Events

Meditation

We welcome all newcomers and returning meditators. Beginners are welcome along with those who have experienced meditation before. The meditation itself lasts 15 minutes. We will spend a few minutes at the beginning of our time to explain meditation to anyone new to the experience and to answer any questions. Check your email for updates and Zoom information.

SBA Meeting

Our next SBA meeting is scheduled for Wednesday at 12:30 PM (EDT). This meeting is open to all members of the UMass Law community. The link, proposed agenda, minutes from the last meeting, complete SBA roster, and organization documents were sent via email.

Virtual Accounting & Finance Fair

Network and speak with more than 20 organizations looking to hire students in the accounting and finance industries. Learn more about internship and full-time positions from employers who are hiring. Location: Sign up in Handshake to join this virtual career fair @ https://app.joinhandshake.com

Meditation

Meditation will begin this Thursday at 3 pm and will continue throughout the semester. We will not meet on any Thursday holiday any day on which Thursday follows a different schedule. We welcome all newcomers and returning meditators. Beginners are welcome along with those who have experienced meditation before. The meditation itself lasts 15 minutes. We will spend a few minutes at the beginning of our time to explain meditation to anyone new to the experience and to answer any questions. Check your email for updates and Zoom information.

Shayla Mombeleur, Mass Public Defender (PILF)

The PILF Program welcomes Shayla Mombeleur (Class of 2017) on Thursday, September 24 from 5-6pm. Shayla is a Massachusetts Public Defender Trial Attorney. For more information, contact Dean Quinn at jquinn3@umassd.edu.

Joint Mechanical Engineering (MNE) and Engineering and Applied Sciences (EAS) SEMINAR

Joint Mechanical Engineering (MNE) and Engineering and Applied Sciences (EAS) SEMINAR DATE: September 25th, 2020 TIME: 2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. ZOOM LOCATION: https://umassd.zoom.us/j/97680493591 (Passcode: 500) SPEAKER: Dr. Mingxi Zhou, Assistant Professor, Graduate School of Oceanography, University of Rhode Island TOPIC: Navigation and Autonomy Development on Marine Robots ABSTRACT: The development in Marine robotics, e.g., Unmanned Surface Vehicles (USV) and Unmanned Underwater Vehicles (UUVs), is growing at unprecedented pace serving the demands from oceanography, offshore industry, and defense sectors. They have been used extensively in a variety of missions and environments from littoral zones to polar regions and from sea surface to deep ocean. In the Smart Ocean Systems Laboratory at the Graduate School of Oceanography, University of Rhode island, unmanned marine vehicles have been designed and deployed for many applications, such as iceberg mapping, under-ice navigation, ocean oxygen depletion, seafloor mapping and inland water monitoring. In this seminar, the presenter will focus on presenting marine technology development for iceberg mapping, seafloor reconnaissance, and underwater glider operations. BIO: Mingxi Zhou is an assistant professor in the Graduate School of Oceanography, and he is cross-appointed in the Ocean Engineering Department, College of Engineering. The research in his lab, the Smart Ocean Systems Laboratory, has an emphasis on marine robotics, especially in vehicle autonomy, underwater navigation, and new vehicle design. He received his Master’s degree and PhD in Mechanical Engineering and Ocean and Naval Architectural Engineering in 2012 and 2017 from Memorial University in Canada. After his graduation, he worked for a robotic startup company in Canada and worked as a postdoctoral fellow at Memorial University from 2017 to 2018. For more information please contact Dr. Caiwei Shen, MNE Seminar Coordinator (cshen2@umassd.edu). All are welcome to attend this virtual event. Students taking MNE-500 are REQUIRED to attend! All other MNE BS and MS students are encouraged to attend. EAS students are also encouraged to attend.

Women in the Law Panel (PILF)

The Legal Association of Women is pleased to announce our Women in the Law Panel. What: Women in the Law Panel will be a networking and panel event where we are inviting highly esteemed women from different positions in the legal field to answer questions about their experiences, obstacles, triumphs and to give any sage professional advice to our students hailing from all backgrounds. Where: Zoom (Link sent via email) When: Friday, September 25th, 2020 from 6:00pm-7:30pm Who: Assistant Attorney General Lizabeth Marshall Judicial Law Clerk at U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit Preetha Chakrabarti Justice Bridge Attorney Tracey McNamara How: The event will be split into two parts. During the first part, the Zoom Host will present questions to the panelists. In the second part, Panelists will have their own break out room and attendees will be split into the rooms to have more personal conversations with the panelist. If you wish to be put in a specific person’s breakout room, please complete this survey. https://forms.gle/AzYnoKMn7xxGu9Xj8 Why: PILF APPROVED, Free, online, great networking opportunity, learn something new!

Meditation

We welcome all newcomers and returning meditators. Beginners are welcome along with those who have experienced meditation before. The meditation itself lasts 15 minutes. We will spend a few minutes at the beginning of our time to explain meditation to anyone new to the experience and to answer any questions. Check your email for updates and Zoom information.

Meditation

Meditation will begin this Thursday at 3 pm and will continue throughout the semester. We will not meet on any Thursday holiday any day on which Thursday follows a different schedule. We welcome all newcomers and returning meditators. Beginners are welcome along with those who have experienced meditation before. The meditation itself lasts 15 minutes. We will spend a few minutes at the beginning of our time to explain meditation to anyone new to the experience and to answer any questions. Check your email for updates and Zoom information.

Meditation

We welcome all newcomers and returning meditators. Beginners are welcome along with those who have experienced meditation before. The meditation itself lasts 15 minutes. We will spend a few minutes at the beginning of our time to explain meditation to anyone new to the experience and to answer any questions. Check your email for updates and Zoom information.

Meditation

Meditation will begin this Thursday at 3 pm and will continue throughout the semester. We will not meet on any Thursday holiday any day on which Thursday follows a different schedule. We welcome all newcomers and returning meditators. Beginners are welcome along with those who have experienced meditation before. The meditation itself lasts 15 minutes. We will spend a few minutes at the beginning of our time to explain meditation to anyone new to the experience and to answer any questions. Check your email for updates and Zoom information.

Columbus Day - No Classes

For more information, contact the Law Enrollment Center at lec@umassd.edu. For library hours, contact lawlib@umassd.edu.