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Wednesday, April 25, 2018
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM	Javanese Gamelan Concert Location: > See description for location Contact: Music Department Description: Music from Indonesia LOCATION: CVPA Room 108 Topical Areas: Faculty, General Public, Music, University Marketing
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM	Italian Studies Film Series: "Suspiria" (1977) Location: > See description for location Cost: 0 Contact: > See Description for contact information Description: Italian Film Series - "Suspiria" (1977), dir. Dario Argento, 92 7:00 PM on Wednesday, April 25, 2018 LARTS 121 Join us for our 3rd Annual Italian Film Series at UMass Dartmouth, co-sponsored by the Foreign Literature and Languages Department and the History Department. This semester, we will be delving into various Italian films in the horror genre. Our third and final film for this semesters film series we will show "Suspiria (1977): A newcomer to a prestigious German ballet academy comes to realize that the school is a front for something sinister amidst a series of grisly murders. (IMDB) Free admission. All films have English subtitles. Any questions may be directed to Prof. Rose Facchini at rose.facchini@umassd.edu or Prof. Matthew Sneider at msneider@umassd.edu. Link: https://www.facebook.com/events/148398035997136/ Topical Areas: Faculty, General Public, Students, College of Arts and Sciences, Foreign Literature and Languages, Films
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM	CANCELLED: ProCard & Travel Card Training Location: Foster Administration Building, Room 223 Contact: Purchasing Description: This 1 hour training class is required in order to obtain a University Procurement Card (Procard & Travel Card). Individuals may attend training either before or after submitting a Procard application, either way this training must be completed before an application receives final approval from Procurement. Topical Areas: Training, Workshop, audience: Faculty, audience: Staff
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM	An Evening with Stephon Alexander, the Scientist Behind "A Wrinkle in Time" Location: Claire T. Carney Library, Stoico/FIRST FED Charitable Foundation Grand Reading Room Cost: Free and open to the public Contact: Robert Fisher Description: The multi-talented Stephon Alexander, cosmologist, jazz recording artist, author, and science advisor for the film "A Wrinkle in Time," will be joining us the evening of Wednesday, April 25, from 5 PM - 7 PM in the Library's Stoico/FirstFed Grand Reading Room. From his official biography: "Stephon Alexander is a theoretical physicist specializing in the interface between cosmology, particle physics and quantum gravity. By night, he 'blows sax.' Born in Trinidad and raised in Bronx, NY, Alexander draws music heritage from Jazz, Caribbean Reggae and Hip Hop. His ambition in science is big--to unify quantum theory, Einstein's theory of relativity, and string theory, which have fascinated him since childhood, into a theory of quantum gravity! When he gets stuck, he turns to music like Einstein used to do, except his instrument for relaxation and subconscious realization is the tenor saxophone, instead of violin and piano." Prof. Alexander will be joined in conversation by Mwalim (Prof. Morgan Peters), Tiffany Ferreira '19, Tianna Edwards '18, and Prof. Robert Fisher. He will discuss his role as a scientist working in Hollywood, as well as his scientific and musical interests. For further information, please contact Prof. Fisher: robert.fisher@umassd.edu or 508.999.8353. Topical Areas: Alumni, Faculty, General Public, Students, Black Studies, College of Engineering, Black History 4 Seasons, Fredrick Douglass Unity House, University Marketing
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM	Presentation: What is the CWGS and How It Can Assist You in Your Teaching Location: OFD Lounge, Library 220 Contact: Office of Faculty Development Description: Please join Juli Parker - Assistant Dean of Students & Director of the Center for Women, Gender & Sexuality, and Jessica Harris, Assistant Director for Advocacy & Education on their presentation about the mission and goals of the CWGS and how they can assist faculty in engaging students through their programs such as Safe Zone, Active Bystander’s Care, and One Love. Lunch will be provided, please RSVP through the main event calendar. Topical Areas: Training, Workshop, audience: Faculty
7:30 PM - 8:30 PM	Senior Saxophone Recital, Aaron Couto Location: CVPA Room 153 Contact: Music Department Description: Senior Saxophone Recital Topical Areas: Faculty, General Public, College of Visual and Performing Arts, Music
