Coming Events

In the Know
By: Danielle Pourbaix

As the leaves fall and the brisk autumn air moves in, students must find warmer ways to keep themselves busy.  Here are some upcoming events to mark on your calendar!

Saturday, November 1
Five College Africa Awareness Day: Research, Study Abroad, Internship Info.
2:00 pm
Cape Cod Lounge (Student Union)

Saturday, November 1 – Sunday, December 4
Art Exhibit: Of People and Places
5:00 pm
Fine Arts Center (University Gallery)

Sunday, November 2
Harvest Hustle 5K: All donations benefit the Amherst Survival Center
9:30 am
Student Union

Monday, November 3
Environmental Lecture Series: Building Green Communities
9:00 am – 10:00 am
Campus Center Auditorium

Wednesday, November 5
Campus to Career Program Seminar: Dump your landlord, be your own!
5:30 pm
Memorial Hall

Wednesday, November 5
New Films by Jordanian directors
7:00 pm
Flavin Auditorium - Isenberg 137

Thursday, November 6
Stein-Bayer Lecture Series: MIT Chemistry, Materials & Science Presentation
10:45 am
Math Lounge 1634 (Lederle)

Friday, November 7 – December 7
Art Exhibit: New England/New York/New Talent Emerging
Hamden Gallery

Saturday, November 8
Football vs. Maine
12:00 pm
McGuirk Alumni Stadium

Monday, November 10
Five College Renaissance Seminar
4:30 pm
Renaissance Center

Wednesday, November 12
Film: My Simple Story (Arab Cinema Series)
7:00 pm
Flavin Auditorium - Isenberg 137

Friday, November 14
Hockey vs. Boston University
7:00 pm
Mullins Center

Saturday, November 15
UMass Chess Tournament
9:00 am
Campus Center Auditorium

Tuesday, November 18
University Scholarship Information Night
5:25 pm
Memorial Hall

Tuesday, November 18
O.A.R. Headlines Campus Consciousness Tour (Ticketmaster.com)
7:30 pm
Mullins Center

Tuesday, November 18
Lecture by Jonah Lehrer, author of bestseller Proust Was a Neuroscientist
4 p.m.
101 Campus Center

Thursday, December 4, 2008
Performance: University Dancers’ Movin’ On
8:00 pm
Bowker Auditorium

Friday, December 12
Staged Reading: A Menace to Society (Presented by the History & Legal Studies departments)
7:30 pm
Curtain Theater

***Be sure to check out the UMass Arts & Events page as events are added regularly:
http://umass.edu/umhome/events/ as more events are added***