APRIL 23, 24, AND 25, 2015 AT 8PM IN BOWKER AUDITORIUM: This concert presents the theses of UMass senior dance majors, featuring works of many different dance styles and one video project. This event was sponsored by the Registered Student Organization Alive With Dance. To find out more about Alive With Dance, go to https://www.facebook.com/alivewithdance?fref=ts Continue reading
APRIL 16, 2015 AT 4PM IN THE JOURNALISM HUB: Manning is an international freelance journalist who gave a talk about her experiences in Central and South America, as well as gave advice on how to make it as a freelance journalist .This event was sponsored by the UMass Journalism Department. To find out more about Manning, … Continue reading
MARCH 5, 2015 AT 7PM IN THE STUDENT UNION BALLROOM: Dying While Black and Brown: a dance piece by Joanna Haigood of the Zaccho Dance Theatre company that highlighted the disproportionate amount of African American men on death row. It was followed by a faculty talk back with Hampshire College’s Professor Chris Tinson and UMass’ Professor … Continue reading
After traversing down many flights of concrete stairs in the Totman Gymnasium, there is a thick wooden door at the end of a hallway leading to a room. Walking through the doorway, the first highly noticeable trait of the room is the three rows of thick concrete pillars right in the middle of the black, … Continue reading
By Erica Weiss Even with a career that spans 42 years, UMass dance faculty member Paul Dennis still feels that there is so much for him to learn as an artist and share with his students. “I teach what I learn. My best teaching comes from asking my students to learn as I’m learning,” said Dennis … Continue reading
By Erica Weiss Biomonitoring and the data in the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) can help identify potentially dangerous chemicals that the American public should be concerned about regulating. This was the one of the many “take home messages” of a lecture given by Dr. Antonia M. Calafat, Chief of the Organic Analytical Toxicology … Continue reading
Hi there audience! I feel really bad about skipping last week’s blog post, so this week is basically going to be my apology, my excuse, and what I learned from all of this. So, the reason I forgot to post last week (which I am TERRIBLY sorry about!) is because it was the week of … Continue reading
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