UMass Dartmouth Event Calendar
Exhibition
5:00 PM - 8:00 PM
New Bedford Art Museum MFA Thesis Exhibtion
College of Visual and Performing Arts
Exhibition
Art and Design Studios
College of Visual and Performing Arts
Exhibition
Hatch Street Studios (Studio 215)
College of Visual and Performing Arts
An end-of-semester gathering with food and friendship!
12:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Campus Center
Student Affairs
DFO PhD Dissertation Defense: "Beyond the observer's gaze: an integrated approach to detection, estimation, and mitigation of observer and deployment effects in fisheries monitoring" presented by Debra Duarte.
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
SMAST East 102-103
College of Arts and Sciences, College of Engineering, Graduate Studies, Lectures and Seminars, SMAST, STEM, Thesis/Dissertations
Green Beret veteran Scott Mann recounts the US Special Forces rescue of abandoned Afghan allies
3:30 PM - 4:45 PM
CVPA 153
College of Arts and Sciences, Lectures and Seminars
Found and Made: Ceramics in Integrated Compositional Systems
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
UMass Dartmouth Art & Design Studio
College of Visual and Performing Arts, Lectures and Seminars, Thesis/Dissertations
Layering, Pressure, and Density as Material Strategies for Articulating the Body as Visceral
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
UMass Dartmouth CVPA Art & Design Studio
College of Visual and Performing Arts, Lectures and Seminars, Thesis/Dissertations
Wild Cactus: an original puppet show about the American southwest
11:15 AM - 12:15 PM
UMass Dartmouth Art and Design Studios, North Dartmouth, MA
College of Visual and Performing Arts, Lectures and Seminars, Thesis/Dissertations
DEOS MS Thesis Defense by Kara Falvey
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
SMAST 101-103
SMAST, Thesis/Dissertations
Layered Explorations: Weaving a World of Wonder
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
UMass Dartmouth CVPA Art & Design Studio
College of Visual and Performing Arts, Lectures and Seminars, Thesis/Dissertations
Woven Courage
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Hatch Street Studios
College of Visual and Performing Arts, Lectures and Seminars, Thesis/Dissertations
Microlandscapes and the Ordinary: An Exploration in Space and Belonging
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
New Bedford Art Museum
College of Visual and Performing Arts, Lectures and Seminars, Thesis/Dissertations
Here to help students complete their FAFSA
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM
SENG 109
Financial Aid
Narrating Instability: Hypertext and the Fragmented Self
3:30 PM - 4:30 PM
Hatch Street Studios
College of Visual and Performing Arts, Lectures and Seminars, Thesis/Dissertations
The Women of Pomegranate Garden: Visual Expressions of Memory, Womanhood, and Resistance
4:30 PM - 5:30 PM
Hatch St. Studios
College of Visual and Performing Arts, Lectures and Seminars, Thesis/Dissertations
Hirshfeld-Dowd Observatory Open House
8:00 PM - 10:00 PM
Hirshfeld-Dowd Observatory Field
College of Engineering
ECE/MNE Senior Design (Capstone) Presentations, Class of 2026
May 5, 2026 @ Woodland Commons (8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.)
8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Woodland Commons
College of Engineering, Thesis/Dissertations
Overview of the Department Management Dashboard
10:00 AM - 11:15 AM
Zoom
Training
Cookies & Condoms
10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Center for Women, Gender & Sexuality
Women's and Gender Studies, Student Affairs
Mechanical Engineering / Industrial Systems Engineering MS Project Presentation by Myriam Iralien
Floating System for Microplastic Removal: Design and Feasibility Analysis
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
ZOOM (for the Zoom link, Meeting ID, and Passcode, please contact: mrahman15@umassd.edu -or- scunha@umassd.edu
College of Engineering, Lectures and Seminars, Thesis/Dissertations
Stop by to have your study abroad questions answered!
3:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Zoom; Contact intl_programs@umassd.edu for link
Study Abroad
Mackenzie Berlinguet MPWC Thesis project defense
5:00 PM - 6:15 PM
Centennial Way Modular Building, M2
Lectures and Seminars, Thesis/Dissertations
O'Meara Thesis Defense: "Communication Strategies in Early Childhood Education"
Bridget O'Meara MPWC thesis defense presentation.
5:00 PM - 6:15 PM
Centennial Way Modular Building, M2
Lectures and Seminars, Thesis/Dissertations
Tameron Carter MPWC Thesis defense.
5:00 PM - 6:15 PM
Centennial Way Modular Building, M2
Lectures and Seminars, Thesis/Dissertations
Towards Diagnosis, Fairness, and interpretation of Machine Learning Algorithms
10:30 AM - 12:30 PM
LIB 314
College of Engineering, Thesis/Dissertations
CPE Master of Science Thesis Defense by Brent Rubell - ECE Department
CPE Master of Science Thesis Defense - ECE Department
11:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Lester W. Cory Conference Room, Science & Engineering Building (SENG), Room 213A
College of Engineering, Lectures and Seminars, Thesis/Dissertations
Thesis Defense by Brent Rubell
11:53 AM - 12:52 PM
Lester W. Cory COnference Room, Science and Engineering Building (SENG), Room 213A
College of Engineering, Graduate Studies, Thesis/Dissertations
Title: Stories of Synergy
12:30 PM - 2:30 PM
CCB 115
College of Arts and Sciences, Lectures and Seminars, Thesis/Dissertations
Physics Master of Science Thesis Defense by Anudeep Davuluru
Quark Confinement from Generalized SU(3) and Holographic Models under Constraints
1:00 PM - 2:30 PM
SENG 201
College of Engineering, Lectures and Seminars, Thesis/Dissertations