ChE Calendar 2025-2026

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There is also the COE Events page.  Click here for the Registrar's Academic Calendar page.
              

SEPTEMBER 2025

Tues, Sept 2   First Day of Classes

Monday, Sept 8   Add/Drop ends  

Tues, Sept 9 Community Forum

Tues, Sept 16   Seminar:  Sanjeev Katti, Sanionics, “Clean Energy, Geen Energy - A Global Perspective”

Thurs, Sept 18  Faculty Meeting

Tues, Sept 23 Seminar:  Lilian C. Hsiao, North Carolina State University, “Strain softening and stiffening in colloidal biopolymer composites” (Beltramo)

Tues Sept 30 UMass-3M Diversity in STEM seminar: Belma Erdogan-Haug, Henkel Adhesive Technologies, “Breaking Through: My Path from STEM Student to Corporate Leader”  (Perry, Coughlin)
(Separate Coffee Hour at 3:00 pm in A624 Conte Polymer Research Center)

OCTOBER

Thursday, Oct 2   Tentative:  Extended DPC Meeting

Tuesday, Oct 7   Community Forum

Thursday, Oct 9   Faculty Meeting                    

Monday, Oct 13 Holiday:  Indigenous Peoples Day 

Tuesday, Oct 14  Emily Diep and Josh Chen, Best Dissertation Award Recipients 

  “From Surface Evolution to Electronic Design Automation (EDA): Plasma-Facing Materials to High-NA Lithography”
  and “TBD”  (Schiffman, Maroudas)

Sunday, Oct 19 - 21   ABET Visit


NOVEMBER

week of Nov 2   AIChE Meetings this week in Boston

Tues, Nov 4 VOTE (no classes at UMass)

Tues, Nov 11 Holiday:  Veteran's Day

Thurs, Nov 13   Alumni LecturesDavid Kaplan, Tufts University, "TBD"

& Friday Nov 14 Thursday, 11:30 in LGRT 201;  Friday, 11:30 in Campus Center 168C (Reception following seminar in 168C)

Tues, Nov 18 Faculty Meeting

Thurs, Nov 20 Seminar:  Michele L. Sarazen, Princeton University, 

    “Designing microporous catalysts to overcome material and reaction limitations”  (Jentoft)

Tuesday, Nov 25       Community Forum

DECEMBER

Thursday, Dec 4 Faculty Meeting

Tuesday, Dec 9 Community Forum 

Tuesday, Dec 9 Last Day of Classes

Wednesday,  Dec 10 Reading Day, Holiday Party at 12:00 pm in Amherst Room (10th Floor Campus Center)

Thursday, Dec 11 Extended DPC meeting

Thursday,  Dec 11 Finals begin

Wednesday,  Dec 17 Finals End 

Tuesday,  Dec 23 Grades due by midnight

Thursday,  Dec 25 Holiday: Christmas

Tuesday,  Dec 30 Holiday: Campus Closure Day

Wednesday,  Dec 31 Holiday: Campus Closure Day


JANUARY 2026

Thursday, Jan 1 Holiday:  New Year's Day

Monday, Jan 19 Holiday:  Martin Luther King Day

Thursday, Jan 29 First day of classes 


FEBRUARY

Wednesday, Feb 4 Last Day to Add/Drop

Monday, Feb 16 Holiday:  President's Day

Tuesday, Feb 17 Seminar: Rajamani P. Gounder, Purdue University, "Dynamic Interactions Between
Copper Active Sites in Zeolites During NOx Pollution 

Abatement Catalysis" (Fan)

Thursday, Feb 19 Monday class schedule at UMass

Tuesday, Feb 24 Seminar: William A. Phillip, University of Notre Dame, "TBD" (Schiffman)



MARCH

Friday, Mar 13 March Break begins after last class


APRIL

Friday, Apr 17 Monday class schedule will be followed

Monday, Apr 20 Patriot's Day


MAY

Friday, May 8 Last Day of Classes

Monday, May 11 Finals begin

Friday, May 15 Finals end and Commencement Weekend begins

Thurs, May 21 Final grades due by Midnight

End of May:  Qualifying Exams, Faculty Retreat



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Updated:  September 9, 2025
Amity Lee (lee@umass.edu