Honors College Events

You can also view the honors events from last year.

• Wednesday, September 03, 2008 8:00 PM, Steinmetz Lecture Area
  Organizing the Honors A Cappella Group
  All honors students interested in A Cappella singing are encouraged to attend this organizational meeting. This will be the second year for this honors group and the first year for several performances. Those with moderate through virtuoso skills are welcome. For additional information, contact Trisha Hahn, the organizer of the group, by sending an email to honors@uamail.albany.edu.
  
  
• Wednesday, September 03, 2008 5:45 PM, Library B-14
  Order or Chaos: Tour and Explore the Library (1 hour)
  Special tour of the library for Honors College students. Get a head start and valuable tips on finding resources and navigating the University Libraries. This includes guidance available for project work and research papers, finding print and electronic resources both inside and outside the libraries, and a tour of the University and Science Library spaces. Understanding how the University Libraries differ from libraries you’ve used in the past will help you use your library research time more efficiently.
  
  
• Thursday, September 04, 2008 8:00 PM, Steinmetz Lecture Area
  Two opportunities for community involvement.
  Two speakers will introduce opportunities for honors students to become involved in the Albany community.  The first group is the Albany Alliance, a tutoring program that matches UAlbany students with students at Albany High School.  Tutoring sessions occur each weekday from 3:30-5:00.  There is significant flexibility in scheduling, although tutors are asked to commit to one afternoon a week for most weeks.  The #12 bus goes directly from Collins Circle to Albany High School, so transportation is not an issue.  The second program is GlamourGals.  This program provides makeovers to elderly women in residential housing for the elderly.  The makeovers are done by UAlbany students.  The older women have a terrific time and students and the elderly women report enjoying each other’s company.  Transportation is arranged by those attending each session, so it is not a problem.  Come learn about both programs and sign up for one or the other, or both.
  
  
• Monday, September 08, 2008 8:00 PM, Steinmetz Lecture Area
  Second-year Students Helping First-Year Students - Math and Physics
  This is part of our series of discussions between second-year and first-year students about being successful in honors and other courses.  Tonight will focus on mathematics and physics courses.  If you are a second-year student who took math or physics last year, come and share your knowledge of the ins-and-outs of those courses with our first-year students.  If you are a first-year honors student in math or physics, come learn what you need to know about success in these courses.
  
  
• Tuesday, September 09, 2008 8:00 PM, Steinmetz Lecture Area
  Second-year Students Helping First-Year Students - Chemistry and Biology
  This is part of our series of discussions between second-year and first-year students about being successful in honors and other courses.  Tonight will focus on chemistry and biology.  If you are a second-year student who took chemistry or biology last year, come and share your knowledge of the ins-and-outs of those courses with our first-year students.  If you are a first-year honors student in chemistry or biology, come learn what you need to know about success in these courses.
  
  
• Tuesday, September 09, 2008 7:30 PM, Steinmetz Lecture Area
  Meeting of honors artists with Professor Cumming
  Professor Duncan Cumming will be meeting with honors students interested in contributing some art work to his November performance of a series of piano pieces focusing on childhood.  Each piece will be accompanied by a poem and a piece of visual art.  If you are an accomplished or a budding artist who would like to contribute some of your talent to this concert, please attend the meeting. 
  
  
• Tuesday, September 09, 2008 4:15 PM, Library B-48
  Order or Chaos: Tour and Explore the Library (1 hour)
  Special tour of the library for Honors College students. Get a head start and valuable tips on finding resources and navigating the University Libraries. This includes guidance available for project work and research papers, finding print and electronic resources both inside and outside the libraries, and a tour of the University and Science Library spaces. Understanding how the University Libraries differ from libraries you’ve used in the past will help you use your library research time more efficiently.
  
  
• Wednesday, September 10, 2008 8:00 PM, Steinmetz Lecture Area
  Second-year Students Helping First-Year Students - Political Science, Business, and Economics
  This is part of our series of discussions between second-year and first-year students about being successful in honors and other courses.  Tonight will focus on political science, business, and economics.  If you are a second-year student who took political science, business, or economics last year, come and share your knowledge of the ins-and-outs of those courses with our first-year students.  If you are a first-year honors student in political science, business, or economics, come learn what you need to know about success in these courses.
  
  
• Thursday, September 11, 2008 5:00 PM, University Museum
  University Museum Tour
  Janet Riker, the Director of the University Museum, will give a special tour of the current exhibits to the honors students.  Meet at the entrance to the museum at 5:00.  For additional information on the exhibits, see: http://www.albany.edu/museum/currentshow.html.
  
  
• Friday, September 12, 2008 2:45 PM, Library B-14
  Order or Chaos: Tour and Explore the Library (1 hour)
  Special tour of the library for Honors College students. Get a head start and valuable tips on finding resources and navigating the University Libraries. This includes guidance available for project work and research papers, finding print and electronic resources both inside and outside the libraries, and a tour of the University and Science Library spaces. Understanding how the University Libraries differ from libraries you’ve used in the past will help you use your library research time more efficiently.
  
  
• Monday, September 15, 2008 5:45 PM, Library B-14
  Order or Chaos: Tour and Explore the Library (1 hour)
  Special tour of the library for Honors College students. Get a head start and valuable tips on finding resources and navigating the University Libraries. This includes guidance available for project work and research papers, finding print and electronic resources both inside and outside the libraries, and a tour of the University and Science Library spaces. Understanding how the University Libraries differ from libraries you’ve used in the past will help you use your library research time more efficiently.
  
  
• Monday, September 15, 2008 8:00 PM, Steinmetz Lecture Area
  Second-year Students Helping First-Year Students - Psychology, Sociology, and the Humanities
  This is part of our series of discussions between second-year and first-year students about being successful in honors and other courses.  Tonight will focus on psychology, sociology, and the humanities.  If you are a second-year student who took psychology, sociology, or a course in the humanities last year, come and share your knowledge of the ins-and-outs of those courses with our first-year students.  If you are a first-year honors student in psychology, sociology, or one of  the humanities come learn what you need to know about success in these courses.
  
  
• Tuesday, September 16, 2008 9:00 PM, Empire Commons EG3 Room 202
  Organizing the honors mentoring program.
  Meeting with third-year honors students about the newly developed mentoring program.  Open to all third-year honors students.  Thanks to Trisha, Leanne, Allyson, and Ann for the use of their apartment.
  
  
• Tuesday, September 16, 2008 7:30 PM, Steinmetz Lecture Area
  Second-year Students Helping First-year Students - The Humanities
  This is part of our series of discussions between second-year and first-year students about being successful in honors and other courses.  Tonight will focus on the humanities.  If you are a second-year student who took introductory courses in these areas last year, come and share your knowledge of the ins-and-outs of them with our first-year students.  If you are a first-year honors student in one of these courses, come learn what you need to know about success in these courses.
  
  
• Tuesday, September 16, 2008 7:30 PM, Steinmetz Lecture Area
  Second-year Students Helping First-year Students
   This is part of our series of discussions between second-year and first-year students about being successful in honors and other courses.  Tonight will focus on the humanities.  If you are a second-year student who took introductory courses in these areas last year, come and share your knowledge of the ins-and-outs of them with our first-year students.  If you are a first-year honors student in one of these courses, come learn what you need to know about success in these courses.
  
  
• Wednesday, September 17, 2008 8:00 PM, Steinmetz Lecture Area
  Honors Lecture: Professor Haugaard
  Professor Haugaard will lecture on one of the important psychological theories, Attachment Theory, and the implications of this theory for understanding close relationships across the lifespan.
  
  
• Thursday, September 18, 2008 8:00 PM, Professor Haugaard’s apartment
  Reception and information session for all fourth-year honors students
  Professor Haugaard will host a reception and information session for all fourth-year honors students in his Steinmetz apartment (#102).
  
  
• Friday, September 19, 2008 7:00 PM, Professor Haugaard's apartment (Steinmetz 102)
  4.0 Dinner
  Professor Haugaard will host a dinner for honors students who received a 4.0 last semester.  By invitation and RSVP only.
  
  
• Sunday, September 21, 2008 7:00 PM, Professor Haugaard's apartment (Steinmetz 102)
  4.0 Dinner
  Professor Haugaard will host a dinner for honors students who received a 4.0 last semester.  By invitation and RSVP only.
  
  
• Monday, September 22, 2008 9:00 PM, Steinmetz Lecture Area
  Deciding on Social Activities - First-year Class
  $750 has been allocated for the first-year class to spend on social activities.  This meeting will focus on creating a strategy to decide how this money should be spent.  All first-year honors students are encouraged to participate in this process.
  
  
• Monday, September 22, 2008 8:00 PM, Professor Haugaard's apartment
  Dessert Reception
   Dessert reception for students in Steinmetz 201 and 204
  
  
• Tuesday, September 23, 2008 7:00 PM, Professor Haugaard's apartment
  4.0 Dinner
  Professor Haugaard will host a dinner for honors students who received a 4.0 last semester.  By invitation and RSVP only.
  
  
• Tuesday, September 23, 2008 9:00 PM, Steinmetz Lecture Area
  Deciding on Social Activities - Second-year Class
  $750 has been allocated for the second-year class to spend on social activities.  This meeting will focus on creating a strategy to decide how this money should be spent.  All second-year honors students are encouraged to participate in this process.
  
  
• Tuesday, September 23, 2008 8:00 PM, Steinmetz Lecture Area
  Honors Travel, Summer 2009
  Katie Reed, the President of the Presidential Honors Society, will describe a possible trip to either Thailand, Egypt, or Costa Rica that might take place during May and June of 2009. Students in The Honors College, the Presidential Honors Society, and the National Society of Collegiate Scholars are eligible to attend this trip. Katie will be describing the possible itineraries and costs of each trip and will be gauging interest. Attend this meeting f you might be interested in one of these trips. If unable to attend and still interested, contact Katie at kr198718@albany.edu.
  
  
• Wednesday, September 24, 2008 8:00 PM, Steinmetz Lecture Area
  Research in the School of Public Health
   The School of Public Health provides the opportunity for students from many majors at UAlbany to conduct research with a professor.  In most cases, this research may serve as the foundation for a student’s senior honors thesis.  Professor Tennenbaum will describe the wide range of research areas that can be found in the School of Public Health and strategies for finding a lab in which a student can be a research assistant.
  
  
• Wednesday, September 24, 2008 9:00 PM, Empire Commons Community Room
  Deciding on Social Activities - Third-year Class
  $750 has been allocated for the third-year class to spend on social activities.  This meeting will focus on creating a strategy to decide how this money should be spent.  All third-year honors students are encouraged to participate in this process.
  
  
• Wednesday, September 24, 2008 7:00 PM, Performing Arts Center
  Annegret Baier
  This German-born percussionist who specializes in hand drumming presents African rhythms and songs played on a variety of instruments including the djembe, conga, kpanlogo, berimbao, kalimba and balaphone.  Meet at Professor Haugaard’s Steinmetz office by 6:45 and we’ll walk over together, or meet us at the PAC at 6:50.
  
  
• Thursday, September 25, 2008 4:15 PM, Library B-14
  Find it Here or There: Library Catalog, Databases, Interlibrary Loan, and WorldCat (1 hour)
  Where do you find access to scholarly resources? By using the library catalog, hundreds of databases, and other tools, you can find valuable research materials and other quality sources for your assignments. In this session you will register for Interlibrary Loan, search the library catalog, and determine the best ways to choose subject-specific databases.
  
  
• Thursday, September 25, 2008 7:00 PM, Professor Haugaard's apartment
  4.0 Dinner
  Professor Haugaard will host a dinner for honors students who received a 4.0 last semester.  By invitation and RSVP only.
  
  
  
• Thursday, October 02, 2008 9:00 PM, Steinmetz Lecture Area
  Honors College Musicians
   This is the inaugural meeting of the Honors College Musicians.  All honors students interested in playing instrumental music with a flair are encouraged to attend.  We will be working an several pieces by PDQ Bach, and we will first tackle Fanfare for the Common Cold (s. 98.7).  For more information on PDQ Bach, see http://www.schickele.com/.  The Fanfare is designed for trumpets, horns, and trombones.  However, keeping with the innovative nature of honors students, those playing any other instruments are strongly encouraged to attend and adapt the available music to their instrument (including strings).  Copies of the music are available just outside Professor Haugaard’s Steinmetz office.  Find the correct music for you, practice a bit, and we’ll meet tonight and put it all together.  (We will also search for a better name.)
  
  
• Friday, October 03, 2008 2:45 PM, Library B-14
  Find it Here or There: Library Catalog, Databases, Interlibrary Loan, and WorldCat (1 hour)
  Where do you find access to scholarly resources? By using the library catalog, hundreds of databases, and other tools, you can find valuable research materials and other quality sources for your assignments. In this session you will register for Interlibrary Loan, search the library catalog, and determine the best ways to choose subject-specific databases.
  
  
• Monday, October 06, 2008 4:15 PM, Library B-14
  Help! Literature Reviews, Bibliographies, and Style Guides (1 hour)
  What is the process for writing a literature review? This session focuses on general guidelines, organization, and types of literature reviews. With information on bibliographies, works cited, and style guides, you will gain information needed to complete your research paper assignments. Learn about tools available to manage and organize your research such as EndNote and Zotero.
  
  
• Monday, October 06, 2008 8:00 PM, Steinmetz Lecture Area
  Honors Lecture: Professor Zahavi
  Professor Zahavi will explore how visual, audio, and video technologies have enhanced the way we research, write, and produce works about modern American history and culture. His presentation will focus on radio, hypermedia, and video projects that he and others have worked on in the past two decades and will include many excerpts from works focusing on such diverse topics as the history of American communism, business and labor history, the Attica prison uprising of 1971, and several local and regional history projects.
  
  
• Tuesday, October 14, 2008 5:45 PM, Library B-14
  Help! Literature Reviews, Bibliographies, and Style Guides (1 hour)
  What is the process for writing a literature review? This session focuses on general guidelines, organization, and types of literature reviews. With information on bibliographies, works cited, and style guides, you will gain information needed to complete your research paper assignments. Learn about tools available to manage and organize your research such as EndNote and Zotero.
  
  
• Tuesday, October 14, 2008 , 
  Honors Lecture: Professor Armour-Garb
  Professor Armour-Garb will talk about a radical view on semantic paradoxes that he has recently proposed and that is receiving considerable attention.
  
  
• Wednesday, October 15, 2008 8:00 PM, Steinmetz Lecture Area
  Mentoring By and For Honors Students
  New in The Honors College this year is a program in which third-year honors students provide mentoring to first-year students.  The mentoring will be done in small groups, with one or two or three third-year students providing mentoring to a five or six or seven first-year students.  This will allow for a wider range of opinions and strategies from the mentors and a less-intense mentoring environment than can occur in one-to-one mentoring.  Third-year students will be in various locations in the Steinmetz Lecture area, based on disciplines.  First-year students are encouraged to attend and meet with the third-year students in their disciplinary locations.  First-year students are welcome to float from one location to another or to stay at one location.  Questions will be asked and advice will be given.  Each group will decide how or if they will meet again, for ongoing questions and advice.  This is a great opportunity for first-year students to take advantage of the experiences of the third-year students.  Groovy desserts will be served.
  
  
• Wednesday, October 15, 2008 8:50 PM, Campus Center Ballroom
  DebateWatch 2008
  The Political Science Department and Rockefeller College of Public Affairs and Policy, The Department of Communication and Rhetoric, the Campus Center, and the College Democrats and College Republicans invite all interested students, staff and faculty to join us in our 2008 DebateWatch.  DebateWatch 2008 is coordinated by the Commission on Presidential Debates; we watch the debates together and participate in small group discussions immediately following.
  
  
• Saturday, October 18, 2008 9:30 AM, near Professor Haugaard's Steinmetz office
  Honors College Team Enters the Heart Walk
  The Honors College's team participates in the Heart Walk this morning.  Support research combating heart disease by participating in a three-mile walk that will take place on the Harriman State Government Campus (which is right next door to UAlbany).  All participants will meet near Professor Haugaard's office at 9:30 this morning for some protein and a stroll to the beginning of the Heart Walk.  To join honors Heart Walk team, go here.
  
  
• Sunday, October 19, 2008 9:00 PM, Steinmetz Lecture Area
  Florescent Expression V
    Honors students Amanda Boyd and Melissa Trapani present our fifth open mic night.  Honors students play or sing music, read poetry or prose, dance, and display their other talents.  The evening is informal, the audience is supportive and kind, and the atmosphere is florescent.  A sign-up sheet for performers will be displayed on one of the windows in Professor Haugaard’s Steinmetz Office two weeks before the event, but you are welcome to come by and participate even if you do not sign up in advance. All honors students and guests are welcome to come by and support their friends as they express themselves under our florescent lights.
  
  
• Monday, October 20, 2008 8:00 PM, Steinmetz Lecture Area
  Honors Lecture: Professor Berg
  Many people think that personal computers linked together via the internet have changed the world.  The real changes have barely started.  Digital electronics have become increasingly small and inexpensive.  This is leading to the use of cameras and sensors in ways that would have been impossible just a few years ago.  We are starting to see practical robotic vehicles that can explore land, sea, and air.  In addition, inexpensive computing power and the ability to store truly amazing amounts of data mean that the data gathered by these devices, as well as just about anything else known about us, can be analyzed and scrutinized.  We'll look at several aspects of this.  What are the technologies underlying these changes?  What is driving the use of these systems?  What are the implications for our safety and privacy?
  
  
• Tuesday, October 21, 2008 8:00 PM, Steinmetz Lecture Area
  Honors Lecture: Professor Byrd
  Professor Byrd will discuss the conundrum of the information overload we all face:  The quantity of information is staggering. It was estimated in 2000 that if all human communications before the appearance of digital technology were transcribed and digitized, it would amount to a total of about 5 exabytes of data (an exabyte being a billion gigabytes).  At that time, roughly 1-2 exabytes of new data were being created each year. Every three or four years, thus, we produce more information than in the entire previous human history up to—let's say—1980s, and this production  increases exponentially. Moore's law, which predicts explosively accelerating computing capacity, seems in no danger of failing in the near term. Now the quantity of available information, both theoretically and practically, exceeds not only the sensorium; it exceeds the capacity of logic as representation. The sheer quantity of information escapes conception as a totality or even as multiple variations on holistic and organic themes.

   

  
  
  
• Monday, October 27, 2008 8:00 PM, Steinmetz Lecture Area
  Research in the School of Business
  Professor Smith from the School of Business will talk about honors students participating in research in the School of Business.  He will describe the range of issues that are being researched in the School of Business, the roles that students can have as research assistants, and how to locate a professor with whom to do research and eventually a senior honors thesis.  Professor Smith's talk will be aimed at first-year and second-year students who are beginning to explore becoming involved in research, as well as third-year students who are now looking for a research advisor.
  
  
• Monday, October 27, 2008 7:30 PM, Performing Arts Center
  University Concert Band
  This ensemble of UAlbany students playing brass, woodwinds and percussion presents a program of concert band repertory. Meet at Professor Haugaard’s Steinmetz office by 7:15 and we’ll walk over together, or meet us at the PAC at 7:20.
  
  
• Tuesday, October 28, 2008 8:00 PM, Steinmetz Lecture Area
  Honors Lecture: Professor Hildreth
   Professor Hildreth will describe the variety of ways that polsters and others predict the outcomes of presidential elections.  With a flourish, she will predict the outcome of next week's election.  Students are encouraged to bring their prediction for the election (which may or may not correspond to their desired outcome for the election) to the discussion, along with the strategies that they have used for making their prediction.
  
  
• Wednesday, October 29, 2008 8:00 PM, Steinmetz Lecture Area
  Research in Political Science and Public Administration
   Professor Asal from the Department of Political Science will talk about honors students participating in research in political science or public administration.  He will describe the range of issues that are being researched in these departments, the roles that students can have as research assistants, and how to locate a professor with whom to do research and eventually a senior honors thesis.  Professor Asal's talk will be aimed at first-year and second-year students who are beginning to explore becoming involved in research.  Students in other social science disciplines (e.g., psychology, criminal justice, sociology) will also benefit from Professor Asal's talk.
  
  
• Wednesday, October 29, 2008 7:00 PM, Professor Haugaard's apartment
  Planning the Third-Annual Dinner/Dance(Lessons)
  Come and help plan our third-annual formal dinner/dance. (This does not count as one of the seven honors events.)
  
  
• Thursday, October 30, 2008 , POSTPONED UNTIL 11/13
  Pre-law Advising POSTPONED UNTIL 11/13 SO AS TO NOT CONFLICT WITH THE HALLOWEEN PARTY
   The UAlbany pre-law advisors, Dawn Kakumba and Linda Scoville, will provide an introduction to our pre-law program, talk about law school, and describe strategies that future law students may want to take during their first years at UAlbany to position themselves for admission to the law school of their choice.  This program is designed for first-year and second-year students who are thinking about law school - including those who know that they will attend law school as well as those who view law school as a possibility.  Third-year students who have recently started to think about law school will also benefit from this discussion. 
  
  
• Friday, October 31, 2008 12:45 PM, University Library B-14
  Search and Rescue: Open Session With the Honors Librarian
  Need tips, suggestions, or ideas to stay afloat with your research or class assignment?  Drop in, bring your assignment, and spend some dedicated computer time searching for resources.  The Honors College Librarian will be available to answer questions, suggest alternative resources, and help you search and retrieve the materials as needed.  Twelve computers are available for your use in this room – no reservations needed.  (Drop in anytime during the hour.) (This event does not count as one of  the seven honors events.)
  
  
  
• Monday, November 03, 2008 7:00 PM, Steinmetz Lecture Area
  Appreciating Diversity
  Michelle Gonzalez, the first-floor RA in Melville, is organizing this program that will focus on appreciating the wide range of diversity among UAlbany students.  Dr. Nancy Belowich Negron, Assistant Dean for Student Affairs from the Disability Resource Center, will be joining us to facilitate the discussion.
  
  
  
• Monday, November 03, 2008 2:45 PM, University Library B-14
  Search and Rescue: Open Session With the Honors Librarian
  Need tips, suggestions, or ideas to stay afloat with your research or class assignment?  Drop in, bring your assignment, and spend some dedicated computer time searching for resources.  The Honors College Librarian will be available to answer questions, suggest alternative resources, and help you search and retrieve the materials as needed.  Twelve computers are available for your use in this room – no reservations needed.  (Drop in anytime during the hour.) (This event does not count as one of  the seven honors events.)
  
  
  
• Tuesday, November 04, 2008 8:00 PM, Professor Haugaard's apartment
  Dessert Reception
  A dessert with Professor Haugaard for students in Steinmetz 205 and 303.
  
  
• Wednesday, November 05, 2008 8:00 PM, Steinmetz Lecture Area
  Honors Lecture, Professor Newman
   The Hurried Child: Cross-Cultural Perspectives.  Professor Newman will present some of her current research on "hurried" children.
  
  
• Thursday, November 06, 2008 8:00 PM, Steinmetz Lecture Area
  Honors Lecture: Professor Zitomer
   Professor Zitomer will reflect on the state of one area of biological reseach in his talk: After a Half Century of Biomedical Research Funding, Where Do We Stand?- A Geneticist’s Perspective
  
  
• Sunday, November 09, 2008 , Performing Arts Center
  Capital Collegiate Choral Festival
  The University Chorale and the University Chamber Singers are joined by a host of area choruses, including those from Union College, the College of St. Rose and Schenectady County Community College, in this popular annual choral festival. Meet at Professor Haugaard’s Steinmetz office by 6:40 and we’ll walk over together, or meet us at the PAC at 6:45.
  
  
• Monday, November 10, 2008 5:00 PM, University Museum
  University Museum tour for honors students
  Janet Riker, the Director of the University Museum, will give a special tour of the current exhibits to the honors students.  Meet at the entrance to the museum at 5:00.  For additional information on the exhibits, see the muesum calender or the current show page  (this is a different exhibit than the one we visited in September, so it counts as a separate honors event — you can attend both exhibits and receive credit for two honors events).
  
  
• Thursday, November 13, 2008 7:00 PM, Performing Arts Center
  Reflections on Childhood
  Featuring narration by Jeffrey Cumming and art by Charles Martin, this program will include music by Mozart, Brahms, Amy Beach and Erik Satie performed by pianist Duncan Cumming, violinist Hilary Cumming and mezzo-soprano Fran Wittmann.  Meet at Professor Haugaard’s Steinmetz office by 6:40 and we’ll walk over together, or meet us at the PAC at 6:45.
  
  
• Thursday, November 13, 2008 8:00 PM, Steinmetz Lecture Area
  Pre-law orientation
  The UAlbany pre-law advisors, Dawn Kakumba and Linda Scoville, will provide an introduction to our pre-law program, talk about law school, and describe strategies that future law students may want to take during their first years at UAlbany to position themselves for admission to the law school of their choice.  This program is designed for first-year and second-year students who are thinking about law school - including those who know that they will attend law school as well as those who view law school as a possibility.  Third-year students who have recently started to think about law school will also benefit from this discussion.
  
  
• Tuesday, November 18, 2008 8:00 PM, Steinmetz Lecture Area
  Honors Lecture: Professor Armour-Garb
  Professor Armour-Garb will talk about a radical view on semantic paradoxes that he has recently proposed and that is receiving considerable attention.
  
  
• Wednesday, November 19, 2008 7:30 PM, Performing Arts Center
  Flight: A play performed by Robert Spaulding
  Simultaneously wrenching and deeply humorous, wholly contemporary yet steeped in American history, Sherman Alexie's hilarious and tragic portrait of an orphaned Indian boy recounts his travels back and forth through time in a violent search for his own true identity. .  Meet at Professor Haugaard’s Steinmetz office by 7:10 and we’ll walk over together, or meet us at the PAC at 7:15.
  
  
• Thursday, November 20, 2008 8:00 PM, Steinmetz Lecture Area
  Honors Lecture: Professor Gauss
  Che Guevara: Revolutionary, Martyr, Pop Icon?  How was one of Latin America’s most radical revolutionaries transformed into one of the most recognized icons in the world?  This lecture will focus on the efforts of Che Guevara to foster a global revolution during his lifetime, and the ways in which those efforts shaped U.S.-Latin American relations from the 1950s to the 1970s.  It will conclude with a discussion of how his image and memory have become an emblem of both revolutionary dreams and radical ‘chic’ consumption in the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries.
  
  
• Tuesday, December 02, 2008 8:00 PM, Steinmetz Lecture Area
  Honors Lecture: Professor Malbin
  Professor Malbin, who directs the University's Washington Semester Program during the spring semester, will analyze the 2008 Presidential election and provide some basic information about the Washington Semester Program.
  
  
• Wednesday, December 03, 2008 8:00 PM, Steinmetz Lecture Area
  Honors Lecture: Professor Golden
  
  Information and communication technologies (ICTs) have become integral to family life, and both shape and are shaped in the interplay between the discourse and practices of family members. ICTs are particularly important to family members’ abilities to manage work and family responsibilities while maintaining connections and relationships with each other. Yet while ICTs may free employees from the need to occupy a particular time and space while accomplishing organizational work, they also allow other organizational members greater access to the employee, with the potential for expanding the scope of work and displacing family interaction. Dr. Golden’s talk will offer findings from her own research and other scholars’, in relation to such questions as: What are the gendered implications of ICT uses? For example, how do men and women use discourse and technology to construct divided selves and enact dual presence? How are parents’ use of ICTs to manage work-life interrelationships influenced by their children’s use of ICTs? How do families construct ICT use for relationship building and maintenance?
  
  
  
• Sunday, December 07, 2008 3:00 PM, Performing Arts Center
  Holiday Concert
  The University Music Department ensembles -- the Chorale, Chamber Singers, Concert Band, Jazz Ensemble and Symphony Orchestra -- are joined by student groups -- Serendipity, Earth Tones and Angelic Voices of Praise -- for a concert celebrating the season. Meet at the PAC at 2:45 and sign in with Kirsten (the graduate assistant).
  
  
• Sunday, December 07, 2008 9:00 PM, Steinmetz Lecture Area
  Florescent Expression VI
  Honors students Amanda Boyd and Melissa Trapani present our sixth open mic night.  Honors students play or sing music, read poetry or prose, dance, and display their other talents.  The evening is informal, the audience is supportive and kind, and the atmosphere is florescent.  A sign-up sheet for performers will be displayed on one of the windows in Professor Haugaard’s Steinmetz Office two weeks before the event, but you are welcome to come by and participate even if you do not sign up in advance. All honors students and guests are welcome to come by and support their friends as they express themselves under our florescent lights.
  
  
• Monday, December 08, 2008 6:00 PM, Steinmetz Lecture Area
  End-of-Semester Celebration
  Snacks and other goodies to help celebrate the end of the semester (this event does NOT count toward the 7 honors events).
  
  
  
• Friday, January 23, 2009 2:45 PM, University Library B-48
  Order or Chaos: Tour and Explore the University Library (50 min.)
  Special tour of the University Library for Honors College students, including instruction on using the library catalog system.  Get a head start and valuable tips on finding resources and navigating the University Libraries:  save time, find scholarly materials, learn effective search techniques for the library catalog, and see the new library Web page.
  
  
• Tuesday, January 27, 2009 8:00 PM, Steinmetz Lecture Area
  Honors Lecture: Professor Rosellini
  Professor Rosellini will talk about some of his ongoing research in his lecture: Hypnosis Mythbusters.
  
  
• Wednesday, January 28, 2009 11:30 AM, University Library B-14
  Order or Chaos: Tour and Explore the University Library (50 min.)
  Special tour of the University Library for Honors College students, including instruction on using the library catalog system.  Get a head start and valuable tips on finding resources and navigating the University Libraries:  save time, find scholarly materials, learn effective search techniques for the library catalog, and see the new library Web page.
  
  
  
• Monday, February 02, 2009 4:15 PM, Unversity Library B-48
  Focus on Library Tools: Databases (WorldCat, JSTOR, Scopus, LexisNexis) (1 hour)
  By using databases and other tools, find valuable research materials and quality sources for your assignments.   Introduction to specific tools:  WorldCat (extensive catalog/primary sources), JSTOR (general search tips), Scopus (science and psychology), and LexisNexis (newspapers, law, statistics).  In this session you can register for Interlibrary Loan and determine the best ways to choose subject-specific databases.
  
  
• Wednesday, February 04, 2009 8:00 PM, Steinmetz Lecture Area
  Honors Lecture: Professor Pyles
  Professor Pyles, from the School of Social Welfare, will talk about the importance of community engagement and describe several ways in which honors students can become involved with one or more of the over 400 community agencies that have ties to the School of Social Welfare.  All community-minded honors students are encouraged to attend and learn how they can help the local community while learning in ways that no course can offer.  Internships and strategies for earning class credit for community engagement will also be reviewed.
  
  
• Thursday, February 05, 2009 7:00 PM, Performing Arts Center, Recital Hall
  Bacchiocchi-Brown Duo
  The renowned flute and guitar duo of Kristin Bacchiocchi and Joel Brown present works by Giuliani, Castelnova-Tedesco, Piazolla and more.
  
  
• Friday, February 06, 2009 3:00 PM, Recital Hall, Performing Arts Center
  Bob Gluck Rehearsal
  We will attend the rehearsal for Professor Gluck's Saturday performance.  Professor Gluck will talk about the music he will play and how a musician who presents a concern of improvised music rehearses.
  
  
• Friday, February 06, 2009 2:45 PM, University Library B-48
  Order or Chaos: Tour and Explore the University Library (50 min.)
  Special tour of the University Library for Honors College students, including instruction on using the library catalog system.  Get a head start and valuable tips on finding resources and navigating the University Libraries:  save time, find scholarly materials, learn effective search techniques for the library catalog, and see the new library Web page.
  
  
• Saturday, February 07, 2009 8:00 PM, Performing Arts Center, Recital Hall
  Bob Gluck: Music for Piano and Electronics
  Gluck performs a solo recital featuring a newly commissioned work by acclaimed composer Neil Rolnick and music by Teitelbaum, Mashayekhi, Kleinsasser, Gluck and others.
  
  
• Tuesday, February 10, 2009 8:00 PM, Steinmetz Lecture Area
  Honors Lecture: Professor Hamm
  Animal and Cannibal Trials:  What can trials tell us about the past.  Professor Hamm will describe how criminal trials in the U.S. provide an important window into the history and evolving culture of the U.S.
  
  
• Wednesday, February 11, 2009 8:00 PM, Steinmetz Lecture Area
  Honors Societies and Tutoring with Albany Alliance
   There are two parts to this honors event.  First: the University at Albany has chapters of several national honors societies as well as our own Presidential Honors Society.  During this presentation, local representatives of Phi Beta Kappa, The National Collegiate Honors Society, and the Presidential Honors Society will describe their organizations and the advantages of belonging to them.  Representatives of several discipline-based honors societies (e.g., business, psychology, biology) will be available with information about those honors societies.  Second: representatives from the Albany Alliance, a program connecting UAlbany with Albany High School will describe their tutoring program and the opportunity for honors students to volunteer one afternoon a week as a tutor (transportation is easy, as the #12 bus goes from UAlbany to Albany High School).
  
  
  
• Wednesday, February 11, 2009 4:15 PM, University Library B-48
  Focus on Library Tools: Databases (WorldCat, JSTOR, Scopus, LexisNexis) (1 hour)
  By using databases and other tools, find valuable research materials and quality sources for your assignments.   Introduction to specific tools:  WorldCat (extensive catalog/primary sources), JSTOR (general search tips), Scopus (science and psychology), and LexisNexis (newspapers, law, statistics).  In this session you can register for Interlibrary Loan and determine the best ways to choose subject-specific databases. 
  
  
• Thursday, February 12, 2009 5:45 PM, Garden level (ground floor) entrance to the Science Library
  Tour the Science Library (50 min.)
  Special tour of the Science Library for Honors College students.  Hear about services and resources available in the Science Library.  Learn about the Special Collections and Archives area.
  
  
• Monday, February 23, 2009 8:00 PM, Steinmetz Lecture Area
  Honors Lecture: Professor Haugaard
   Sex with my Parent? The Theories of Sigmund Freud.  Each semester, Professor Haugaard gives a lecture on one of the prominent personality theories.  This semester, he will talk about the theories put forward by Sigmund Freud.  Come and think about the development of your personality and why people are the way they are.
  
  
• Wednesday, February 25, 2009 8:00 PM, Steinmetz Lecture Area
  Senior Honors Thesis: John Conway
  John Conway, who will be graduating from UAlbany and The Honors College this May, with a major in business administration, will discuss the process he went through to find a thesis advisor and write a thesis, and will discuss the findings presented in his thesis. 
  
  
• Friday, February 27, 2009 4:15 PM, University Library B-48
  Help! Literature Reviews, Bibliographies, and Style Guides (1 hour)
  What is a literature review? General guidelines, organization, and types of literature reviews are discussed.  With information on bibliographies, works cited, and style guides, you will gain information needed to complete your research paper assignments.  Learn about tools available to manage and organize your research such as EndNote and Zotero.
  
  
• Sunday, March 01, 2009 9:00 PM, Steinmetz Lecture Area
  Florescent Expression VII
   Honors students play or sing music, read poetry or prose, dance, and display their other talents.  The evening is informal, the audience is supportive and kind, and the atmosphere is florescent.  A sign-up sheet for performers will be displayed on one of the windows in Professor Haugaard’s Steinmetz Office two weeks before the event, but you are welcome to come by and participate even if you do not sign up in advance. All honors students and guests are welcome to come by and support their friends as they express themselves under our florescent lights.
  
  
  
• Tuesday, March 03, 2009 5:00 PM, University Art Museum
  Honors Tour of the University Museum
  Janet Riker, the Director of the University Museum, will conduct a special tour of the Spring 2009 exhibit at the University Museum.  More information about the spring exhibit can be found on the University Museum website.  Meet inside the Museum at 5:00.
  
  
• Wednesday, March 04, 2009 4:15 PM, University Library B-48
  Help! Literature Reviews, Bibliographies, and Style Guides (1 hour)
  What is a literature review? General guidelines, organization, and types of literature reviews are discussed.  With information on bibliographies, works cited, and style guides, you will gain information needed to complete your research paper assignments.  Learn about tools available to manage and organize your research such as EndNote and Zotero.
  
  
• Thursday, March 05, 2009 8:00 PM, Steinmetz Lecture Area
  Honors Lecture: Professor Roberts
   Professor Roberts will talk about some of her current research in the field of journalism.
  
  
• Tuesday, March 10, 2009 8:00 PM, Steinmetz Lecture Area
  Honors Lecture: Professor Steinbock
  Professor Steinbock will describe some of her recent research, in her lecture: Designer Babies: Choosing Our Children's Genes.
  
  
• Thursday, March 12, 2009 7:00 PM, (note early time) Steinmetz Lecture Area
  Honors Lecture, Professors Iris and Ron Berger
   Historians: Social Scientists or Story-tellers? Professors Iris and Ronald Berger will review the history of history and debate this question.
  
  
• Friday, March 13, 2009 7:00 PM, Performing Arts Center, Recital Hall
  Two Piano Concert
  In a grand finale to the festival, Frank Glazer and Duncan Cumming will play great works for two pianos including "Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring" by JS Bach, Variations on a Theme of Haydn, Op. 56, by Johannes Brahms and Chopin's Rondo in C major.
  
  
• Monday, March 16, 2009 8:00 PM, Steinmetz Lecture Area
  Honors Lecture: Professor Broadwell
   Professor Broadwell will lecture on some of his current research: Does your language determine your emotions?
  
  
• Wednesday, March 18, 2009 6:00 PM, (note earlier-than-usual time) Steinmetz Lecture Area
  Fall Honors Courses
  Many of the professors teaching an honors course in the fall will give a brief description of their course.  There will be time for questions and conversations about the courses.  Professors will come either this night or tomorrow night.  Check the schedule later to see who will be at which presentation.
  
  
• Thursday, March 19, 2009 6:00 PM, (note earlier-than-usual time) Steinmetz Lecture Area
  Fall Honors Course Descriptions
  Many of the professors teaching an honors course in the fall will give a brief description of their course.  There will be time for questions and conversations about the courses.  Professors will come either this night or last night.  Check the schedule later to see who will be at which presentation.
  
  
  
• Wednesday, March 25, 2009 8:00 PM, Steinmetz Lecture Area
  Honors Lecture: Professor Lachmann
   In this talk, Professor Lachmann will discuss some of his current research: Death and the Times: Wartime Commemoration and Popular Opinion During the Vietnam and Iraq Wars.
  
  
• Thursday, March 26, 2009 8:00 PM, Steinmetz Lecture Area
  Senior Thesis: Whitney Sperazza
   Whitney Sperazza, a graduating senior in The Honors College, will present her honors thesis:  Silencing the Female Narrative: Elements of Folklore in Shakespeare’s Macbeth." Her project is about the witches in Macbeth respresenting a sphere of female power that was not socially acceptable during the time the play was written.  She will argue that the witches, using elements of old wives' tales, wield a masculine power in the play.

   

  
  
  
• Wednesday, April 01, 2009 8:00 PM, Steinmetz Lecture Area
  Honors Lecture: Professor Murakami
  Professor Murikami will present a talk on some of her current writing.
  
  
• Wednesday, April 15, 2009 8:00 PM, Steinmetz Lecture Area
  Taxes Finished? Then Relax and Make Some Balloon Animals
  Professor Haugaard will lead honors students in learning to relax, using guided imagery, and will then teach the important skill of making balloon animals.
  
  
• Thursday, April 16, 2009 9:00 PM, (note later-than-usual time) Steinmetz Lecture Area
  Senior Honors Thesis: Nasiratu Larry
  One of our graduating seniors, Nasiratu Larry (biology), will describe the process of completing her senior thesis and some of the results of her research.
  
  
• Sunday, April 19, 2009 8:00 PM, Performing Arts Center: Arena Theater
  Florescent Expression VIII
   Honors students play or sing music, read poetry or prose, dance, and display their other talents.  The evening is informal, the audience is supportive and kind, and the atmosphere is florescent.  A sign-up sheet for performers will be displayed on one of the windows in Professor Haugaard’s Steinmetz Office two weeks before the event, but you are welcome to come by and participate even if you do not sign up in advance. All honors students and guests are welcome to come by and support their friends as they express themselves under our florescent lights.
  
  
  
• Monday, April 20, 2009 8:00 PM, Steinmetz Lecture Area
  Honors Lecture: Professor Sayahi
   Professor Sayahi will discuss some of his current research on the languages of Northern Africa.
  
  
• Tuesday, April 21, 2009 8:00 PM, Steinmetz Lecture Area
  Honors Theses Presentations: Lana Bunning and Jamie Tedesco
   Two graduating honors students will discuss the process of writing their honors theses and describe the results of their theses: Lana Bunning (biology) Phylogenetic Analysis of CD4, CCR5, and CXCR4 in Human and Non-human Primates; Jamie Tedesco (business administration) Title TBA
  
  
• Wednesday, April 22, 2009 8:00 PM, Steinmetz Lecture Area
  Senior Honors Theses: Joanna Smith & Leann Lu
  Two of our graduating seniors will present on the process of writing their senior thesis and some of the results from their thesis: Joanna Smith (English) and Leann Lu (Public Policy and Management).
  
  
• Thursday, April 23, 2009 8:00 PM, Steinmetz Lecture Area
  Senior Honors Thesis: Lauren Nye
  One of our graduating seniors, Lauren Nye (English), will describe the process of writing her senior thesis and some of the results from her thesis.
  
  
• Monday, April 27, 2009 7:30 PM, Performing Arts Center, Main Theatre
  University Jazz Ensemble
  This mid-size ensemble performs popular jazz standards.
  
  
• Wednesday, April 29, 2009 7:00 PM, Performing Arts Center, Recital Hall
  Capital Trio
  In their second year in residence at the University at Albany, the Capital Trio will explore the piano trio repertoire from the classical period to honor the 200th anniversary of the death of Franz Josef Haydn. The program will feature trios by Haydn, his famous younger colleague and friend Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, and an early work by Haydn's most famous student, Ludwig van Beethoven.
  
  
• Thursday, April 30, 2009 8:00 PM, Steinmetz Lecture Area
  Honors Lecture: Professor Andrade
  Professor Andrade will discuss some of her current research in her talk: Why Teachers Mustn't Be the Sole Judges in the Classroom: Student Self-Assessment and Self-Regulation.
  
  
• Monday, May 04, 2009 8:00 PM, Performing Arts Center, Main Theatre
  The Sound of the Trumpets, the Roll of the Drums!
  A shared concert by the and and percussion ensemble of the University.
  
  
• Monday, May 04, 2009 5:30 PM, (note that time has changed to 5:30) University Art Museum
  Honors tour of the spring MFA exhibit at the University Museum
  Janet Riker, the Director of the University Museum, will give a special tour to honors students of this year's MFA exhibit - the annual exhibit of the work of students who will be receiving the Masters of Fine Arts degree from UAlbany in May.  Meet inside the Museum at 5:30.
  
  
• Friday, September 11, 2009 4:30 AM, Dr. Haugaard's Office
  Ball Room Dance
  Fun for all
  
  

For more information about this website or about the Honors College,
please call (518) 442-9067 or send email to honors@albany.edu.