UMass Dartmouth Calendar

Your selection returns no results.
Sunday, November 29, 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 - 12/2 »	CANCELLED: Blending Learning: Finding the Mix Location: Online Contact: CITS Instructional Development Description: This online workshop focuses on blended learning strategies and developing faculty abilities to successfully integrate online components of a course with face-to-face components Faculty are invited to engage in a 10 day asynchronous workshop designed to introduce blended learning techniques and facilitate faculty planning of a blended course. The workshop includes a focus on assessment to help faculty not only assess student learning outcomes, but also to assess how well the “blend” works to facilitate student learning. Link: http://instructionaldev.umassd.wikispaces.net/Blended+Learning Topical Areas: Training, Workshop, audience: Faculty, topic: Faculty Development
« 11/4 - 12/2 »	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
« 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
7:00 PM - 8:00 PM	Catholic Mass Location: MacLean Campus Center, Blue & Gold Welcome Center Cost: 0 Contact: Catholic Campus Ministry Description: Catholic Mass is celebrated at 7:00 pm on Sundays in the Blue and Gold Welcome Center (next door to the bookstore entrance). 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
Monday, November 30, 2015
8:00 AM - 11:00 PM	Classes resume Location: UMass Dartmouth , 285 Old Westport Road, Dartmouth, MA Cost: N/A Contact: Registrar's Office Description: Classes resume at 8am today. Link: http://www1.umassd.edu/calendar/academic_calendar/ Topical Areas: Academic Calendar
« 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 - 12/2 »	CANCELLED: Blending Learning: Finding the Mix Location: Online Contact: CITS Instructional Development Description: This online workshop focuses on blended learning strategies and developing faculty abilities to successfully integrate online components of a course with face-to-face components Faculty are invited to engage in a 10 day asynchronous workshop designed to introduce blended learning techniques and facilitate faculty planning of a blended course. The workshop includes a focus on assessment to help faculty not only assess student learning outcomes, but also to assess how well the “blend” works to facilitate student learning. Link: http://instructionaldev.umassd.wikispaces.net/Blended+Learning Topical Areas: Training, Workshop, audience: Faculty, topic: Faculty Development
« 11/4 - 12/2 »	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
« 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
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM	CANCELLED: Technology for Team-Based Learning Location: Liberal Arts Building 208 Contact: CITS Instructional Development Description: LARTS 208 has been designed to support teaching that is conducive to involving students, actively in their own learning. Participants will explore several active learning strategies and scenarios and utilize the technology in the room to engage students and promote active and collaborative learning. This workshop is limited to College of Arts & Science faculty. Topical Areas: Training, Workshop, audience: Faculty, topic: Faculty Development
Tuesday, December 1, 2015
8:40 AM - 9:40 AM	another test to delete Location: Boston University, Boston, Mass. Contact: Career Development Center Description: delete this Topical Areas: Research
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM	Catholic Mass Location: > See description for location Cost: 0 Contact: Catholic Campus Ministry Description: Mass is celebrated at the UMass Law School on Tuesdays at 12:00 noon in Room 116. Link: www.umassdcatholics.com Topical Areas: Faculty, Staff and Administrators, Students, Students, Graduate, Students, Law, Religious & Spiritual, Center for Religious and Spiritual Life
1:00 PM - 2:30 PM	Raga Caravan: Indian Classical Music in the West Location: Charlton College of Business, Room 115, , 285 Old Westport Road, Dartmouth, MA Contact: Center for Indic Studies Description: "The wonders of Indian classical music and its message of peace were spread in the West by Ravi Shankar, George Harrison and the Beatles, and John Coltrane to name a few. In 1971, Harrison and Shankar organized the Concert for Bangladesh, the first superstar music charity event, in hopes of stopping a war and feeding the hungry. But Indian music also had a profound impact on the work of Mickey Hart and the Grateful Dead, David Crosby and Roger McGuinn of the Byrds, John McLaughlin, Philip Glass, and many others. At the dawn of the 21st century, Indian music's spiritual message is more timely than ever before, and author Peter