The Clothesline Project is a vi sual display of shirts with graphic messages and illustrations that have b een designed by women survivors of violence or by someone who loves a woma n who has been killed. The purpose of the Project is to increase awareness of the impact of violence against women\, to celebrate a woman's strength to survive and to provide another avenue for her to courageously break th e silence that often surrounds her experience.
\nSince its inception \, Clothesline Project organizers have been moved by the power of the stor ies contained in these shirts. Women from around the country have joined o ur efforts to educate by telling their stories\, by hanging their shirts o n a line\, and by making connections with other survivors. These efforts a re critical to the healing process and ultimately\, to ending the cycle of violence.
\nA portion of The Clothesline Project will be on display at the Center for Women\, Gender & Sexuality. Additionally\, campus commu nity members will have the opportunity to design t-shirts to add to the di splay.
Event page: https://www.umassd.edu/events/cms/the-clothesline- project-.php
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Ev ent page: https://www.umassd.edu/events/cms/professional-chai r-massage-therapist-1.php
DTSTAMP:20260408T085503 DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260204T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260204T140000 LOCATION:Frederick Douglass Unity House (*located ground floor Marketplace) SUMMARY;LANGUAGE=en-us:Professional Chair Massage Therapist UID:b5a5a47f620080ba88d35a5322aebf75@www.umassd.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Student Affairs DESCRIPTION:The Office of New Student and Family Programs are hosting their monthly Commuter Pit Stops for this semester. Stop by and learn about our Commuter Student community at UMassD! Our semester's pit stops will be he ld on 2/4, 3/3, and 4/8. We hope to see you there! \nEvent page: https:// www.umassd.edu/events/cms/commuter-pit-stop.php X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:The Office of New Student and F amily Programs are hosting their monthly Commuter Pit Stops for this semes ter. Stop by and learn about our Commuter Student community at UMassD! Our semester's pit stops will be held on 2/4\, 3/3\, and 4/8. We hope to see you there!
Event page: https://www.umassd.edu/events/cms/commuter-pit-stop .php
DTSTAMP:20260408T085503 DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260204T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260204T140000 LOCATION:Campus Center SUMMARY;LANGUAGE=en-us:Commuter Pit Stop UID:b7e98a9a9bb60793b0222303e46829d2@www.umassd.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Lectures and Seminars,SMAST,SMAST Seminar Series DESCRIPTION:Seminar Announcement Department of Estuarine and Ocean Sciences " Marine symbioses powered by wood: a genomic exploration."Daniel DistelDi rector of Ocean Genome Legacy Center, Northeastern University Marine Scien ce Center Wednesday, April 8, 202612:30 - 1:30 pmSMAST E 101-103 and via Z oom Abstract: Shipworms are the most important consumers of wood in marine environments, causing billions of dollars in damage each year to wooden v essels, piers, and fishing equipment, but also playing beneficial roles in marine carbon and nitrogen cycles. They digest wood and fix nitrogen with the help of enzymes made by symbiotic bacteria that live, not in their di gestive system, but inside specialized cells in their gills. Symbiont-made enzymes are then transported to the digestive system via an incompletely understood mechanism that is as biologically strange and surprising as it is ecologically and economically influential. I will describe how research ers at the Ocean Genome Legacy Center are using genomics and metagenomics, as well as traditional fieldwork, tank experiments, and microbiology, to unravel the mysteries of these unique, important, and often overlooked mar ine species. Join Meeting https://umassd.zoom.us/j/97440069270 Note: Meeti ng ID and passcode required, please email contact to obtain. For additiona l information, please contact Callie Rumbut at c.rumbut@umassd.edu\nEvent page: https://www.umassd.edu/events/cms/smast-seminar--marine-symbioses-po wered-by-wood-a-genomic-exploration-by-daniel-distel.php\nEvent link: http s://umassd.zoom.us/j/97440069270 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:Seminar Announcement
\nDe
partment of Estuarine and Ocean Sciences
" Marine symbioses powered b
y wood: a genomic exploration."
Daniel Distel
Director of Ocean
Genome Legacy Center\, Northeastern University Marine Science Center
Wednesday\, April 8\, 2026
12:30 - 1:30 pm
SMAST E 101-103 an
d via Zoom
Abstract:
\nShipworms are the most important cons umers of wood in marine environments\, causing billions of dollars in dama ge each year to wooden vessels\, piers\, and fishing equipment\, but also playing beneficial roles in marine carbon and nitrogen cycles. They digest wood and fix nitrogen with the help of enzymes made by symbiotic bacteria that live\, not in their digestive system\, but inside specialized cells in their gills. Symbiont-made enzymes are then transported to the digestiv e system via an incompletely understood mechanism that is as biologically strange and surprising as it is ecologically and economically influential. I will describe how researchers at the Ocean Genome Legacy Center are usi ng genomics and metagenomics\, as well as traditional fieldwork\, tank exp eriments\, and microbiology\, to unravel the mysteries of these unique\, i mportant\, and often overlooked marine species.
\nJoin Meeting
\nhttps://umassd.zoom.us/j/97440069270
\nNote: Meeting ID and passc ode required\, please email contact to obtain.
\nFor additional info rmation\, please contact Callie Rumbut at c.rumbut@umassd.edu
Event
page: https:/
/www.umassd.edu/events/cms/smast-seminar--marine-symbioses-powered-by-wood
-a-genomic-exploration-by-daniel-distel.php
Event link: https://umassd.zoom.us/j/97440069270
Abstract:
\nTime series f orecasting is essential across domains such as healthcare\, energy\, and c limate modeling. While models like LSTMs\, GRUs\, Transformers\, and State -Space Models (SSMs) have become widely used\, selecting the optimal archi tecture remains unclear. We propose an automated framework that systematic ally designs hybrid architectures by combining LSTM\, GRU\, attention\, an d SSM modules. Our approach uses multi-objective optimization to explore c ombinations and orderings of blocks\, yielding Pareto-optimal architecture s that balance user-defined trade-offs among objectives. A preference func tion selects the most suitable model for a given application. Moreover\, t wo sampling-based iterative procedures for Pareto-front exploration are in troduced\, which reduces the total training cost by nearly eightfold. Acro ss four real-world benchmarks\, our framework reveals that simple models e xcel in speed\, while hybrid compositions dominate when balancing accuracy and complexity. Our findings challenge the notion of a universally superi or neural architecture\, emphasizing instead the value of data- and object ive-driven design in time series forecasting.
Event page: https://www.umassd.edu/events/cms/cscdr-seminar-by-qianying-cao-b
rown-on-automatic-selection-of-the-best-neural-architecture-for-time-serie
s-forecasting.php
Event link: https://www.cscdr.umassd.edu/seminars
Interested in studying abroad? Do you have a quick question about the opportunities that are available or the overall process? Have questions about scholarships available to support your study abroad experience? Stop by the International Programs Office (IPO) in the Library 233! Students will be seen on a first come\, first served basis.
