SEPTEMBER 2026

Tuesday, Sep 8 First day of classes

Tuesday, Sept 22 Seminar: Matthew Helgeson, UC Santa Barbara (Host: Linot)
"Data-driven methods to accelerate soft (bio)materials formulation and processing” 

Thursday, Sept 24 Seminar (Alumni Lectures): Yannis Kevrekidis, John Hopkins

Friday, Sept 25 Seminar (Alumni Lectures): Yannis Kevrekidis, John Hopkins

Tuesday, Sept 29 UMass-3M Diversity in STEM Seminar: TBD

OCTOBER

Tuesday, Oct 6 Seminar: Abdoulaye (Abdul) Djire, Texas A&M (Host: Zagalskaya)

Monday, Oct 12 Indigenous People's Day

Tuesday, Oct 13 Seminar: Kannan Rangaramanujam, John Hopkins School of Medicine (Host Kulkarni)
“Development and translation of cell-targeted systemic dendrimer precision nanomedicines”

Tuesday, Oct 20 Seminar: TBD

Tuesday, Oct 27 4 pm, Tang Lecture, Karin Rotem, Chief R&D, Keurig Dr Pepper

NOVEMBER

Tuesday, Nov 3 Election Day, no classes

Wednesday, Nov 4 Last day to drop with a 'W'

Week of Nov 8 AIChE National Meetings in Minneapolis, MN

Wednesday, Nov 11 Veteran's Day

Tuesday, Nov 17 Seminar: Gang Wu, Washington University (Host: Wu)

“Single-Metal-Site Catalysts for Sustainable Hydrogen Energy: History, Present, and Future”

Tuesday, Nov 24 Wednesday class schedule at UMass

  (Break begins after last class)

Wednesday, Nov 25 No classes

Thursday, Nov 26 Thanksgiving

DECEMBER

Tuesday, Dec 1 Community Forum

Tuesday, Dec 8 Community Forum

Tuesday, Dec 8 Seminar: Alexandra Bayles, University of Delaware (Host: Beltramo)

Tuesday, Dec 15 Last day of classes

Wednesday, Dec 16 4 pm, Department Holiday Party

Wednesday, Dec 16 Reading Day

Thursday, Dec 17 Finals begin

Wednesday, Dec 23 Finals end

Tuesday, Dec 29 Grades due by 11:59 pm

Wed/Th, Dec 30 & 31 Campus Closure Days

JANUARY 2027

Friday, Jan 1 New Year's Day

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Updated:  August 5, 2026
Maria Wallace (wallace@ecs.umass.edu) manages the schedule, Amity Lee (lee@umass.edu) updates this web page.