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Sunday, December 4, 2016
« 11/8 - 12/12 »	Fine Arts Faculty Exhibition & Collaborative Aggregates Art Scholarship Exhibition Location: CVPA: College of Visual and Performing Arts , 285 Old Westport Road, Dartmouth, MA Cost: free Contact: University Art Gallery Description: An exhibition of Fine Arts faculty at the College of Visual and Performing Arts presents recent faculty work in Painting, Drawing, Printmaking, Sculpture, and Mixed-Media at the UMass Dartmouth CVPA Campus Gallery from November 8 through December 12, 2016. Also on display will be the Collaborative Aggregates Art Scholarship Exhibition. Collaborative Aggregates has awarded six $1,500 scholarships to students in the Department of Fine Arts enrolled in the graduate or undergraduate program: Henry Carpio, April Claggett, Devin Kish, Andrew Laverty, Allen TenBusschen, and Erin Wheary. Works by each scholarship winner will be included in the Collaborate Aggregates annual calendar and are also presented in this exhibition. 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 cross-disciplinary 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 will be held on Monday, December 12th, from 4 pm to 6 pm with artist talks at 5 pm. Link: http://www.umassd.edu/cvpa/galleries 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, Exhibits, Films, Literature, Poetry, Theater, Concerts
7:00 PM - 8:00 PM	Catholic Mass Location: MacLean Campus Center, Blue & Gold Welcome Center Contact: Catholic Campus Ministry Description: We celebrate Catholic Mass on Sunday evenings in the Blue and Gold Welcome Center. All are welcome! Topical Areas: Faculty, General Public, Staff and Administrators, Students, Students, Graduate, Students, Law, Students, Undergraduate, University Community, Religious & Spiritual
7:00 PM - 8:00 PM	Catholic Mass Location: MacLean Campus Center, Blue & Gold Welcome Center Contact: Catholic Campus Ministry Description: We celebrate Catholic Mass on Sunday evenings in the Blue and Gold Welcome Center. All are welcome! Topical Areas: Faculty, General Public, Staff and Administrators, Students, Students, Graduate, Students, Law, Students, Undergraduate, University Community, Religious & Spiritual
Monday, December 5, 2016
7:30 PM - 9:00 PM	For The Love Of It Location: CVPA Auditorium , CVPA-153 Contact: Music Department Description: Jazz Voice Studio Concert Topical Areas: General Public, University Community, College of Visual and Performing Arts, Music
« 11/8 - 12/12 »	Fine Arts Faculty Exhibition & Collaborative Aggregates Art Scholarship Exhibition Location: CVPA: College of Visual and Performing Arts , 285 Old Westport Road, Dartmouth, MA Cost: free Contact: University Art Gallery Description: An exhibition of Fine Arts faculty at the College of Visual and Performing Arts presents recent faculty work in Painting, Drawing, Printmaking, Sculpture, and Mixed-Media at the UMass Dartmouth CVPA Campus Gallery from November 8 through December 12, 2016. Also on display will be the Collaborative Aggregates Art Scholarship Exhibition. Collaborative Aggregates has awarded six $1,500 scholarships to students in the Department of Fine Arts enrolled in the graduate or undergraduate program: Henry Carpio, April Claggett, Devin Kish, Andrew Laverty, Allen TenBusschen, and Erin Wheary. Works by each scholarship winner will be included in the Collaborate Aggregates annual calendar and are also presented in this exhibition. 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 cross-disciplinary 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 will be held on Monday, December 12th, from 4 pm to 6 pm with artist talks at 5 pm. Link: http://www.umassd.edu/cvpa/galleries 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, Exhibits, Films, Literature, Poetry, Theater, Concerts
Tuesday, December 6, 2016
9:20 AM - 11:20 AM	EAS PHD Prosposal Defense by Christopher L. Bresten Location: Textiles Building 105 Contact: EAS Seminar Series Description: TITLE: ON THE REDUCED COLLOCATION METHOD FOR NON-LINEAR STEADY-STATE PDEs AND PEDESTRIAN TRAFFIC FLOWS abstract: Reduced basis methods are a class of numerical methods developed for settings which require a large number of solutions to a parameterized problem. In this work, we consider settings which require many queries to a numerical solver for a parameterized steady-state partial differential equation. We adapt an existing method for linear steady-state problems, the reduced collocation method, to the non-linear case. Furthermore, a class of 2-D non-linear hyperbolic PDEs for pedestrian traffic flow is considered. An appropriate numerical solver is furnished using weighted essentially non-oscillatory finite difference in space, and a strong stability preserving Runge-Kutta method in time. Several models in this class are approached, one extended with a novel non-local path-planning formulation. Some of these models have physical parameters that are difficult to measure directly. This yields a parameter estimation problem on the steady-state solution. The resulting PDE constrained optimal control problem, requiring many queries to the solver, is accelerated with the reduced collocation method. Topical Areas: University Community, MBA or Graduate, Mathematics, College of Engineering
« 11/8 - 12/12 »	Fine Arts Faculty Exhibition & Collaborative Aggregates Art Scholarship Exhibition Location: CVPA: College of Visual and Performing Arts , 285 Old Westport Road, Dartmouth, MA Cost: free Contact: University Art Gallery Description: An exhibition of Fine Arts faculty at the College of Visual and Performing Arts presents recent faculty work in Painting, Drawing, Printmaking, Sculpture, and Mixed-Media at the UMass Dartmouth CVPA Campus Gallery from November 8 through December 12, 2016. Also on display will be the Collaborative Aggregates Art Scholarship Exhibition. Collaborative Aggregates has awarded six $1,500 scholarships to students in the Department of Fine Arts enrolled in the graduate or undergraduate program: Henry Carpio, April Claggett, Devin Kish, Andrew Laverty, Allen TenBusschen, and Erin Wheary. Works by each scholarship winner will be included in the Collaborate Aggregates annual calendar and are also presented in this exhibition. 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 cross-disciplinary 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 will be held on Monday, December 12th, from 4 pm to 6 pm with artist talks at 5 pm. Link: http://www.umassd.edu/cvpa/galleries 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, Exhibits, Films, Literature, Poetry, Theater, Concerts
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM	Internship Info Session Location: MacLean Campus Center, Blue & Gold Welcome Center Contact: Career Development Center Description: Why do an internship? How do you find one? All types of internships are available for all majors. Come to an Internship Info session and find out how to get started finding and securing the right internship for you! Preregister on CareerLink via the UMassD portal or call the Career Development Center at 508.999.8658 for further information. Topical Areas: Faculty, Staff and Administrators, Students, Students, Graduate, Students, Law, Students, Undergraduate, University Community, Career Development Center
6:30 PM - 7:30 PM	The Reading Stage Location: Woodland Commons Contact: College of Arts and Sciences Description: This is an annual event organized by English Professor Mwalim*7) (Prof. MJ Peters). This will be a staged reading of 10-minute plays written by UMass Dartmouth students. Topical Areas: Faculty, General Public, Staff and Administrators, Students, Students, Graduate, Students, Law, Students, Undergraduate, University Community
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM	Internship Info Session Location: MacLean Campus Center, Blue & Gold Welcome Center Contact: Career Development Center Description: Why do an internship? How do you find one? All types of internships are available for all majors. Come to an Internship Info session and find out how to get started finding and securing the right internship for you! Preregister on CareerLink via the UMassD portal or call the Career Development Center at 508.999.8658 for further information. Topical Areas: Faculty, Staff and Administrators, Students, Students, Graduate, Students, Law, Students, Undergraduate, University Community, Career Development Center
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM	Reception: Pedro Pires, President Emeritus of the Republic of Cape Verde Location: Claire T. Carney Library, Stoico/FIRST FED Charitable Foundation Grand Reading Room Contact: > See Description for contact information Description: UMass Dartmouth cordially welcomes Pedro Pires, President Emeritus of the Republic of Cape Verde, to campus for a reception in the Claire T. Carney Library Robert F. Stoico/FIRSTFED Grand Reading Room. The event, hosted by the Cape Verdean Student Association and UMassD students, is free and open to all UMassD faculty, students, and staff. Poetry, music, and dance included. Refreshments provided. For more information, please contact Elisandra Pereira at elisandra.pereira@umassd.edu. Topical Areas: Faculty, Staff and Administrators, Students, University Community
7:30 PM - 8:30 PM	Kekeli African Drumming and Dance Concert Location: Angus Bailey Auditorium , UMass Dartmouth, 285 Old Westport Road, Dartmouth, MA 02747 Cost: see description Contact: Music Department Description: A concert of African dance, drumming, and song directed by world renowned artist Kwabena Boateng and sponsored by the UMass Dartmouth Music Department and College of Visual and Performing Arts. The Kekeli African drum and dance ensemble performs the traditional music and dance of West Africa, including processional, warrior, court, social, harvest, and recreational styles. Guest artists will include master drummer Attah Poku and instrumentalists Ryan Loud, Logan Amaral, Ben Paulding and Stan Moore. Parking is available in lots 4 and 5. Tickets: $5 for adults, $3 for students, with seniors and handicapped free Proceeds from tickets sales will be used for the Kekeli club ensemble’s trip to Ghana, West Africa in the spring. CD sales will be donated to the Save Darfur fund to help the victims of genocide in the Sudan. About the performers: Kwabena Boateng is a dancer, dramatist, and musician who has toured the world extensively, recorded, given master classes, and appeared in films about African Culture. He was a founding member of the African jazz-highlife ensemble Talking Drums . An authority on African dance, language, culture, and drama, Kwabena continues to perform, direct, consult, and lead dance groups throughout the United States both individually and with Talking Drums . Attah Poku is an internationally renowned master drummer, scholar, teacher and performer, who teaches in the World Music Programs at Tufts University in Medford MA, and Wesleyan University in Middletown, CT. Ryan Loud is an alumnus of UMassD’s music program and is an accomplished professional classical percussionist, Afro Cuban drummer, vibraphonist, and drum set artist. Logan Amaral is a recent graduate of UMassD’s music program and is an accomplished drummer, tabla performer and percussionist who has gained fluency in a diversity of global styles. He is completing his Master’s Degree at Tufts University, speaks Twi, and has done intensive research on Asante drumming. About African music: We will be performing the traditional instrumental music, dance, and song of the coastal rainforest cultures of West Africa, including peoples from the present day countries of Ghana and Togo. The dance drama, which includes the three dimensions of instrumental music, dance, and song, is an expression of events in the life-, agricultural-, and seasonal cycles. It connects people as members of a community and strategizes for success in the individual and collective struggle for survival - the transcendence of physical, economic, and political limitations. Drumming, dance, and song are highly sophisticated, complex, and powerful means in oral tradition by which people remember genealogies, recall group history, and maintain personal connections with each other, ancestors, a spiritual realm, and the creator. The historic global movement of African peoples since the 1500s has brought this African sense of community, transcendence, and spirit to many parts of the globe, resulting in new forms of expression shared by people of all cultural backgrounds. These include Blues, Shouts, Clapping Plays such as Pattin’ Juba, Gospel, Rhythm and Blues, Jazz, Reggae, Rumba, Samba, Candomble, Lucumi , Vodun, and numerous other styles, including much of the world’s popular music since the dawn of the 20th century. The music and dance of Africa is an ancient and contemporary expression that is a humanizing force in our paths through life. Contact: Professor Ryan Loud loudryan@gmail.com Michelle Cieto (508) 999-8568 Topical Areas: General Public, University Community, College of Visual and Performing Arts, Music
Wednesday, December 7, 2016
10:30 AM - 2:00 PM	20th Quarters for Christmas Location: Campus Center Contact: > See Description for contact information Description: This is the 20th anniversary of Quarters for Christmas at UMass Dartmouth. The event features 75 cent hotdogs with all the fixings, music, a slide show and our "quarter line." All donations go toward the purchase of toys for local children's charities. 10:30am to 2:00pm For more information, please contact Steven Mello: 508-999-8770 Topical Areas: Faculty, General Public, Staff and Administrators, Students, University Community
7:30 PM - 8:30 PM	Latin/Jazz Ensemble Recital Location: CVPA Auditorium , CVPA-153 Contact: Music Department Description: Latin/Jazz Ensemble Concert Topical Areas: General Public, University Community, College of Visual and Performing Arts, Music
12:15 PM - 1:00 PM	Faculty & Staff Mindfulness Meditation Group Location: MacLean Campus Center, Reflection Room, Room 233 , 285 Old Westport Road, Dartmouth, MA Contact: > See Description for contact information Description: Weekly meeting of the Faculty & Staff Mindfulness Meditation Group. No prior experience is needed. Drop-ins are welcome at any time. For more information, contact Aminda O'Hare: ext. 8761 or aohare@umassd.edu Topical Areas: Faculty, Staff and Administrators
« 11/8 - 12/12 »	Fine Arts Faculty Exhibition & Collaborative Aggregates Art Scholarship Exhibition Location: CVPA: College of Visual and Performing Arts , 285 Old Westport Road, Dartmouth, MA Cost: free Contact: University Art Gallery Description: An exhibition of Fine Arts faculty at the College of Visual and Performing Arts presents recent faculty work in Painting, Drawing, Printmaking, Sculpture, and Mixed-Media at the UMass Dartmouth CVPA Campus Gallery from November 8 through December 12, 2016. Also on display will be the Collaborative Aggregates Art Scholarship Exhibition. Collaborative Aggregates has awarded six $1,500 scholarships to students in the Department of Fine Arts enrolled in the graduate or undergraduate program: Henry Carpio, April Claggett, Devin Kish, Andrew Laverty, Allen TenBusschen, and Erin Wheary. Works by each scholarship winner will be included in the Collaborate Aggregates annual calendar and are also presented in this exhibition. 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 cross-disciplinary 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 will be held on Monday, December 12th, from 4 pm to 6 pm with artist talks at 5 pm. Link: http://www.umassd.edu/cvpa/galleries 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, Exhibits, Films, Literature, Poetry, Theater, Concerts
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 Particle Flux in the Ocean's Interior: Insights from the Oceanic Flux Program (OFP) Time Series Maureen Conte Marine Biological Laboratory Wednesday, December 7, 2016 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm SMAST I, Room 204 706 S. Rodney French Blvd., New Bedford, MA Note: Seminar will be simulcast to SMAST II, Room 325. You can view the seminar live by going to https://echosystem.umassd.edu:8443/ess/portal/section/8d8f41cc-8165-4b4b-b3c2-f3c1c414389a Please note: the earliest you will be able to log in is 15 minutes before the regularly scheduled time. To view a video of an SMAST seminar (post-October 1, 2014), go to http://www.umassd.edu/smast/newsandevents/seminarseries/ and click on a highlighted title. For additional information, please contact Sue Silva at s1silva@umassd.edu. Topical Areas: School for Marine Sciences and Technology, SMAST Seminar Series
1:30 PM - 5:30 PM	StressLess Day Location: Claire T. Carney Library Living Room Cost: Free! Contact: LiveWell: Office of Health Education, Promotion, & Wellness Description: Get a mini-massage. Play. Craft. Color your cares away. Join us for an afternoon break to relax and unwind. Link: http://www.umassd.edu/stressless/ Topical Areas: Faculty, Staff and Administrators, Students, Students, Graduate, Students, Law, Students, Undergraduate, University Community, Claire T. Carney Library, Health Services, Livewell
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM	Italian Film Series - "La seconda volta" (1995) Location: > See description for location Contact: > See Description for contact information Description: Italian Film Series - "La seconda volta" (1995) Wednesday, December 7, 2016 7:00 PM Liberal Arts room 117 Join us for our 2nd Annual Italian Film Series at UMass Dartmouth! As a fitting topic for the current global situation, this semester we will be showing films related to the Years of Lead (Anni di piombo), a period of socio-political turmoil and political terrorism between the 1960s and 1980s in Italy. Our third and final showing in film series will be La seconda volta (1995): Professor Alberto Sajevo sees a woman walking in downtown Turin and starts following her for days; he finally meets her and they start talking, but they both give fake names. She is not the common secretary she pretends to be, but ex-terrorist Lisa Venturi who's currently in jail for having severely wounded Sajevo fifteen years before. Free Admission (English subtitles) Any questions may be directed to Prof. Rose Facchini at rose.facchini@umassd.edu. Link: https://www.facebook.com/events/1497182846974573/ Topical Areas: Faculty, General Public, Staff and Administrators, Students, Students, Undergraduate, University Community, Foreign Literature and Languages, Films, Visual Arts
3:30 PM - 4:30 PM	SMAST - DFO Seminar- December 7, 2016 - Walter Golet Location: Fairhaven Campus Contact: > See Description for contact information Description: Department of Fisheries Oceanography Understanding the Life History of Atlantic Bluefin Tuna in the Gulf of Maine Walter Golet University of Rhode Island Wednesday, December 7, 2016 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 going to: https://echosystem.umassd.edu:8443/ess/portal/section/45f27129-23d3-49ed-85e2-e3fdb032c644 Please note: The earliest you will be able to log in is 15 minutes before the regularly scheduled time. To view a video of an SMAST seminar (post-October 1, 2014), to to http://www.umassd.edu/smast/newsandevents/seminarseries/ and click on a highlighted title For more information, please contact cfox@umassd.edu Topical Areas: School for Marine Sciences and Technology, SMAST Seminar Series
8:00 PM - 12/8 »	ARC/Writing and Reading Center Community Write-In Location: Liberal Arts Building 220 Contact: Writing and Reading Center Description: Join a community of peers to focus on completing (or starting) your work in a productive & supportive environment! Tutors available - Late night snacks - Walk-ins welcome Topical Areas: Students, Graduate, Students, Undergraduate, Writing and Reading Center
Thursday, December 8, 2016
7:00 PM	Mr. Grant A Wish for the Make A Wish Foundation Location: Main Auditorium (Angus Bailey Auditorium) , 285 Old Westport Road, Dartmouth, MA Cost: $5 before the event, $7 at the door Contact: > See Description for contact information Description: Mr. Grant A Wish is a male pageant held by Delta Pi Omega in which all the proceeds will go to the Make A Wish foundation. The show will have a hypnotist guest star. Tickets will be sold in the campus center two weeks prior to the event and also at the door. If interested in additional information, please contact bjoyce@umassd.edu. Topical Areas: Faculty, General Public, Staff and Administrators, Students, Students, Graduate, Students, Law, Students, Undergraduate, University Community
6:30 PM - 7:30 PM	In the tradition Location: Woodland Commons Contact: > See Description for contact information Description: An evening of spoken word by UMass Dartmouth students. This event is an annual event organized by English Professor Mwalim *7) (Prof. MJ Peters). Topical Areas: Faculty, General Public, Staff and Administrators, Students, Students, Graduate, Students, Law, Students, Undergraduate, University Community
« 11/8 - 12/12 »	Fine Arts Faculty Exhibition & Collaborative Aggregates Art Scholarship Exhibition Location: CVPA: College of Visual and Performing Arts , 285 Old Westport Road, Dartmouth, MA Cost: free Contact: University Art Gallery Description: An exhibition of Fine Arts faculty at the College of Visual and Performing Arts presents recent faculty work in Painting, Drawing, Printmaking, Sculpture, and Mixed-Media at the UMass Dartmouth CVPA Campus Gallery from November 8 through December 12, 2016. Also on display will be the Collaborative Aggregates Art Scholarship Exhibition. Collaborative Aggregates has awarded six $1,500 scholarships to students in the Department of Fine Arts enrolled in the graduate or undergraduate program: Henry Carpio, April Claggett, Devin Kish, Andrew Laverty, Allen TenBusschen, and Erin Wheary. Works by each scholarship winner will be included in the Collaborate Aggregates annual calendar and are also presented in this exhibition. 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 cross-disciplinary 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 will be held on Monday, December 12th, from 4 pm to 6 pm with artist talks at 5 pm. Link: http://www.umassd.edu/cvpa/galleries 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, Exhibits, Films, Literature, Poetry, Theater, Concerts
3:00 PM - 12/10 »	CVPA Holiday Sale at Star Store Campus Location: Star Store, New Bedford , Purchase Street, New Bedford Contact: > See Description for contact information Description: Featuring ceramics, fibers, jewelry, sculpture, paper arts and more. UMASS Dartmouth Star Store Campus 715 Purchase Street, New Bedford, MA 02740 HOURS: Thursday, December 8th, 3-9-pm Friday, December 9th, 11am-6pm Saturday, December 10th, 11am-6pm Topical Areas: Faculty, General Public, Staff and Administrators, Students, Students, Graduate, Students, Law, Students, Undergraduate, University Community, College of Visual and Performing Arts, Alumni Events
7:00 PM - 8:00 PM	Winter Choral Concert Location: > Off-campus location, see description for details Contact: Music Department Description: The UMass Dartmouth Choral Concert has been rescheduled to Thursday during AHA night. The concert will take place at the the First Unitarian Church in Downtown New Bedford. Topical Areas: General Public, University Community, College of Visual and Performing Arts, Music
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM	Layouts with FileMaker Pro Location: Claire T. Carney Library, Room 226 , 285 Old Westport Road, Dartmouth, MA Cost: Free! Contact: CITS: Computing & Information Technology Services Description: This workshop covers the creation of custom layouts in FileMaker Pro. Participants learn how to set up layout parts, and apply color and text formatting to a layout. Also covered are tab controls, web portals, summary fields used for reporting and sliding/printing. Previous FileMaker Pro experience, or the Introduction class is required. This workshop takes place in the Library, room 226. 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
7:00 PM - 10:00 PM	Game Night in the Library Living Room Location: > See description for location Contact: > See Description for contact information Description: Need a study break? Come to the Library's Living Room for our Game Night which features a selection of popular board games. Great way to unplug and spend time with friends. Questions? Please contact kmofford@umassd.edu Topical Areas: Students
Friday, December 9, 2016
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM	RESEARCH COMPONENT OF PHD QUALIFIER EXAM BY: MD Nashid Anjum Location: Science & Engineering Building, Lester W. Cory Conference Room: Room 213A Cost: Free Contact: ECE: Electrical & Computer Engineering Department Description: TOPIC: Co-Existence in Millimeter-Wave Wireless Body Area Network LOCATION: Lester W. Cory Conference Room, Science & Engineering Building (SENG), Room 213A ABSTRACT: A WBAN consists of few wearable sensors attached to body parts, clothes, implanted underneath the skins or inner body. A WBAN consists of a central hub (i.e., base station) that controls and communicates with sensors. WBANs may deeply overlap on each other in a crowded area such as hospital because of their rapid mobility, small network size, flexible topology, and higher network density. This overlapping may raise severe interference issues. In case of deeply overlapping WBANs, interference avoidance employing power control schemes is plausibly unrealistic, because, nodes and hub from other network may stay much closer than nodes and hub of its own network. In this research work, we formulate the WBAN self-coexistence problem as a linear integer programming optimization problem considering service priorities and user demands and propose a solution named Fair Frame Distribution for Self-coexistence (FDS). Further, I found that 60 GHz based communication is probably the best fit for WBAN compared to the traditional 2.4 GHz based communication considering its quality of compact network coverage, device miniaturization, efficient frequency reuse, multi-gigabyte transmission rate, and the therapeutic merits for human health. The efficiency of the mmWave based WBAN can be improved by allowing coexistence i.e., mitigating interference among the WBANs. We formulate the coexistence problem as non-cooperative, distributed power control game. The existence of Nash equilibrium is proved and the efficiency of the Nash equilibrium is improved by modifying the utility function and introducing a linear and an exponential pricing factor. Simulation result shows the proposed pricing policy significantly improves the efficiency of the optimal solution with respect to Pareto optimality and social optimality. To introduce different service priority levels such as delay sensitivity this research work utilizes the concept of discount factor employing repeated game. Though both of pricing and repeated game significantly improve the efficiency of the optimal equilibrium. This research work employed Nash bargaining solution to improve fairness of the optimal equilibrium. Extensive simulation result shows that Nash bargaining solution significantly improves the equilibrium efficiency and fairness. NOTE: All ECE Graduate Students are ENCOURAGED to attend. All interested parties are invited to attend. Open to the public. Committee Members: Dr. Liudong Xing, Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering and Dr. Haiping Xu, Department of Computer and Information Science *For further information, please contact Dr. Honggang Wang at 508.999.8469, or via email at hwang1@umassd.edu. Topical Areas: General Public, University Community, College of Engineering, Electrical and Computer Engineering
« 11/8 - 12/12 »	Fine Arts Faculty Exhibition & Collaborative Aggregates Art Scholarship Exhibition Location: CVPA: College of Visual and Performing Arts , 285 Old Westport Road, Dartmouth, MA Cost: free Contact: University Art Gallery Description: An exhibition of Fine Arts faculty at the College of Visual and Performing Arts presents recent faculty work in Painting, Drawing, Printmaking, Sculpture, and Mixed-Media at the UMass Dartmouth CVPA Campus Gallery from November 8 through December 12, 2016. Also on display will be the Collaborative Aggregates Art Scholarship Exhibition. Collaborative Aggregates has awarded six $1,500 scholarships to students in the Department of Fine Arts enrolled in the graduate or undergraduate program: Henry Carpio, April Claggett, Devin Kish, Andrew Laverty, Allen TenBusschen, and Erin Wheary. Works by each scholarship winner will be included in the Collaborate Aggregates annual calendar and are also presented in this exhibition. 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 cross-disciplinary 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 will be held on Monday, December 12th, from 4 pm to 6 pm with artist talks at 5 pm. Link: http://www.umassd.edu/cvpa/galleries 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, Exhibits, Films, Literature, Poetry, Theater, Concerts
« 12/8 - 12/10 »	CVPA Holiday Sale at Star Store Campus Location: Star Store, New Bedford , Purchase Street, New Bedford Contact: > See Description for contact information Description: Featuring ceramics, fibers, jewelry, sculpture, paper arts and more. UMASS Dartmouth Star Store Campus 715 Purchase Street, New Bedford, MA 02740 HOURS: Thursday, December 8th, 3-9-pm Friday, December 9th, 11am-6pm Saturday, December 10th, 11am-6pm Topical Areas: Faculty, General Public, Staff and Administrators, Students, Students, Graduate, Students, Law, Students, Undergraduate, University Community, College of Visual and Performing Arts, Alumni Events
5:30 PM - 7:30 PM	Navitas End of Term Gala - International Student Expo Location: Main Auditorium (Angus Bailey Auditorium) , 285 Old Westport Road, Dartmouth, MA Contact: > See Description for contact information Description: Join Navitas at UMass Dartmouth for a celebration of cultural diversity on-campus! This event features a variety of performances including traditional dancing, singing, and a cultural attire catwalk. This event is developed by student leaders within the Navitas program and provides an opportunity for university students, faculty, staff, and administrators to share in a cultural celebration. For questions about this event, please contact Sarah Knarr at 978-337-1023. Topical Areas: Faculty, General Public, Staff and Administrators, Students, Students, Graduate, Students, Law, Students, Undergraduate, University Community
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM	Mechanical Engineering MS Project Presentation by Mr. Peter B. Khoury Location: Textiles Building 101E Contact: Mechanical Engineering Department Description: Mechanical Engineering MS PROJECT PRESENTATION by Mr. Peter B. Khoury DATE: December 9, 2016 TIME: 4:00 p.m. â€“ 5:00 p.m. LOCATION: Textile Building, Room 101E TOPIC: Investigating the Computational Efficiency of a Non-Hydrostatic Ocean Model on the Massachusetts Green High Performance Computing Center ABSTRACT: Scientists today use computer models to study oceanic variability. The majority of these models are still unable to capture all of the complex physical interactions that exist in the ocean. Improving the computational speed of these models remains a high priority. In this project, we use a three-dimensional non-hydrostatic ocean model which evolves momentum, temperature, and salinity in time. We explore the model performance for different grid sizes and compile-time options on the Massachusetts Green High Performance Computing Center. For smaller grid sizes we find serial computations (no OpenMP) faster than parallel computations with optimization level O3 for the Intel fortran compiler. Changing the optimization level to O2 gives superior performance for parallel compared to serial computations. For larger grid sizes however, there is no clear preference for serial or parallel. Amongst the serial runs, we find that increasing the number of threads from 4 to 10 improves the efficiency of the code regardless of the grid size. On the other hand, the parallel runs yield similar performance for both 4 and 10 threads. For smaller grids using 10 threads gave a better performance for parallel runs with optimization level O2 for the Intel fortran compiler. For larger grids, there was no trend with respect to the number of threads affecting the code efficiency. For the optimization level O3, both 4 and 10 threads resulted in almost similar performance regardless of the grid size. ADVISOR: Dr. Amit Tandon, Department of Mechanical Engineering (atandon@umassd.edu, 508-999-8357) COMMITTEE MEMBERS: Dr. Mehdi Raessi, MNE Department of Mechanical Engineering Dr. Sanjiv Ramachandran, MNE Department of Mechanical Engineering Open to the public. All MNE students are encouraged to attend. For more information, please contact Sue Cunha (scunha@umassd.edu, 508-999-8492). Topical Areas: Faculty, General Public, Staff and Administrators, Students, Students, Graduate, Students, Undergraduate, University Community, College of Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Lectures and Seminars
Saturday, December 10, 2016
« 11/8 - 12/12 »	Fine Arts Faculty Exhibition & Collaborative Aggregates Art Scholarship Exhibition Location: CVPA: College of Visual and Performing Arts , 285 Old Westport Road, Dartmouth, MA Cost: free Contact: University Art Gallery Description: An exhibition of Fine Arts faculty at the College of Visual and Performing Arts presents recent faculty work in Painting, Drawing, Printmaking, Sculpture, and Mixed-Media at the UMass Dartmouth CVPA Campus Gallery from November 8 through December 12, 2016. Also on display will be the Collaborative Aggregates Art Scholarship Exhibition. Collaborative Aggregates has awarded six $1,500 scholarships to students in the Department of Fine Arts enrolled in the graduate or undergraduate program: Henry Carpio, April Claggett, Devin Kish, Andrew Laverty, Allen TenBusschen, and Erin Wheary. Works by each scholarship winner will be included in the Collaborate Aggregates annual calendar and are also presented in this exhibition. 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 cross-disciplinary 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 will be held on Monday, December 12th, from 4 pm to 6 pm with artist talks at 5 pm. Link: http://www.umassd.edu/cvpa/galleries 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, Exhibits, Films, Literature, Poetry, Theater, Concerts
« 12/8 - 3:00 PM	CVPA Holiday Sale at Star Store Campus Location: Star Store, New Bedford , Purchase Street, New Bedford Contact: > See Description for contact information Description: Featuring ceramics, fibers, jewelry, sculpture, paper arts and more. UMASS Dartmouth Star Store Campus 715 Purchase Street, New Bedford, MA 02740 HOURS: Thursday, December 8th, 3-9-pm Friday, December 9th, 11am-6pm Saturday, December 10th, 11am-6pm Topical Areas: Faculty, General Public, Staff and Administrators, Students, Students, Graduate, Students, Law, Students, Undergraduate, University Community, College of Visual and Performing Arts, Alumni Events

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