![Cooper House with people conversing on the porch.](/system/files/media/2022_1104_Academic_Reception_MS_432_1200x800.jpg)
The Black Studies department was one of many to host a reception during Family Weekend. Here, faculty from the department gather with families on the porch of Cooper House on a gorgeous and unseasonably warm November day.
![Families and faculty at a reception at Cooper House.](/system/files/media/Photo_02_2022_1104_Family_Weekend_Academic_Receptions_1a_1200x800.jpg)
Faculty meet with families during the Black Studies reception: (top left, in red shirt) Rhonda Cobham-Sander, professor of English and Black studies; (top right, gesturing) Rowland O. Abiodun, professor of the history of art and Black studies; (bottom left) Michael M. Kunichika, associate professor of Russian and director of the Amherst Center for Russian Culture; and (bottom right, in pink) Rachel E. Bernard, assistant professor of geology.
![Families and faculty interacting at a reception at the Science Center.](/system/files/media/Photo_03_2022_1104_Family_Weekend_Academic_Receptions_2_1200x800.jpg)
Academic receptions at the Science Center (top left); Sheila Jaswal, professor of chemistry (top right, with arms crossed); Rebecca Hewitt, assistant professor of environmental studies (bottom left, seen in profile); and Katherine Sims, professor of economics and environmental studies (bottom right, with arms crossed)
![The exterior of the Science Center at night under a full moon.](/system/files/media/Photo_04_2022_1104_Science_Center_Light_Installation_MS_28_1200x800.jpg)
A light-based installation of STEM student research that combines data and graphics is projected on the exterior of the Science Center at dusk.
![A light-based installation of STEM student research displayed in the Science Center.](/system/files/media/Photo_05_2022_1104_Family_Weekend_Science_Center_Light_Show_1200x800.jpg)
A close-up of the light-based installation of STEM student research that combines data and graphics