The Gerald F. Berlin Prize is awarded for creative writing, prose or poetry, authored by UMass students, nursing students, graduate students, residents, and fellows based at UMass Chan Medical School, Berkshire Medical Center, Worcester Medical Center/St. Vincent's or Baystate Medical Center.
Submission Deadline: March 21, 2022
The UMMS Chapter of Gold Humanism Honor Society is having a Celebration of Creativity writing contest highlighting examples of humanism in medicine, and all within the UMMS community are welcome to submit!
As part of the Class of 2024’s initiative to make the class show more inclusive and representative of more student talent, we welcome you all to the first annual Class Show 2022 Art Exhibit. SOM students of all years have submitted paintings, drawings, poems, and photos for presentation in our art show. These pieces – some simple doodles and others intricate designs – represent artistic endeavors undertaken by students at some point during their medical school career.
The Lamar Soutter Library is excited to participate in UMass Chan Cares: Wellness Week 2021, happening October 25-29.
The Office of Student Life (OSL) will be hosting a Constitution Day event on 9/16/21 from 1PM to 2PM in the Sherman Center MPR – West room. They will be serving apple pie, asking Constitution trivia questions, and giving out pocket Constitution books. Brush up on your knowledge of the Constitution by going to the National Archives. Stop by for some pie and test your Constitution knowledge!
Wednesday, May 12, 2021, 6:30 p.m., Zoom Event
The HiM Committee of Lamar Soutter Library and Dr. Richard Berlin invite you to the award ceremony and readings of poetry and creative writings by fellow UMMS medical, nursing, doctoral students, residents, and Fellows. The Gerald F. Berlin Creative Writing Award is funded by a donation from Richard M. Berlin, MD, a poet, and Instructor in Psychiatry at the University of Massachusetts Medical School.
The Gerald F. Berlin Prize is awarded for creative writing, prose or poetry, authored by UMass students, nursing students, graduate students, residents, and fellows based at UMass Medical School, Berkshire Medical Center, Worcester Medical Center/St. Vincent's or Baystate Medical Center.
Submission Deadline: April 7, 2021
The Lamar Soutter Library is pleased to co-sponsor with Office of Student Life Project Civility, UMMS Diversity and Inclusion Office, and the UMMS student chapters of White Coats for Black Lives and the Student National Medical Association, a film screening and post-screening panel discussions of the documentary film Black Men in White Coats.
Reminder: MedMoth is back! Once again students, residents, and faculty will share their stories virtually THIS WEEK – THURSDAY OCTOBER 1 at 7:00 p.m. EDT. This is always a hit! I am sure there will be COVID stories. Come listen in on Zoom.
Fire and Wood, a pyrography collection by fourth year medical student Zach Michaels, will be on display in the library throughout the end of October. Zach is taking a research year studying suicidality before applying to a psychiatry residency. About his collection, he says: