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October 18, 2008
- Fall Open House
- The Fall Open House is a campus recruitment program for prospective students and their families.
- Sat Oct 18, 2008, 9:00 am
- Mullins Center
- Homecoming 2008 5K Road Race
- Start out the day with a short run to benefit the UMass Amherst General Scholarship fund.
- Sat Oct 18, 2008, 9:00 am
- McGuirk Alumni Stadium
- Sixth Annual Symposium in Plant Biology: Ecological Genomics
- This full-day plant biology symposium is entitled "Ecological Genomics: The Genetic Basis of Plant Adaptation."
- Sat Oct 18, 2008, 9:00 am
- Talks in Engineering Lab II, posters/reception on floor 10 of the Campus Center
- School of Nursing Annual Luncheon
- Have you seen the new home of the School of Nursing? Take a tour while you meet and mingle with your fellow classmates.
- Sat Oct 18, 2008, 9:30 am
- Skinner
- UMass Dining Welcomes Parents and Guests to Homecoming 2008
- Taste of Home recipes submitted from home will be featured in all dining commons for lunch on Saturday, October 18.
- Sat Oct 18, 2008, 10:30 am
- All Dining Commons
- First Annual UMass Amherst Homecoming Carillon Recital
- Enjoy the music of the Henry Vincent Cooper Memorial Carillon at the Old Chapel.
- Sat Oct 18, 2008, 12:00 pm
- Old Chapel
- Lecture: Will the 2008 Presidential Election Change Politics?
- UMass Amherst political science professor Ray La Raja discusses what to expect from the 2008 Presidential election.
- Sat Oct 18, 2008, 1:00 pm
- Campus Center 804-08
- DC Alumni Club - UMass Football Game Watches 2008
- Share your Minuteman spirit at UMass football "gamewatches" this fall.
- Sat Oct 18, 2008, 3:00 pm
- Penn Quarter Sports Tavern
- Football vs. Richmond
- Head coach Don Brown leads the University of Massachusetts football team into Homecoming action against the University of Richmond Spiders.
- Sat Oct 18, 2008, 3:30 pm
- McGuirk Alumni Stadium
- UMass Muslim Student Association Eid Dinner
- Come learn more about Islam and Muslims at the annual UMass MSA Eid Dinner to celebrate the end of Ramadan.
- Sat Oct 18, 2008, 6:00 pm
- Campus Center Auditorium
- Concert: Good Asian Drivers
- The Good Asian Drivers, a feminist-queer-activist duo featuring Melissa Li and Kit Yan, will be performing.
- Sat Oct 18, 2008, 7:00 pm
- Herter 227
- Art Exhibit: Petula Bloomfield's Laced
- Petula Bloomfield's paintings attempt to reveal both the transparent and opaque nature of the physical, emotional and spiritual experience of being human.
- Sun Sep 14 to Sun Oct 19, 2008
- Hampden Gallery
- Art Exhibit: Stephen Foley's In a Glass House
- Exhibition of visionary sculptures in the Hampden Incubator Project Space.
- Sun Sep 14 to Tue Oct 21, 2008
- Hampden Hall Incubator Project Space
- Art Exhibit: Sean Greene's Calligraphs
- Sean Greene’s paintings are rooted in the study of color. Bands of color evoke written languages like Arabic or graffiti.
- Sun Sep 14 to Sun Oct 19, 2008
- Hampden Gallery
- Art Exhibit: Nowhere Else But Here
- An exhibition in celebration of the 50th Anniversary of the founding of the Department of Art.
- Wed Sep 17 to Fri Oct 31, 2008
- Herter Art Gallery
