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Thursday, November 12, 2015
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7:30 PM
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Kekeli Drum and Dance Concert
- Location: Star Store, New Bedford
, Purchase Street, New Bedford
- Contact: Music Department
- Description: African Drumming and Dance Concert
- Topical Areas: General Public, University Community, College of Visual and Performing Arts, Music
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Online Teaching and Learning Strategies
- Location: Online
- Contact: CITS Instructional Development
- Description: In this course, we will introduce you to current research and best practices for both online and blended teaching as well as showcase examples of successful teaching strategies for both methodologies. Throughout the course you will work both independently and collaboratively with your peers to gain valuable online course transition experience and develop strategies in online teaching and learning. As a participant, you will learn both pedagogical aspects of teaching online as well as how to use and incorporate many of the tools available in the myCourses Learning Management System used at UMD. The ultimate goal of the course is to have you begin planning, organizing and building the course you eventually plan to teach. In addition, this course will introduce you to tools that will teach you how to self-assess course site design to ensure student ease of access to course content and to facilitate more streamlined student learning and retention.
- Link: http://instructionaldev.umassd.wikispaces.net/Online+Teaching+Guide
- Topical Areas: Training, audience: Faculty, topic: Faculty Development
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Can We Reclaim the American Dream?
- Location: Woodland Commons, UMass Dartmouth Campus
, 285 Old Westport Road, Dartmouth, MA 02747
- Cost: free
- Contact: College of Arts and Sciences
- Description: UMass Dartmouth is honored to host Mr. Smith, where he will be speaking about his new book, Who Stole the American Dream?" A book signing will follow the talk, and books will be available for purchase.
You may know Hedrick Smith's work from his Emmy Award winning PBS shows, his Pulitzer Prize winning work on the Pentagon Papers, or from his best selling books "The Russians" and "The Power Game."
Hedrick Smith, Pulitzer Prize-winning former New York Times reporter and editor and Emmy award-winning producer/correspondent, has established himself over the past 50 years as one of America's premier journalists. His current best-seller, 'Who Stole the American Dream' is a startling and revealing portrait of the past 30 years of U.S. political and economic history, hailed both for its compelling stories and brilliant analysis.
In 26 years with The New York Times, Smith served in Saigon, Cairo, Paris, the American South and as bureau chief in Moscow and Washington. In 1971, he was a member of the Pulitzer Prize-winning team for the Pentagon Papers series and in 1974, he won the Pulitzer Prize for international reporting from Russia and Eastern Europe.
His subsequent book The Russians was a No.1 American best-seller translated into 16 languages. Smith's next book, The Power Game: How Washington Works, was bedside reading for President Clinton. Many members of Congress used it as a political bible. He has written three other best-sellers.
For PBS, Hedrick Smith has created 26 prime-time specials and mini-series since 1989 on such varied topics as Inside the Terror Network, Is Wal-Mart Good for America? The Wall Street Fix, Inside Gorbachev's USSR, Can You Afford to Retire? and Rediscovering Dave Brubeck. He has won most of television's top awards including two Emmys, two national public service awards, and two Dupont-Columbia Gold batons for the best public affairs programs on U.S. television in 1991 and in 2002.
- Topical Areas: Faculty, General Public, Staff and Administrators, Students, Students, Graduate, Students, Law, Students, Undergraduate, University Community, _Charlton College of Business, College of Arts and Sciences, Center for Policy Analysis, Lectures and Seminars
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Entrepreneurial Ecosystems at UMass Dartmouth Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship
- Location: CIE: Center for Innovation & Entrepreneurship
, 151 Martine Street, Fall River, MA
- Cost: $15.00 for alliance members, $20.00 for non-members, free for members, students and faculty, moderators, investors, speakers and panelists
- Contact: CIE: Center for Innovation & Entrepreneurship
- Description: The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) is the largest and most respected research organizations in the world of study and exploration of the ocean. For nearly a century researchers have been instrumental in playing a part in many of the discoveries that form the modern understanding of the ocean.
During this time, WHOI has been developing, testing and licensing innovations that find their way into many different industries.
This innovation led culture has allowed it to begin to form the basis of an entrepreneurial ecosystem that connects research to commercialization and everything in between.
Join us on November 12 as David Knaack outlines his vision for the entrepreneurial ecosystem.
Primary contact: Tobias Stapleton, MBA Assistant Vice Chancellor and Director Advanced Technology Manufacturing Center (ATMC) University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth 151 Martine Street, Fall River, MA (508) 910-9807 tstapleton@umassd.edu
- Link: http://sneef.org/event-2043966
- Topical Areas: Faculty, General Public, Staff and Administrators, Students, Students, Graduate, Students, Law, Students, Undergraduate, University Community, ATMC: Advanced Technology & Manufacturing Center
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Counterpoints: Colors, Layers, Lines
- Location: Star Store, New Bedford
, Purchase Street, New Bedford
- Cost: Free admission
- Contact: University Art Gallery
- Description: The Exhibition "Counterpoints: Colors, Layers, Lines" at UMass Dartmouth University Art Gallery in New Bedford presents three very different, yet highly compatible women artists. While each of them uses strong, intense colors and the layering of various elements and lines, each artist's work is best described by one of the three words in the exhibition title. However, the almost psychedelic interpretation of colors in Friese's landscapes, the inclusion of photography or other unusual materials in Mandle's critical narratives and the underlying geometry and references to female imagery in Thorton's flowers all share an affinity towards abstraction while inspiring visitors to look closer to discover their inner logic.
- Link: https://www.facebook.com/UMassDartmouthGalleries
- Topical Areas: Faculty, General Public, Staff and Administrators, Students, Students, Graduate, Students, Undergraduate, University Community, Art Education, Art History, Artisanry, College of Visual and Performing Arts, Fine Arts, Music, Visual Design, Concerts, Exhibits, Films, Literature, Poetry, Theater, Visual Arts
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Fidelity Rep on Campus
- Location: > See description for location
- Contact: > See Description for contact information
- Description: Fidelity's representative is available to meet with you confidentially to discuss your retirement planning.
Please contact Diana Valsky directly to make an appointment: 617 777 4770 or diana.valsky@fmr.com
Room CCB 306.
- Topical Areas: Faculty, Staff and Administrators, Human Resources
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Introduction to LimeSurvey
- Location: Claire T. Carney Library, Room 226
, 285 Old Westport Road, Dartmouth, MA
- Cost: Free!
- Contact: > See Description for contact information
- Description: UMass Dartmouth has selected LimeSurvey as our Internet survey tool. All Faculty and Staff have access to create and publish their own surveys. This workshop covers the authoring and administration of surveys, as well as data collection. Question types are covered in detail, and survey logic is also included. No previous survey experience is necessary.
NOTE: Undergraduate students must have permission from a Faculty or Staff Advisor to use LimeSurvey.
Contact Rich Legault for more information at 508-999-8799,
or email RLegault@umassd.edu.
Seating is limited, so please register today!
- Topical Areas: Training, Workshop, audience: Everyone, audience: Faculty, audience: Staff, audience: Students
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PaperPaper Unleashed: Materials in Art Education
- Location: CVPA: College of Visual and Performing Arts
, 285 Old Westport Road, Dartmouth, MA
- Cost: free
- Contact: University Art Gallery
- Description: http://files.ctctcdn.com/bfdd8918101/c37cabec-a34b-45e1-a878-57e2cba54e89.png
Participating Artists:
Megan Abajian, Sarah Arcotta, Melanie Atherton, Joseph Barros, Marissa Bolton, Diana Carns, Danielle Enos, Natasha Feliciano, Jacob Ginga, Andrew Laverty, Eric Lintala, Regina Macomber, Kayla McKenna, Anthony Miraglia, Claire Munley, Barbara Pagh, Elena Peteva, Lauren Savoia, Suzanne Schireson, Cathy Smilan, Deb Smook, Caroline Stjarnborg, John Trainor and UMass Dartmouth Art Education and Fine Arts students (collaborative work)
The CVPA Art Education Department is pleased to present Paper Unleashed: Materials in Art Education, an exhibition featuring over 30 works created by art education students, art education alumni, art teachers, artists, and CVPA faculty, who work with paper as a medium. The gallery is located at the College of Visual and Performing Arts of the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth in North Dartmouth, Massachusetts.
The exhibition Paper Unleashed: Materials in Art Education celebrates the most basic of materials that can be used in almost any context, educational or creative setting. This exhibition endeavors to explore the many ways in which paper can be used to create a variety of art forms while supporting corresponding teaching methodologies.
The exhibition will feature an artist talk by Barbara Pagh, who has been working with handmade paper since the 1970s. She enjoys being able to control the size, color and texture of the paper, explorations that led to the creation of three-dimensional forms to be assembled into installation pieces. Ms. Pagh will discuss her inspiration for the works in paper, with an emphasis on the results of sabbatical projects where she worked to interpret megalithic sites in Scotland, Ireland and Brittany. A selection of elements from the Ireland exhibition, Passages will be on view. The artist talk will take place during the reception on Thursday October 29, 2015 at 5 pm.
The Art Education Program at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth challenges students to be critical thinkers, while developing visual, verbal and written skills, which serve them professionally and personally as discerning individuals living in a community with others. The Art Education program is dedicated to increasing the capacity of its graduates to question issues related to teaching, thinking, learning, and producing in and through the visual arts. This program offers a sequence of practical, theoretical, and studio-based experiences through which students build on their knowledge, skills, and confidence as art educators. The Art Education program is approved by the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education to offer initial and professional licensure. The program emphasizes professional development and lifelong learning for teachers who already hold teaching licenses in the arts or related fields.
CVPA Campus Gallery
UMass Dartmouth, College of Visual and Performing Arts (CVPA)
- Link: http://www.umassd.edu/cvpa
- Topical Areas: Faculty, General Public, Staff and Administrators, Students, Students, Graduate, Students, Undergraduate, University Community, Art Education, College of Visual and Performing Arts, Exhibits, Visual Arts
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Formidable: Site Specific Installation by Kat Knutsen
- Location: Star Store, New Bedford
, Purchase Street, New Bedford
- Cost: Free admission.
- Contact: University Art Gallery
- Description: College of Visual & Performing Arts (CVPA) presents a new site-specific installation by recent MFA graduate Kat Knutsen, entitled "Formidable" through November 12, 2015.
After receiving her MFA in painting at UMass Dartmouth in 2014, Kat Knutsen (born 1984) began an artist residency at CVPA's Star Store Campus focusing on combining fiber arts and painting in her animations. Her work has since evolved towards installations that combine fiber art, painting, sculpture and music.
As she says, "I keep an open mind with the materials I work with and explore the relationships between them. At the moment, my work is a conversation between the two-dimensional, three-dimensional and sound. 'Formidable' is a culmination of my experiences since I arrived in New Bedford in 2012. For me, the object of the jellyfish symbolizes the need to quickly adapt in the changing art world. The challenge of creating a dialogue between the textile objects, painting and music in this site-specific installation parallels my journey in building a career as a young artist today."
- Link: https://www.facebook.com/UMassDartmouthGalleries
- Topical Areas: General Public, University Community, College of Visual and Performing Arts, Fine Arts, Exhibits, Visual Arts
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Joint Mechanical Engineering (MNE) & Engineering Applied Science (EAS) Seminar
- Location: Textiles Building 101E
- Contact: > See Description for contact information
- Description: ABSTRACT:
Structural biomaterials (SBs), such as animal bones and shells, are predominantly composed of weak brittle minerals, such as aragonite and opaline silica. However, they display remarkable mechanical properties, such as high strength and toughness. The SBs also possess elaborate mechanical designs that consist of intricate spatial variations of elastic properties and arrangement of weak interfaces at the micro-scale, as well as interesting geometric shapes at the macro scale. It is argued that the SB's remarkable properties arise as a consequence of their micro- and macro-scale structure. However, in most cases a clear quantitative understanding of the mechanics and the mechanisms that connect the SB's properties to their structures is missing. Such quantitative understanding, when discovered, will constitute valuable new knowledge to the field of mechanics of materials. Additionally, with the advent of digital manufacturing technologies such as 3D printing, there is a possibility that when combined with synthetic materials and chemistries, the new structure-property connections from SBs will lead to the next generation of designer materials.
In the present talk we will discuss a new structure-property connection that we are investigating in the skeletal elements of the marine sponge Tethya aurantia. The skeletal elements are 1-2 mm long glass fibers known as spicules. These spicules are about 50 micrometers thick in the middle and have a characteristic tapered shape. We presume that the spicules are primarily loaded in compression inside the sponge body, and that their primary failure mode involves the spicule first undergoing a lateral buckling instability in response to the compressive loads. Through a synergistic combination of experiments, computations, and theory we will argue that the spicules’ tapered shape is very close to the shape that is optimal for withstanding the mechanical loads inside the sponge without failing. The experiments involve small-scale mechanical tests on the spicules and the theory relates to the calculus of variations problem of maximizing the lowest eigenvalue of a Sturm-Liouville operator.
BIO:
Dr. Kesari is currently an Assistant Professor of Engineering at Brown University. He started at Brown in 2013, where he is affiliated with the Solid Mechanics group. He is interested in theoretical and experimental solid mechanics problems. These problems are related to the phenomena of adhesion, fracture, and micro-mechanics in solids and involve the use of homogenization and variational methods. His research has appeared in prestigious journals, such as PNAS and was covered by news media such as Scientific American, Science Daily, and Physics World among others. Previously, he obtained his Ph.D. and M.S. degrees from Stanford University in 2011 and 2007, respectively, and his B.S. degree from Indian Institute of Technology, all in Mechanical Engineering. At Stanford, he was awarded the prestigious Juan Simo Outstanding Thesis award and the Herbert Kunzel Fellowship. Recently he was awarded the Haythornthwaite fellowship by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers.
For more information please contact Dr. Mehdi Raessi, MNE Seminar Coordinator (mraessi@umassd.edu, 508-999-8496).
All are welcome. EAS students are encouraged to attend. Students taking MNE-500 are REQUIRED to attend. All other MNE students are encouraged to attend (especially MNE seniors and MS students).
Light refreshments will be served.
- Topical Areas: Faculty, General Public, Staff and Administrators, Students, Students, Graduate, Students, Undergraduate, University Community, Mechanical Engineering, Lectures and Seminars
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