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Wed, Apr 3, 2019
"Dimensionism" Gallery Talk with Vanja Malloy
Learn more about Dimensionism: Modern Art in the Age of Einstein at a gallery talk with Curator of American Art Vanja Malloy. Malloy’s groundbreaking research on the Dimensionist Manifesto is the backbone of this pioneering exhibition. This program is offered with support from the Arts at Amherst Initiative.
Free and open to all!
University of Massachusetts Medical School Information Session
1:30 pm - 2:30 pm
Loeb Center, College Hall, Events Room
The University of Massachusetts Medical School (UMMS) is the commonwealth’s first and only public academic health sciences center, home to three graduate schools. Its mission is to advance the health and well-being of the people of the commonwealth and the world through pioneering education, research and health care delivery with the school’s clinical partner, UMass Memorial Health Care.
UMMS graduates rank it in the top 1% for student satisfaction among all medical schools, and U.S. News & World Report consistently ranks it as one of the leading medical schools in the nation. Attend this information session to learn more about the school, its programs and how to successfully navigate its admissions process.
"Awake"
Created by Lauren Thompson '19 and Benjamin Kissinger '20E, AWAKE is a multimedia work of installation art/experimental theater designed as an immersive, single-viewer experience. Drawing upon Buddhist teachings, philosophy, mathematics, the sciences and narrative, AWAKE is an exploration of the self and how we understand our place in the world told through light, sound, projections and space.
Limited reservations are available for one individual at a time, April 3 through 7. Walk-ins are welcome, but not guaranteed. AWAKE runs at 25 minutes per showing. Follow the link below to view reservations.
"Innovation and Invention": A Conducting Recital by Ellen Mutter '18
Join us for an hour-long concert pairing choral music with stories of scientific advancements presented by Graduate Associate in Music Ellen Mutter '18. This performance will explore the links between scientific and artistic innovation from Palestrina and Galileo to Philip Glass and Einstein. The recital features students and faculty from Amherst and Smith Colleges.
No tickets are necessary. Seating is limited and first-come, first-served. This program is offered with support from the Amherst College Department of Music and Arts at Amherst.
This event is free and open to all!
Writing with Sources
7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Frost Library, 211 (CHI Seminar Room)
You may have been told that research-writing should be like “entering a scholarly conversation,” but how do you translate that metaphor into a writing process? This workshop will introduce strategies for synthesizing and building upon the ideas and information from outside sources in order to create a research-based essay that foregrounds your insights and voice. Led by Cassie Sanchez, Senior Writing Associate.
Students Only
Registration Required
National Fellowships Information Session
7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
Converse Hall, Cole Assembly
Are you thinking about attending graduate school, conducting research, or traveling abroad after you graduate? Staff from the Office of Fellowships will provide an overview of all the fellowship opportunities our office administers including many you may have heard of – the Rhodes, the Fulbright, the Watson, the Luce – and many you haven’t. We will explain the process for applying and what you can do to become a competitive applicant in the future.
For accessibility/accommodations, or questions, please contact Carter McClintock.
Ongoing Events
"Between the Imagined and Seen: The Hand-Pulled Prints of Betsey Garand and Microscope Images of Caroline Goutte"
until Aug 30
Frost Library, Mezzanine Gallery (2nd Floor)
Visit the Mezzanine Gallery in Frost Library to view Between the Imagined and Seen: The Hand-Pulled Prints of Betsey Garand and Microscope Images of Caroline Goutte, on exhibit from March 4 to Aug. 30. This exhibition is sponsored by the Arts at Amherst Initiative
Professor Caroline Goutte is chair of the Department of Biology and a member of the Program in Biochemistry and Biophysics at Amherst College. Betsey Garand is senior resident artist in the Department of Art and the History of Art at Amherst College.
Against Doom - an exhibition by artist-in-residence Macon Reed
until Apr 5
Fayerweather Hall, 105 - Eli Marsh Gallery
Gallery hours are 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. on Mondays through Fridays, and from noon - 4 p.m. on Sundays. Closed Saturdays. This exhibition will close at noon on Friday, April 5.
Birth Doula Workshop
This semester, a birth doula workshop will be happening on campus. The course will be four full days long on March 23 and 24, and April 6 and 7. This opportunity will be open to Amherst College community members, as well as people from the local community. The workshop will be hosted by Michelle L'Esperance, a trained doula.
Registration Required