Save the date for SUMASA's end of semester party on Friday, November 30th at Elmo in Chelsea. Kick off holiday party season, take a break, and blow off some steam with your SUMA friends as finals and project deadlines approach! There will be $5 beer and wine and a limited food menu including apps and burgers, and SUMA's own Jeremy Capungcol will be spinning tunes, so make sure you put your dancing shoes on!

SUMASA is organizing a ski trip for the weekend of January 25th through the 27th. We have been looking into a number of properties, and found a great one close to Killington Mountain in Vermont. The cost of the trip will be roughly $225, including transportation, lodging, breakfast & dinners, and booze. Lift tickets and rentals will be separate, but no worries we are currently in talks with Killington to receive a group discount on these items. Additionally, if you have a vehicle and are willing to drive up to Killington, this will reduce your costs, and potentially the entire trips costs. Read more to RSVP!

This week is early registration for classes, so we'll be using the first hour of this week's happy hour to help you learn more about classes -- with Course Speed Dating! Each participant will be given a name tag on which to write the courses they have taken. Then you'll be paired up, and given 5 minute rotations with each person to discuss the classes you've taken or are interested in taking. Please try to arrive promptly, so we can start the festivities together!

The Arctic is responding to climate change faster and more intensely than the rest of the planet, with diverse and far-reaching impacts. During this public event, Arctic specialists will present and discuss some of the most significant ways in which the Arctic is changing, focusing primarily on diminishing sea ice and melting permafrost, feedbacks on climate, and consequences for marine mammals, tundra plants and animals, and indigenous peoples of the Arctic.