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM	ECE DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY DISSERTATION DEFENSE BY: John C. Cochran Location: Science & Engineering Building, Lester W. Cory Conference Room: Room 213A Cost: Free Contact: ECE: Electrical & Computer Engineering Department Description: Topic: The General Theory of the Slotted Cylinder Projector (SCP) Transducer with Non-Uniform Velocity Distributions Location: Lester W. Cory Conference Room, Science & Engineering Building (SENG), Room 213A Abstract: Electroacoustic piezoelectric transducers are used for underwater acoustics applications and there is a particular interest in compact low frequency source transducers. The thesis addresses the theory for the Slotted Cylinder Projector (SCP), a low frequency flexural mode device comprising a piezoelectric driver and a cylindrical passive shell with an axial slot. The thesis improves upon current work that addresses the uniform wall SCP with a general theory that explains the performance of both the uniform wall SCP and the tapered wall SCP. Tapering the shell thickness is shown to offer benefits to the electro-mechanical-acoustic performance. The second contribution to the field is a general approach for calculating the radiation impedance of radiating sources that have non-uniform velocity profiles. These two topics are addressed and then combined to provide a general theory for the analysis of the class of Slotted Cylinder Projector transducers. NOTE: All ECE Graduate Students are ENCOURAGED to attend. All interested parties are invited to attend. Open to the public. Advisor: Dr. David A. Brown Committee Members: Dr. John R. Buck and Paul J. Gendron, Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering; Dr. Corey L. Bachand, BTech Acoustics, LLC *For further information, please contact Dr. David A. Brown at 508.999.8479, or via email at dbrown@umassd.edu. Topical Areas: General Public, University Community, College of Engineering, Electrical and Computer Engineering
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM	Drop-in Study Abroad Advising Location: > See description for location Contact: International Programs Office Description: Have a quick question for a study abroad advisor? Drop by the IPO (LARTS 016) Monday through Friday Noon-1:30. Students will be seen on a first-come, first-served basis. Topical Areas: Faculty, Staff and Administrators, Students, Study Abroad
2:30 PM - 3:30 PM	Department of Fisheries Oceanography / SMAST seminar - April 25, 2018 - Dr. Hollie Putnam Location: New Bedford , New Bedford, MA Contact: > See Description for contact information Description: Department of Fisheries Oceanography Avenues of Marine Invertebrate Acclimatization in Response to Rapid Environmental Change Dr. Hollie Putnam Assistant Professor Department of Biological Sciences University of Rhode Island Wednesday, April 25, 2018 2:30 pm - 3:30 pm SMAST-E rm. 101/102 836 South Rodney French Boulevard, New Bedford, MA Abstract: The swiftly changing climate presents a challenge to organismal fitness by creating a mismatch between the current environment and phenotypes adapted to historic conditions. Rapid compensatory response to environmental change generated by epigenetic mechanisms and the emergent properties of symbiosis can provide a temporal buffer for genetic adaptation. My research focuses on these acclimatory mechanisms that may be especially crucial for sessile benthic marine systems, such as reef-building corals and bivalve mollusks, where climate change factors including ocean acidification and increasing temperature elicit strong negative physiological responses including bleaching, disease, and mortality. By integrating across biological scales from molecular to ecological in a series of preconditioning experiments to future temperature and ocean acidification, we documented evidence of intra and trans-generational acclimatization and parental effects in geoduck clams and corals. Furthermore, our findings support a role for Symbiodinium shuffling in coral holobiont performance and DNA methylation in phenotypic plasticity in corals. Induction of potentially heritable phenotypic plasticity via preconditioning or parental effects may provide mechanisms with significant implications for sessile marine organism persistence under rapid climate change. To access the live broadcasting, go to https://echo360.org/ and click on "Alternate login" you will have to login as smast@umassd.edu with the password: smastumassd After login you will have to click on ALL CLASSES (MAR 700-01 - DEOS seminar or MAR 700-02 - DFO Seminar) and click on the green LIVE streaming To view a video of an SMAST seminar (post-October 1, 2014), go to https://www.umassd.edu/smast/events/seminar-series/ 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
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM	Sound Art Installation: To Scale Location: Liberal Arts Building , 285 Old Westport Road, Dartmouth, MA Contact: Art History Department Description: Artist Andy Graydon presents To Scale (10,000 things for Mark Tobey). Originally created in 2014 for Seattle's Pike Place Market Hill Climb as a collaboration with Peter Bjordahl, this public art sound installation will be re-staged for a one-day-only sonic event within a stairwell in the UMass Dartmouth Liberal Arts (LARTS) building designed by Paul Rudolph. To Scale takes its inspiration from Seattle artist Mark Tobey's "white writing" paintings. Tobey began his career painting the teeming aspects of the material world and slowly moved to a gestural language of white marks that were the traces of those objects. Likewise, To Scale seeks to engage the world beyond its physical boundaries to give a sense of the city as an active force that emanates from the basic things surrounding us. This project is part of the Spring 2018 "Playing the Campus" event series hosted by UMass Dartmouth College of Visual and Performing Arts (CVPA) faculty, staff, students, and invited guests. UMassD CVPA celebrates its brutalist residential campus with a number of public events dedicated to Paul Rudolph and his legacy. The series will include art installations, live performances, lectures, community forums, film screening, and an exhibition in the CVPA Campus Gallery. All events are free and open to the public. This program is organized by Dr. Rebecca Uchill, CVPA. Support for this program is sponsored in part by the UMass President's Creative Economy Initiatives Fund, 2017-2018. Further information about this and other events in the "Playing the Campus" series can be found at https://www.umassd.edu/cvpa/galleries/ College of Visual and Performing Arts, UMass Dartmouth 285 Old Westport Road, Dartmouth, MA 02747 Visitors can use parking lot 7. Link: https://www.facebook.com/events/174645263338866/ Topical Areas: Alumni, Faculty, General Public, Staff and Administrators, Students, Art Education, Art History, Artisanry, College of Visual and Performing Arts, Fine Arts, Music, Visual Design
« 2/16 - 5/4 »	Financial Aid Lab Location: Liberal Arts Building 203 Contact: > See Description for contact information Description: Need help with financial aid? Come to our workshops designed just for you! Common issues the Financial Aid Street Team (FAST) can help solve include filing the 2018-19 FAFSA, Comment Code 399, completing Federal Direct Loan master promissory note and entrance counseling requirements, borrowing histories, and much more! Labs are open to current AND future UMassD students from 4:00-5:00 p.m. every Friday in Liberal Arts Building room 203. Please bring copies of 2016 tax information for us to better assist you. Contact Mr. Joe Novinson for more information at jgentile@umassd.edu. Topical Areas: General Public, Students
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM	College of Nursing DNP Capstone Defense by Sarah Crowley Location: Textiles Building , 285 Old Westport Road, North Dartmouth, MA Contact: College of Nursing & Health Sciences Description: University of Massachusetts Dartmouth College of Nursing Announcement and Invitation Doctor of Nursing Practice Capstone Defense Closing the Knowledge Gap: A Naloxone, Opioid Overdose, and Opioid Misuse Education Intervention for Staff Nurses A Capstone Defense in Nursing Sarah Crowley, BS, RN April 25, 2018 Textiles Building, room 011 2:00 p.m.- 3:30 p.m. contact e-mail and phone: Karen Roush, kroush@umassd.edu, 508-910-6598 Topical Areas: Faculty, Staff and Administrators, Students, Graduate, College of Nursing
12:15 PM - 1:00 PM	Faculty/Staff Drop-in Mindfulness Location: MacLean Campus Center, Reflection Room, Room 233 , 285 Old Westport Road, Dartmouth, MA Contact: > See Description for contact information Description: Share in a brief mindfulness practice with colleagues. People are welcome to drop-in at any point in the semester. No prior experience with mindfulness is needed. Location: Reflection Room, Campus Center (223) For more information, contact: Aminda O’Hare, ext. 8761, aohare@umassd.edu Topical Areas: Faculty, Staff and Administrators
All Day	Denim Day 2018 Location: Center for Women, Gender & Sexuality Contact: Center for Women, Gender & Sexuality Description: For the past 19 years, Peace Over Violence has run its Denim Day campaign on a Wednesday in April in honor of sexual violence awareness month. Wear jeans in honor of the victim whose rape conviction was overturned because she was wearing jeans when she was raped. For more info http://denimdayinfo.org/ Topical Areas: Faculty, Staff and Administrators, Students, Students, Graduate, Students, Law, Students, Undergraduate, University Community, Women and Gender Studies, Corsairs Care, Center for Women, Gender, and Sexuality
« 3/31 - 5/12 »	2018 MFA Thesis Exhibition Location: Star Store, New Bedford , Purchase Street, New Bedford Cost: FREE Contact: University Art Gallery Description: Opening Reception: Saturday, April 7 Locations: University Art Gallery Opening Reception: Saturday, April 7 (3-5 PM, Introductions 4 PM) College of Visual and Performing Arts UMass Dartmouth, 715 Purchase Street, New Bedford, MA 02740 New Bedford Art Museum/ArtWorks! Opening Reception: Saturday, April 7, (3-7 PM, After Party with a DJ: 5-7 PM) 608 Pleasant Street, New Bedford, MA 02740 Artists: Robert Abele III, Suzi Ballenger, Christina Baril, Robert (boB) Brzozowski, Renata Cassiano, Linan Chen, Orfeo Fabbri, Natasha Feliciano, Emily Franicola, Ilir Mborja, Anuja Roy, Erin Monet Wheary, Summer Wenyu Wu, Jillian Shixiaoci Yu The UMass Dartmouth College of Visual and Performing Arts proudly presents its 2018 Thesis Exhibition in two locations in Downtown New Bedford from March 31 through May 12. Fourteen graduating students representing a wide range of media including painting, printmaking, sculpture, photography and design are exhibiting their work for the first time, not only at the Star Store Campus, but also at the New Bedford Art Museum/Artworks! The presented work, according to Viera Levitt, exhibition co-curator and University Art Gallery director, is driven by compelling and engaging themes such as vulnerability, feminism, cultural differences, spatial explorations, and the disappearing life of the American farm. The Museum will feature works in ceramics, sculpture, fiber, digital art, prints, drawings, paintings, and a virtual reality experience within their Fiber Optic Center New Media Gallery. The exhibition co-curator, Jamie Uretsky, New Bedford Art Museum/ArtWorks!, says, she is "always looking for compelling emerging talent and this year's batch of CVPA graduates are just that!" The exhibition catalog, designed by UMass Dartmouth Graphic Design students, will be available during the reception on April 7. Artist talks will take place in both spaces during AHA! Night on May 12 (6 pm Star Store Campus, 7 pm Museum). In June, selections from this exhibition will be on display at Soprafina Gallery in the urban arts district, South of Washington (SoWa), in Boston (Opening Reception Friday, June 1st). University Art Gallery College of Visual and Performing Arts UMass Dartmouth, 715 Purchase Street, New Bedford, MA 02740 umassd.edu/universityartgallery facebook.com/UMassDartmouthGalleries Open daily from 9:00 am to 6:00 pm and until 9:00 pm during AHA! Nights (every second Thursday each month) New Bedford Art Museum/ArtWorks! 608 Pleasant Street, New Bedford, MA 02740 newbedfordart.org instagram.com/nbam_aw facebook.com/NewBedfordArtMuseum Open Wednesday & Sunday 12:00 - 5:00 pm; Thursdays 12:00 - 9:00 pm Link: https://umassd.edu/cvpa/galleries Topical Areas: Alumni, Faculty, General Public, Staff and Administrators, Students, Students, Graduate, Students, Law, Students, Undergraduate, University Community, University Marketing, College of Visual and Performing Arts, Fine Arts, Visual Design, Exhibits, Theater, Visual Arts, Artisanry, Art History, Art Education
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM	Department of Estuarine and Oceans Sciences - SMAST Seminar 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 "Activities and productivity of the Sub-Seafloor Biosphere at Deep-Sea Hydrothermal Vents" Dr. Stefan Sievert Associate Scientist Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute Wednesday, April 25, 2018 12:30 pm to 1:30 pm SMAST East, Rooms 101/102 836 S. Rodney French Blvd, New Bedford Abstract: Despite 40 years of research, knowledge of in situ metabolism of microbes carrying out carbon fixation in marine hydrothermal systems is still very limited. Particularly lacking are studies identifying the chemosynthetically active microbes and measuring rates of CO2 fixation in situ. Here, I present data from innovative incubations that maintained seafloor pressure and temperature for assessing chemoautotrophic production in deep-sea vent systems. Overall, our data provide a comprehensive view of the sub-seafloor biosphere underlying the studied vent site and its biogeochemical significance for the surrounding deep ocean. To access the live broadcasting, go to https://echo360.org/ and click on "Alternate login". You will have to login as "smast@umassd.edu" with the password: smastumassd. After login you will have to click on ALL CLASSES (MAR 700-01 - DEOS Seminar or MAR 700-02 - DFO Seminar) and click on the green LIVE streaming. To view a video of an SMAST seminar (post-October 1, 2014), go to https://www.umassd.edu/smast/events/seminar-series/ 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
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM	Bioengineering Seminar by Abigail Koppes, PhD Location: Textiles Building 101E Contact: Bioengineering Department Description: Topic: Engineering the Gut-Brain Axis Abstract:The gut-brain axis is a complex bi-directional communication pathway between the gastrointestinal tract, the enteric nervous system(ENS), and the central nervous(CNS) that is implicated in not only gastrointestinal function, but also cognitive tasks like memory and decision making. Gastrointestinal flora have also been implicated in alterations of brain function and behavior, however, mechanisms behind the bidirectional, gut-to-brain communication remain poorly understood. To investigate the mechanisms for epithelial/neural interactions in the gastrointestinal tract and understand the impact of alterations in neural activity in response to intestinal contents, we are developing in vitro, humanized culture models of the enteric-gut axis. These platforms, termed "Organs on chips", have generated interest from academia and industry as these physiological models may augment drug and basic biological discoveries. However, the lack of rapid, scalab le, and facile manufacturing techniques have limited the reproducibility and ultimately the widespread use of organs-on-chips.Here I will discuss a novel laser-cut and assembly based fabrication method for simple, and cost-effective thermoplastic organ-chips. Current intestine-on-a-chip models utilize immortalized cells and do not include support cells such as enteric neurons. Finally, I will discuss the culture and differentiation of a primary, human epithelial monolayer from intestinal organoids for future on chip studies the recapitulate the heterogeneous gut population, and examine the impact of trophic cross-talk between the epithelium and enteric populations in static models. Biography: Dr. Koppes joined the department of Chemical Engineering at Northeastern University in 2014 where her group, the Advanced Biomaterials for Neuroengineering Laboratory (ABNEL), harness biochemical engineering methods to address challenges in nervous system disorders and dysfunction. She was the recipient of the NIH R21 Trailblazer in 2017, and is co-investigator on an NIH Biomedical Research Partnership R01 between Northeastern, MIT, and Boston Children's Hospital. She received her Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) in Troy, New York in 2013. Her doctoral research with Dr. Deanna Thompson focused on using electrical stimulation to manipulate neural and supportive glial cell behavior for improved repair following peripheral nervous system injuries. In 2007, Dr. Koppes spent a year at the Cleveland Clinic with Dr. Shuvo Roy's BioMEMs group creating self-assembled monolayers to reduce blood protein adsorption for use in miniaturized bioartificial kidney. In 2013, Dr. Koppes joined the Advanced Drug Delivery Research Laboratory with Dr. Rebecca Carrier as the Northeastern University STEM Future Faculty Fellow., and held a joint appointment at Schepen's Eye Research Institute and Harvard Medical School with Dr. Michael Young. Dr Koppes was also a visiting scientist in Dr. Douglas Lauffenburger's Molecular Cell Bioengineering groupat MIT. Dr. Koppes also enjoys teaching Transport Lab I (Unit Operations) for sophomore and middler engineers and mentoring undergraduates in the laboratory. For further information, please contact Dr. Lamya Karim at lkarim@umassd.edu or 5089998560 Topical Areas: Students, Undergraduate, Students, Law, Students, Graduate, Students, University Community, Biology, Bioengineering
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM	College of Nursing DNP Capstone Defense by Alicia Medeiros Location: Textiles Building , 285 Old Westport Road, North Dartmouth, MA Contact: College of Nursing & Health Sciences Description: University of Massachusetts Dartmouth College of Nursing Announcement and Invitation Doctor of Nursing Practice Capstone Defense Resiliency Training for New Graduate Nurses A Capstone Defense in Nursing Alicia Medeiros, BSN, RN April 25, 2018 Textiles Building, room 011 12:30 p.m.- 2:00 p.m. contact e-mail and phone: Karen Roush, kroush@umassd.edu, 508-910-6598 Topical Areas: Faculty, Staff and Administrators, Students, Graduate, College of Nursing
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM	WRC: Personal Statement Workshop Location: Liberal Arts Building 220 Contact: Writing and Reading Center Description: Whether you have a small presentation for a class or a big speech in your personal or professional life, public speaking can be intimidating. Come get help shaking off the nerves and develop confidence in what you have to say and how you say it. Topical Areas: Faculty, General Public, Students, Graduate, Students, Undergraduate, University Community, Writing and Reading Center

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