Event page: https://www.umassd.edu/event s/cms/study-abroad-walk-in-advising.php
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stments.php
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Title: From Multiple Testing to Machine Learning: Ranking Adverse Events Using LambdaMART
\nMultipl icity adjustment is essential in pharmaceutical research due to the simult aneous testing of multiple hypotheses across endpoints\, treatment groups\ , and safety outcomes. Without appropriate control\, the risk of inflated Type I error may lead to false conclusions regarding drug efficacy and saf ety.
\nThis presentation reviews key multiplicity adjustment methods \, including Hochberg\, and gatekeeping procedures for controlling the fam ily-wise error rate\, as well as False Discovery Rate (FDR) approaches suc h as the Benjamini–Hochberg procedure.
\nAdverse event (AE) analys is is a critical component of clinical trial safety evaluation\, tradition ally relying on descriptive statistics and multiplicity-adjusted hypothesi s testing procedures. While methods such as the Benjamini–Hochberg proce dure control the false discovery rate\, they are not inherently designed t o prioritize events based on clinical relevance or overall importance. As the volume and complexity of safety data continue to grow\, there is an in creasing need for advanced methodologies that can effectively rank adverse events at the population level.
\nIn this presentation\, we propose the use of LambdaMART\, a gradient boosting–based learning-to-rank algo rithm\, to systematically prioritize adverse events in clinical trial data . LambdaMART directly optimizes ranking metrics and can produce a clinical ly meaningful ordering of events.
DTSTAMP:20260408T085503 DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260408T143000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260408T143000 LOCATION:Textile 105A SUMMARY;LANGUAGE=en-us:Data Science Seminar Series - Talk by Dr. Thakur (Di rector of Biostatistics @ Frontage Lab) UID:36afaba9120bda6323f06b15abf64fc8@www.umassd.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Financial Aid DESCRIPTION:Financial Aid FAFSA Help Labs in SENG 109 Financial Aid Service s wants to remind all students to file their FAFSA! Join Financial Aid Ser vices for FAFSA Help Labs in SENG 109 on Wednesdays and Fridays from 3-4pm for help filing your FAFSA and learning more about financial aid.Particip ants must bring their own laptop.\nEvent page: https://www.umassd.edu/even ts/cms/financial-aid-fafsa-help-labs-in-seng-109-1.php X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:Financial Aid FAFSA Help Labs i n SENG 109
\nFinancial Aid Services wants to remind all students to
file their FAFSA! Join Financial Aid Services for FAFSA Help Labs in SENG
109 on Wednesdays and Fridays from 3-4pm for help filing your FAFSA and le
arning more about financial aid.
Participants must bring thei
r own laptop.
Event page: https://www.uma ssd.edu/events/cms/financial-aid-fafsa-help-labs-in-seng-109-1.php
DTSTAMP:20260408T085503 DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260128T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260128T160000 LOCATION:SENG 109 SUMMARY;LANGUAGE=en-us:Financial Aid FAFSA Help Labs in SENG 109 UID:72b118117956107ea3d143b749d52903@www.umassd.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:College of Nursing and Health Sciences,Thesis/Dissertations DESCRIPTION:College of Nursing and Health Sciences DNP Defense - Elvira Min asyan Title: Improving New to Practice Nurses’ Critical Thinking and Cl inical Decision-Making Skills Date: April 8, 2026Time: 3:00 PMZOOM: Pleas e contact dhoffman@umassd.edu for link Committee:Dr. Joyce CadoretteDr. J oanne FucileDr. Christine Saba Rezendes Abstract: Critical thinking skil ls are essential for nursing practice, as they link patient information or presented conditions to relevant knowledge and guide clinical decisions. New-to-practice registered nurses (NPRNs) require additional training to s trengthen their critical thinking skills. The literature presents critic al thinking as essential for safe and effective nursing practice; however, novice nurses often struggle with the application of critical thinking as they transition from academic settings to clinical practice (Zainal et al ,2025). The scholarly project aims to determine if the implementation of a structured case study review incorporated as part of an established new graduate nurse residency program (NGNRP) will improve NPN self-rated criti cal thinking and readiness for practice using a pre- and post-intervention assessment format. The project took place at an urban long-term acute car e hospital and included 39 participants. The project utilized the Casey- Fink Readiness for Practice Survey (CFRPS) as a validated assessment tool before and after the intervention (Casey-Fink Surveys, 2024). Data analy sis compared outcomes in the CFRPS means scores using a dependent paired t -test. The results showed a statistically significant improvement in clini cal problem solving (p=0.001) and no statistically significant difference in preparedness for practice (p=0.164). These findings suggest that incorp orating the group case study reviews in a residency program may offer a su stainable method to strengthen clinical decision-making skills among NPRNs . Future projects should investigate the longitudinal use of repeated case discussion sessions to assess the cumulative effect on readiness for prac tice. \nEvent page: https://www.umassd.edu/events/cms/college-of-nursing -and-health-sciences-dnp-defense---elvira-minasyan.php X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:College of Nursing and Health S
ciences DNP Defense - Elvira Minasyan
Title: Improving New to
Practice Nurses’ Critical Thinking and Clinical Decision-Making Skills<
br />
Date: April 8\, 2026
Time: 3:00 PM
ZOOM: Please con
tact dhoffman@umassd.edu for link
Committee:
Dr. Joyce C
adorette
Dr. Joanne Fucile
Dr. Christine Saba Rezendes
Abstract:
Critical thinking skills are essential for nurs
ing practice\, as they link patient information or presented conditions to
relevant knowledge and guide clinical decisions. New-to-practice register
ed nurses (NPRNs) require additional training to strengthen their critical
thinking skills. The literature presents critical thinking as essential
for safe and effective nursing practice\; however\, novice nurses often s
truggle with the application of critical thinking as they transition from
academic settings to clinical practice (Zainal et al \,2025). The scholarl
y project aims to determine if the implementation of a structured case stu
dy review incorporated as part of an established new graduate nurse reside
ncy program (NGNRP) will improve NPN self-rated critical thinking and read
iness for practice using a pre- and post-intervention assessment format. T
he project took place at an urban long-term acute care hospital and includ
ed 39 participants. The project utilized the Casey-Fink Readiness for Pr
actice Survey (CFRPS) as a validated assessment tool before and after the
intervention (Casey-Fink Surveys\, 2024). Data analysis compared outcome
s in the CFRPS means scores using a dependent paired t-test. The results s
howed a statistically significant improvement in clinical problem solving
(p=0.001) and no statistically significant difference in preparedness for
practice (p=0.164). These findings suggest that incorporating the group ca
se study reviews in a residency program may offer a sustainable method to
strengthen clinical decision-making skills among NPRNs. Future projects sh
ould investigate the longitudinal use of repeated case discussion sessions
to assess the cumulative effect on readiness for practice.
