SMAST Events 61125 Jan28 Volunteer-Palooza If you are interested in volunteering and don't know where to start, stop by and see what local service opportunities are available! For more information, contact Deirdre Healy at dhealy@umassd.edu or 508.999.8641. 61404 Jan29 Department of Fisheries Oceanography Seminar - Geret DePiper The School for Marine Science and Technology Department of Fisheries Oceanography Seminar Announcement "Food and Fraud: On the Codfather and Harvest Mislabeling" Geret DePiper Northeast Fisheries Science Center Wednesday, January 29, 2020 2:30 pm to 3:30 pm SMAST East Rooms 101/102 836 S. Rodney French Blvd, New Bedford ************************************************************************************ To access the live broadcasting, go to https://echo360.org/directLogin and click on "Alternate login". You will have to login as "smast@umassd.edu" with the password: smastumassd. After login you will have to click on ALL CLASSES (MAR 700-01 - DEOS Seminar or MAR 700-02 - DFO Seminar) and click on the green LIVE streaming. To view a video of an SMAST seminar (post-October 1, 2014), go to https://www.umassd.edu/smast/events/seminar-series/ and click on a highlighted title. For additional information, please contact Sue Silva at s1silva@umassd.edu. 58202 Jan31 18th Annual Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Breakfast Woodland Commons Free for Students with online registration; $30 for all others Contact: Office of Human Resources, humanresources@umassd.edu or 508-999-8060 Keynote Speaker: Steve Pemberton is a best-selling author, acclaimed speaker and diversity leader. His book, “A Chance in the World,” tells his story of overcoming the hardships of his childhood to become a corporate executive, diversity and inclusion thought leader, and youth advocate. Pemberton is the chief human resources officer at Workhuman and was previously the global chief diversity officer at Walgreens Boots Alliance. Sponsored by the Office of Human Resources. Proceeds from the event will support student-centered diversity initiatives at UMassD. Parking is available in lots 4 and 5 with shuttle service to Woodland Commons. 59546 Feb2 Catholic Mass Catholic Mass is celebrated in the Reflection Room on the 2nd floor of the Campus Center. 59549 Feb9 Catholic Mass Catholic Mass is celebrated in the Reflection Room on the 2nd floor of the Campus Center. 59552 Feb16 Catholic Mass Catholic Mass is celebrated in the Reflection Room on the 2nd floor of the Campus Center. 59555 Feb23 Catholic Mass Catholic Mass is celebrated in the Reflection Room on the 2nd floor of the Campus Center. 61331 Feb25 Department of Fisheries Oceanography Special Seminar-Dr. Julia Stewart Lowndes The School for Marine Science and Technology Department of Fisheries Oceanography Special Seminar Announcement "R and teamwork for better science in less time" Dr. Julia Stewart Lowndes, PhD Senior Fellow and Director of Openscapes National Center for Ecological Analysis & Synthesis (NCEAS) Tuesday, February 25, 2020 2:30 pm to 4:00 pm SMAST East Rooms 101/102 836 S. Rodney French Blvd, New Bedford Abstract: R has demonstrable potential to accelerate scientific research, since it not only provides powerful analytical tools that increase reproducibility but also creates a new frontier for communication when combined with the open web. But thus far, the power of R have largely been harnessed by individuals; how do we harness this power as teams in science, within and beyond the research group? I will discuss how our Ocean Health Index team dramatically improved how we work by creating an analytical workflow with R – and by peer-learning and peer-teaching the skillsets we needed on-the-job by engaging with the broader #rstats and #openscience communities (Lowndes et al. 2017 Nature Ecology & Evolution; ohi-science.org). I will also discuss Openscapes, which I developed as a Mozilla Fellow: Openscapes is a mentorship program to engage and empower science teams with open data science tools and practices (Lowndes et al. 2019, Nature; openscapes.org). My work aims to help catalyze the fundamental shift needed in scientific culture where we value and prioritize data science, collaboration, and open practices, and provide training and support for our emerging scientific leaders – not only as individuals, but as teams. Bio: Julia Stewart Lowndes PhD is a marine ecologist, data scientist, and Senior Fellow at the National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis (NCEAS). As founding director of Openscapes (created as a Mozilla Fellow in 2019) and science program lead of the Ocean Health Index, she works to increase the value and practice of environmental open data science. She is also a co-founder of Eco-Data-Science and R-Ladies Santa Barbara, and is a Carpentries instructor. She earned her PhD at Stanford University in 2012 studying drivers and impacts of Humboldt squid in a changing climate. ************************************************************************************ To access the live broadcasting, go to https://echo360.org/directLogin and click on "Alternate login". You will have to login as "smast@umassd.edu" with the password: smastumassd. After login you will have to click on ALL CLASSES (MAR 700-01 - DEOS Seminar or MAR 700-02 - DFO Seminar) and click on the green LIVE streaming. To view a video of an SMAST seminar (post-October 1, 2014), go to https://www.umassd.edu/smast/events/seminar-series/ and click on a highlighted title. For additional information, please contact Sue Silva at s1silva@umassd.edu. 59558 Mar1 Catholic Mass Catholic Mass is celebrated in the Reflection Room on the 2nd floor of the Campus Center. 59561 Mar22 Catholic Mass Catholic Mass is celebrated in the Reflection Room on the 2nd floor of the Campus Center. 59564 Apr5 Catholic Mass Catholic Mass is celebrated in the Reflection Room on the 2nd floor of the Campus Center. 59567 Apr19 Catholic Mass Catholic Mass is celebrated in the Reflection Room on the 2nd floor of the Campus Center.