EVENTS

Join UMass students at the "Walk to End Alzheimer's" event this Saturday at Holyoke Community College, beginning at 8:30 AM to raise money and awareness for the tragic disease. Sponsored by the Alzheimer's Association and led on campus by Sigma Kappa Sorority. For more information go to www.alz.org!


Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction
This six-session program beginning Oct. 12 is said to have the potential to lower anxiety and depression, promote relaxation, improve concentration, raise self-awareness and enhance your immune system. It will be meeting Wednesdays from 4:30 p.m. to 6 p.m. and is available for registration until Oct. 12. For more information go to http://www.umass.edu/umhome/events/articles/137066.php

On Wednesday, October 19, 2011 from 12 p.m. to 5 p.m. in the Student Union Ballroom, UMass will be holding a Cannabis Colloquium, centering the topic around cannabis and cannabis users. Speakers will be visiting for certain hours throughout the day, including Erik Wunderlich of Mass Patients and Richard Cusick of High Times Magazine. For more information, visit http://www.umass.edu/umhome/events/articles/138386.php.