Event page: https://www.umassd.edu/e vents/cms/college-of-nursing-and-health-sciences-dnp-defense---elvira-mina syan.php
DTSTAMP:20260408T085503 DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260408T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260408T160000 LOCATION:ZOOM SUMMARY;LANGUAGE=en-us:College of Nursing and Health Sciences DNP Defense - Elvira Minasyan UID:a744204df4e9d7fd89b591e89b53864a@www.umassd.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:College of Arts and Sciences,College of Engineering,Graduate Stu dies,Lectures and Seminars,SMAST,SMAST Seminar Series,STEM DESCRIPTION:Seminar Announcement Department of Fisheries Oceanography "Here they come: spring migrations of herring, smelt and eel" Brad Chase Diadro mous Fisheries Project Leader, Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries Wednesday, April 8, 20263:00 - 4:00 pmSMAST E 101-103 and via Zoom Abstrac t: The Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries monitors the spring migr ations of River Herring, American Eel, and Rainbow Smelt each spring to ge nerate indices of abundance and support management and restoration decisio ns. However, these are all data poor species that do not have formal stock assessments or detailed metrics of population demographics. This presen tation will describe DMF's role with diadromous fish monitoring and manage ment and provide results for each species of monitoring on their spring mi grations in coastal rivers of Massachusetts. Join Meeting https://umassd.z oom.us/j/93758230260 Note: Meeting ID and passcode required, please email contact to obtain. For additional information, please contact Callie Rumbu t at c.rumbut@umassd.edu\nEvent page: https://www.umassd.edu/events/cms/sm ast-seminar---dfo---by-brad-chase.php\nEvent link: https://umassd.zoom.us/ j/93758230260 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:Seminar Announcement
\nDe partment of Fisheries Oceanography
\n"Here they come: spring migrati ons of herring\, smelt and eel"
\nBrad Chase
\nDiadromous Fish eries Project Leader\, Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries
\n
Wednesday\, April 8\, 2026
3:00 - 4:00 pm
SMAST E 101-103 and vi
a Zoom
Abstract:
\nThe Massachusetts Division of Marine Fish eries monitors the spring migrations of River Herring\, American Eel\, and Rainbow Smelt each spring to generate indices of abundance and support ma nagement and restoration decisions. However\, these are all data poor spec ies that do not have formal stock assessments or detailed metrics of popul ation demographics. This presentation will describe DMF's role with diad romous fish monitoring and management and provide results for each species of monitoring on their spring migrations in coastal rivers of Massachuset ts.
\nJoin Meeting
\nhttps://umassd.zoom.us/j/93758230260< /a>
\nNote: Meeting ID and passcode required\, please email contact to obtain.
\nFor additional information\, please contact Callie Rumb ut at c.rumbut@umassd.edu
Event page: https://www.umassd.e
du/events/cms/smast-seminar---dfo---by-brad-chase.php
Event link: <
a href="https://umassd.zoom.us/j/93758230260">https://umassd.zoom.us/j/937
58230260
The Unity House wants to help r educe your physical and mental stress by providing students with this uniq ue service. Every Wednesday and Thursday\, 10am-2pm. Please see Mandy for the sign-up sheets every Monday in her office at the Unity House.
Ev ent page: https://www.umassd.edu/events/cms/professional-chair- massage-therapist.php
DTSTAMP:20260408T085503 DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260205T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260205T140000 LOCATION:Frederick Douglass Unity House (*located ground floor Marketplace) SUMMARY;LANGUAGE=en-us:Professional Chair Massage Therapist UID:df3eaabac2e528fd7f5c1ea765a92b68@www.umassd.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:College of Engineering,Lectures and Seminars DESCRIPTION:Title: Kosterlitz-Thouless Tra nsitions in the 1/r2 Ising Chain and Disorder-Modified Colloidal Crystals Speaker: Owen Tower, Ph.D. Candidate, Brown Univ ersity Date: Thursday, April 9, 2026 Time: 12:00pm Location: SENG 201 Abstract: We present a series of c omputational and experimental investigations of systems exhibiting Kosterl itz-Thouless (KT) transitions. Monte Carlo simulations are performed for t he 1/r2 Ising model both with and without quenched disorder, and digital m icroscopy is used together with microfabricated substrates to construct an d study two-dimensional colloidal crystals. For the 1/r2 Ising model, we c ombine renormalization-group analysis with Monte Carlo simulations to dete rmine the critical temperature of this model and characterize its finite-s ize behavior. The domain-wall core energy was computed directly from the H amiltonian, leading to an estimate of the critical temperature. We reconci le the discrepancies between previous theoretical predictions and numerica l results, and further analyze the magnetization scaling to demonstrate ho w different boundary conditions influence pseudo-critical behavior of fini te systems. We then introduce quenched random fields to investigate how di sorder modifies KT-like criticality. Through the analysis of magnetization fluctuations and renormalization group flow behavior, we examine the inte raction between domain walls and disorder-induced fragmentation. The resul ts provide a setting where Imry-Ma arguments manifest in systems that exhi bit Kosterlitz-Thouless transitions without disorder. Finally, we experime ntally study two-dimensional colloidal crystals with substrate-induced que nched anisotropic disorder. Using microfabricated pinning landscapes and s ingle-particle imaging, we measure structural correlations and defect dyna mics across multiple disorder densities. In addition to the characterizati on of static disorder, we quantify defect lifetimes and hazard rates, reve aling spatially varying effective energy barriers introduced by the quench ed disorder. These experiments provide a direct dynamical quantification o f how quenched disorder reshapes defect-mediated transitions in two-dimens ional colloidal crystals. Biography: Owen Tower is a PhD candidate in phys ics at Brown University specializing in statistical mechanics and phase tr ansitions in disordered systems. His research combines large-scale Monte C arlo simulations with analytical techniques to study long-range Ising mode ls and their connections to Kosterlitz-Thouless physics. He has also perfo rmed experiments on two-dimensional colloidal crystals to probe disorder-d riven melting and defect dynamics. His work explores how topological phase transitions evolve in the presence of quenched disorder. Note: All PHY Gr aduate Students are ENCOURAGED to attend. All interested parties are invit ed to attend. Open to the public.\nEvent page: https://www.umassd.edu/even ts/cms/physics-seminar.php X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:Title: Kosterlitz-Thouless Transitions in the 1/r2 Ising Chain and Disor der-Modified Colloidal Crystals
\nSpeaker: Owen Tower\, Ph.D. Candidate\, Brown University
\nDate: Thursday\, April 9\, 2026
\nTime: 12:00pm
\nLoca tion: SENG 201
\nAbstract:
\nWe present a series of computational and experimental investigations of systems exhibi ting Kosterlitz-Thouless (KT) transitions. Monte Carlo simulations are per formed for the 1/r2 Ising model both with and without quenched disorder\, and digital microscopy is used together with microfabricated substrates to construct and study two-dimensional colloidal crystals.
\nFor the 1 /r2 Ising model\, we combine renormalization-group analysis with Monte Car lo simulations to determine the critical temperature of this model and cha racterize its finite-size behavior. The domain-wall core energy was comput ed directly from the Hamiltonian\, leading to an estimate of the critical temperature. We reconcile the discrepancies between previous theoretical p redictions and numerical results\, and further analyze the magnetization s caling to demonstrate how different boundary conditions influence pseudo-c ritical behavior of finite systems.