Lavezzoli tells its story." Peter Lavezzoli (born 1968) is a musician and author, born in South Florida and currently based in San Francisco. As a drummer, Lavezzoli has performed with Phil Lesh and Bob Weir of the Grateful Dead, and currently tours with Melvin Seals formerly of the Jerry Garcia Band. Lavezzoli has studied Indian rhythmic theory and Dhrupad vocal in India with teachers from the Calcutta and Dagar schools. He has written two books on music history: "The King of All, Sir Duke," a study of Duke Ellington's eclectic impact on 20th century music, and "The Dawn of Indian Music in the West," a study of Indian classical music's impact on a wide range of Western artists (with a Foreword by Ravi Shankar). The latter book won the ARSC award for Best Historical Research in 2007, and was also published in India in 2009. Lavezzoli is also a professional narrator of audio books for the Blind with the Library of Congress Talking Books program. Topical Areas: University Community, Literature, Center for Indic Studies, Lectures and Seminars, Concerts
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM	Introduction to Access Location: Claire T. Carney Library, Room 226 , 285 Old Westport Road, Dartmouth, MA Cost: Free! Contact: > See Description for contact information Description: This workshop provides an introduction to Microsoft Access. Participants create a database, define fields, work with tables and create basic layouts. Data entry, find and sort features are covered in detail. Importing and exporting data, and creation of input masks are also introduced. No previous Access experience is needed. Contact Rich Legault for more information at 508-999-8799, or email RLegault@umassd.edu. Seating is limited, so please register today! Topical Areas: Training, Workshop, audience: Everyone, audience: Faculty, audience: Staff, audience: Students
« 11/25 - 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 - 12/2 »	CANCELLED: Blending Learning: Finding the Mix Location: Online Contact: CITS Instructional Development Description: This online workshop focuses on blended learning strategies and developing faculty abilities to successfully integrate online components of a course with face-to-face components Faculty are invited to engage in a 10 day asynchronous workshop designed to introduce blended learning techniques and facilitate faculty planning of a blended course. The workshop includes a focus on assessment to help faculty not only assess student learning outcomes, but also to assess how well the “blend” works to facilitate student learning. Link: http://instructionaldev.umassd.wikispaces.net/Blended+Learning Topical Areas: Training, Workshop, audience: Faculty, topic: Faculty Development
« 11/4 - 12/2 »	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
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM	CORSAIR Jobs Drop-In Session Location: > Other on campus location, contact host 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. Contact Verena Lisinski (x8609), vlisinski@umassd.edu, with any questions. Topical Areas: Training, Workshop, audience: Everyone, audience: Faculty, audience: Staff, audience: Students
7:30 PM - 8:30 PM	Wind Ensemble Concert Location: Angus Bailey Auditorium , UMass Dartmouth, 285 Old Westport Road, Dartmouth, MA 02747 Contact: Music Department Description: Wind Ensemble 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
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM	ARC/Writing & Reading Center Public Speaking Workshop Location: Liberal Arts Building 220 Contact: Writing and Reading Center Description: Do you have a public speaking event coming up? Or does public speaking make you uncomfortable in general? Then come to the Writing & Reading Center's Public Speaking Workshop and learn how to harness your nervous energy and become a confident, successful presenter! Bring any materials you have or a sample of writing you would like to practice with to get started. Call us at 508-999-8710 or come to the WRC in LARTS 220 to sign up. Topical Areas: Faculty, General Public, Staff and Administrators, Students, Students, Graduate, Students, Undergraduate, Writing and Reading Center
« 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
Wednesday, December 2, 2015
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM	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: Training, Workshop, audience: Everyone, audience: Faculty, audience: Staff, audience: Students
