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Remember to wear your maroon and gold! Special 2007 Maroon
and Gold Day t-shirts are available at the University of Minnesota Bookstores.
| When | Zone |
| 10:00 am | 10-10:10 Alumni Band Kick-Off |
| 10:00 am | 10:10 Know Your U Trivia Contest |
| 1:00 pm | Know Your U Alumni on a Stick |
| 2:00 pm | Parade, mascots |
| 3:00 pm | Pictures with Goldy - Bring Your Camera! |
| 3:30 pm | How can we stop global warming? |
| 4:00 pm | Radio K live broadcast |
| 6:00 pm | Pictures with Goldy - Bring Your Camera! |
| When | Zone | Description |
| 9am - 3pm | Health | UM Physicians-Outreach Lab Present basic genetics information and examples of more common inherited genetic disorders (ie Factor II and Factor V Mutations that affect blood clotting). |
| 9am - 1pm | Science & Engineering | West Central Research and Outreach Center What role can rural Minnesota play in renewable energy? |
| 9am - 9pm | Public Engagement & Economic Impact | If corn gets too expensive, what else can we feed livestock? U of M, Crookston animal nutrition professor Harouna Maiga has discovered that mustard bran—the outer layer of whole mustard seed and a by-product of mustard milling—is a nutritious feed and a less expensive option than corn. This could be especially important as more feed crops are used for biofuels like ethanol. Ongoing: Play Trivia and Win - choose from the following topics: U of M, Crookston Open for Business What's in a Major Discover Minnesota Just for Fun Explore the U of M, Crookston, some of the unique characteristics of our hands-on applied learning, internship opportunities and more. |
| 9am - 9pm | Sports & Recreation | Athletics Special athletic ticket offers. |
| 9am - 9pm | Connect to the U | University of Minnesota Alumni Association |
| 9am - 9pm | Society, Arts and Culture | Minnesota Landscape Arboretum |
| 9am - 1pm | Renewable Energy & the Environment | Why use praire grass to make ethanol? Jason Hill will discuss the advantages of using diverse mixtures of prairie grasses as a source of biomass to make ethanol, rather than food crops such as corn and soybeans. |
| 1 - 5pm | Science & Engineering | Water Resources Center Why are lakes different colors? |
| 1 - 5pm | Renewable Energy & the Environment | How do plants affect climate? Emily Peters will discuss how plants affect the earth’s climate at various spatial scales. Climate is influenced largely by the exchange of energy, water and carbon between the earth’s surface and the atmosphere. Peters will show how scientists study these interactions, specifically focusing on an urban ecology project in Roseville. Peters will also discuss the implications of land use or land cover change, such as deforestation or urbanization, on climate. |
| 1 - 2pm | Public Engagement & Economic Impact | University of Minnesota, Crookston's mascot Regal Eagle |
| 3 - 9pm | Health | Center for Bioethics What’s your Spin? A wheel with ethical questions-spin, answer and win a prize! |
| 5 - 9pm | Science & Engineering | CFANS - Department of Agronomy and Plant Genetics Genetics to Genomics |
| 5 - 9pm | Renewable Energy & the Environment | How can we stop global warming? Reducing greenhouse gases in the atmosphere is the key to lowering the earth's thermostat, which is now turned higher than it has ever been since humans have inhabited the earth. By the end of this century, the world needs to be totally converted to neutral energy: solar, wind, hydro, geothermal, biofuel, and other forms that do not produce greenhouse effects. That will give the natural systems of the earth a chance to absorb excess greenhouse gases, as they have done for ages, and to ultimately turn the earth's thermostat back down. Clarence Lehman will explain the current climatic state and necessary future scenarios |