\nWe then introduce quenched ran dom fields to investigate how disorder modifies KT-like criticality. Throu gh the analysis of magnetization fluctuations and renormalization group fl ow behavior\, we examine the interaction between domain walls and disorder -induced fragmentation. The results provide a setting where Imry-Ma argume nts manifest in systems that exhibit Kosterlitz-Thouless transitions witho ut disorder.
\nFinally\, we experimentally study two-dimensional col loidal crystals with substrate-induced quenched anisotropic disorder. Usin g microfabricated pinning landscapes and single-particle imaging\, we meas ure structural correlations and defect dynamics across multiple disorder d ensities. In addition to the characterization of static disorder\, we quan tify defect lifetimes and hazard rates\, revealing spatially varying effec tive energy barriers introduced by the quenched disorder. These experiment s provide a direct dynamical quantification of how quenched disorder resha pes defect-mediated transitions in two-dimensional colloidal crystals.
\nBiography:
\nOwen Tower is a PhD candidate in physics at Brown University specializing in statistical mechanics and phase transitions in disordered systems. His research combines large-scale Monte Carlo simulati ons with analytical techniques to study long-range Ising models and their connections to Kosterlitz-Thouless physics. He has also performed experime nts on two-dimensional colloidal crystals to probe disorder-driven melting and defect dynamics. His work explores how topological phase transitions evolve in the presence of quenched disorder.
\nNote: All PHY Graduat e Students are ENCOURAGED to attend.
\nAll interested parties are in vited to attend. Open to the public.
Event page: https://www.umassd.edu/events /cms/physics-seminar.php
DTSTAMP:20260408T085503 DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260409T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260409T140000 LOCATION:SENG 201 SUMMARY;LANGUAGE=en-us:Physics Seminar UID:5b6e32086dc7570c45aa97308b3f8d15@www.umassd.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:College of Engineering,Lectures and Seminars DESCRIPTION:TOPIC: A Knowledge-Driven LLM-Based Decision-Support System f or Explainable Defect Diagnosis and Mitigation in Metal AM. Please contact Dr. Md Habibor Rahman for a full Abstract and Bio (mrahman15@umassd.edu). \nEvent page: https://www.umassd.edu/events/cms/mechanical-engineering-sem inar-by-basit-mahmud-shahriar.php X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:TOPIC: A Knowledge-Driven LLM -Based Decision-Support System for Explainable Defect Diagnosis and Mitiga tion in Metal AM.
\nPlease contact Dr. Md Habibor Rahman for a full Abstract and Bio (mrahman15@umassd.edu).
Event page: https://www.umassd.edu/events/cms/mechanical-engineering-se minar-by-basit-mahmud-shahriar.php
DTSTAMP:20260408T085503 DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260409T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260409T150000 LOCATION:SENG-116 (Mechanical Engineering Department Conference Room) SUMMARY;LANGUAGE=en-us:Mechanical Engineering Seminar by Basit Mahmud Shahr iar UID:d6bb2bb39178cdc61e461af086ef87a6@www.umassd.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Black History 4 Seasons,Frederick Douglass Unity House DESCRIPTION:Unity Fest is a vibrant spring celebration that showcases cultu ral pride through music, food, dance, and shared experiences, bringing the campus community together in an atmosphere of joy and unity. Sponsored by the Frederick Douglass Unity House and BH4S, the event highlights diverse traditions, strengthens campus connections through inclusive activities, and underscores the university’s commitment to diversity, equity, and cu ltural engagement. Interested in volunteering for Unity Fest? Please visit : https://givepul.se/dukkcw \nEvent page: https://www.umassd.edu/ev ents/cms/presenting-unity-fest-.php X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:Unity Fest is a vibrant spring celebration that showcases cultural pride through music\, food\, dance\, a nd shared experiences\, bringing the campus community together in an atmos phere of joy and unity. Sponsored by the Frederick Douglass Unity House an d BH4S\, the event highlights diverse traditions\, strengthens campus conn ections through inclusive activities\, and underscores the university’s commitment to diversity\, equity\, and cultural engagement.
\nIntere sted in volunteering for Unity Fest? Please visit: https://givepul.se/dukkcw
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Event page: https://www.umassd.edu/events/cms/presenting-unity-fe st-.php
DTSTAMP:20260408T085503 DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260409T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260409T190000 LOCATION:Campus Quad SUMMARY;LANGUAGE=en-us:Presenting Unity Fest! UID:f458bc5a0354ab697948a057835dffae@www.umassd.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:College of Visual and Performing Arts DESCRIPTION:The UMass Dartmouth MFA Thesis Exhibition is a much-anticipated and celebrated annual event showcasing the artwork of graduating Master o f Fine Arts students from the College of Visual and Performing Arts. This year’s exhibition celebrates the work of graduates Alison Bergman, Argha van Booyeh, Immer Cook, Ali Masoumzadeh, Allison Morones, Maya August Palm er, MITRAAVRS, Sarah Valinezhad, and Yaren Yıldız. The creative work of these graduating students includes painting, drawing, ceramics, digital me dia, and site-specific installation. This year, the exhibition takes place in three locations: Hatch Street Studios, Art and Design Studios, The New Bedford Art Museum. Each student exhibits different pieces of their work in each location. Please join us for the AHA! Night Receptions with ArtTAL KS on Thursday, April 9 and Thursday, May 14 at 6 PM. Exhibition Dates: Ap ril 9 – May 14, 2026 Opening Reception: April 9, 5-8pm AHA! Night Rece ption with ArtTALKS: Thursday, April 9 at 6 PM AHA! Night Reception with A rtTALKS: Thursday, May 14 at 6 PM Non-AHA! Night Gallery Hours: Thursday – Sunday: 9 AM to 5 PM; free entrance with UMassD ID \nEvent page: http s://www.umassd.edu/events/cms/new-bedford-art-museum-mfa-thesis-exhibtion- 1.php X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:The UMass Dartmouth MFA Thesis Exhibition is a much-anticipated and celebrated annual event showcasing th e artwork of graduating Master of Fine Arts students from the College of V isual and Performing Arts. This year’s exhibition celebrates the work of graduates Alison Bergman\, Arghavan Booyeh\, Immer Cook\, Ali Masoumzadeh \, Allison Morones\, Maya August Palmer\, MITRAAVRS\, Sarah Valinezhad\, a nd Yaren Yıldız. The creative work of these graduating students includes painting\, drawing\, ceramics\, digital media\, and site-specific install ation.
\nThis year\, the exhibition takes place in three locations: Hatch Street Studios\, Art and Design Studios\, The New Bedford Art Museum . Each student exhibits different pieces of their work in each location. P lease join us for the AHA! Night Receptions with ArtTALKS on Thursday\, Ap ril 9 and Thursday\, May 14 at 6 PM.
\nExhibition Dates: April 9 – May 14\, 2026
\nOpening Reception: April 9\, 5-8pm
\nAHA! N ight Reception with ArtTALKS: Thursday\, April 9 at 6 PM
\nAHA! Nigh t Reception with ArtTALKS: Thursday\, May 14 at 6 PM
\nNon-AHA! Nigh t Gallery Hours: Thursday – Sunday: 9 AM to 5 PM\; free entrance with UM assD ID
Event page: https://www.umassd.edu/eve nts/cms/new-bedford-art-museum-mfa-thesis-exhibtion-1.php
DTSTAMP:20260408T085503 DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260409T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260514T200000 LOCATION:New Bedford Art Museum MFA Thesis Exhibtion SUMMARY;LANGUAGE=en-us:New Bedford Art Museum MFA Thesis Exhibtion UID:21b54bf9909d4bb696e0c1fe1df2899f@www.umassd.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:College of Visual and Performing Arts DESCRIPTION:The UMass Dartmouth MFA Thesis Exhibition is a much-anticipated and celebrated annual event showcasing the artwork of graduating Master o f Fine Arts students from the College of Visual and Performing Arts. This year’s exhibition celebrates the work of graduates Alison Bergman, Argha van Booyeh, Immer Cook, Ali Masoumzadeh, Allison Morones, Maya August Palm er, MITRAAVRS, Sarah Valinezhad, and Yaren Yıldız. The creative work of these graduating students includes painting, drawing, ceramics, digital me dia, and site-specific installation. This year, the exhibition takes place in three locations: Hatch Street Studios, Art and Design Studios, The New Bedford Art Museum. Each student exhibits different pieces of their work in each location. Please join us for the AHA! Night Reception starting at 5 PM with ArtTALKS at 6 PM on Thursday, April 9. Exhibition Dates: April 9 – May 14, 2026 Opening Reception: April 9, 5-8pm AHA! Night Reception with ArtTALKS: Thursday, April 9 at 6 PM Non-AHA! Night Gallery Hours: Th ursday – Sunday: 9 AM to 5 PM; free entrance with UMassD ID \nEvent pag e: https://www.umassd.edu/events/cms/new-bedford-art-museum-mfa-thesis-exh ibtion.php X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:The UMass Dartmouth MFA Thesis Exhibition is a much-anticipated and celebrated annual event showcasing th e artwork of graduating Master of Fine Arts students from the College of V isual and Performing Arts. This year’s exhibition celebrates the work of graduates Alison Bergman\, Arghavan Booyeh\, Immer Cook\, Ali Masoumzadeh \, Allison Morones\, Maya August Palmer\, MITRAAVRS\, Sarah Valinezhad\, a nd Yaren Yıldız. The creative work of these graduating students includes painting\, drawing\, ceramics\, digital media\, and site-specific install ation.
\nThis year\, the exhibition takes place in three locations: Hatch Street Studios\, Art and Design Studios\, The New Bedford Art Museum . Each student exhibits different pieces of their work in each location. P lease join us for the AHA! Night Reception starting at 5 PM with ArtTALKS at 6 PM on Thursday\, April 9.
\nExhibition Dates: April 9 – May 1 4\, 2026
\nOpening Reception: April 9\, 5-8pm
\nAHA! Night R eception with ArtTALKS: Thursday\, April 9 at 6 PM
\nNon-AHA! Night Gallery Hours: Thursday – Sunday: 9 AM to 5 PM\; free entrance with UMas sD ID
Event page: https://www.umassd.edu/events/ cms/new-bedford-art-museum-mfa-thesis-exhibtion.php
DTSTAMP:20260408T085503 DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260409T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260409T200000 LOCATION:New Bedford Art Museum SUMMARY;LANGUAGE=en-us:New Bedford Art Museum MFA Thesis Exhibtion UID:f294a9090de92afa921bdfee8567f7e8@www.umassd.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Sustainability Office DESCRIPTION:In partnership with the Sierra Club Massachusetts and South Coa st Neighbors United, the Office of Campus Sustainability is proud to prese nt a free screening of How to Poison a Planet, a sweeping investigative do cumentary that uncovers how toxic “forever chemicals” came to be so wi dely used—and why accountability has been so elusive. Immediately follow ing the film, we will host a virtual Q&A panel featuring members of the ca st and the film’s director, offering a unique opportunity to hear direct ly from the people who brought this story to light. Refreshments will be s erved. Whether you’re passionate about environmental justice, public hea lth, or simply want to learn more about how these issues impact our commun ities, we hope you’ll join us for this powerful and enlightening event.\ nEvent page: https://www.umassd.edu/events/cms/sustainability-movie-series .php\nEvent link: https://drive.google.com/file/d/14-3F0DDv6rugY4Fe-S6dj6V JLGeweLVn/view?usp=sharing X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:In partnership with the Sierra Club Massachusetts and South Coast Neighbors United\, the Office of Campus Sustainability is proud to present a free screening of How to Poison a Planet\, a sweeping investigative documentary that uncovers how tox ic “forever chemicals” came to be so widely used—and why accountabil ity has been so elusive. Immediately following the film\, we will host a v irtual Q&A panel featuring members of the cast and the film’s director\, offering a unique opportunity to hear directly from the people who brough t this story to light.
\nRefreshments will be served.
\nWhether you’re passionate about environmental justice\, publi c health\, or simply want to learn more about how these issues impact our communities\, we hope you’ll join us for this powerful and enlightening event.
Event page: https://www.umassd.edu/events/cms/sustainabilit
y-movie-series.php
Event link: https://drive.goo
gle.com/file/d/14-3F0DDv6rugY4Fe-S6dj6VJLGeweLVn/view?usp=sharing
The Department of Accounting & Finance announces the following research seminar.
\nSpeaker: Profess or of Accounting Mark Bradshaw (Boston College)
\nTitle: Unlocking A nalysts’ Risk Insights
\nDate: Friday\, April 10\, 2026
\nTi me: 9:30 -10:45 AM
\nLocation: via Zoom Meeting
\nMeeting ID: 438 755 1509
\nAbstract: We apply textual analysis to a large sample of analyst reports on U.S. firms to investigate the determinants\, releva nce and informativeness of analysts’ risk discussions. We find that thes e discussions are driven predominantly by analyst fixed effects\, followed by firm fixed effects. Consistent with informativeness of analysts’ ris k discussions\, we find they are positively related to future stock return volatility and implied cost of capital for the underlying firms and negat ively related to earnings forecast accuracy. Additionally\, risk discussio ns relate negatively to future stock returns and positively to credit rati ng changes\, consistent with informativeness to both equity and bond marke ts. Cross-sectional analysis shows that the above effects are more pronoun ced for firms with weaker information environments. Taken together\, analy sts’ qualitative risk commentary offers incremental insights into a firm ’s risk exposure and enhances the predictive value of analyst research t o capital markets.
\nFor additional information\, please contact Pro f. Hongkang Xu at hxu5@umassd.edu< /a>.