2:00 PM - 6:00 PM	MARITIME INNOVATION: CONNECTING, TRAINING & ADVANCING event at UMass Dartmouth Center for Innovation & Entrepreneurship Location: CIE: Center for Innovation & Entrepreneurship , 151 Martine Street, Fall River, MA Cost: $20 Registration; $40 For a company table top display and one registration, first to sign up gets the place, limit 20; Free - for students, faculty and govt. Contact: CIE: Center for Innovation & Entrepreneurship Description: Agenda and Speakers of the Event: ~ Update on Export Controls: Representatives from US Department of Commerce & Mass Export Center ~ SBIRs (U.S. Government Small Business Innovations Research awards): Representatives from the Procurement Technical Assistance Center (PTAC) and UMass Dartmouth ~ Leading the Way to Innovation and Commercialization, Dr. James Bellingham, Director, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution's Center for Marine Robotics ~ Lt. Governor Karyn Polito, Chair of the Seaport Economic Council ~ 5 new, marine tech startups will have 5 minutes each to speak of their innovative new venture/technologies ~ Drinks, eats, and connections Sponsored by Canadian Consulate Boston Link: http://www.atmc.umassd.edu Topical Areas: Faculty, General Public, Staff and Administrators, Students, Students, Graduate, Students, Law, Students, Undergraduate, University Community, ATMC: Advanced Technology & Manufacturing Center
« 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
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM	CANCELLED: Excel Grade Books Location: Claire T. Carney Library, Room 226 , 285 Old Westport Road, Dartmouth, MA Cost: Free! Contact: > See Description for contact information Description: This workshop is geared toward educators who wish to simplify the process of evaluating student performance and calculating final grades. Participants learn how to organize student data on a worksheet, calculate averages, weighted averages, and use a lookup table to control the contribution of different scores toward a student's final grade. Excel can even convert number grades to letter grades automatically! Also covered are some of Excel's statistical functions. Previous Excel experience is required. Contact Rich Legault for more information at 508-999-8799, or email RLegault@umassd.edu. Seating is limited, so please register today! Topical Areas: Training, Workshop, audience: Everyone, audience: Faculty, audience: Staff, audience: Students, topic: Faculty Development
9:00 AM - 4:00 PM	Fidelity Rep on Campus Location: > See description for location Cost: free 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
« 11/18 - 9:00 AM	CANCELLED: Blending Learning: Finding the Mix Location: Online Contact: CITS Instructional Development Description: This online workshop focuses on blended learning strategies and developing faculty abilities to successfully integrate online components of a course with face-to-face components Faculty are invited to engage in a 10 day asynchronous workshop designed to introduce blended learning techniques and facilitate faculty planning of a blended course. The workshop includes a focus on assessment to help faculty not only assess student learning outcomes, but also to assess how well the “blend” works to facilitate student learning. Link: http://instructionaldev.umassd.wikispaces.net/Blended+Learning Topical Areas: Training, Workshop, audience: Faculty, topic: Faculty Development
« 11/4 - 9:00 AM	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
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM	Interdisciplinary Research and Teaching Location: OFD Lounge, Library 220 Contact: Office of Faculty Development Description: By Kerry Fater, College of Nursing and Cathy Smilan, Art Education and OFD Follow up to the September discussion on interdisciplinary research and teaching. Bring colleagues and ideas for collaborative research and co-teaching possibilities and share your accomplishments for this semester. Lunch will be served; if you wish to attend any session, please register through the Events calendar on UMD website. Topical Areas: Training, Workshop, audience: Faculty, topic: Faculty Development
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM	Chemistry & Biochemistry Department Seminar - Dr. Paul R. Thompson- UMass Medical School Location: Claire T. Carney Library, Room 206 Cost: FREE Contact: Chemistry & Biochemistry Department Description: TITLE: "Picking the PADlock: Chemical Probes to Decipher the Role of Protein Citrullination in Inflammatory Disease and Cancer" For further information, please contact Sivappa Rasapalli, VIOL. 216, X-8276, srasapalli@umassd.edu. Topical Areas: Faculty, Students, Students, Graduate, Students, Undergraduate, Aging and Health Studies, Biology, Chemistry and Biochemistry, College of Arts and Sciences, Medical Lab Science, College of Nursing
3:30 PM - 4:30 PM	DFO seminar series Location: > Off-campus location, see description for details Contact: > See Description for contact information Description: Department of Fisheries Oceanography Meta-analysis of marine fisheries using the RAM Legacy Stock Assessment Database Olaf Jensen Rutgers University Wednesday, December 2, 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 "live event" Please note: the earliest you will be able to log in is 15 minutes before the regularly scheduled time. To view a video of an SMAST seminar (post-October 1, 2014), go to http://www.umassd.edu/smast/newsandevents/seminarseries/ and click on a highlighted title. . for more information, contact cfox@umassd.edu Topical Areas: SMAST Seminar Series
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
7:30 PM - 8:30 PM	Javanese Gamelan Concert Location: CVPA Room 104 Contact: Music Department Description: Music from Indonesia 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
8:00 PM - 12/3 »	WRC's Community Write-In Location: Liberal Arts Building 220 Contact: Writing and Reading Center Description: Come join a community of peers and complete your work in a productive, supportive environment. Tutors will be around to help answer questions that come up while you write. No appointment required, and you can enjoy a late night snack while you work! Topical Areas: Students, Students, Graduate, Students, Law, Students, Undergraduate, University Community, Writing and Reading Center
« 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
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM	Department of Estuarine and Ocean Sciences Seminar Announcement Location: > See description for location Contact: > See Description for contact information Description: The School for Marine Science and Technology Department of Estuarine and Ocean Sciences Seminar Announcement "On the Processes Controlling Antarctic Dense Shelf Water Outflows" Gustavo M. Marques Postdoctoral Research Associate Princeton University Wednesday, December 2, 2015 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm SMAST I, Room 204 706 S. Rodney French Blvd., New Bedford, MA Abstract: Formation of intermediate and abyssal water masses as dense water flows off continental shelves contributes to the lower limb of the meridional overturning circulation. This talk will be focused on two previously unknown processes that may influence the volume flux and physical properties of dense shelf water outflows around Antarctica. First, idealized and realistic numerical simulations will be used to show that Antarctic outflows can excite topographic vorticity waves (TVWs). The modeled waves are sufficiently energetic to play an important role in cross-slope water mass exchanges and Antarctic Bottom Water production. The wave frequency depends on the amount of stretching in the ambient fluid over the outflow and on the background along-slope mean flow. Frequency is higher for steeper bottom slope, larger outflow density anomaly, and stronger westward mean flow. For weak stratification and weak westward along-slope flows typical of the Antarctic slope, wave energy propagates eastward, in the opposite direction from phase velocity. These findings are consistent with recent observations of TVWs in the southern Weddell Sea and with a realistic simulation of the Ross Sea. Second, high-resolution numerical simulations that reveal flow splitting in oceanic outflows will be presented. Flow splitting, previously observed in laboratory studies, carry water properties from the shelf into the deep ocean at distinct depths. An important characteristic of this regime is the flow transition from a supercritical condition, where the Froude number (Fr) is greater than one, to a slower and more uniform subcritical condition (Fr < 1). This transition is associated with an internal hydraulic jump and consequent mixing enhancement. The parameters needed to identify this flow regime will be discussed. These results are the first evidence that flow splitting may occur in oceanic environments, such as the Antarctic outflows. Note: Seminar will be simulcast to SMAST II, Room 325. You can view the seminar live by clicking here: "live event" . Please note: the earliest you will be able to log in is 15 minutes before the regularly scheduled time. To view a video of an SMAST seminar (post-October 1st), go to http://www.umassd.edu/smast/newsandevents/seminarseries/ and click on a highlighted title. For additional information, please contact Sue Silva at s1silva@umassd.edu Topical Areas: SMAST Seminar Series
Thursday, December 3, 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
