Karin Rotem-Wildeman, chief research and development officer at Keurig Dr Pepper and a 1999 doctoral graduate of UMass Amherst, will deliver the 2026 Shirley and Ting-Wei Tang Endowment Lecture on Tuesday, Oct. 27, at 4 p.m. in Old Chapel.

In a joint email to all faculty and staff on Tuesday, October 13, Fouad Abd-El-Khalick, provost and senior vice chancellor for academic affairs, and Christopher Misra, vice chancellor for information technology and CIO, announced that a full backup of Canvas courses is now operational.

Written by Erdman, professor of dramaturgy in the Department of Theater, the presentation uses an “Illuminated Lecture” format, which weaves theater and music into an academic lecture.

The discussion, on Oct. 20 from 4 to 5:30 p.m. at the Integrative Learning Center, will explore how language, humor and irony can help people recognize and understand authoritarianism in everyday life.

Bump, assistant professor of English, will also present a reading of his new book “Don’t Stop Snowing” on Nov. 11 at Odyssey Books in South Hadley.

The survey of nearly 1,200 Bay State public school teachers, conducted by the UMass Amherst Center for Education Policy and the UMass Amherst Poll, also finds significant concern over students’ mental health and wellbeing, while their overall assessment of student engagement is high.

Bradley, area assistant director of Residential Life, will serve as a central resource for the association’s executive board, coordinating efforts to promote inclusion in the organization’s work and supporting related efforts across the six New England states and New York.

Two studies by UMass Amherst researchers show that a patient’s actual care experience can vary, and not just along the typical demographic lines that research usually investigates.

The event, which will take place from 7-8:30 p.m. in the Campus Center Auditorium, is free and open to the public.