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Friday, February 26, 2016
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Online Teaching and Learning Strategies
- Location: Online
- Contact: CITS Instructional Development
- Description: In this course, we will introduce you to current research and best practices for both online and blended teaching as well as showcase examples of successful teaching strategies for both methodologies. Throughout the course you will work both independently and collaboratively with your peers to gain valuable online course transition experience and develop strategies in online teaching and learning. As a participant, you will learn both pedagogical aspects of teaching online as well as how to use and incorporate many of the tools available in the myCourses Learning Management System used at UMD. The ultimate goal of the course is to have you begin planning, organizing and building the course you eventually plan to teach. In addition, this course will introduce you to tools that will teach you how to self-assess course site design to ensure student ease of access to course content and to facilitate more streamlined student learning and retention.
- Link: http://instructionaldev.umassd.wikispaces.net/Online+Teaching+Guide
- Topical Areas: Training, Workshop, audience: Faculty, topic: Faculty Development
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Henry Horenstein: Animalia
- Location: Star Store, New Bedford
, Purchase Street, New Bedford
- Cost: Free Admission
- Contact: University Art Gallery
- Description: Henry Horenstein: Animalia
February 18 - March 20, 2016
Reception: March 3, 6 to 8 pm,
Artist Talk and Booksigning at 7 pm
New Bedford born photographer presents a series of evocative and mysterious black and white photographs of land and sea creatures.
University Art Gallery
College of Visual and Performing Arts
UMass Dartmouth, Star Store Campus
715 Purchase Street
New Bedford, MA 02740
www.umassd.edu/UniversityArtGallery
www.facebook.com/UMassDartmouthGalleries
Open daily 9 am - 6 pm
All events are free and open to public
More info: www.horenstein.com/animalia
- Link: http://www.umassd.edu/cvpa
- Topical Areas: Faculty, General Public, Staff and Administrators, Students, Students, Graduate, Students, Undergraduate, University Community, Art History, Artisanry, College of Visual and Performing Arts, Fine Arts, Music, Visual Design, Exhibits, Visual Arts, Art Education
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Blended 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
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Dystopian Fiction Book Club February Meeting
- Location: > See description for location
- Contact: > See Description for contact information
- Description: The Dystopian Fiction Book Club will be meeting in February to discuss Watchmen, the epic, apocalyptic graphic novel by author Alan Moore and artist Dave Gibbons. This groundbreaking work changed the way many thought about comic books and their significance as literature. Plus it has superheroes! (If you've seen the movie, you've barely scratched the surface.)
Copies of Watchmen can be checked out at the library's circulation desk.
All are welcome to join us! By popular demand, we'll meet twice to accommodate as many interested readers as possible.
Meeting times are:
Wednesday, February 24, 1pm-2pm
Friday, February 26, 11am-12pm
Both meetings will be held in the Carney Library, Room 240.
Enjoy your reading!
Questions?
Contact Hilary Kraus ( hkraus@umassd.edu / 508-999-8681 )
- Topical Areas: Faculty, Staff and Administrators, Students, Claire T. Carney Library, English, Liberal Arts, Psychology, Sociology, Anthropology, Crime and Justice Studies, Women and Gender Studies
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BMEBT Seminar by Prof. David Manke, Chemistry & Biochemistry Dept.
- Location: Textiles Building 101E
- Contact: BMEBT Seminar Series
- Description: TOPIC: CARBON CAPTURE WITH LEWIS BASE DERIVATIZED METAL-ORGANIC FRAMEWORKS
Abstract: The United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change recently released its Fifth Assessment Report. The report states that human activity is extremely likely (95-100%) to have been the dominant cause of the observed warming since the mid-20th century. The results of this climate change will have impacts that include alteration of ecosystems, disruption of food production and water supply, damage to infrastructure and settlements, human morbidity and mortality and consequences for mental health and human well-being.One promising method to mitigate the impacts of greenhouse gas emission is Carbon Capture and Sequestration (CCS). An effective material for carbon capture must selectively bind carbon dioxide and not bind other gases that are present in the atmosphere and in waste streams. It must be easy to regenerate, requiring a small energy input to release the pure carbon dioxide so that it can be isolated from the environment. Research in our laboratory is focused on the development of Metal-Organic Frameworks, or MOFs, for this purpose. MOFs are crystalline, porous solids containing metal ions and organic linkers. The construction of these materials is similar to Tinker Toys on an atomic level, where metal ions function as spools and organic linkers function as rods. Our strategy involves the inclusion of electron donating sites within the pores of MOFs that will interact more strongly with carbon dioxide than with other molecules in air (e.g. oxygen and nitrogen). The seminar will explore the synthesis and structure of porous MOFs and Covalent Metal-Organic Networks (CMONs) with open electron donating sites. The gas sorption properties of the synthesized materials will be discussed, as well as strategies to improve their selectivity for carbon dioxide capture.
Biosketch:
Dr. Manke received his Bachelor's at Brandeis under Wenbin Lin (now at U of Chicago) who is one of the world's experts in MOFs, his Ph.D. under the MIT Professor of Energy, Daniel G. Nocera (now at Harvard) and performed Post-doctoral work at Cornell under Peter T. Wolczanski, working on carbon dioxide reduction. He has extensive experience in synthetic inorganic chemistry, particularly as it related to clean energy problems. Previous funding while at UMass Dartmouth includes two National Science Foundation grants and a grant from the Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation.
- Topical Areas: University Community, Biology, Chemistry and Biochemistry, Bioengineering, College of Engineering
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Dismantling Rape Culture Workshop Series
- Location: Claire T. Carney Library, Stoico/FIRST FED Charitable Foundation Grand Reading Room
- Contact: Center for Women, Gender & Sexuality
- Description: A Series of Workshops on dismantling rape culture
Session 1: 9am-10am
Session 2: 12pm-1pm
Session 3: 2pm-3pm
- Topical Areas: General Public, University Community, Center for Women, Gender, and Sexuality, Lectures and Seminars
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Living in the Crosshairs: The Untold Stories of Anti-Abortion Terrorism
- Location: Claire T. Carney Library, Stoico/FIRST FED Charitable Foundation Grand Reading Room
- Contact: Center for Women, Gender & Sexuality
- Description: Stories of women's struggles for reproductive autonomy rights and abortions.
- Topical Areas: University Community, Center for Women, Gender, and Sexuality
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Weaving with Light
- Location: CVPA: College of Visual and Performing Arts
, 285 Old Westport Road, Dartmouth, MA
- Cost: Free Admission
- Contact: University Art Gallery
- Description: Weaving with Light
CVPA Campus Gallery
Reception: Thursday, February 18 from 4-6 pm with the artist talk at 5 pm
UMass Dartmouth College of Visual & Performing Arts faculty and students are presenting their interactive Weaving with Light exhibition, recently showcased at the premier art fair SOFA CHICAGO through March 3, at the University's Campus Gallery. The installation pays tribute to the nearby city of New Bedford and its historical connection to the textile industry. A reception is scheduled for Thursday, February 18 from 4-6 p.m. with the artist talk at 5 pm at the gallery.
The Weaving With Light exhibition was designed to be highly interactive, enticing visitors to participate in the actual production of cloth, drawing their attention to the making process used by contemporary fiber artists. Within the exhibition, several operational single-person looms are arranged in a semicircle accompanied by the vintage still photos of mill buildings, interiors, and workers to illustrate some of the actual operations and conditions of historic mill life.
"Every step of the process has involved the discovery and problem solving aspects of design and making and realizing the full potential of the project through innovative methods, research and observation, material sourcing and testing, and overarching aesthetic decisions," Professor Hamlin said leading up to SOFA CHICAGO. "The students have extended themselves in both their intellectual and physical stamina."
The warp yarns that feed each loom rise from the front of the loom to a rattle gathering at the top of the wall. The ascending yarns create the illusion of an enclosed space to emulate the conditions of mill life.
Students and faculty traveled to Chicago this past November for the prestigious art exhibition dedicated to Sculpture, Objects and Functional Art (SOFA). Working on the Weaving with Light installation includes MFA Ceramics student Hanna Vogel, MFA Graphic Design student Kate Dickinson, MFA Wood/Furniture Design student John Middleton, MFA Digital Media student Alec Andersen, and BFA Textile Design/Fiber Arts students Tony Beal and Christopher Rogers. The group is being advised by Artisanry Professor James Lawton with assistance from Charlotte Hamlin, who serves as CVPA's coordinator for graduate studies and research, as well as CVPA Professional Technician Shingo Furukawa.
UMass Dartmouth was one of six entries selected for prestigious university art exhibition in Chicago, including Illinois Institute of Technology, Pratt Institute, San Diego State University, University of Cincinnati, and University of Iowa. SOFA CHICAGO ranked #7 in the USA Today Reader's Choice 10 Best Art Events.
UMass Dartmouth's CVPA Campus Gallery is located on the first floor of the CVPA Building on the Main Campus (285 Old Westport Road, Dartmouth, MA 02747). Gallery hours are Monday-Thursday 10am-4pm and Friday 10am-noon.
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- Link: http://www.umassd.edu/cvpa
- Topical Areas: Faculty, General Public, Staff and Administrators, Students, Students, Graduate, Students, Undergraduate, University Community, College of Visual and Performing Arts, Exhibits, Visual Arts
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International Film Series
- Location: CVPA Auditorium
, CVPA-153
- Contact: > See Description for contact information
- Description: The Lesson (Bulgaria, 2015)
In a small Bulgarian town, Nade is an honest, hardworking elementary school teacher and devoted mother, struggling to keep her life together. Her unemployed, alcoholic husband has secretly spent their mortgage payments on booze. With few options left Nade turns to a loan shark for help. (Directed by Kristina Grozeva, in Bulgarian, with English subtitles.)Shown in CVPA Rm. 153
The film is free and is hosted by Prof. Charles White of the English Department
- Topical Areas: General Public
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