8:30 AM - 5:00 PM	Global Awareness Education and Action: Climate Resiliency Summit Location: Woodland Commons, UMass Dartmouth Campus , 285 Old Westport Road, Dartmouth, MA 02747 Cost: Free Contact: > See Description for contact information Description: The Global Awareness Education and Action (GAEA) Summit is a two-day program focusing the impacts of climate change on the region. Sponsored by UMass Dartmouth, the Island Foundation, and the New Bedford Whaling Museum in collaboration with seven daily newspapers located south of Boston, the GAEA Summit will convene a region-wide conversation that brings together scientists, policy makers, business leaders, and citizens from all 54 cities and towns to discuss the issues in a manner that educates and mobilizes individuals and communities. Register by sending an email with your name, affiliation, and contact information to climate@umassd.edu. You may also contact Adrienne Wartts at awartts@umassd.edu for more information. Link: climate.umassd.edu Topical Areas: School for Marine Sciences and Technology
3:30 PM - 4:30 PM	Technology for Team-Based Learning Location: Liberal Arts Building 208 Contact: CITS Instructional Development Description: LARTS 208 has been designed to support teaching that is conducive to involving students, actively in their own learning. Participants will explore several active learning strategies and scenarios and utilize the technology in the room to engage students and promote active and collaborative learning. This workshop is limited to College of Arts & Science faculty. Topical Areas: Training, Workshop, audience: Faculty, topic: Faculty Development
« 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
7:30 PM - 8:30 PM	Kekeli Drum and Dance Concert Location: > See description for location Contact: Music Department Description: African Drumming and Dance Concert will be held in the Campus Center. Topical Areas: General Public, University Community, College of Visual and Performing Arts, Concerts
Friday, December 4, 2015
10:00 AM - 11:30 AM	MASTER OF SCIENCE PROJECT DEFENSE BY: Navya Mandava Location: Science & Engineering Building, Lester W. Cory Conference Room: Room 213A Cost: Free Contact: ECE: Electrical & Computer Engineering Department Description: SUBJECT: MASTER OF SCIENCE PROJECT DEFENSE BY: Navya Mandava TOPIC: TRUST SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS FOR ONLINE SOCIAL NETWORKS USING MONTE CARLO SIMULATIONS LOCATION: Lester W. Cory Conference Room, Science & Engineering Building (Group II), Room 213A ABSTRACT: This project considers two-party trust sensitivity analysis in social networks, where the trust is a key basis for interactions among different parties. Based on sensitivity measures, the objective of the trust sensitivity analysis is to determine direct links that contribute the most to a trust relationship between two indirectly-connected parties in the network. In this project, both Monte-Carlo simulations and analytical methods are implemented using two different sensitivity measures (Birnbaum's measure and critically important factor) for the two-party trust sensitivity analysis. Analysis of several illustrative example social networks are presented. NOTE: All ECE Graduate Students are ENCOURAGED to attend. All interested parties are invited to attend. Open to the public. Advisor: Dr. Liudong Xing Committee Members: Dr. Honggang Wang, Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering and Dr. Xiaoqin Shelley Zhang, Department of Computer and Information Science *For further information, please contact Dr. Liudong Xing at 508.999.8883, or via email at lxing@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
« 11/17 - 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
9:00 AM - 2:00 PM	Global Awareness Education and Action: Climate Resiliency Summit Location: Woodland Commons, UMass Dartmouth Campus , 285 Old Westport Road, Dartmouth, MA 02747 Cost: Free Contact: > See Description for contact information Description: The Global Awareness Education and Action (GAEA) Summit is a two-day program focusing the impacts of climate change on the region. Sponsored by UMass Dartmouth, the Island Foundation, and the New Bedford Whaling Museum in collaboration with seven daily newspapers located south of Boston, the GAEA Summit will convene a region-wide conversation that brings together scientists, policy makers, business leaders, and citizens from all 54 cities and towns to discuss the issues in a manner that educates and mobilizes individuals and communities. Register by sending an email with your name, affiliation, and contact information to climate@umassd.edu. You may also contact Adrienne Wartts at awartts@umassd.edu for more information. Link: climate.umassd.edu Topical Areas: School for Marine Sciences and Technology
11:30 AM - 1:30 PM	MASTER OF SCIENCE PROJECT DEFENSE By: Sureshreddy Byreddy Location: > See description for location Cost: free Contact: ECE: Electrical & Computer Engineering Department Description: TOPIC: A VIDEO WATERMARKING APPROACH USING DISCRETE WAVELET TRANSFORM LOCATION: Lester W. Cory Conference Room, Science & Engineering Building (Group II), Room 213A ABSTRACT: There are more and more internet applications that require multimedia delivery. However, the multimedia delivery poses a significant challenge to multimedia ownership protection. For example, online multimedia can be easily redistributed and copied without its ownership permission. There is a strong need to protect the copyright of multimedia content in many application scenarios. Digital video watermarking is one of major techniques that are used for copyright protection. In this technique, a text or an image could be embedded into the video as a proof of its ownership. In this project, I investigated and implemented a video watermarking approach based on Discrete Wavelet Transform (DWT). In the approach, a watermark is inserted into the video and is also extracted for its owner to claim the copyright of the video. To test the strength of the watermark, certain attacks such as rotating and resizing the video are performed on watermarked video. The Peak Signal Noise Ratio (PSNR) and normalized correlation are also measured to demonstrate the performance of the watermarking approach. NOTE: All ECE Graduate Students are ENCOURAGED to attend. All interested parties are invited to attend. Open to the public. Advisor: Dr. Honggang Wang Committee Members: Dr. Lance Fiondella, Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering and Dr. Xiaoqin Shelley Zhang, Department of Computer and Information Science Topical Areas: Faculty, General Public, University Community, Electrical and Computer Engineering
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM	RESEARCH COMPONENT OF PHD QUALIFIER EXAM BY: Qisi Liu Location: Science & Engineering Building, Lester W. Cory Conference Room: Room 213A Cost: Free Contact: ECE: Electrical & Computer Engineering Department Description: SUBJECT: RESEARCH COMPONENT OF PHD QUALIFIER EXAM BY: Qisi Liu TOPIC: RISK AND RELIABILITY ASSESSMENT FOR CLOUD-RAID SYSTEM LOCATION: Lester W. Cory Conference Room, Science & Engineering Building (Group II), Room 213A ABSTRACT: Cloud computing systems are becoming an important and influential aspect of the computing world and are being used in various applications such as Google Drive, Amazon EC2 and Dropbox. In this presentation, risks and failures of different cloud components as well as their causes and effects are first investigated. Risk and reliability modeling and assessment are then considered for cloud-RAID storage systems. Particularly, an analytical method integrating Markov chains and multi-valued decision diagrams is developed for the risk reliability analysis of cloud-RAID systems. A detailed case study is presented. NOTE: All ECE Graduate Students are ENCOURAGED to attend. All interested parties are invited to attend. Open to the public. Advisor: Dr. Liudong Xing Committee Members: Dr. Honggang Wang, Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering and Dr. Haiping Xu, Department of Computer and Information Science *For further information, please contact Dr. Liudong Xing at 508.999.8883, or via email at lxing@umassd.edu. Topical Areas: General Public, University Community, Electrical and Computer Engineering
« 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
Saturday, December 5, 2015
12:00 PM - 8:00 PM	Artisanry Holiday Sale! Location: Star Store, New Bedford , Purchase Street, New Bedford Cost: admission = free Contact: > See Description for contact information Description: Artisanry Holiday Sale - ONE DAY ONLY! When: Saturday December 5, 2015, NOON - 8pm Offering a wide variety of hand-made items perfect for the upcoming holidays including: -ceramics (functional pottery and decorative ceramic arts) -jewelry (earrings, rings, pins, brooches, pendants and more!) -fibers (silk scarves, hats, pillows, t-shirts for tiny tots, small quilts and more!) -paper arts (any-occasion hand-made and embellished cards and other paper crafts) Come in and get some of your holiday shopping done and support local student artists! Brought to you by the CVPA Artisanry Clubs of UMass Dartmouth. All items are hand-made by UMass Dartmouth Artisanry graduate and undergraduate students. Where: 1st floor Lecture Hall, UMassD Star Store - 715 Purchase Street, New Bedford, MA Topical Areas: Faculty, General Public, Staff and Administrators, Students, Students, Graduate, Students, Undergraduate, University Community, Visual Arts, Student Organizations, College of Visual and Performing Arts
« 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

University Events

Week of November 29, 2015

Export / Subscribe

Current Filters: