Gallery, UMass Dartmouth Eric Lintala / Cassie Remillard Anthony Fisher / Jonathan Gavin-Patterson Bryan McFarlane / Lizzy Santoro Richard Creighton / George Carmo Elena Peteva / Matt Meserve Stacy Latt Savage / Erin Wheary Andrew Nixon / Kris Valcorba Pam Hoss / Christina Hoang Anthony Miraglia / Victoria Arons Alison Wells / Melissa Masse Suzanne Schireson / Sheila O'Brien Donald Beal / Sarah Richard Marc St. Pierre / Cameron Aguiar Joseph Moniz / Casey Collins Ellen Lewis Watson / Hailey Angione Adrian Tio / Sam Brun An exhibition of Fine Arts faculty at the College of Visual and Performing Arts and their students, entitled "Igniting the Passion II" is being held at the UMass Dartmouth, CVPA Campus Gallery through December 8th. This show features work by all Fine Arts faculty alongside select works by their students in the media areas of Drawing, Painting, Printmaking, and Sculpture. This exhibition is based on the idea that the best teachers are those who are deeply involved in pursuing a personal art form, subject, or medium. Students, in turn, grasp this passion and grow to become strong, inspired artists in their own right. This is one of the most rewarding experiences in academia. The mission of the Department of Fine Arts is to maintain an environment where artists are committed to the pursuit of teaching, research, and creative work. This faculty of professional artists provides a high-quality studio education to students at the foundation, undergraduate, and graduate levels through formal, aesthetic, technical, and intellectual training. Faculty members prepare students to become creative artists, pursue graduate study, or engage in Fine Arts-related professions through the attainment of their BFA and MFA degrees. The closing reception for the "Igniting the Passion II" exhibition will be held on Tuesday, December 8th, from 4 pm to 6 pm with artist talks at 5pm. CVPA Campus Gallery, UMass Dartmouth, College of Visual and Performing Arts 285 Old Westport Road, North Dartmouth, MA 02747 Gallery Hours: Monday through Thursday 10 am to 4 pm, Friday 10 am to noon www.umassd.edu/cvpa www.facebook.com/FineArtsCVPA www.facebook.com/UMassDartmouthGalleries Link: https://www.facebook.com/FineArtsCVPA 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 Contact: Catholic Campus Ministry Description: Catholic Mass is celebrated at 7:00 pm on Sundays in the Blue and Gold Welcome Center (next door to the bookstore entrance). 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
7:30 PM - 8:30 PM	Jazz Voice Concert Location: CVPA Auditorium , CVPA-153 Contact: Music Department Description: Jazz Voice Concert Topical Areas: General Public, University Community, College of Visual and Performing Arts
« 11/18 - 12/18 »	Gift of Giving Food Drive Location: > See description for location Cost: n/a Contact: > See Description for contact information Description: 7th annual "Gift of Giving" Food Drive In the spirit of giving, the Student Affairs Office and the Center for Religious & Spiritual Life are collecting non-perishable food items to help our "Students Helping Students" Food Pantry and local charities. Items collected will be distributed to those charities in greatest need. All non-perishable food items will be accepted, but the following items are in greatest demand: peanut butter, jelly, cereal, oatmeal, dry pasta, tuna fish, canned meat, Spaghettios, ravioli, canned pasta, soup, rice, dry beans, powdered milk, snack bars, gluten-free products. Also accepting the following clothing items: socks, hats, gloves, mittens, scarves. LOOK FOR DONATION BINS IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS: Student Affairs, Campus Center, Suite 221 Foster Admin Buidling, 1st floor All academic buildings, first floors Claire T. Carney Library, Circulation Desk area CVPA Star Store, lobby Center for Entrepreneurship & Innovation, lobby UMass Law, lobby One CAN CAN make a difference! Topical Areas: University Community, General Public
« 11/24 - 12/8 »	Hanukkah Celebration Location: Campus Center Contact: > See Description for contact information Description: Festive Lighting of the Hanukkah Menorah, and Latkes (potato pancakes) and suvganiyot (jelly donuts) will be served at the Campus Center,first floor, Faculty Club. All are welcome. Sponsored by the Center of Jewish Culture at UMass Dartmouth. Contact Rabbi Satlow at jsatlow@umassd.edu with any questions Topical Areas: University Community, Center for Jewish Culture
Monday, December 7, 2015
« 11/25 - 2/14 »	Wendy Wahl: ConTexts / Exhibition Location: University Art Gallery Contact: University Art Gallery Description: Wendy Wahl: ConTexts. Paper in 2D and 3D Reception: AHA! Night, Dec 10, 6-8 pm, Artist Talk 7 PM The exhibition ConTexts at the University Art Gallery in New Bedford presents a series of work by Wendy Wahl created from re-purposed encyclopedias. Her 2D works, made of hundreds of rolled paper strips glued onto a wooden panel, are sculpted into complex, repetitive reliefs. When light hits, they create an amazing universe that changes in surprising ways as the visitor walks by, often revealing an underlying geometry. In Wahl's newest work created for the exhibition, she uses the tops of the pages with golden edges taken from old Funk and Wagnalls Encyclopedias. Ms. Wahl's 3D pieces, enhanced by shadow-producing light and made from cut pages released from its binding, might remind visitors of underwater creatures with tentacles reaching out from the walls or into the gallery space. ConTexts brings new and inspiring meaning to the phrase 'reading a page'. For the last ten years Wendy Wahl's studio work has included a series that is created from thousands of pages of discarded and some now out of print volumes that include the Encyclopaedia Britannica, World Book, Collier's, Funk and Wagnalls and a variety of Dictionaries. The outcome of this work is an expression of her view of the connections between nature and culture. Wahl's interest is considering the associations between the tree of life, defined as the patterns of relationships that link all earthâ's species and the tree of knowledge, defined as the connected branches of human thought realized in the form of writing and speaking. This work is part of an ongoing experiment that uses the potency of printed text on paper. She is using a cultural artifact as her material for many reasons that include its unique physical qualities, the meanings that it carries and to recognize its existence. By restructuring familiar elements that in a particular format belongs to a collective consciousness, Wahl is commenting on an aspect of our station in time. Wendy Wahl's work has been exhibited internationally and is in a number of private and public collections including the Cooper-Hewitt Museum, NY and the RISD Museum. In 2010, she was selected for Networks, a project documenting Rhode Island artists through video and exhibition. The same year, she was commissioned to create a piece for the entrance of SOFA (Sculpture, Objects and Functional Art exposition) at the Park Avenue Armory, NY. Her work has been the subject of exhibitions at the Grand Rapids Art Museum, Michigan, the Newport Art Museum, RI and Fuller Craft Museum in Brockton, MA. She has received artist fellowship awards from the Rhode Island State Council on the Arts and the US Ambassador to Tashkent, Uzbekistan selected her work for his residence through the Art in Embassy Program. She has been recognized in numerous publications including Art News, Boston Globe, Casa Vogue, Providence Journal, Metropolis, The New York Times, Architectural Digest, The New Yorker, the Britannica blog, the Curated Object and The Wall Street Journal. Currently she is a lecturer at The New School - Parson's, Department of Constructed Environments. She received an MAE in Textile Art from the Rhode Island School of Design and a BA in Art from California State University at Northridge. She resides in Rhode Island with her husband, John Dunnigan, and their daughter, Hannah. Wendy Wahl was born in Los Angeles, California in 1961 . The exhibition is curated by Viera Levitt, Gallery Director and is open through Feb 14, 2016. University Art Gallery UMass Dartmouth 715 Purchase Street, New Bedford, MA 02740 umassd.edu/universityartgallery www.facebook.com/UMassDartmouthGalleries Gallery exhibitions are open Mon-Sat from 9:00 am to 6:00 pm, Sun 9 am to 5 pm and until 9:00 pm during AHA! Nights (every second Thursday each month). Closed for holidays on Nov 26, Dec 25 and Jan 1. Free admission. Link: https://www.facebook.com/events/1632707470317313/ Topical Areas: Faculty, General Public, Staff and Administrators, Students, Students, Graduate, Students, Law, Students, Undergraduate, University Community, College of Visual and Performing Arts, Exhibits, Poetry, Visual Arts
« 11/17 - 12/8 »	IGNITING THE PASSION II Location: Star Store, New Bedford , Purchase Street, New Bedford Cost: Free Admission Contact: University Art Gallery Description: Select Works by Young Apprentices Nov 17 - Dec 8 Closing Reception: Tuesday, Dec 8, 4-6 pm, Artist Talk 5 pm Location: CVPA Campus Gallery, UMass Dartmouth Eric Lintala / Cassie Remillard Anthony Fisher / Jonathan Gavin-Patterson Bryan McFarlane / Lizzy Santoro Richard Creighton / George Carmo Elena Peteva / Matt Meserve Stacy Latt Savage / Erin Wheary Andrew Nixon / Kris Valcorba Pam Hoss / Christina Hoang Anthony Miraglia / Victoria Arons Alison Wells / Melissa Masse Suzanne Schireson / Sheila O'Brien Donald Beal / Sarah Richard Marc St. Pierre / Cameron Aguiar Joseph Moniz / Casey Collins Ellen Lewis Watson / Hailey Angione Adrian Tio / Sam Brun An exhibition of Fine Arts faculty at the College of Visual and Performing Arts and their students, entitled "Igniting the Passion II" is being held at the UMass Dartmouth, CVPA Campus Gallery through December 8th. This show features work by all Fine Arts faculty alongside select works by their students in the media areas of Drawing, Painting, Printmaking, and Sculpture. This exhibition is based on the idea that the best teachers are those who are deeply involved in pursuing a personal art form, subject, or medium. Students, in turn, grasp this passion and grow to become strong, inspired artists in their own right. This is one of the most rewarding experiences in academia. The mission of the Department of Fine Arts is to maintain an environment where artists are committed to the pursuit of teaching, research, and creative work. This faculty of professional artists provides a high-quality studio education to students at the foundation, undergraduate, and graduate levels through formal, aesthetic, technical, and intellectual training. Faculty members prepare students to become creative artists, pursue graduate study, or engage in Fine Arts-related professions through the attainment of their BFA and MFA degrees. The closing reception for the "Igniting the Passion II" exhibition will be held on Tuesday, December 8th, from 4 pm to 6 pm with artist talks at 5pm. CVPA Campus Gallery, UMass Dartmouth, College of Visual and Performing Arts 285 Old Westport Road, North Dartmouth, MA 02747 Gallery Hours: Monday through Thursday 10 am to 4 pm, Friday 10 am to noon www.umassd.edu/cvpa www.facebook.com/FineArtsCVPA www.facebook.com/UMassDartmouthGalleries Link: https://www.facebook.com/FineArtsCVPA 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
« 11/18 - 12/18 »	Gift of Giving Food Drive Location: > See description for location Cost: n/a Contact: > See Description for contact information Description: 7th annual "Gift of Giving" Food Drive In the spirit of giving, the Student Affairs Office and the Center for Religious & Spiritual Life are collecting non-perishable food items to help our "Students Helping Students" Food Pantry and local charities. Items collected will be distributed to those charities in greatest need. All non-perishable food items will be accepted, but the following items are in greatest demand: peanut butter, jelly, cereal, oatmeal, dry pasta, tuna fish, canned meat, Spaghettios, ravioli, canned pasta, soup, rice, dry beans, powdered milk, snack bars, gluten-free products. Also accepting the following clothing items: socks, hats, gloves, mittens, scarves. LOOK FOR DONATION BINS IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS: Student Affairs, Campus Center, Suite 221 Foster Admin Buidling, 1st floor All academic buildings, first floors Claire T. Carney Library, Circulation Desk area CVPA Star Store, lobby Center for Entrepreneurship & Innovation, lobby UMass Law, lobby One CAN CAN make a difference! Topical Areas: University Community, General Public
« 11/24 - 12/8 »	Hanukkah Celebration Location: Campus Center Contact: > See Description for contact information Description: Festive Lighting of the Hanukkah Menorah, and Latkes (potato pancakes) and suvganiyot (jelly donuts) will be served at the Campus Center,first floor, Faculty Club. All are welcome. Sponsored by the Center of Jewish Culture at UMass Dartmouth. Contact Rabbi Satlow at jsatlow@umassd.edu with any questions Topical Areas: University Community, Center for Jewish Culture
Tuesday, December 8, 2015
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM	PhD Dissertation Defense/BMEBT Seminar by Wonsup Choi Location: Violette Research Building , 285 Old Westport Road, Dartmouth, MA Contact: > See Description for contact information Description: TOPIC: DEVELOPMENT OF A SPECIFIC PEPTIDE LIGAND FOR TARGETING THE LIGHT CHAIN OF BOTULINUM NEUROTOXIN A LOCATION: VIOLETTE BLDG - 201 ABSTRACT: The overall goal of this research aims at identification of peptide molecules that can inhibit Botulinum neurotoxins (BoNTs) to address preparedness for bio-terrorism attacks using BoNTs. The light chain (LC) of BoNTs inhibits neurotransmitter release by destroying exocytotic fusion. LC acts as an endopeptidase against specific intracellular protein targets present either on the plasma membrane or on the synaptic vesicle. Since LC cleaves proteins of the SNARE inside the cytosol and this is a key step to the development of botulism, it is a valid target for design of inhibitors agains BoNTs. Phage display has been widely used for identification of receptor ligands, drug discovery, studying protein-protein interactions, and epitope mapping of antibodies. In this study, phage display was used to identify peptides that specifically bind and inhibit the light chain of BoNT type A (LC BoNT/A). After several rounds of panning, clones were sequenced, binding selectivity evaluated by enzyme-linked immunosorbant assay (ELISA), and inhibition of LCA endopeptidase activity investigated with the standard SNAPtideÂ® assay. Two phage clones were chosen as the best candidates, then the sequences corresponding to free peptides were synthesized for detailed characterizations by ITC and SNAPtideÂ® assay; the data showed 2.7 to 11.5 Î¼M of IC50 and 0.45 to 0.51 Î¼M of Kd value, which are significantly improved than those of a known peptide inhibitor for BoNT/A. Following characterizations of the free peptide, multivalent forms (Polyamidoamine dendrimers and Cyclodextrins) of the peptide were used to mimic the original multivalent phage display and investigate impact of such on binding and inhibition of the toxin. In the results, multivalency increased not only the potency of the peptide inhibitor by > 100 fold in LC BoNT/A inhibition, but also peptide resistance to proteolytic degradation. Furthermore, to elucidate the capability of the peptide inhibitors as unique inhibitors for the action of LC BoNT/A in the body, neuronal cell based inhibition assay was conducted using the human neuroblastoma cell line. This study demonstrates that the peptides developed from phage display technique are promising lead inhibitors, presenting the foundation for the generation of a more dominant derivative that can translate into rapid detection technology and therapeutic treatments. Topical Areas: University Community, Chemistry and Biochemistry, Bioengineering
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM	Catholic Mass - Feast of the Immaculate Conception Location: MacLean Campus Center, Reflection Room, Room 233 , 285 Old Westport Road, Dartmouth, MA Cost: 0 Contact: Catholic Campus Ministry Description: Catholic Mass will be celebrated at 12:00 noon in the Reflection Room. 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
« 11/25 - 2/14 »	Wendy Wahl: ConTexts / Exhibition Location: University Art Gallery Contact: University Art Gallery Description: Wendy Wahl: ConTexts. Paper in 2D and 3D Reception: AHA! Night, Dec 10, 6-8 pm, Artist Talk 7 PM The exhibition ConTexts at the University Art Gallery in New Bedford presents a series of work by Wendy Wahl created from re-purposed encyclopedias. Her 2D works, made of hundreds of rolled paper strips glued onto a wooden panel, are sculpted into complex, repetitive reliefs. When light hits, they create an amazing universe that changes in surprising ways as the visitor walks by, often revealing an underlying geometry. In Wahl's newest work created for the exhibition, she uses the tops of the pages with golden edges taken from old Funk and Wagnalls Encyclopedias. Ms. Wahl's 3D pieces, enhanced by shadow-producing light and made from cut pages released from its binding, might remind visitors of underwater creatures with tentacles reaching out from the walls or into the gallery space. ConTexts brings new and inspiring meaning to the phrase 'reading a page'. For the last ten years Wendy Wahl's studio work has included a series that is created from thousands of pages of discarded and some now out of print volumes that include the Encyclopaedia Britannica, World Book, Collier's, Funk and Wagnalls and a variety of Dictionaries. The outcome of this work is an expression of her view of the connections between nature and culture. Wahl's interest is considering the associations between the tree of life, defined as the patterns of relationships that link all earthâ's species and the tree of knowledge, defined as the connected branches of human thought realized in the form of writing and speaking. This work is part of an ongoing experiment that uses the potency of printed text on paper. She is using a cultural artifact as her material for many reasons that include its unique physical qualities, the meanings that it carries and to recognize its existence. By restructuring familiar elements that in a particular format belongs to a collective consciousness, Wahl is commenting on an aspect of our station in time. Wendy Wahl's work has been exhibited internationally and is in a number of private and public collections including the Cooper-Hewitt Museum, NY and the RISD Museum. In 2010, she was selected for Networks, a project documenting Rhode Island artists through video and exhibition. The same year, she was commissioned to create a piece for the entrance of SOFA (Sculpture, Objects and Functional Art exposition) at the Park Avenue Armory, NY. Her work has been the subject of exhibitions at the Grand Rapids Art Museum, Michigan, the Newport Art Museum, RI and Fuller Craft Museum in Brockton, MA. She has received artist fellowship awards from the Rhode Island State Council on the Arts and the US Ambassador to Tashkent, Uzbekistan selected her work for his residence through the Art in Embassy Program. She has been recognized in numerous publications including Art News, Boston Globe, Casa Vogue, Providence Journal, Metropolis, The New York Times, Architectural Digest, The New Yorker, the Britannica blog, the Curated Object and The Wall Street Journal. Currently she is a lecturer at The New School - Parson's, Department of Constructed Environments. She received an MAE in Textile Art from the Rhode Island School of Design and a BA in Art from California State University at Northridge. She resides in Rhode Island with her husband, John Dunnigan, and their daughter, Hannah. Wendy Wahl was born in Los Angeles, California in 1961 . The exhibition is curated by Viera Levitt, Gallery Director and is open through Feb 14, 2016. University Art Gallery UMass Dartmouth 715 Purchase Street, New Bedford, MA 02740 umassd.edu/universityartgallery www.facebook.com/UMassDartmouthGalleries Gallery exhibitions are open Mon-Sat from 9:00 am to 6:00 pm, Sun 9 am to 5 pm and until 9:00 pm during AHA! Nights (every second Thursday each month). Closed for holidays on Nov 26, Dec 25 and Jan 1. Free admission. Link: https://www.facebook.com/events/1632707470317313/ Topical Areas: Faculty, General Public, Staff and Administrators, Students, Students, Graduate, Students, Law, Students, Undergraduate, University Community, College of Visual and Performing Arts, Exhibits, Poetry, Visual Arts
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM	Catholic Mass - Feast of the Immaculate Conception Location: > See description for location Cost: 0 Contact: Catholic Campus Ministry Description: Catholic Mass will be celebrated at 5:00 pm at the Newman House Chapel Link: www.umassdcatholics.com Topical Areas: Faculty, Staff and Administrators, Students, Religious & Spiritual, Center for Religious and Spiritual Life
« 11/17 - 4:00 PM	IGNITING THE PASSION II Location: Star Store, New Bedford , Purchase Street, New Bedford Cost: Free Admission Contact: University Art Gallery Description: Select Works by Young Apprentices Nov 17 - Dec 8 Closing Reception: Tuesday, Dec 8, 4-6 pm, Artist Talk 5 pm Location: CVPA Campus Gallery, UMass Dartmouth Eric Lintala / Cassie Remillard Anthony Fisher / Jonathan Gavin-Patterson Bryan McFarlane / Lizzy Santoro Richard Creighton / George Carmo Elena Peteva / Matt Meserve Stacy Latt Savage / Erin Wheary Andrew Nixon / Kris Valcorba Pam Hoss / Christina Hoang Anthony Miraglia / Victoria Arons Alison Wells / Melissa Masse Suzanne Schireson / Sheila O'Brien Donald Beal / Sarah Richard Marc St. Pierre / Cameron Aguiar Joseph Moniz / Casey Collins Ellen Lewis Watson / Hailey Angione Adrian Tio / Sam Brun An exhibition of Fine Arts faculty at the College of Visual and Performing Arts and their students, entitled "Igniting the Passion II" is being held at the UMass Dartmouth, CVPA Campus Gallery through December 8th. This show features work by all Fine Arts faculty alongside select works by their students in the media areas of Drawing, Painting, Printmaking, and Sculpture. This exhibition is based on the idea that the best teachers are those who are deeply involved in pursuing a personal art form, subject, or medium. Students, in turn, grasp this passion and grow to become strong, inspired artists in their own right. This is one of the most rewarding experiences in academia. The mission of the Department of Fine Arts is to maintain an environment where artists are committed to the pursuit of teaching, research, and creative work. This faculty of professional artists provides a high-quality studio education to students at the foundation, undergraduate, and graduate levels through formal, aesthetic, technical, and intellectual training. Faculty members prepare students to become creative artists, pursue graduate study, or engage in Fine Arts-related professions through the attainment of their BFA and MFA degrees. The closing reception for the "Igniting the Passion II" exhibition will be held on Tuesday, December 8th, from 4 pm to 6 pm with artist talks at 5pm. CVPA Campus Gallery, UMass Dartmouth, College of Visual and Performing Arts 285 Old Westport Road, North Dartmouth, MA 02747 Gallery Hours: Monday through Thursday 10 am to 4 pm, Friday 10 am to noon www.umassd.edu/cvpa www.facebook.com/FineArtsCVPA www.facebook.com/UMassDartmouthGalleries Link: https://www.facebook.com/FineArtsCVPA 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
8:00 AM - 11:00 PM	Last day of Fall classes Location: UMass Dartmouth , 285 Old Westport Road, Dartmouth, MA Cost: N/A Contact: Registrar's Office Description: Fall classes end today. Link: http://www1.umassd.edu/calendar/academic_calendar/ Topical Areas: Academic Calendar
4:00 AM - 6:00 PM	IGNITING THE PASSION II Closing Reception: Tuesday, Dec 8, 4-6 pm Location: Star Store, New Bedford , Purchase Street, New Bedford Cost: Free Admission Contact: University Art Gallery Description: An Exhibition By Fine Arts Faculty Alongside Select Works by Young Apprentices Nov 17 - Dec 8 Closing Reception: Tuesday, Dec 8, 4-6 pm, Artist Talk 5 pm Location: CVPA Campus Gallery, UMass Dartmouth Eric Lintala / Cassie Remillard Anthony Fisher / Jonathan Gavin-Patterson Bryan McFarlane / Lizzy Santoro Richard Creighton / George Carmo Elena Peteva / Matt Meserve Stacy Latt Savage / Erin Wheary Andrew Nixon / Kris Valcorba Pam Hoss / Christina Hoang Anthony Miraglia / Victoria Arons Alison Wells / Melissa Masse Suzanne Schireson / Sheila O'Brien Donald Beal / Sarah Richard Marc St. Pierre / Cameron Aguiar Joseph Moniz / Casey Collins Ellen Lewis Watson / Hailey Angione Adrian TiÃ³ / Sam Brun An exhibition of Fine Arts faculty at the College of Visual and Performing Arts and their students, entitled "Igniting the Passion II" is being held at the UMass Dartmouth, CVPA Campus Gallery through December 8th. This show features work by all Fine Arts faculty alongside select works by their students in the media areas of Drawing, Painting, Printmaking, and Sculpture. This exhibition is based on the idea that the best teachers are those who are deeply involved in pursuing a personal art form, subject, or medium. Students, in turn, grasp this passion and grow to become strong, inspired artists in their own right. This is one of the most rewarding experiences in academia. The mission of the Department of Fine Arts is to maintain an environment where artists are committed to the pursuit of teaching, research, and creative work. This faculty of professional artists provides a high-quality studio education to students at the foundation, undergraduate, and graduate levels through formal, aesthetic, technical, and intellectual training. Faculty members prepare students to become creative artists, pursue graduate study, or engage in Fine Arts-related professions through the attainment of their BFA and MFA degrees. The closing reception for the "Igniting the Passion II" exhibition will be held on Tuesday, December 8th, from 4 pm to 6 pm with artist talks at 5pm. CVPA Campus Gallery, UMass Dartmouth, College of Visual and Performing Arts 285 Old Westport Road, North Dartmouth, MA 02747 Gallery Hours: Monday through Thursday 10 am to 4 pm, Friday 10 am to noon www.umassd.edu/cvpa; www.facebook.com/FineArtsCVPA; www.facebook.com/UMassDartmouthGalleries Link: http://www.umassd.edu/cvpa 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
« 11/18 - 12/18 »	Gift of Giving Food Drive Location: > See description for location Cost: n/a Contact: > See Description for contact information Description: 7th annual "Gift of Giving" Food Drive In the spirit of giving, the Student Affairs Office and the Center for Religious & Spiritual Life are collecting non-perishable food items to help our "Students Helping Students" Food Pantry and local charities. Items collected will be distributed to those charities in greatest need. All non-perishable food items will be accepted, but the following items are in greatest demand: peanut butter, jelly, cereal, oatmeal, dry pasta, tuna fish, canned meat, Spaghettios, ravioli, canned pasta, soup, rice, dry beans, powdered milk, snack bars, gluten-free products. Also accepting the following clothing items: socks, hats, gloves, mittens, scarves. LOOK FOR DONATION BINS IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS: Student Affairs, Campus Center, Suite 221 Foster Admin Buidling, 1st floor All academic buildings, first floors Claire T. Carney Library, Circulation Desk area CVPA Star Store, lobby Center for Entrepreneurship & Innovation, lobby UMass Law, lobby One CAN CAN make a difference! Topical Areas: University Community, General Public
« 11/24 - 5:00 PM	Hanukkah Celebration Location: Campus Center Contact: > See Description for contact information Description: Festive Lighting of the Hanukkah Menorah, and Latkes (potato pancakes) and suvganiyot (jelly donuts) will be served at the Campus Center,first floor, Faculty Club. All are welcome. Sponsored by the Center of Jewish Culture at UMass Dartmouth. Contact Rabbi Satlow at jsatlow@umassd.edu with any questions Topical Areas: University Community, Center for Jewish Culture
Wednesday, December 9, 2015
12:30 PM - 2:30 PM	MASTER OF SCIENCE THESIS DEFENSE BY: Sri Shanmukha Naraharisetti Location: Science & Engineering Building, Lester W. Cory Conference Room: Room 213A Cost: Free Contact: ECE: Electrical & Computer Engineering Department Description: TOPIC: SQUARE ROOT CARRY SELECT ADDER USING BEC FOR AREA EFFICIENT PROCESSORS LOCATION: Lester W. Cory Conference Room, Science & Engineering Building (Group II), Room 213A ABSTRACT: Arithmetic functions are the basic operations in many data processors. In most of the digital adders the speed of addition is limited by time taken for the carry to propagate through the adder. Square Root Carry Select Adder (SQRT CSLA) is one of the adders which is used to perform the addition operations very fast [1], but due to the ripple carry adders (RCA) used in the SQRT CSLA module the number of AOI gates used here are more compared to the AOI gates used in the modified SQRT CSLA which leads them to occupy more area. Modified SQRT CSLA limits the number of gates (area) by using Binary to Excess 1 Converters (BEC) in place of RCAs. The Area, power and Delay parameters of the modified SQRT CSLA using BEC are determined from simulations with Synopsys tools and compared with SQRT CSLA which uses RCA. Based on the comparison of results of the ordinary module and modified module, the better Design of the two models is brought out. NOTE: All ECE Graduate Students are ENCOURAGED to attend. All interested parties are invited to attend. Open to the public. Advisor: Dr. David P. Rancour Committee Members: Dr. Lance Fiondella, Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering and Dr. Gaurav Khanna, Physics Department *For further information, please contact Dr. David Rancour at 508.999.8466, or via email at drancour@umassd.edu. Topical Areas: General Public, University Community, Electrical and Computer Engineering
« 11/25 - 2/14 »	Wendy Wahl: ConTexts / Exhibition Location: University Art Gallery Contact: University Art Gallery Description: Wendy Wahl: ConTexts. Paper in 2D and 3D Reception: AHA! Night, Dec 10, 6-8 pm, Artist Talk 7 PM The exhibition ConTexts at the University Art Gallery in New Bedford presents a series of work by Wendy Wahl created from re-purposed encyclopedias. Her 2D works, made of hundreds of rolled paper strips glued onto a wooden panel, are sculpted into complex, repetitive reliefs. When light hits, they create an amazing universe that changes in surprising ways as the visitor walks by, often revealing an underlying geometry. In Wahl's newest work created for the exhibition, she uses the tops of the pages with golden edges taken from old Funk and Wagnalls Encyclopedias. Ms. Wahl's 3D pieces, enhanced by shadow-producing light and made from cut pages released from its binding, might remind visitors of underwater creatures with tentacles reaching out from the walls or into the gallery space. ConTexts brings new and inspiring meaning to the phrase 'reading a page'. For the last ten years Wendy Wahl's studio work has included a series that is created from thousands of pages of discarded and some now out of print volumes that include the Encyclopaedia Britannica, World Book, Collier's, Funk and Wagnalls and a variety of Dictionaries. The outcome of this work is an expression of her view of the connections between nature and culture. Wahl's interest is considering the associations between the tree of life, defined as the patterns of relationships that link all earthâ's species and the tree of knowledge, defined as the connected branches of human thought realized in the form of writing and speaking. This work is part of an ongoing experiment that uses the potency of printed text on paper. She is using a cultural artifact as her material for many reasons that include its unique physical qualities, the meanings that it carries and to recognize its existence. By restructuring familiar elements that in a particular format belongs to a collective consciousness, Wahl is commenting on an aspect of our station in time. Wendy Wahl's work has been exhibited internationally and is in a number of private and public collections including the Cooper-Hewitt Museum, NY and the RISD Museum. In 2010, she was selected for Networks, a project documenting Rhode Island artists through video and exhibition. The same year, she was commissioned to create a piece for the entrance of SOFA (Sculpture, Objects and Functional Art exposition) at the Park Avenue Armory, NY. Her work has been the subject of exhibitions at the Grand Rapids Art Museum, Michigan, the Newport Art Museum, RI and Fuller Craft Museum in Brockton, MA. She has received artist fellowship awards from the Rhode Island State Council on the Arts and the US Ambassador to Tashkent, Uzbekistan selected her work for his residence through the Art in Embassy Program. She has been recognized in numerous publications including Art News, Boston Globe, Casa Vogue, Providence Journal, Metropolis, The New York Times, Architectural Digest, The New Yorker, the Britannica blog, the Curated Object and The Wall Street Journal. Currently she is a lecturer at The New School - Parson's, Department of Constructed Environments. She received an MAE in Textile Art from the Rhode Island School of Design and a BA in Art from California State University at Northridge. She resides in Rhode Island with her husband, John Dunnigan, and their daughter, Hannah. Wendy Wahl was born in Los Angeles, California in 1961 . The exhibition is curated by Viera Levitt, Gallery Director and is open through Feb 14, 2016. University Art Gallery UMass Dartmouth 715 Purchase Street, New Bedford, MA 02740 umassd.edu/universityartgallery www.facebook.com/UMassDartmouthGalleries Gallery exhibitions are open Mon-Sat from 9:00 am to 6:00 pm, Sun 9 am to 5 pm and until 9:00 pm during AHA! Nights (every second Thursday each month). Closed for holidays on Nov 26, Dec 25 and Jan 1. Free admission. Link: https://www.facebook.com/events/1632707470317313/ Topical Areas: Faculty, General Public, Staff and Administrators, Students, Students, Graduate, Students, Law, Students, Undergraduate, University Community, College of Visual and Performing Arts, Exhibits, Poetry, Visual Arts
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM	Procard/Reallocation Training Location: Foster Administration, Room 308 Contact: Purchasing Description: Description: How do you get a procard? What is reallocation? Can I buy this using my procard? Learn the policies and procedures of the university procurement card program and the importance of proper reallocations and statement reconciliation. Please contact Nadine Rodriguez with any questions at nadine.rodriguez@umassd.edu Link: http://www.umassd.edu/admin_finance/departments/administrativeservices/purchasing/procurementcardprogram/
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM	CORSAIR Jobs Drop-In Session Location: > See description for location Contact: > See Description for contact information Description: This session will allow users to ask questions about particular aspects of the student employment self-service system. This is not a formalized training session. Please bring along questions/issues to discuss and work on resolving. This session will be held in the Instructional Development Office, Lib-242. Contact Verena Lisinski (x8609), vlisinski@umassd.edu, with any questions. Topical Areas: Workshop, audience: Everyone, audience: Faculty, audience: Staff, audience: Students, Training
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
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM	MASTER OF SCIENCE THESIS DEFENSE BY: Vidhyashree Nagaraju Location: Science & Engineering Building, Lester W. Cory Conference Room: Room 213A Cost: Free Contact: ECE: Electrical & Computer Engineering Department Description: TOPIC: ALGORITHMS FOR NONHOMOGENEOUS POISSON PROCESS (NHPP) SOFTWARE RELIABILITY MODELS AND SOFTWARE REJUVENATION CONSIDERING CORRELATED FAILURES LOCATION: Lester W. Cory Conference Room, Science & Engineering Building (Group II), Room 213A ABSTRACT: Nonhomogeneous Poisson process software reliability growth models (SRGM) enable several quantitative metrics that can be used to guide important decisions during the software engineering life cycle such as testing resource allocation and release planning. However, many of these SRGM possess complex mathematical forms that make them difficult to apply in practice. Specifically, traditional statistical procedures such as maximum likelihood estimation must solve a system of non-linear equations to identify the numerical parameters that best characterize a set of failure data. Recently, researchers have made significant progress toward overcoming this difficulty by developing an expectation-maximization (EM) algorithm that exhibits better convergence properties and can therefore find the maximum likelihood estimates of complex SRGM with greater ease. However, this approach is computationally intensive and therefore slow for complex models. This thesis presents: (i) adaptive EM and (ii) Implicit expectation conditional maximization (IECM) algorithms to avoid the computationally intensive steps present in previous techniques and to identify the MLEs with respect to all model parameters. In software reliability models, another critical metric is availability. Phenomenon such as software aging can cause failure of a critical application which may result in a significant loss of life, compromise confidential data, or produce economic loss. Software aging is addressed by a method known as software rejuvenation, which is a proactive fault management technique with the goal of postponing or preventing crash failures and/or performance degradation. Most rejuvenation methods ignores the impact of correlation on the reliability of a component based system. Therefore, this thesis presents: (iii) an extended software rejuvenation model to explicitly consider correlated failures, which enables the computation of software rejuvenation schedules to achieve high availability and low downtime cost. NOTE: All ECE Graduate Students are ENCOURAGED to attend. All interested parties are invited to attend. Open to the public. Advisor: Dr. Lance Fiondella Committee Members: Dr. Liudong Xing, Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering and Dr. Panlop Zeephongsekul, School of Mathematical and Geospatial Sciences, RMIT University *For further information, please contact Dr. Lance Fiondella at 508.999.8596, or via email at lfiondella@umassd.edu. Topical Areas: General Public, University Community, Electrical and Computer Engineering
12:00 AM - 1:00 AM	Faculty Writing Group Location: OFD Lounge, Library 220 Contact: Office of Faculty Development Description: The Office of Faculty Development’s Writing Group for Faculty provides UMass Dartmouth faculty with a structured yet flexible forum for discussing and stimulating their ongoing writing projects. The group will meet in the OFD lounge. Join us and get help with all aspects of your manuscript preparation from proof reading, to publication strategy input, to networking and collaboration with other colleagues both at UMassD. and other institutions that share your research passions. Lunch will be provided. Regular participation throughout the academic year is encouraged, but drop-ins are welcome. This workshop series will be facilitated by Nikolay Anguelov, Assistant Professor, Public Policy. Please contact Nikolay Anguelov at nanguelov@umassd.edu with any questions. Topical Areas: Training, Workshop, audience: Faculty, topic: Faculty Development
« 11/18 - 12/18 »	Gift of Giving Food Drive Location: > See description for location Cost: n/a Contact: > See Description for contact information Description: 7th annual "Gift of Giving" Food Drive In the spirit of giving, the Student Affairs Office and the Center for Religious & Spiritual Life are collecting non-perishable food items to help our "Students Helping Students" Food Pantry and local charities. Items collected will be distributed to those charities in greatest need. All non-perishable food items will be accepted, but the following items are in greatest demand: peanut butter, jelly, cereal, oatmeal, dry pasta, tuna fish, canned meat, Spaghettios, ravioli, canned pasta, soup, rice, dry beans, powdered milk, snack bars, gluten-free products. Also accepting the following clothing items: socks, hats, gloves, mittens, scarves. LOOK FOR DONATION BINS IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS: Student Affairs, Campus Center, Suite 221 Foster Admin Buidling, 1st floor All academic buildings, first floors Claire T. Carney Library, Circulation Desk area CVPA Star Store, lobby Center for Entrepreneurship & Innovation, lobby UMass Law, lobby One CAN CAN make a difference! Topical Areas: University Community, General Public
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM	DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY DISSERTATION DEFENSE BY: Saurav R. Tuladhar Location: > See description for location Cost: Free Contact: ECE: Electrical & Computer Engineering Department Description: TOPIC: IMPROVED SAMPLE MATRIX INVERSION ADAPTIVE BEAMFORMERS FOR UNIFORM LINEAR ARRAYS USING ARRAY POLYNOMIALS LOCATION: Dion Building, Room 109 ABSTRACT: Adaptive beamformers (ABFs) place deep beampattern notches near interferers to suppress the interferers' power in the ABF output. The sample matrix inversion (SMI) Minimum Variance Distortionless Response (MVDR) ABF computes the beamformer weights by substituting the sample covariance matrix (SCM) for the unknown ensemble covariance matrix in the MVDR expression. Errors in the SCM estimate of interferer direction due to limited sample support or interferer motion distorts the ABF beampattern and degrades the ability of the ABF to suppress the interferer. For beamformers using uniform linear arrays (ULA), the beampattern can be represented as a polynomial. The array polynomial is the z-transform of the beamformer weights. Evaluating the array polynomial on the unit circle in the complex plane yields the beampattern. For the ensemble MVDR beamforming using a ULA, the array polynomial zeros are constrained to fall on the unit circle. But the SMI MVDR polynomial zeros generally do not fall on the unit circle. The first part of the dissertation develops a model for the ensemble MVDR polynomial zero locations assuming a single interferer present in white background noise. The model illuminates the trade off balancing the interferer suppression and the white noise gain by the ensemble MVDR. Secondly, the dissertation proposes the unit circle MVDR (UC MVDR) beamformer which projects the SMI MVDR polynomial zeros radially on to the unit circle to satisfy the constraint on the zeros of ensemble MVDR polynomial. Numerical simulations show that the UC MVDR beamformer suppresses interferers better than the SMI MVDR and diagonal loaded MVDR beamformer and also improves the white noise gain (WNG). Finally, the dissertation proposes the double zero (DZ) MVDR ABF as a new approach to notch broadening. The array polynomial for the DZ MVDR ABF has second-order zeros, producing broader and deeper notches in the interferer direction. The DZ MVDR ABF outperforms the SMI MVDR and covariance matrix tapered ABFs in simulations with stationary and moving interferers. NOTE: All ECE Graduate Students are ENCOURAGED to attend. All interested parties are invited to attend. Open to the public. Advisor: Dr. John R. Buck Committee Members: Dr. Paul Gendron and Dr. Dayalan Kasilingam, Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering; Dr. Raj Rao Nadakuditi, University of Michigan; Dr. Christ D. Richmond, Advanced RF Techniques & Systems, MIT Lincoln Laboratory *For further information, please contact Dr. John R. Buck at 508.999.9237, or via email at jbuck@umassd.edu. Topical Areas: General Public, University Community, Electrical and Computer Engineering
3:30 PM - 4:30 PM	Department of Fisheries Oceanography Seminar Series Location: > Off-campus location, see description for details Contact: > See Description for contact information Description: Selective fishing and balanced fishing: Where are we going from here? Pingguo He UMASS Dartmouth / SMAST / DFO Wednesday, December 9, 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 on https://echosystem.umassd.edu:8443/ess/portal/section/9f732442-8871-46c1-a9c1-d11db930bb39 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: SMAST Seminar Series
7:30 PM - 8:30 PM	Jazz Guitar Ensemble/Jazz Ensemble Concert Location: CVPA Auditorium , CVPA-153 Contact: Music Department Description: Jazz Guitar/Jazz Ensemble Concert Topical Areas: General Public, University Community, College of Visual and Performing Arts
8:00 AM - 11:00 PM	Study Day Location: UMass Dartmouth , 285 Old Westport Road, Dartmouth, MA Cost: N/A Contact: Registrar's Office Description: Today is Study Day. Link: http://www1.umassd.edu/calendar/academic_calendar/ Topical Areas: Academic Calendar
Thursday, December 10, 2015
5:30 PM - 7:00 PM	Psychology Department Research Exhibition Location: > See description for location Contact: > See Description for contact information Description: The Psychology Department will be holding its fall semester Research Exhibition in Liberal Arts Room 374 and surrounding hallway area. Students in the Psychology department will be presenting their research projects within the areas of Developmental, Biopsychological, Social, and Personality Psychology. For more information, contact Dr. Robin Locke-Arkerson at rlocke@umassd.edu. Topical Areas: University Community, Psychology, Research, Undergraduate Research, Conferences & Events
9:00 AM - 11:00 AM	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
« 11/25 - 2/14 »	Wendy Wahl: ConTexts / Exhibition Location: University Art Gallery Contact: University Art Gallery Description: Wendy Wahl: ConTexts. Paper in 2D and 3D Reception: AHA! Night, Dec 10, 6-8 pm, Artist Talk 7 PM The exhibition ConTexts at the University Art Gallery in New Bedford presents a series of work by Wendy Wahl created from re-purposed encyclopedias. Her 2D works, made of hundreds of rolled paper strips glued onto a wooden panel, are sculpted into complex, repetitive reliefs. When light hits, they create an amazing universe that changes in surprising ways as the visitor walks by, often revealing an underlying geometry. In Wahl's newest work created for the exhibition, she uses the tops of the pages with golden edges taken from old Funk and Wagnalls Encyclopedias. Ms. Wahl's 3D pieces, enhanced by shadow-producing light and made from cut pages released from its binding, might remind visitors of underwater creatures with tentacles reaching out from the walls or into the gallery space. ConTexts brings new and inspiring meaning to the phrase 'reading a page'. For the last ten years Wendy Wahl's studio work has included a series that is created from thousands of pages of discarded and some now out of print volumes that include the Encyclopaedia Britannica, World Book, Collier's, Funk and Wagnalls and a variety of Dictionaries. The outcome of this work is an expression of her view of the connections between nature and culture. Wahl's interest is considering the associations between the tree of life, defined as the patterns of relationships that link all earthâ's species and the tree of knowledge, defined as the connected branches of human thought realized in the form of writing and speaking. This work is part of an ongoing experiment that uses the potency of printed text on paper. She is using a cultural artifact as her material for many reasons that include its unique physical qualities, the meanings that it carries and to recognize its existence. By restructuring familiar elements that in a particular format belongs to a collective consciousness, Wahl is commenting on an aspect of our station in time. Wendy Wahl's work has been exhibited internationally and is in a number of private and public collections including the Cooper-Hewitt Museum, NY and the RISD Museum. In 2010, she was selected for Networks, a project documenting Rhode Island artists through video and exhibition. The same year, she was commissioned to create a piece for the entrance of SOFA (Sculpture, Objects and Functional Art exposition) at the Park Avenue Armory, NY. Her work has been the subject of exhibitions at the Grand Rapids Art Museum, Michigan, the Newport Art Museum, RI and Fuller Craft Museum in Brockton, MA. She has received artist fellowship awards from the Rhode Island State Council on the Arts and the US Ambassador to Tashkent, Uzbekistan selected her work for his residence through the Art in Embassy Program. She has been recognized in numerous publications including Art News, Boston Globe, Casa Vogue, Providence Journal, Metropolis, The New York Times, Architectural Digest, The New Yorker, the Britannica blog, the Curated Object and The Wall Street Journal. Currently she is a lecturer at The New School - Parson's, Department of Constructed Environments. She received an MAE in Textile Art from the Rhode Island School of Design and a BA in Art from California State University at Northridge. She resides in Rhode Island with her husband, John Dunnigan, and their daughter, Hannah. Wendy Wahl was born in Los Angeles, California in 1961 . The exhibition is curated by Viera Levitt, Gallery Director and is open through Feb 14, 2016. University Art Gallery UMass Dartmouth 715 Purchase Street, New Bedford, MA 02740 umassd.edu/universityartgallery www.facebook.com/UMassDartmouthGalleries Gallery exhibitions are open Mon-Sat from 9:00 am to 6:00 pm, Sun 9 am to 5 pm and until 9:00 pm during AHA! Nights (every second Thursday each month). Closed for holidays on Nov 26, Dec 25 and Jan 1. Free admission. Link: https://www.facebook.com/events/1632707470317313/ Topical Areas: Faculty, General Public, Staff and Administrators, Students, Students, Graduate, Students, Law, Students, Undergraduate, University Community, College of Visual and Performing Arts, Exhibits, Poetry, Visual Arts
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM	Reception for Wendy Wahl: ConTexts Exhibition Location: University Art Gallery Contact: University Art Gallery Description: Wendy Wahl: ConTexts. Paper in 2D and 3D Reception: AHA! Night, Dec 10, 6-8 pm, Artist Talk 7 PM Please come to the artist talk and reception for the exhibition ConTexts at the University Art Gallery in New Bedford. This show presents a series of work by Wendy Wahl created from re-purposed encyclopedias. Her 2D works, made of hundreds of rolled paper strips glued onto a wooden panel, are sculpted into complex, repetitive reliefs. When light hits, they create an amazing universe that changes in surprising ways as the visitor walks by, often revealing an underlying geometry. In Wahl's newest work created for the exhibition, she uses the tops of the pages with golden edges taken from old Funk and Wagnalls Encyclopedias. Ms. Wahl's 3D pieces, enhanced by shadow-producing light and made from cut pages released from its binding, might remind visitors of underwater creatures with tentacles reaching out from the walls or into the gallery space. ConTexts brings new and inspiring meaning to the phrase 'reading a page'. For the last ten years Wendy Wahl's studio work has included a series that is created from thousands of pages of discarded and some now out of print volumes that include the Encyclopaedia Britannica, World Book, Collier's, Funk and Wagnalls and a variety of Dictionaries. The outcome of this work is an expression of her view of the connections between nature and culture. Wahl's interest is considering the associations between the tree of life, defined as the patterns of relationships that link all earth's species and the tree of knowledge, defined as the connected branches of human thought realized in the form of writing and speaking. This work is part of an ongoing experiment that uses the potency of printed text on paper. She is using a cultural artifact as her material for many reasons that include its unique physical qualities, the meanings that it carries and to recognize its existence. By restructuring familiar elements that in a particular format belongs to a collective consciousness, Wahl is commenting on an aspect of our station in time. Wendy Wahl's work has been exhibited internationally and is in a number of private and public collections including the Cooper-Hewitt Museum, NY and the RISD Museum. In 2010, she was selected for Networks, a project documenting Rhode Island artists through video and exhibition. The same year, she was commissioned to create a piece for the entrance of SOFA (Sculpture, Objects and Functional Art exposition) at the Park Avenue Armory, NY. Her work has been the subject of exhibitions at the Grand Rapids Art Museum, Michigan, the Newport Art Museum, RI and Fuller Craft Museum in Brockton, MA. She has received artist fellowship awards from the Rhode Island State Council on the Arts and the US Ambassador to Tashkent, Uzbekistan selected her work for his residence through the Art in Embassy Program. She has been recognized in numerous publications including Art News, Boston Globe, Casa Vogue, Providence Journal, Metropolis, The New York Times, Architectural Digest, The New Yorker, the Britannica blog, the Curated Object and The Wall Street Journal. Currently she is a lecturer at The New School - Parson's, Department of Constructed Environments. She received an MAE in Textile Art from the Rhode Island School of Design and a BA in Art from California State University at Northridge. She resides in Rhode Island with her husband, John Dunnigan, and their daughter, Hannah. Wendy Wahl was born in Los Angeles, California in 1961. University Art Gallery UMass Dartmouth 715 Purchase Street, New Bedford, MA 02740 umassd.edu/universityartgallery www.facebook.com/UMassDartmouthGalleries Gallery exhibitions are open Mon-Sat from 9:00 am to 6:00 pm, Sun 9 am to 5 pm and until 9:00 pm during AHA! Nights (every second Thursday each month). Closed for holidays on Nov 26, Dec 25 and Jan 1. Free admission. Link: https://www.facebook.com/events/1632707470317313/ Topical Areas: Faculty, General Public, Staff and Administrators, Students, Students, Graduate, Students, Law, Students, Undergraduate, University Community, College of Visual and Performing Arts, Exhibits
7:30 PM - 8:30 PM	UMass Choral Concert Location: > Off-campus location, see description for details Contact: Music Department Description: Choral Concert Unitarian Church of New Bedford 71 8th Street, New Bedford, MA Topical Areas: General Public, University Community, College of Visual and Performing Arts, Music
8:00 AM - 11:00 PM	Final exams begin Location: UMass Dartmouth , 285 Old Westport Road, Dartmouth, MA Cost: N/A Contact: Registrar's Office Description: Examinations begin today. Link: http://www1.umassd.edu/calendar/academic_calendar/ Topical Areas: Academic Calendar
« 11/18 - 12/18 »	Gift of Giving Food Drive Location: > See description for location Cost: n/a Contact: > See Description for contact information Description: 7th annual "Gift of Giving" Food Drive In the spirit of giving, the Student Affairs Office and the Center for Religious & Spiritual Life are collecting non-perishable food items to help our "Students Helping Students" Food Pantry and local charities. Items collected will be distributed to those charities in greatest need. All non-perishable food items will be accepted, but the following items are in greatest demand: peanut butter, jelly, cereal, oatmeal, dry pasta, tuna fish, canned meat, Spaghettios, ravioli, canned pasta, soup, rice, dry beans, powdered milk, snack bars, gluten-free products. Also accepting the following clothing items: socks, hats, gloves, mittens, scarves. LOOK FOR DONATION BINS IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS: Student Affairs, Campus Center, Suite 221 Foster Admin Buidling, 1st floor All academic buildings, first floors Claire T. Carney Library, Circulation Desk area CVPA Star Store, lobby Center for Entrepreneurship & Innovation, lobby UMass Law, lobby One CAN CAN make a difference! Topical Areas: University Community, General Public
Friday, December 11, 2015
5:30 PM - 6:30 PM	Holiday concert Location: Angus Bailey Auditorium , UMass Dartmouth, 285 Old Westport Road, Dartmouth, MA 02747 Cost: Free Contact: > See Description for contact information Description: The University of Massachusetts Dartmouth holiday concert is Friday, December 11 at 5:30 pm in the Main Auditorium. The program is free and open to the public. The musical performances feature UMass Dartmouth students and faculty and the Carney Academy Choir. For more information contact Amy Mangold 508.999.8006 or email amangold@umassd.edu Topical Areas: Faculty, General Public, Staff and Administrators, Students, Students, Graduate, Students, Law, Students, Undergraduate, University Community, Music, Concerts
« 11/25 - 2/14 »	Wendy Wahl: ConTexts / Exhibition Location: University Art Gallery Contact: University Art Gallery Description: Wendy Wahl: ConTexts. Paper in 2D and 3D Reception: AHA! Night, Dec 10, 6-8 pm, Artist Talk 7 PM The exhibition ConTexts at the University Art Gallery in New Bedford presents a series of work by Wendy Wahl created from re-purposed encyclopedias. Her 2D works, made of hundreds of rolled paper strips glued onto a wooden panel, are sculpted into complex, repetitive reliefs. When light hits, they create an amazing universe that changes in surprising ways as the visitor walks by, often revealing an underlying geometry. In Wahl's newest work created for the exhibition, she uses the tops of the pages with golden edges taken from old Funk and Wagnalls Encyclopedias. Ms. Wahl's 3D pieces, enhanced by shadow-producing light and made from cut pages released from its binding, might remind visitors of underwater creatures with tentacles reaching out from the walls or into the gallery space. ConTexts brings new and inspiring meaning to the phrase 'reading a page'. For the last ten years Wendy Wahl's studio work has included a series that is created from thousands of pages of discarded and some now out of print volumes that include the Encyclopaedia Britannica, World Book, Collier's, Funk and Wagnalls and a variety of Dictionaries. The outcome of this work is an expression of her view of the connections between nature and culture. Wahl's interest is considering the associations between the tree of life, defined as the patterns of relationships that link all earthâ's species and the tree of knowledge, defined as the connected branches of human thought realized in the form of writing and speaking. This work is part of an ongoing experiment that uses the potency of printed text on paper. She is using a cultural artifact as her material for many reasons that include its unique physical qualities, the meanings that it carries and to recognize its existence. By restructuring familiar elements that in a particular format belongs to a collective consciousness, Wahl is commenting on an aspect of our station in time. Wendy Wahl's work has been exhibited internationally and is in a number of private and public collections including the Cooper-Hewitt Museum, NY and the RISD Museum. In 2010, she was selected for Networks, a project documenting Rhode Island artists through video and exhibition. The same year, she was commissioned to create a piece for the entrance of SOFA (Sculpture, Objects and Functional Art exposition) at the Park Avenue Armory, NY. Her work has been the subject of exhibitions at the Grand Rapids Art Museum, Michigan, the Newport Art Museum, RI and Fuller Craft Museum in Brockton, MA. She has received artist fellowship awards from the Rhode Island State Council on the Arts and the US Ambassador to Tashkent, Uzbekistan selected her work for his residence through the Art in Embassy Program. She has been recognized in numerous publications including Art News, Boston Globe, Casa Vogue, Providence Journal, Metropolis, The New York Times, Architectural Digest, The New Yorker, the Britannica blog, the Curated Object and The Wall Street Journal. Currently she is a lecturer at The New School - Parson's, Department of Constructed Environments. She received an MAE in Textile Art from the Rhode Island School of Design and a BA in Art from California State University at Northridge. She resides in Rhode Island with her husband, John Dunnigan, and their daughter, Hannah. Wendy Wahl was born in Los Angeles, California in 1961 . The exhibition is curated by Viera Levitt, Gallery Director and is open through Feb 14, 2016. University Art Gallery UMass Dartmouth 715 Purchase Street, New Bedford, MA 02740 umassd.edu/universityartgallery www.facebook.com/UMassDartmouthGalleries Gallery exhibitions are open Mon-Sat from 9:00 am to 6:00 pm, Sun 9 am to 5 pm and until 9:00 pm during AHA! Nights (every second Thursday each month). Closed for holidays on Nov 26, Dec 25 and Jan 1. Free admission. Link: https://www.facebook.com/events/1632707470317313/ Topical Areas: Faculty, General Public, Staff and Administrators, Students, Students, Graduate, Students, Law, Students, Undergraduate, University Community, College of Visual and Performing Arts, Exhibits, Poetry, Visual Arts
9:00 AM - 2:00 PM	VALIC Financial Advisor on Campus Location: > See description for location Contact: > See Description for contact information Description: Multiple 45 minute appointments are available and provided on a first come first serve basis. Comprehensive financial planning services are complimentary and open to Valic and Non-VaIic clients. Additional appointments are available; please email kenneth.knopf@valic.com directly or by phone at 617-852-6233 for details. Appointments will be held in CCB room 306. Topical Areas: Faculty, Staff and Administrators, Human Resources
« 11/18 - 12/18 »	Gift of Giving Food Drive Location: > See description for location Cost: n/a Contact: > See Description for contact information Description: 7th annual "Gift of Giving" Food Drive In the spirit of giving, the Student Affairs Office and the Center for Religious & Spiritual Life are collecting non-perishable food items to help our "Students Helping Students" Food Pantry and local charities. Items collected will be distributed to those charities in greatest need. All non-perishable food items will be accepted, but the following items are in greatest demand: peanut butter, jelly, cereal, oatmeal, dry pasta, tuna fish, canned meat, Spaghettios, ravioli, canned pasta, soup, rice, dry beans, powdered milk, snack bars, gluten-free products. Also accepting the following clothing items: socks, hats, gloves, mittens, scarves. LOOK FOR DONATION BINS IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS: Student Affairs, Campus Center, Suite 221 Foster Admin Buidling, 1st floor All academic buildings, first floors Claire T. Carney Library, Circulation Desk area CVPA Star Store, lobby Center for Entrepreneurship & Innovation, lobby UMass Law, lobby One CAN CAN make a difference! Topical Areas: University Community, General Public
Saturday, December 12, 2015
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM	Lysistrata Location: Main Auditorium (Angus Bailey Auditorium) , 285 Old Westport Road, Dartmouth, MA Cost: students: $5, faculty $7, general admission: $10 Contact: Theatre Company Description: 20 Cent Fiction presents Lysistrata. Originally written by Ancient Greek playwright Aristophanes, Lysistrata is a hilarious comedy about how a group of women decide that the only way to stop the Peloppenesian War is to withhold sex from their husbands. This modernized version of the play tells the classic story, but with a new twist! Doors open 1 hour before show. Come 30 minutes before show to see the MacGyver Experience. Topical Areas: Faculty, General Public, Staff and Administrators, Students, 20 Cent Fiction
« 11/25 - 2/14 »	Wendy Wahl: ConTexts / Exhibition Location: University Art Gallery Contact: University Art Gallery Description: Wendy Wahl: ConTexts. Paper in 2D and 3D Reception: AHA! Night, Dec 10, 6-8 pm, Artist Talk 7 PM The exhibition ConTexts at the University Art Gallery in New Bedford presents a series of work by Wendy Wahl created from re-purposed encyclopedias. Her 2D works, made of hundreds of rolled paper strips glued onto a wooden panel, are sculpted into complex, repetitive reliefs. When light hits, they create an amazing universe that changes in surprising ways as the visitor walks by, often revealing an underlying geometry. In Wahl's newest work created for the exhibition, she uses the tops of the pages with golden edges taken from old Funk and Wagnalls Encyclopedias. Ms. Wahl's 3D pieces, enhanced by shadow-producing light and made from cut pages released from its binding, might remind visitors of underwater creatures with tentacles reaching out from the walls or into the gallery space. ConTexts brings new and inspiring meaning to the phrase 'reading a page'. For the last ten years Wendy Wahl's studio work has included a series that is created from thousands of pages of discarded and some now out of print volumes that include the Encyclopaedia Britannica, World Book, Collier's, Funk and Wagnalls and a variety of Dictionaries. The outcome of this work is an expression of her view of the connections between nature and culture. Wahl's interest is considering the associations between the tree of life, defined as the patterns of relationships that link all earthâ's species and the tree of knowledge, defined as the connected branches of human thought realized in the form of writing and speaking. This work is part of an ongoing experiment that uses the potency of printed text on paper. She is using a cultural artifact as her material for many reasons that include its unique physical qualities, the meanings that it carries and to recognize its existence. By restructuring familiar elements that in a particular format belongs to a collective consciousness, Wahl is commenting on an aspect of our station in time. Wendy Wahl's work has been exhibited internationally and is in a number of private and public collections including the Cooper-Hewitt Museum, NY and the RISD Museum. In 2010, she was selected for Networks, a project documenting Rhode Island artists through video and exhibition. The same year, she was commissioned to create a piece for the entrance of SOFA (Sculpture, Objects and Functional Art exposition) at the Park Avenue Armory, NY. Her work has been the subject of exhibitions at the Grand Rapids Art Museum, Michigan, the Newport Art Museum, RI and Fuller Craft Museum in Brockton, MA. She has received artist fellowship awards from the Rhode Island State Council on the Arts and the US Ambassador to Tashkent, Uzbekistan selected her work for his residence through the Art in Embassy Program. She has been recognized in numerous publications including Art News, Boston Globe, Casa Vogue, Providence Journal, Metropolis, The New York Times, Architectural Digest, The New Yorker, the Britannica blog, the Curated Object and The Wall Street Journal. Currently she is a lecturer at The New School - Parson's, Department of Constructed Environments. She received an MAE in Textile Art from the Rhode Island School of Design and a BA in Art from California State University at Northridge. She resides in Rhode Island with her husband, John Dunnigan, and their daughter, Hannah. Wendy Wahl was born in Los Angeles, California in 1961 . The exhibition is curated by Viera Levitt, Gallery Director and is open through Feb 14, 2016. University Art Gallery UMass Dartmouth 715 Purchase Street, New Bedford, MA 02740 umassd.edu/universityartgallery www.facebook.com/UMassDartmouthGalleries Gallery exhibitions are open Mon-Sat from 9:00 am to 6:00 pm, Sun 9 am to 5 pm and until 9:00 pm during AHA! Nights (every second Thursday each month). Closed for holidays on Nov 26, Dec 25 and Jan 1. Free admission. Link: https://www.facebook.com/events/1632707470317313/ Topical Areas: Faculty, General Public, Staff and Administrators, Students, Students, Graduate, Students, Law, Students, Undergraduate, University Community, College of Visual and Performing Arts, Exhibits, Poetry, Visual Arts
8:00 PM - 10:00 PM	Lysistrata Location: Main Auditorium (Angus Bailey Auditorium) , 285 Old Westport Road, Dartmouth, MA Cost: students: $5, faculty $7, general admission: $10 Contact: Theatre Company Description: 20 Cent Fiction presents Lysistrata. Originally written by Ancient Greek playwright Aristophanes, Lysistrata is a hilarious comedy about how a group of women decide that the only way to stop the Peloppenesian War is to withhold sex from their husbands. This modernized version of the play tells the classic story, but with a new twist! Doors open 1 hour before show. Come 30 minutes before show to see the MacGyver Experience. Topical Areas: Faculty, General Public, Staff and Administrators, Students, 20 Cent Fiction
« 11/18 - 12/18 »	Gift of Giving Food Drive Location: > See description for location Cost: n/a Contact: > See Description for contact information Description: 7th annual "Gift of Giving" Food Drive In the spirit of giving, the Student Affairs Office and the Center for Religious & Spiritual Life are collecting non-perishable food items to help our "Students Helping Students" Food Pantry and local charities. Items collected will be distributed to those charities in greatest need. All non-perishable food items will be accepted, but the following items are in greatest demand: peanut butter, jelly, cereal, oatmeal, dry pasta, tuna fish, canned meat, Spaghettios, ravioli, canned pasta, soup, rice, dry beans, powdered milk, snack bars, gluten-free products. Also accepting the following clothing items: socks, hats, gloves, mittens, scarves. LOOK FOR DONATION BINS IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS: Student Affairs, Campus Center, Suite 221 Foster Admin Buidling, 1st floor All academic buildings, first floors Claire T. Carney Library, Circulation Desk area CVPA Star Store, lobby Center for Entrepreneurship & Innovation, lobby UMass Law, lobby One CAN CAN make a difference! Topical Areas: University Community, General Public

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