Looking for items for your room ? Join us on the Grove Quad Saturday\, September 5th from 10 AM - 2 PM for the biggest Yard Sale of the year!

We have collected items that h ave a lot of useful life in them and are ready to outfit your rooms. This includes microwaves\, mini-fridges\, fans\, books\, decor and kitchen item s.

Catholic Mass is celebrated Sun day evenings in the Blue and Gold Room on the ground floor of the campus c enter.

Eucharistic Adoration takes pla ce each Tuesday at 12:00 Noon in the Reflection Room.

Kick off your fall semester by getting your resume in order! Bring your resume and join the Career Center in this hands-on event to create or update your professional resume.

Richard Feynman famously said t hat the essence of quantum mechanics is to be found in the double-slit exp eriment. I will show that the double-slit experiment can be interpreted in terms of the theory of stochastic processes. I will explain the stochasti c-quantum dictionary and briefly review the experiment\, along with the pa th integral approach applied to the double-slit setup. I will then reinter pret the experiment in terms of indivisible stochastic processes. The stoc hastic transition function describing the double-slit statistics is derive d. I will conclude with a discussion of future work\, including the comput ational modeling of the experiment as a stochastic process.

Confessions are heard on Tuesda y afternoons from 2-3 pm and from 6-7 pm in the Center for Religious and S piritual Life - Room 205 Campus Center.

Title of Paper: An Exploratory Pilot Study: Measuring Rape Labeling and the Relationship between Social Support\, Rape Myths\, and Labeling Accuracy in Women

Labeling sexual assault and rape involves how individuals classify sexual assault and rape based on legal definitions. In addition to labeling\, this study also examined different measures of accuracy (i.e.\, correctly identifying a behavioral description as rape and/or sexual assault) from singular and dual perspectives. The present exploratory pilot study examined how socia l support\, rape myth endorsement\, and sexual conservatism were associate d with rape and sexual assault labeling and accuracy when outcomes were me asured continuously and dichotomously. Different ways of measuring both ra pe and sexual assault labeling and accuracy were examined. Participants we re 241 women who completed measures of rape myth acceptance and sexual con servatism and evaluated vignettes depicting rape and sexual assault scenar ios with validating or invalidating social support responses. Findings rev ealed differences between labeling sexual assault and rape. Support type s ignificantly predicted dichotomous rape labeling only\, and was associated with greater accuracy on several measures. Assault type significantly pre dicted both dichotomous and continuous rape labeling\, and was associated with greater accuracy on several measures as well. All support and assault type interactions were non-significant in predicting both labeling and ac curacy across all measures. Sexual conservatism and the Illinois Rape Myth Acceptance “Not Really Rape” subscale were the most consistent predic tors of incorrect labeling and poorer accuracy. Contrary to the study’s hypothesis\, higher scores on the “She Lied” subscale of the Illinois Rape Myth Acceptance scale were associated with greater accuracy. Overall\ , findings suggest that participants were better at identifying sexual ass ault than rape\, and that rape myth endorsement and sexual conservatism ma y play important roles in the recognition of sexual violence. Results and suggestions of different accuracy measures will be discussed.

Interested in studying abroad? Do you have a quick question about the opportunities that are available or the overall process? Stop by the International Programs Office’s virtua l advising session! Students will be seen on a first come\, first served b asis. Email intl_programs@umassd .edu for the Zoom link.

Kick off your fall semester by getting your resume in order! Bring your resume and join the Career Center in this hands-on event to create or update your professional resume.

UMass Dartmouth will host Wheat on College in the home opener on Tuesday\, Sept. 8 inside the Tripp Athlet ic Center.

UMass Dartmouth will host Wheat on College (Mass.) at 6pm on Tuesday\, Sept. 8 at Cressy Field.

UMass Dartmouth will be hosting an on-campus Flu and COVID-19 Vaccination Clinic for members of our campus community.\n

Date: Wednesday\, September 9
Time: 10:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. Location: Woodland Commons

Registration is Required
Appo intments must be scheduled in advance through CVS.

We encourage members of our campus community to take a dvantage of this convenient opportunity to receive their seasonal flu and/ or COVID-19 vaccination right here on campus.

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\nRegister to get your vaccine\n

Event page: https://www.umassd.edu/events/cms/9-9-26-covidflu-vaccine-clinic -for-facultystaff-and-students.php
Event link: https://www.cvs.com/scheduling/clinic-detail s?lob=rximz&\;flow=clinicinfo&\;clinicID=377463A6080636F77FAE9CEC839 F993A

DTSTAMP:20260905T101126 DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260909T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260909T150000 LOCATION:Woodland Commons SUMMARY;LANGUAGE=en-us:Covid/Flu Vaccine Clinic for Faculty/Staff and Stude nts UID:8ef1e67840c4fe8ad376420595478547@www.umassd.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Student Affairs,Week of Welcome DESCRIPTION:Celebrate Bella's second Birthday\nEvent page: https://www.umas sd.edu/events/cms/9-9-26-bellas-2nd-birthday-party-.php X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Celebrate Bella's second Birthd ay

Event page: https://www.umassd.edu/events/cms/9-9-26-bell as-2nd-birthday-party-.php

DTSTAMP:20260905T101126 DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260909T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260909T130000 LOCATION:TV Pit Campus Center SUMMARY;LANGUAGE=en-us:Bella's 2nd Birthday Party UID:d859210d6c7ffb5b7be7ab28fda7e959@www.umassd.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:College of Engineering,Thesis/Dissertations DESCRIPTION:Abstract: Wireless sensing enables device-free and non- intrusive perception by using changes in wireless signals caused by human activities and the surrounding environment. Recent advances in deep learni ng and large language models (LLMs) have expanded wireless sensing capabil ities for applications such as localization, human activity understanding, and pose estimation. However, existing learning models face challenges fr om privacy leakage, corrupted observations, modality mismatch, and adversa rial manipulation. These challenges can limit their performance and reliab ility in practical sensing environments. This dissertation develops novel deep learning frameworks for trustworthy wireless sensing. It focuses on p rivacy-preserving learning, corruption-resilient representations, language -driven wireless sensing, and adversarial security. The first component de velops a hybrid DNN and genetic algorithm framework for fine-grained locat ion privacy in 6G Integrated Sensing and Communication (ISAC) systems. The framework generates high-dimensional, physically constrained subcarrier o bfuscation vectors that control location detection resolution by making th e true channel indistinguishable from channels associated with selected du mmy locations. While protecting sensitive information is essential, trustw orthy wireless sensing also requires learning models that remain effective when the underlying channel observations are unreliable. Therefore, the s econd component introduces a two-stage corruption-resilient learning archi tecture for human pose and shape estimation under corrupted Channel State Information (CSI). The framework first mitigates unreliable observations a t the channel level and then addresses residual corruption at the represen tation level through a dual-stream architecture that uses reliable represe ntations as reference targets to progressively constrain corrupted represe ntations. This approach improves the reliability of learning-based sensing under corrupted observations, but conventional wireless sensing models st ill rely heavily on predefined activity labels and temporal segmentation, which limits their ability to understand continuous and unseen human activ ities. To overcome this limitation, this research further develops Wireles sSenseLLM, a language-driven framework for wireless human sensing. A speci alized wireless encoder, CSI-to-Language Adapter, and cross-domain project ion mechanism bridge continuous CSI and human language, enabling segmentat ion-free and zero-shot understanding of sequential and overlapping human m otions. Building on these learning frameworks, the proposed research will investigate backdoor vulnerabilities and robust representation learning in wireless sensing models. This work will study how adversarial triggers al ter learned representations and induce attacker controlled model behavior, and will develop mechanisms to detect and mitigate such manipulation whil e preserving benign representations and downstream sensing performance. In summary, this dissertation advances both deep learning methodologies and wireless sensing systems. It develops new learning approaches for privacy protection, corruption-resilient representations, cross-modal signal-langu age alignment, and adversarial robustness. Together, these contributions p rovide a foundation for developing trustworthy deep learning models for wi reless sensing applications. ADVISOR(s): Dr. Long Jiao, Department of Co mputer and Information Science (ljiao@umassd.edu) COMMITTEE MEMBERS: Dr. Jiawei Yuan, Department of Computer and Information Science Dr. Yuchou Chang, Department of Computer and Information Science Dr. Roulin Zhou, Department of Electrical & Comput er Engineering NOTE: All EAS Students are ENCOURAGED to attend.\nEvent pa ge: https://www.umassd.edu/events/cms/9-9-26-eas-doctoral-proposal-defense --by-mahmuda-akter-keya.php\nEvent link: https://umassd.zoom.us/j/40619990 32?pwd=bUw0WGpDbTQ4UzJneFd5TTBFeUw1dz09 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Abstract:

Wirel ess sensing enables device-free and non-intrusive perception by using chan ges in wireless signals caused by human activities and the surrounding env ironment. Recent advances in deep learning and large language models (LLMs ) have expanded wireless sensing capabilities for applications such as loc alization\, human activity understanding\, and pose estimation. However\, existing learning models face challenges from privacy leakage\, corrupted observations\, modality mismatch\, and adversarial manipulation. These cha llenges can limit their performance and reliability in practical sensing e nvironments. This dissertation develops novel deep learning frameworks for trustworthy wireless sensing. It focuses on privacy-preserving learning\, corruption-resilient representations\, language-driven wireless sensing\, and adversarial security.

The first component develops a hybrid D NN and genetic algorithm framework for fine-grained location privacy in 6G Integrated Sensing and Communication (ISAC) systems. The framework genera tes high-dimensional\, physically constrained subcarrier obfuscation vecto rs that control location detection resolution by making the true channel i ndistinguishable from channels associated with selected dummy locations. W hile protecting sensitive information is essential\, trustworthy wireless sensing also requires learning models that remain effective when the under lying channel observations are unreliable. Therefore\, the second componen t introduces a two-stage corruption-resilient learning architecture for hu man pose and shape estimation under corrupted Channel State Information (C SI). The framework first mitigates unreliable observations at the channel level and then addresses residual corruption at the representation level t hrough a dual-stream architecture that uses reliable representations as re ference targets to progressively constrain corrupted representations. This approach improves the reliability of learning-based sensing under corrupt ed observations\, but conventional wireless sensing models still rely heav ily on predefined activity labels and temporal segmentation\, which limits their ability to understand continuous and unseen human activities. To ov ercome this limitation\, this research further develops WirelessSenseLLM\, a language-driven framework for wireless human sensing. A specialized wir eless encoder\, CSI-to-Language Adapter\, and cross-domain projection mech anism bridge continuous CSI and human language\, enabling segmentation-fre e and zero-shot understanding of sequential and overlapping human motions.

Building on these learning frameworks\, the proposed research wil l investigate backdoor vulnerabilities and robust representation learning in wireless sensing models. This work will study how adversarial triggers alter learned representations and induce attacker controlled model behavio r\, and will develop mechanisms to detect and mitigate such manipulation w hile preserving benign representations and downstream sensing performance.

In summary\, this dissertation advances both deep learning method ologies and wireless sensing systems. It develops new learning approaches for privacy protection\, corruption-resilient representations\, cross-moda l signal-language alignment\, and adversarial robustness. Together\, these contributions provide a foundation for developing trustworthy deep learni ng models for wireless sensing applications.

ADVISOR(s): Dr. Lon g Jiao\, Department of Computer and Information Science (ljiao@umassd.edu)

COMMITTEE MEMBERS:\n

Dr. Jiawei Yuan\, Department of Computer and Information Sc ience
Dr. Yuchou Chang\, Department of Computer and Information Science
Dr. Roulin Zhou\, Department of Electrical & Computer En gineering

NOTE: All EAS Students are ENCOURAGED to attend.

Event page: https://www.umassd.ed u/events/cms/9-9-26-eas-doctoral-proposal-defense--by-mahmuda-akter-keya.p hp
Event link: https://umassd.zoom.us/j/4061999032?pwd=bUw 0WGpDbTQ4UzJneFd5TTBFeUw1dz09

DTSTAMP:20260905T101126 DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260909T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260909T130000 LOCATION:DION 311 SUMMARY;LANGUAGE=en-us:EAS Doctoral Proposal Defense by Mahmuda Akter Keya UID:5286ed6eeb6c184f85c1a5eee10386e2@www.umassd.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Charlton College of Business DESCRIPTION:Students can learn more about Bloomberg.com\nEvent page: https: //www.umassd.edu/events/cms/9-9-26-bloombergcom-drop-in-session-for-studen ts.php X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Students can learn more about B loomberg.com

Event page: https://www.umassd.e du/events/cms/9-9-26-bloombergcom-drop-in-session-for-students.php

DTSTAMP:20260905T101126 DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260909T115000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260909T122000 LOCATION:CCB 111 SUMMARY;LANGUAGE=en-us:Bloomberg.com Drop In Session for Students UID:68614e7b90eecf86c832c03918bba153@www.umassd.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Career Center,Student Affairs,Week of Welcome DESCRIPTION:Kick off your fall semester by getting your resume in order! Br ing your resume and join the Career Center in this hands-on event to creat e or update your professional resume.\nEvent page: https://www.umassd.edu/ events/cms/9-9-26-resume-palooza-session-3.php\nEvent link: https://app.jo inhandshake.com/events/1957619/share_preview X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Kick off your fall semester by getting your resume in order! Bring your resume and join the Career Center in this hands-on event to create or update your professional resume.

Event page: https://www.umassd.edu/events/cms/9-9-26-resume-palooz a-session-3.php
Event link: https://app.joinhandshake.com/events/1957619 /share_preview

DTSTAMP:20260905T101126 DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260909T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260909T130000 LOCATION:MacLean Campus Center Conference Room (Second Floor) SUMMARY;LANGUAGE=en-us:Resume-Palooza: Session 3 UID:329ef30f778c20e574c0616de867c08a@www.umassd.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Lectures and Seminars,SMAST,SMAST Seminar Series DESCRIPTION:Seminar Announcement Department of Estuarine and Ocean Sciences "The Monsoon Ocean Isn't One-Dimensional: Fronts, Filaments, and Mixin g in the Northern Indian Ocean"Amit TandonProfessor, Estuarine and Ocean S ciences, SMAST Wednesday, September 9, 202612:30 - 1:30 pmSMAST E 101-103 and via Zoom Abstract: The South Asian monsoon, a coupled ocean-atmosphere feature of the Northern Indian Ocean (Bay of Bengal and Arabian Sea), is one of Earth's great heat engines. Its upper ocean is a natural laboratory for how small-scale physics shapes large-scale weather patterns. Strong r iver-driven freshwater input, very thin mixed layers, and the twice-yearly wind reversal combine to make this a region where mixing, submesoscale fr onts, and air-sea interaction all matter, and where a one-dimensional view of the ocean breaks down. These processes are not well represented in our weather prediction models. This introduces errors in the South Asian mons oon predictions, which degrade forecasts globally on a 7-to-10-day timesca le. Improving intraseasonal forecasts globally requires a focused multi-na tional scientific effort. This talk traces more than a decade of collabora tive field programs in these two basins, including ASIRI-OMM, MISO-BoB, an d the ongoing EKAMSAT, spanning ship, mooring, glider, and autonomous-plat form observations through to the models they inform. I will show how fresh water sets the stratification and suppresses mixing, how fronts and filame nts restratify the upper ocean at rates comparable to air-sea fluxes, and why these processes bias the sea surface temperature and mixed-layer depth that monsoon forecasts depend on. I will close with current work in my la b, including eddy transport of heat and salt, near-inertial waves at curve d fronts and shielded eddies, evaluation of reanalysis products and ocean models, and the Aurelia profiling vehicle, together with where we are head ed next. Join Meetinghttps://umassd.zoom.us/j/97440069270 Note: Meeting ID and passcode required, email contact to obtain. For additional informatio n, please contact Callie Rumbut at c.rumbut@umassd.edu\nEvent page: https: //www.umassd.edu/events/cms/9-9-26-the-monsoon-ocean-isnt-one-dimensional. php\nEvent link: https://umassd.zoom.us/j/97440069270 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Seminar Announcement

De partment of Estuarine and Ocean Sciences

"The Monsoon Ocean Isn 't One-Dimensional: Fronts\, Filaments\, and Mixing in the Northern Indian Ocean"
Amit Tandon
Professor\, Estuarine and Ocean Sciences\, S MAST

Wednesday\, September 9\, 2026
12:30 - 1:30 pm
SMAS T E 101-103 and via Zoom

Abstract:

The South Asian monsoon \, a coupled ocean-atmosphere feature of the Northern Indian Ocean (Bay of Bengal and Arabian Sea)\, is one of Earth's great heat engines. Its upper ocean is a natural laboratory for how small-scale physics shapes large-sc ale weather patterns. Strong river-driven freshwater input\, very thin mix ed layers\, and the twice-yearly wind reversal combine to make this a regi on where mixing\, submesoscale fronts\, and air-sea interaction all matter \, and where a one-dimensional view of the ocean breaks down. These proces ses are not well represented in our weather prediction models. This introd uces errors in the South Asian monsoon predictions\, which degrade forecas ts globally on a 7-to-10-day timescale. Improving intraseasonal forecasts globally requires a focused multi-national scientific effort.

This talk traces more than a decade of collaborative field programs in these t wo basins\, including ASIRI-OMM\, MISO-BoB\, and the ongoing EKAMSAT\, spa nning ship\, mooring\, glider\, and autonomous-platform observations throu gh to the models they inform. I will show how freshwater sets the stratifi cation and suppresses mixing\, how fronts and filaments restratify the upp er ocean at rates comparable to air-sea fluxes\, and why these processes b ias the sea surface temperature and mixed-layer depth that monsoon forecas ts depend on. I will close with current work in my lab\, including eddy tr ansport of heat and salt\, near-inertial waves at curved fronts and shield ed eddies\, evaluation of reanalysis products and ocean models\, and the A urelia profiling vehicle\, together with where we are headed next.

Join Meeting
https://umassd.zoom.us/j/97440069270

Note: Meet ing ID and passcode required\, email contact to obtain.

For additi onal information\, please contact Callie Rumbut at c.rumbut@umassd.edu

Event page: https://www.umassd.edu/events/cms/9-9-2 6-the-monsoon-ocean-isnt-one-dimensional.php
Event link: https://umassd.zoom.us/j/974400692 70

DTSTAMP:20260905T101126 DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260909T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260909T133000 LOCATION:SMAST East 101-103 SUMMARY;LANGUAGE=en-us:"The Monsoon Ocean Isn't One-Dimensional: Front s, Filaments, and Mixing in the Northern Indian Ocean" UID:0635b9b6de27d9a539e61dbc078b126f@www.umassd.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Office of Student Engagement & Leadership (OSEL),Student Affairs ,Week of Welcome DESCRIPTION:This is our annual Student Organization Fair! Come out and lear n about the 120+ student organizations that we have on campus!\nEvent page : https://www.umassd.edu/events/cms/9-9-26-corsair-fair-2026.php X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

This is our annual Student Orga nization Fair! Come out and learn about the 120+ student organizations tha t we have on campus!

Event page: https://www.umassd.edu/events/cms/9- 9-26-corsair-fair-2026.php

DTSTAMP:20260905T101126 DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260909T133000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260909T170000 LOCATION:Campus Quad SUMMARY;LANGUAGE=en-us:Corsair Fair 2026 UID:eb3c5dfa3c9fd7af8a90b488d91de160@www.umassd.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Study Abroad DESCRIPTION:Interested in studying abroad? Do you have a quick question abo ut the opportunities that are available or the overall process? Stop by th e International Programs Office (IPO)! Students will be seen on a first co me, first served basis.\nEvent page: https://www.umassd.edu/events/cms/9-2 -26-study-abroad-walk-in-advising.php X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Interested in studying abroad? Do you have a quick question about the opportunities that are available or the overall process? Stop by the International Programs Office (IPO)! Stu dents will be seen on a first come\, first served basis.

Event page: https://www.umassd.edu/events/cms/9-2-26-study-abroad-walk-in- advising.php

DTSTAMP:20260905T101126 DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260902T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260902T170000 LOCATION:Library 233 SUMMARY;LANGUAGE=en-us:Study Abroad Walk-in Advising UID:525fd4e3d327f779741b5eab041eb2a0@www.umassd.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Financial Aid DESCRIPTION:Financial Aid Services wants to remind all students to file the ir FAFSA! Join Financial Aid Services for FAFSA Help Labs in CCB 341 on We dnesdays and Fridays from 3-4pm for help filing your FAFSA and learning mo re about financial aid.\nEvent page: https://www.umassd.edu/events/cms/9-2 -26-thru-12-16-26-financial-aid-fafsa-help-labs-in-ccb-341.php X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Financial Aid Services wants to remind all students to file their FAFSA! Join Financial Aid Services for FAFSA Help Labs in CCB 341 on Wednesdays and Fridays from 3-4pm for help f iling your FAFSA and learning more about financial aid.

Event page: https://www.umassd.edu/events/cms/9-2- 26-thru-12-16-26-financial-aid-fafsa-help-labs-in-ccb-341.php

< /body> DTSTAMP:20260905T101126 DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260902T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260902T160000 LOCATION:CCB 341 SUMMARY;LANGUAGE=en-us:Financial Aid FAFSA Help Labs in CCB 341 UID:0616800c31788d43fcffe6305bcf53f1@www.umassd.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Lectures and Seminars,SMAST,SMAST Seminar Series DESCRIPTION:Seminar AnnouncementDepartment of Fisheries Oceanography "In dustrial Salmon Farming in Chilean Patagonia"Alex BocconcelliEmeritu s Research Scholar, Applied Ocean Physics & Engineering, Woods Hole Oceano graphic Institution Wednesday, September 9, 20263:00 - 4:00 pmSMAST E 101- 103 and via Zoom Abstract: Alessandro (Alex) Bocconcelli, Oceanographer Emeritus at WHOI and founder of Centinela Patagonia(Chile), will talk abo ut his experience in Chilean Patagonia. Since 2014 he has been working in the Chiloense region and the Guaitecas Island (northern Chilean Patagonia) studying marine mammals and the impacts of the booming industrial salmon farming. He will also talk about an educational/outreach program started b y Centinela Patagonia in the rural schools of the Desertores Islands. Join Meetinghttps://umassd.zoom.us/j/93758230260Note: Meeting ID and passcode required, email contact to obtain. For additional information, please cont act Callie Rumbut at c.rumbut@umassd.edu\nEvent page: https://www.umassd.e du/events/cms/9-9-26-industrial-salmon-farming-in-chilean-patagonia.php\nE vent link: https://umassd.zoom.us/j/93758230260 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Seminar Announcement
Depar tment of Fisheries Oceanography

"Industrial Salmon Farming in C hilean Patagonia"
Alex Bocconcelli
Emeritus Research Schol ar\, Applied Ocean Physics & Engineering\, Woods Hole Oceanographic Instit ution

Wednesday\, September 9\, 2026
3:00 - 4:00 pm
SMAS T E 101-103 and via Zoom

Abstract:

Alessandro (Alex) Bo cconcelli\, Oceanographer Emeritus at WHOI and founder of Centinela Patago nia(Chile)\, will talk about his experience in Chilean Patagonia. Since 20 14 he has been working in the Chiloense region and the Guaitecas Island (n orthern Chilean Patagonia) studying marine mammals and the impacts of the booming industrial salmon farming. He will also talk about an educational/ outreach program started by Centinela Patagonia in the rural schools of th e Desertores Islands.

Join Meeting
https://umassd.zoom.us/j/93758230260
Note: M eeting ID and passcode required\, email contact to obtain.

For add itional information\, please contact Callie Rumbut at c.rumbut@umassd.edu

Event page: https://www.umassd.edu/event s/cms/9-9-26-industrial-salmon-farming-in-chilean-patagonia.php
Eve nt link: https://umassd. zoom.us/j/93758230260

DTSTAMP:20260905T101126 DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260909T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260909T160000 LOCATION:SMAST East 101-103 SUMMARY;LANGUAGE=en-us:"Industrial Salmon Farming in Chilean Patagonia " UID:aecd1742796d53fb143405116ae60a2b@www.umassd.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Career Center,Student Affairs,Week of Welcome DESCRIPTION:Kick off your fall semester by getting your resume in order! Br ing your resume and join the Career Center in this hands-on event to creat e or update your professional resume.\nEvent page: https://www.umassd.edu/ events/cms/9-9-26-resume-palooza-session-4.php\nEvent link: https://app.jo inhandshake.com/events/1957624/share_preview X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Kick off your fall semester by getting your resume in order! Bring your resume and join the Career Center in this hands-on event to create or update your professional resume.

Event page: https://www.umassd.edu/events/cms/9-9-26-resume-palooz a-session-4.php
Event link: https://app.joinhandshake.com/events/1957624 /share_preview

DTSTAMP:20260905T101126 DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260909T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260909T170000 LOCATION:MacLean Campus Center Conference Room (2nd Floor) SUMMARY;LANGUAGE=en-us:Resume-Palooza: Session 4 UID:87738f173d57baa0aff5113129ba25fa@www.umassd.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Charlton College of Business DESCRIPTION:Starting college is an exciting new chapter—and you don’t h ave to navigate it alone. Join fellow first-year students in the Charlton College of Business and meet the peer mentors who are here to help you fee l connected, confident, and ready for success. Your peer mentors can help you: Adjust to college life and the UMassD community. Learn more about th e Charlton College of Business. Connect with classmates, faculty, and ca mpus resources. Get answers to your questions about academics, involveme nt, and student life. Make the most of your first year Come meet your m entors, make new connections, grab some PIZZA and discover the support ava ilable to you as a Charlton College of Business student!\nEvent page: http s://www.umassd.edu/events/cms/9-9-26-meet-with-ccb-peer-mentors.php X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Starting college is an exciting new chapter—and you don’t have to navigate it alone. Join fellow firs t-year students in the Charlton College of Business and meet the peer ment ors who are here to help you feel connected\, confident\, and ready for su ccess.

Your peer mentors can help you:

Adjust to co llege life and the UMassD community.
Learn more about the Charlt on College of Business.
Connect with classmates\, faculty\, an d campus resources.
Get answers to your questions about academ ics\, involvement\, and student life.
Make the most of your fi rst year

Come meet your mentors\, make new connections\, g rab some PIZZA and discover the support available to you as a Charlton Col lege of Business student!

Event page: https://www.umassd.edu /events/cms/9-9-26-meet-with-ccb-peer-mentors.php

DTSTAMP:20260905T101126 DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260909T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260909T170000 LOCATION:Auditorium SUMMARY;LANGUAGE=en-us:Meet with CCB Peer Mentors UID:9b883dbda4f6c667c16cd37ba8e51026@www.umassd.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Career Center,Student Affairs,Week of Welcome DESCRIPTION:Looking for an internship in Boston or the Dartmouth area? Want to learn more about Semester in the City or Semester for Impact? Interest ed in applying? Come enjoy some pizza and learn more about this internship program and its application process.\nEvent page: https://www.umassd.edu/ events/cms/9-9-26-semester-in-the-city---pizza-party-info-session.php\nEve nt link: https://app.joinhandshake.com/events/1957628/share_preview X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Looking for an internship in Bo ston or the Dartmouth area? Want to learn more about Semester in the City or Semester for Impact? Interested in applying?

Come enjoy some pi zza and learn more about this internship program and its application proce ss.

Event page: https://www.umassd.edu/ events/cms/9-9-26-semester-in-the-city---pizza-party-info-session.php Event link: https://app.joinhandshake.com/events/1957628/share_preview DTSTAMP:20260905T101126 DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260909T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260909T180000 LOCATION:MacLean Campus Center Conference Room (2nd Floor) SUMMARY;LANGUAGE=en-us:Semester in the City - Pizza Party Info Session UID:cb83bf8fba6eb2f49afe0f43bb3c5489@www.umassd.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Alumni Event,Week of Welcome DESCRIPTION:UMass Dartmouth will host Dean College in the home opening matc h at 6pm on Wednesday, Sept. 9 at Cressy Field.\nEvent page: https://www.u massd.edu/events/cms/9-9-26-mens-soccer-v-dean-college.php\nEvent link: ht tps://corsairathletics.com/sports/mens-soccer/schedule X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

UMass Dartmouth will host Dean College in the home opening match at 6pm on Wednesday\, Sept. 9 at Cressy Field.

Event page: https://www.umassd.edu/events/cms/9-9-26- mens-soccer-v-dean-college.php
Event link: https://corsairathletics.com/sp orts/mens-soccer/schedule

DTSTAMP:20260905T101126 DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260909T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260909T203000 LOCATION:Cressy Field SUMMARY;LANGUAGE=en-us:Men's Soccer v. Dean College UID:1e9f72e2d54d9d40eb2faf3af29d8c94@www.umassd.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:College of Arts and Sciences,College of Engineering,Thesis/Disse rtations DESCRIPTION:Abstract: Chirality plays a fundamental role in biologi cal and chemical systems, and the ability to detect and characterize chira l signals at the nanoscale is of considerable importance for applications ranging from biosensing to enantioselective catalysis. Plasmonic nanostruc tures can strongly enhance chiroptical responses, and these responses depe nd on the geometry, orientation, and coupling between individual particles . Current measurement methods have important limitations in resolving this response. Ensemble circular dichroism (CD) spectroscopy averages the resp onse over many structures, which can hide variations within a sample. Sing le-particle measurements can resolve differences between individual partic les, but they generally treat each particle as a single object and do not provide spatial information within extended structures. This becomes parti cularly challenging for periodic nanostructure arrays and self-assembled s ystems, where the structures can appear as continuous features under a mic roscope and may contain significant local variations in geometry and optic al response. This dissertation addresses this limitation by developing a d ark-field hyperspectral circular differential scattering (CDS) mapping tec hnique that measures chiroptical response with both spatial and spectral r esolution. The first aim develops and validates the instrument itself, usi ng achiral gold nanorods and nanorod dimers spanning a range of inter-part icle separations to confirm that spatial CDS mapping recovers results cons istent with single-particle measurements. The second aim applies the platf orm to periodic helicoid nanoparticle arrays to investigate spatial variat ions in chiroptical response associated with different optical modes, incl uding localized plasmon resonances and collective surface lattice resonanc es. The third aim extends the method to self-assembled gold nanorod-fibril structures, where variations in nanorod packing and orientation arise fro m the assembly process. Spatially resolved CDS measurements will be used t o relate local structure to the resulting chiroptical response. Together, these studies will establish a method for spatially and spectrally resolve d characterization of chiroptical response in complex plasmonic and nanoph otonic systems. The resulting measurements will allow the relationship bet ween local structure, plasmonic coupling, and chiroptical response to be e xamined in systems that are difficult to characterize using conventional e nsemble or single-particle measurements. ADVISOR(s): Dr. Wei-Shun Chang, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry (wchang2@umassd.edu) COMMITTEE M EMBERS: Dr. Jongping Hsu, Department of Physics Dr. Maricris L. Mayes, De partment of Chemistry and Biochemistry Dr. Shuowei Cai, Department of Chem istry and Biochemistry NOTE: All EAS Students are ENCOURAGED to attend.\n Event page: https://www.umassd.edu/events/cms/9-10-26-eas-doctoral-proposa l-defense-by-misbah-ul-ain.php X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Abstract:

Chira lity plays a fundamental role in biological and chemical systems\, and the ability to detect and characterize chiral signals at the nanoscale is of considerable importance for applications ranging from biosensing to enanti oselective catalysis. Plasmonic nanostructures can strongly enhance chirop tical responses\, and these responses depend on the geometry\, orientation \, and coupling between individual particles. Current measurement methods have important limitations in resolving this response. Ensemble circular d ichroism (CD) spectroscopy averages the response over many structures\, wh ich can hide variations within a sample. Single-particle measurements can resolve differences between individual particles\, but they generally trea t each particle as a single object and do not provide spatial information within extended structures. This becomes particularly challenging for peri odic nanostructure arrays and self-assembled systems\, where the structure s can appear as continuous features under a microscope and may contain sig nificant local variations in geometry and optical response. This dissertat ion addresses this limitation by developing a dark-field hyperspectral cir cular differential scattering (CDS) mapping technique that measures chirop tical response with both spatial and spectral resolution. The first aim de velops and validates the instrument itself\, using achiral gold nanorods a nd nanorod dimers spanning a range of inter-particle separations to confir m that spatial CDS mapping recovers results consistent with single-particl e measurements. The second aim applies the platform to periodic helicoid n anoparticle arrays to investigate spatial variations in chiroptical respon se associated with different optical modes\, including localized plasmon r esonances and collective surface lattice resonances. The third aim extends the method to self-assembled gold nanorod-fibril structures\, where varia tions in nanorod packing and orientation arise from the assembly process. Spatially resolved CDS measurements will be used to relate local structure to the resulting chiroptical response. Together\, these studies will esta blish a method for spatially and spectrally resolved characterization of c hiroptical response in complex plasmonic and nanophotonic systems. The res ulting measurements will allow the relationship between local structure\, plasmonic coupling\, and chiroptical response to be examined in systems th at are difficult to characterize using conventional ensemble or single-par ticle measurements.

ADVISOR(s): Dr. Wei-Shun Chang\, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry (wchang2@umassd.edu)

COMMITTEE MEMBE RS:

Dr. Jongping Hsu\, Department of Physics
Dr. Maricris L. Mayes\, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
Dr. Shuowei Cai\, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry

NO TE: All EAS Students are ENCOURAGED to attend.

Event page: https://www.umassd.edu/events/cms/9-10-26-eas-doctoral -proposal-defense-by-misbah-ul-ain.php

DTSTAMP:20260905T101126 DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260910T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260910T120000 LOCATION:SENG 106 SUMMARY;LANGUAGE=en-us:EAS Doctoral Proposal Defense by Misbah ul Ain UID:61cdacb932b3e13734f5416cdf6fd215@www.umassd.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Charlton College of Business DESCRIPTION:Faculty & Staff can learn more about Bloomberg.com\nEvent page: https://www.umassd.edu/events/cms/9-10-26-bloombergcom-drop-in-session-fo r-faculty--staff.php X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Faculty & Staff can learn more about Bloomberg.com

Event page: https: //www.umassd.edu/events/cms/9-10-26-bloombergcom-drop-in-session-for-facul ty--staff.php

DTSTAMP:20260905T101126 DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260910T111500 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260910T122000 LOCATION:CCB 111 SUMMARY;LANGUAGE=en-us:Bloomberg.com Drop In Session for Faculty & Staf f UID:8c814cda2c4c5f281237f2f2998a4f8c@www.umassd.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Career Center,Student Affairs,Week of Welcome DESCRIPTION:Kick off your fall semester by getting your resume in order! Br ing your resume and join the Career Center in this hands-on event to creat e or update your professional resume.\nEvent page: https://www.umassd.edu/ events/cms/9-10-26-resume-palooza-session-5.php\nEvent link: https://app.j oinhandshake.com/events/1957620/share_preview X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Kick off your fall semester by getting your resume in order! Bring your resume and join the Career Center in this hands-on event to create or update your professional resume.

Event page: https://www.umassd.edu/events/cms/9-10-26-resume-palo oza-session-5.php
Event link: https://app.joinhandshake.com/events/19576 20/share_preview

DTSTAMP:20260905T101126 DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260910T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260910T133000 LOCATION:MacLean Campus Center Conference Room (Second Floor) SUMMARY;LANGUAGE=en-us:Resume-Palooza: Session 5 UID:c67ab4c3a8cfcef988c709b547bfcd47@www.umassd.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Health Services,Student Affairs DESCRIPTION:Protect yourself and your campus community this flu season! Hea lth Services is hosting a Flu Shot Clinic exclusively for students. Where: The Grove – 2nd Floor, Private Dining RoomLocated near the stairs Stude nts OnlyPlease bring your Student ID Stop by, roll up your sleeve, and get your flu shot—it’s a quick and easy way to help keep yourself and you r fellow Corsairs healthy this flu season!\nEvent page: https://www.umassd .edu/events/cms/9-10-26-flu-clinic.php X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Protect yourself and your campu s community this flu season!

Health Services is hosting a Flu Shot Clinic exclusively for students.

Where: The Grove – 2nd Floor\, Private Dining Room
Located near the stairs

Students Only
Please bring your Student ID

Stop by\, roll up your sleeve\, an d get your flu shot—it’s a quick and easy way to help keep yourself an d your fellow Corsairs healthy this flu season!

Event page: https://www.uma ssd.edu/events/cms/9-10-26-flu-clinic.php

DTSTAMP:20260905T101126 DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260910T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260910T170000 LOCATION:The Grove SUMMARY;LANGUAGE=en-us:Flu Clinic UID:16a0be405e1ca93bf6c80f09395b6bac@www.umassd.edu END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR