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October 2, 2008
- Lecture: Brian Burke, Anaheim Ducks Executive VP and General Manager
- Brian Burke, Anaheim Ducks Executive VP and General Manager will be guest lecturing at the Isenberg School of Management.
- Thu Oct 2, 2008, 9:30 am
- Flavin Auditorium - Isenberg 137
- Tang Lecture: Cellular Communication - What a Ride!
- Roberto Padovani, Ph.D. will deliver the ninth annual Tang Lecture, presented by the College of Engineering at UMass Amherst.
- Thu Oct 2, 2008, 3:00 pm
- Campus Center 11th Floor, Marriott Center
- Lecture: What Price Immortality? From Indulgences to Cryogenics: The Cost of Eternal Life
- Please join the Department of History for a panel discussion as part of the ongoing Feinberg Lecture Series.
- Thu Oct 2, 2008, 4:00 pm
- Herter 601
- 7th Annual Freeman Lecture: Larry Solan, "Law, Language and the Modular Mind"
- A public lecture on the relationship between language and the law by Professor Larry Solan, Brooklyn Law School.
- Thu Oct 2, 2008, 4:00 pm
- Herter 227
- Environmental Lecture Series: Building Green Communities
- Patrick Condon, Professor and James Taylor Chair in Landscape and Liveable Environments at the University of British Columbia, will speak.
- Thu Oct 2, 2008, 4:00 pm
- Hills (North) Procopio Room
- Panel: Racial Conflict and Transformation in South Africa
- This multi-disciplinary panel will explore challenges and progress in post-apartheid South Africa.
- Thu Oct 2, 2008, 5:30 pm
- Campus Center 163C
- Jazz Ensemble I and Chapel Jazz
- Two of UMass Amherst's best jazz ensembles, directed by Jeffrey W. Holmes & Paul Lieberman.
- Thu Oct 2, 2008, 8:00 pm
- Bowker Auditorium
- Fiction Reading: Heidi Julavits
- As part of the Visiting Writers Series, author Heidi Julavits gives a reading from her work.
- Thu Oct 2, 2008, 8:00 pm
- Memorial Hall
- Women and the Vote: Use It or Lose It!*
- How will the up-coming Presidential election affect the lives of women? How will it impact your life? Are you registered to vote?
(*Your Political Power!)
- Thu Oct 2, 2008
- Campus Center 917
- 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: 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: 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: 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
- Art Exhibit: Of People and Places
- Bringing together for the first time the work of seven international artists working in the field of photography.
- Wed Sep 24 to Sun Dec 14, 2008
- Fine Arts Center - University Gallery
- Art Exhibit: Sermons and Serenades
- Ellen Eisenman and Marianetta Porter use photography, sculpture, and mixed media to mine history, materials, and imagery as they transform resources into new expressions of power and promise.
- Wed Sep 24 to Wed Oct 15, 2008
- Augusta Savage Gallery
