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October 5, 2006
- Student Bus Trip to the IBM Innovation Center
- IBM will bus students to the IBM Innovation Center in Waltham, MA for a set of presentations.
- Thu Oct 5, 2006, 2:00 pm
- IBM Innovation Center
- Proposal Writing Info Session
- Information Sessions will outline general information on preparing a grant proposal draft including formatting, evaluation criteria, common
reasons why proposals are rejected, and compliance for research with human
subjects.
- Thu Oct 5, 2006, 4:00 pm
- Campus Center 803
- 101 Uses for a Language and Literature Degree: A Personal Tour of Career Options
- Thu Oct 5, 2006, 4:00 pm
- Herter 301
- Andy Jaffe and Trio
- Internationally acclaimed jazz composer, conductor, and performer Andy Jaffe and his Jazz Trio will be playing as part of the Amherst Art Walk Block Party.
- Thu Oct 5, 2006, 5:00 pm
- Fine Arts Center Lobby
- Health Education Division Table on Eating Disorders
- Health education table to promote awareness and support knowledge on important issues.
- Thu Oct 5, 2006, 5:00 pm
- Berkshire Dining Commons
- Tai Chi Chuan & Internal Kung Fu at UMass
- Thu Oct 5, 2006, 6:00 pm
- Boyden Gym B-10
- The Women's Health Project Meeting
- Join the Women's Health Project as we invite Officer Lisa Kidwell to our meeting to talk about the Rape Aggression Defense (R.A.D.) program offered on campus.
- Thu Oct 5, 2006, 6:00 pm
- University Health Services (UHS) 302
- Dine With Us
- Enjoy multi-course, inexpensive lunches and dinners prepared by the Menu and Food Production Management Class.
- Thu Oct 5, 2006, 6:00 pm
- Howard Johnson Dining Room
- Games Night!
- Games Night at Student Union Billiards
- Thu Oct 5, 2006, 7:00 pm
- Student Union Billiards
- Presentation: The Field Guide to the U.S. Economy
- The economists of the Amherst-based Center for Popular Economics (CPE) are back with their smart and accessible style of demystifying heretofore hazy economic concepts.
- Thu Oct 5, 2006, 7:00 pm
- Food for Thought
- Peace Corps General Information Meeting
- Come find out how to apply for the toughest job you'll ever love.
- Thu Oct 5, 2006, 7:30 pm
- Hills (South) Room 287
- Visiting Writers Series: Poet Thomas Sayers Ellis
- Thomas Sayers Ellis is the author of the poetry collections and chapbooks The Good Junk, The Genuine Negro Hero, The Maverick Room, and Song On.
- Thu Oct 5, 2006, 8:00 pm
- Memorial Hall
- Film: The War at Home (1979)
- Interviews with people involved with and leading the Madison, Wisconsin area resistance to the Vietnam war.
- Thu Oct 5, 2006, 8:00 pm
- Flavin Auditorium - Isenberg 137 137
- Performance: Jazz Ensemble I and Chapel Jazz Ensemble
- Thu Oct 5, 2006, 8:00 pm
- Fine Arts Center Concert Hall
- Renaissance at UMass Amherst
- The UMass Amherst Libraries present “Renaissance at UMass Amherst” an exhibit of rare books, manuscript leaves, and illustrations from the Massachusetts Center for Renaissance Studies.
- Fri Sep 1 to Sat Oct 14, 2006
- Library, W.E.B. Du Bois Learning Commons, Lower Level