Event page: https://www.umassd.edu/eve nts/cms/accounting-and-finance-department-research-seminar.php
DTSTAMP:20260408T085503 DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260410T093000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260410T104500 LOCATION:Zoom SUMMARY;LANGUAGE=en-us:Accounting and Finance Department Research Seminar UID:4aea5f3d83c2b277568cf45a93311390@www.umassd.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Sustainability Office DESCRIPTION:Come and take a look at some of our items from UMass Dartmouth' s very own Thrift Store! All items are Free! Reusable Water bottles and co ordinating stickers will be provided!\nEvent page: https://www.umassd.edu/ events/cms/arnies-thrift-store-pop-up.php X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:Come and take a look at some of our items from UMass Dartmouth's very own Thrift Store! All items are Fre e!
\nReusable Water bottles and coordinating stickers will be provid ed!
Event page: https://www.umassd.edu/events/cms/arnies-thrift-sto re-pop-up.php
DTSTAMP:20260408T085503 DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260410T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260410T150000 LOCATION:Campus Center Commuter Pit SUMMARY;LANGUAGE=en-us:Arnies Thrift Store Pop-Up! UID:ec84f29e86f7f20fe0fe20ef609f6ee0@www.umassd.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:College of Engineering,Lectures and Seminars DESCRIPTION:Topic: “Deep Learning for RF and Optical Devices” Abstrac t: RF and optical devices or systems play important roles in our daily lif e ranging from wireless communication to imaging. Emerging applications su ch as 5G/6G, internet-of-things, and autonomous driving have imposed strin gent requirements to RF and optical devices. The emerging of new RF and op tical components such as metasurfaces has led to new challenges. In this t alk, I discuss our research activities in deep learning-based techniques f or addressing these technical challenges. First, I will discuss our deep l earning modeling approach for predicting the performance of freeform optic al metasurface structures. Our neural network approach overcomes two key c hallenges that have limited previous neural-network-based design schemes: input/output vector dimensional mismatch and accurate EM-wave phase predic tion. Second, to demonstrate the capability of deep learning techniques fo r complex and non-intuitive metasurface design, I will present a novel con ditional generative network that can achieve meta-atom/metasurface designs based on different performance requirements. Applications of these deep l earning networks will also be discussed. Lastly, the application of deep l earning techniques for RF components design will be explored and showcased . Biography: Dr. Hualiang Zhang is a Professor at the Electrical and Com puter Engineering Department, University of Massachusetts Lowell. He recei ved his B.S. degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Scien ce and Technology of China in 2003. He received his Ph.D. degree in Electr ical and Computer Engineering from the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology in 2007. From 2007 to 2009 he was a postdoctoral research asso ciate in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the Univ ersity of Arizona. His current teaching and research interests are on high frequency circuits, components, and systems, enabled by advanced computat ional techniques, new materials, and innovative manufacturing technologies . Applications of his research include wireless communications (e.g. Satco m, 5G and 6G), internet-of-things, radar sensing, wearable electronics, en ergy-efficient electronic systems, and optical imaging and sensing systems , ranging from RF/microwave/millimeter-wave to infrared and even beyond. H e has published over 300 refereed journal and conference papers, as well a s 1 book chapter and 7 patents (4 issued, and 3 pending) in related resear ch topics. He has been actively involved in organizing conferences and wor kshops on microwave, antennas, and wireless devices & systems. He is an as sociate editor of Wiley’s International Journal of Numerical Modelling – Electronic Networks, Devices and Fields. He received the 2018 ECE Depa rtment Teaching Excellence award. Dr. Zhang is a senior member of IEEE. The Seminars is open to the public free of charge. *For further informa tion, please contact Dr. Yifei Li via email at yifei.li@umassd.edu.\nEvent page: https://www.umassd.edu/events/cms/ece-seminar-speaker-dr-hualiang-z hang-professor-electrical-and-computer-engineering-department-university-o f-massachusetts-lowell.php X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:Topic: “Deep Learning for RF and Optical Devices”
\nAbstract: RF and optical devices or syste ms play important roles in our daily life ranging from wireless communicat ion to imaging. Emerging applications such as 5G/6G\, internet-of-things\, and autonomous driving have imposed stringent requirements to RF and opti cal devices. The emerging of new RF and optical components such as metasur faces has led to new challenges. In this talk\, I discuss our research act ivities in deep learning-based techniques for addressing these technical c hallenges. First\, I will discuss our deep learning modeling approach for predicting the performance of freeform optical metasurface structures. Our neural network approach overcomes two key challenges that have limited pr evious neural-network-based design schemes: input/output vector dimensiona l mismatch and accurate EM-wave phase prediction. Second\, to demonstrate the capability of deep learning techniques for complex and non-intuitive m etasurface design\, I will present a novel conditional generative network that can achieve meta-atom/metasurface designs based on different performa nce requirements. Applications of these deep learning networks will also b e discussed. Lastly\, the application of deep learning techniques for RF c omponents design will be explored and showcased.
\nBiography: Dr. Hualiang Zhang is a Professor at the Electrical and Computer Engineering D epartment\, University of Massachusetts Lowell. He received his B.S. degre e in Electrical Engineering from the University of Science and Technology of China in 2003. He received his Ph.D. degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology in 200 7. From 2007 to 2009 he was a postdoctoral research associate in the Depar tment of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Arizona. His current teaching and research interests are on high frequency circuit s\, components\, and systems\, enabled by advanced computational technique s\, new materials\, and innovative manufacturing technologies. Application s of his research include wireless communications (e.g. Satcom\, 5G and 6G )\, internet-of-things\, radar sensing\, wearable electronics\, energy-eff icient electronic systems\, and optical imaging and sensing systems\, rang ing from RF/microwave/millimeter-wave to infrared and even beyond. He has published over 300 refereed journal and conference papers\, as well as 1 b ook chapter and 7 patents (4 issued\, and 3 pending) in related research t opics. He has been actively involved in organizing conferences and worksho ps on microwave\, antennas\, and wireless devices & systems. He is an asso ciate editor of Wiley’s International Journal of Numerical Modelling – Electronic Networks\, Devices and Fields. He received the 2018 ECE Depart ment Teaching Excellence award. Dr. Zhang is a senior member of IEEE.
\nThe Seminars is open to the public free of charge.
\n*For f urther information\, please contact Dr. Yifei Li via email at yifei.li@uma ssd.edu.
DTSTAMP:20260408T085503 DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260410T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260410T140000 LOCATION:Lester W. Cory Conference Room, Science & Engineering Building (SENG), Room 213A SUMMARY;LANGUAGE=en-us:ECE Seminar* Speaker: Dr. Hualiang Zhang, Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, University of Massachuset ts Lowell UID:517b8513b34358a74a8c64e1583302d6@www.umassd.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Financial Aid DESCRIPTION:Financial Aid FAFSA Help Labs in SENG 109 Financial Aid Service s wants to remind all students to file their FAFSA! Join Financial Aid Ser vices for FAFSA Help Labs in SENG 109 on Wednesdays and Fridays from 3-4pm for help filing your FAFSA and learning more about financial aid.Partcipa nts must bring their own laptop.\nEvent page: https://www.umassd.edu/event s/cms/financial-aid-fafsa-help-labs-in-seng-109.php X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:Financial Aid FAFSA Help Labs i n SENG 109
\nFinancial Aid Services wants to remind all students to
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Event page: https://www.umassd .edu/events/cms/financial-aid-fafsa-help-labs-in-seng-109.php
< /body> DTSTAMP:20260408T085503 DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260130T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260130T160000 LOCATION:SENG 109 SUMMARY;LANGUAGE=en-us:Financial Aid FAFSA Help Labs in SENG 109 UID:8e7d367788e7d6829cb5af6017aaa447@www.umassd.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:College of Visual and Performing Arts DESCRIPTION:Live at UMass Dartmouth Bailey Theater at the MacLean Campus Ce nter Experience "Wild Cactus" — a stunning live theatrical production by textile artist Allison Morones (MFA Fibers '26), set against a breathtaki ng 23-yard-wide hand-stitched moving panorama, Friday, April 10 Performanc es at 4 PM & 7 PM Each show followed by a Q&A with the artist. Free RSVP r equired. Don't miss this immersive blend of performance and textile art!\n Event page: https://www.umassd.edu/events/cms/wild-cactus.php\nEvent link: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/wild-cactus-tickets-1985928684154?utm-campai gn=social&utm-content=attendeeshare&utm-medium=discovery&utm-term=listing& utm-source=wsa&aff=ebdsshwebmobile X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:Live at UMass Dartmouth Bailey Theater at the MacLean Campus Center
\nExperience "Wild Cactus" — a stunning live theatrical production by textile artist Allison Morones (M FA Fibers '26)\, set against a breathtaking 23-yard-wide hand-stitched mov ing panorama\,
\nFriday\, April 10
\nPerformances at 4 PM & 7 PM
\nEach show followed by a Q&A with the artist. Free RSVP required .
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2026 UMass Dartmouth Senior Exhibition is a culminating exhibition of the College of Visual a nd Performing Arts (CVPA) UMass Dartmouth graduating class in Art and Medi a Arts Departments\; Drawing\, Illustration\, Integrated Studio Arts\, Pai nting\, Photography\, Sculpture\, Animation and Game Arts\, Studio Art + E xpanded Field.
\n\n
Opening Reception and Animation + Game Art s Festival: Saturday\, April 11\, 2-4 pm
\nLocations: CVPA Campus Gallery (exhibition) and CVPA Lecture Hall
Room 153 (Game Arts Festival)
Event page: https://www.umassd.edu/
events/cms/2026-umass-dartmouth-senior-exhibition-.php
Event link:
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a/galleries
Carnaval Festival is a cultural celebration highlighting the traditions\, music\, dance\, and joy of Carn aval across Lusophone countries. Although traditionally celebrated either February or March\, this out-of-season Carnaval Fest will feature music\, dance\, interactive activities and opportunities for attendees to engage w ith Lusophone traditions in an accessible and welcoming environment.
\nCarnaval is\, for sure\, one of the most significant and widely celebra ted cultural holidays across luso-countries\, with emphasis in Brazil\, Po rtugal and Cape Verde (the ones we have representatives in UMD). It’s a time to celebrate community\, resistance\, identity and history!
\nT his event is organized and hosted by Lusophone Student Union\, a club for students made by students. All our meetings and events are open to the ent ire UMass Dartmouth community\, including students\, faculty and staff. < /p>
Event page: https://www.umassd.edu/events/cms/carnaval-fest.php
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Come and join us on the Quad fo r Inflatables during our Mental Health Week Kickoff!
Event page: https://www.umas sd.edu/events/cms/inflatables-.php
DTSTAMP:20260408T085503 DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260413T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260413T150000 LOCATION:Campus Quad SUMMARY;LANGUAGE=en-us:Inflatables UID:dd83cf7ac5dc6b97dd5585dd8a92f742@www.umassd.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Mental Health/Wellness,Student Affairs DESCRIPTION:Join the House of Rage and come show us your best swing, throw or smash as you take the edge off and destress in a judgement free zone. \nEvent page: https://www.umassd.edu/events/cms/rage-room.php X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:Join the House of Rage and come show us your best swing\, throw or smash as you take the edge off and des tress in a judgement free zone.
Event page: https://www.umassd.edu/events/cms/rag e-room.php
DTSTAMP:20260408T085503 DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260413T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260413T150000 LOCATION:Auditorium Patio SUMMARY;LANGUAGE=en-us:Rage Room UID:92857a323272ce4f16c4f7f5ff785ccb@www.umassd.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Mental Health/Wellness,Student Affairs DESCRIPTION:Come and kickoff Mental Health Week with Student Affairs and di fferent departments around campus! Join us on the Quad for some hands-on a ctivities to help decompress your mind as we gear up for the remainder fof the semester. Some activities include bracelet making, make your own zen garden, DIY stress balls, card crafting, blood pressure checks, and so muc h more!\nEvent page: https://www.umassd.edu/events/cms/recreation-stations .php X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:Come and kickoff Mental Health Week with Student Affairs and different departments around campus! Join us on the Quad for some hands-on activities to help decompress your mind as we gear up for the remainder fof the semester. Some activities include bra celet making\, make your own zen garden\, DIY stress balls\, card crafting \, blood pressure checks\, and so much more!
Event page: https://www.umass d.edu/events/cms/recreation-stations.php
DTSTAMP:20260408T085503 DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260413T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260413T150000 LOCATION:Campus Quad SUMMARY;LANGUAGE=en-us:Recreation Stations UID:d73ce491b74e54e578ba89c21a750634@www.umassd.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Center for Religious and Spiritual Life,Mental Health/Wellness,S tudent Affairs DESCRIPTION:Come and join us on the Campus Center Patio while we worship in song!\nEvent page: https://www.umassd.edu/events/cms/worship-in-song.php X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:Come and join us on the Campus Center Patio while we worship in song!
Event page: https://www.umassd.edu/even ts/cms/worship-in-song.php
DTSTAMP:20260408T085503 DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260413T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260413T140000 LOCATION:Campus Center Patio SUMMARY;LANGUAGE=en-us:Worship in Song UID:5aad483a556f4115e3d5daab81256601@www.umassd.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:College of Nursing and Health Sciences,Thesis/Dissertations DESCRIPTION:College of Nursing and Health Sciences PhD Doctoral Dissertatio n Defense - Michelle Ray Pinto, MSN, RN, CNEn DATE: 4/13/2026 TIME: 1:00PM -3:00PM PLACE: ADMIN 308 (Foster Admin Building) ZOOM: COMMITTEE: Mary M cCurry, PhD, RN, RNBC, ANP, ACNP (CHAIR) Mirinda Tyo, PhD, RN, TCRN Gerr ie Lyn Boyden, PhD, RN, CNE, PMH-BC TITLE: Perceived Family Burden in Pedi atric Acute-Onset Neuropsychiatric Syndrome and Pediatric Autoimmune Neuro psychiatric Disorder Associated with Streptococcus: A Descriptive Correlat ional Study Background: Families of children with Pediatric acute-onset ne uropsychiatric syndrome (PANS) and pediatric autoimmune neuropsychiatric d isorder associated with streptococcus (PANDAS) face a unique burden relate d to these frequently misunderstood illnesses. PANS and PANDAS cause a var iety of neuropsychiatric symptoms that disrupt every facet of daily life. The sudden onset of symptoms and unpredictability of flares are part of th e burden. Families are also burdened by difficulty accessing care and trea tment. Previous qualitative research indicated PANS/PANDAS presents numero us and ongoing challenges for families of affected children, but no known research has quantitatively measured family burden and identified the corr elates and predictors. The purpose of this study was to measure family bur den in families affected by PANS/PANDAS and to identify factors that corre late and predict family burden. Methods: A cross-sectional descriptive cor relational survey of 154 primary caregivers of child(ren) with PANS/PANDAS measured family burden from the parent or primary caregiver perspective. Data was analyzed to identify strength and direction of relationships betw een illness-related variables, access to care, and uncertainty with the de pendent variable family burden. Variables that were correlated with family burden were further examined using hierarchical multiple regression analy sis to identify predictors of family burden. Qualitative responses were us ed to provide additional context and support for the quantitative findings . Results: The mean level of perceived family burden measured by the Burde n Assessment Scale was 63.54, indicating high burden. The level of burden was high in 98.7% of respondents. Illness related factors significantly co rrelated with increased family burden included the diagnosis of PANS, PAND AS, or both, illness course, symptom severity, uncertainty, unpredictabili ty, and missed school days. Access to care factors significantly correlate d with burden included time to diagnosis, number of providers to reach dia gnosis, current number of providers, and high out-of-pocket costs. Hierarc hical multiple regression analysis was conducted to examine predictors of family burden. Variables were entered in blocks based on theoretical relev ance, allowing assessment of the incremental contribution of each set of p redictors to the variance in family burden. Number of providers to diagnos is, out-of-pocket costs, and increased threat to family integrity were fou nd to be persistent predictors of family burden. Qualitative data supports delays in diagnosis and the need to see multiple providers to reach diagn osis contributes to family burden in PANS/PANDAS. Conclusions: The identif ication of time to diagnosis, out-of-pocket costs, and perceived threat to family integrity as predictors of family burden highlights the importance of early diagnosis, financial support resources, and family support inter ventions for families of children with PANS/PANDAS. Nurses and healthcare providers are in a key position to identify families who may be at greater risk due to prolonged diagnostic processes, financial strain, or concerns about family stability. This study highlights opportunities for nurses to develop family-centered interventions aimed at reducing family burden and supporting families coping with PANS/PANDAS. Additionally, the findings s uggest a need for healthcare systems to address barriers that contribute t o delayed diagnosis and financial hardship for families. Future research i s needed to explore the relationships of the illness-related factors signi ficantly correlated with family burden that were not significant predictor s.\nEvent page: https://www.umassd.edu/events/cms/college-of-nursing-and-h ealth-sciences-phd-doctoral-dissertation-defense---michelle-ray-pinto-msn- rn-cnen.php X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:College of Nursing and Health S ciences PhD Doctoral Dissertation Defense - Michelle Ray Pinto\, MSN\, RN\ , CNEn
\nDATE: 4/13/2026
\nTIME: 1:00PM -3:00PM
\nPLACE: ADMIN 308 (Foster Admin Building)
\nZOOM:
\nCOMMITTEE: Mary McCurry\, PhD\, RN\, RNBC\, ANP\, ACNP (CHAIR)
\nMirinda Tyo\, PhD\, RN\, TCRN
\nGerrie Lyn Boyden\, PhD\, RN\, CNE\, PMH-BC
\nT ITLE: Perceived Family Burden in Pediatric Acute-Onset Neuropsychiatric Sy ndrome and Pediatric Autoimmune Neuropsychiatric Disorder Associated with Streptococcus: A Descriptive Correlational Study
\nBackground: Famil ies of children with Pediatric acute-onset neuropsychiatric syndrome (PANS ) and pediatric autoimmune neuropsychiatric disorder associated with strep tococcus (PANDAS) face a unique burden related to these frequently misunde rstood illnesses. PANS and PANDAS cause a variety of neuropsychiatric symp toms that disrupt every facet of daily life. The sudden onset of symptoms and unpredictability of flares are part of the burden. Families are also b urdened by difficulty accessing care and treatment. Previous qualitative r esearch indicated PANS/PANDAS presents numerous and ongoing challenges for families of affected children\, but no known research has quantitatively measured family burden and identified the correlates and predictors. The p urpose of this study was to measure family burden in families affected by PANS/PANDAS and to identify factors that correlate and predict family burd en.
\nMethods: A cross-sectional descriptive correlational survey of 154 primary caregivers of child(ren) with PANS/PANDAS measured family bur den from the parent or primary caregiver perspective. Data was analyzed to identify strength and direction of relationships between illness-related variables\, access to care\, and uncertainty with the dependent variable f amily burden. Variables that were correlated with family burden were furth er examined using hierarchical multiple regression analysis to identify pr edictors of family burden. Qualitative responses were used to provide addi tional context and support for the quantitative findings.
\nResults: The mean level of perceived family burden measured by the Burden Assessme nt Scale was 63.54\, indicating high burden. The level of burden was high in 98.7% of respondents. Illness related factors significantly correlated with increased family burden included the diagnosis of PANS\, PANDAS\, or both\, illness course\, symptom severity\, uncertainty\, unpredictability\ , and missed school days. Access to care factors significantly correlated with burden included time to diagnosis\, number of providers to reach diag nosis\, current number of providers\, and high out-of-pocket costs. Hierar chical multiple regression analysis was conducted to examine predictors of family burden. Variables were entered in blocks based on theoretical rele vance\, allowing assessment of the incremental contribution of each set of predictors to the variance in family burden. Number of providers to diagn osis\, out-of-pocket costs\, and increased threat to family integrity were found to be persistent predictors of family burden. Qualitative data supp orts delays in diagnosis and the need to see multiple providers to reach d iagnosis contributes to family burden in PANS/PANDAS.
\nConclusions: The identification of time to diagnosis\, out-of-pocket costs\, and perce ived threat to family integrity as predictors of family burden highlights the importance of early diagnosis\, financial support resources\, and fami ly support interventions for families of children with PANS/PANDAS. Nurses and healthcare providers are in a key position to identify families who m ay be at greater risk due to prolonged diagnostic processes\, financial st rain\, or concerns about family stability. This study highlights opportuni ties for nurses to develop family-centered interventions aimed at reducing family burden and supporting families coping with PANS/PANDAS. Additional ly\, the findings suggest a need for healthcare systems to address barrier s that contribute to delayed diagnosis and financial hardship for families . Future research is needed to explore the relationships of the illness-re lated factors significantly correlated with family burden that were not si gnificant predictors.
DTSTAMP:20260408T085503 DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260413T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260413T150000 LOCATION:Foster Admin Building 308 SUMMARY;LANGUAGE=en-us:College of Nursing and Health Sciences PhD Doctoral Dissertation Defense - Michelle Ray Pinto, MSN, RN, CNEn UID:af072f20f7b41d9da37f7d1272ab3d77@www.umassd.edu END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR