April 5 -30
Miniature Books Exhibit, provided by the Universities Libraries Two Millionth Volume Celebration, will be available on the Garden Level of the University’s new library building.

April 19, Thursday
Market Volatility Concerns? A lunch seminar will be held in the Standish Room, new library at 12 p.m. For more information, call 449-9762.

New York State Writers Institute Visiting Writers Series presents: Opal Palmer Adisa, Jamaican-born novelist, at 7 p.m. in Campus Center 375, main campus. Free and open to the public. For more information, call 442-5620.

April 20, Friday
New York State Writers Institute Classic Films Spring Series presents: The Spiders, directed by Fritz Lang, silent with live piano accompaniment provided by Mike Schiffer, at 7:30 p.m. in Page Hall, 135 Western Ave. Free and open to the public. For more information, call 442-5620.

Distinguished Lecture in Public Affairs, with Jonathan Glover, on Psychiatric Disorder, the Reactive Attitudes and Social Policy at 3:30 p.m. in Humanities 345, followed by a discussion and reception. Open to the public. For more information, call John Kekes at 882-6056.

Division of Student Affairs, Department of Student Life and Disabled Student Services present: The 19th Annual Disabled Student Services Awards Luncheon, from 12 to 1:30 p.m. in the Campus Center Ballroom. R.S.V.P. by April 13.

April 21, Saturday
Open House for Admitted Students from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the Lecture Center Concourse. Undergraduate Admissions Office will host admitted students for the fall 2001 term. Campus tours, academic fair, and special topic sessions will be offered. For more information, contact 442-5435.

April 23, Monday
CETL’s Instructional Technology Workshop Series for Faculty, Staff and Teaching Assistants presents: Advanced Adobe Photoshop Workshop, from 3 to 4 p.m. in CETL LE-G12 Digital Workshop 2, new library. For more information, call 437-3920.

Computational & Applied Sciences Colloquium Series presents: Wlodek Zadrozny of IBM, Thomas J. Watson Research Center from 4 to 6 p.m. at CESTM auditorium. Refreshments will be served. For more information, call 442-3332.

EAP Presents How to Get a College Degree, for University employees, at noon in the Campus Center Terrace Lounge.

Free Seminar about the New York State’s College Savings Program at 3 p.m. in the Campus Center Assembly Hall. Open to the public. For more information call 1-888-NYSAVES or visit the Web site at www.nysaves.org.

UUP Albany Chapter General Membership meeting from 12 to 2 p.m. in the Campus Center Ballroom. Must R.S.V.P. by Thursday, April 19. For more information, call 442-4951.

The University Concert Band and The University Jazz Ensemble in concert at 8 p.m. in Genet School Auditorium, East Greenbush. Admission is free. For more information, call at 442-3997.

April 24, Tuesday
Natural History Lecture Series presents: Elephant Communication in the Atmosphere, with Michael Garstang, at 8 p.m. in Lecture Center 7, main campus. For more information, call 437-8705.

School of Public Health Spring 2001 Seminar Series presents: Newborn Screening: Principles & Challenges, with Kenneth Pass, from 8 to 9 a.m., East Campus, One University Place, Routes 9 & 20, Rensselaer. Free and open to the public. For more information, call 402-0330.

UAlbany Chemistry Seminar Series Spring 2001 presents: Asymmetric Synthesis Using Polyfunctionalized Chiral Building Blocks, with Frank Davis, at 4:30 p.m. in Chemistry 151, main campus.

New York State Writers Institute Visiting Writers Series presents: Alice Kaplan, literary critic and historian, at 8 p.m. in the Recital Hall, Performing Arts Center, main campus. Free and open to the public. For more information, call 442-5620.

University at Albany to Host U.S. Office for Human Research Protections Conference. Registration form and conference agenda are posted on the Office for Sponsored Programs Web site or in Room 312, Management Services Center. For more information, contact Bob Meci, research compliance officer, at 437-4564 or rmeci@uamail.albany.edu.

Distinguished Librarian Lecture with Meredith Butler from 3 to 4:30 p.m. in the Standish Room, Science Library. For more information, call 442-5373.

April 25, Wednesday
Spring 2001 Community Conversation Series presents: Charter Schools: Facts and Fallacies, with Sandra Vergari, from 12 to 2 p.m. in the Mary Elizabeth Cobb Library Conference Room B43, University Library. For more information, call 437-3931.

Earth Sciences Joint Colloquium Series UAlbany and RPI present: Rocks From the Core-mantle Boundary Region? with Jack Bird at 4 p.m. in Earth Science 232, main campus. For more information, call 442-4466.

WMHT’s 2001 Great TV Auction needs volunteers from the University to help out from 5:50 - 11:30 p.m. Dinners and beverages will be provided. For more information, call Kathy Perry at 437-4770.

An Evening with the Environment sponsored by Campus Greens, Graduate Student Organization, and Holly Sims of Public Affairs at 7:30 p.m. in Lecture Center 1, main campus. Free and open to the public. For more information, call 442-5268.

German Table: Informal luncheon for people at any level, with interest in German, at noon in the private dining room in Indian Quad. For more information, call 442-4997.

April 26, Thursday
History and Judaic Studies departments present: The Holocaust: Lessons and Legacies with guest speaker Steven Hess, survivor of Nazi-occupied Europe, from 4:15 to 5:30 p.m. in Lecture Center 23, main campus. For more information, call 442-4130.

The Institute for the Advancement of Health Care Management presents: A Discussion of the Implication of Crossing the Quality Chasm; A New Health System for the 21st Century, from 7:30 to 9:30 a.m., at New York State Nurses Association, 11 Cornell Rd., Latham. For more information, call 442-3913.

Take Our Daughters to Work Day from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. To participate, forms must be sent by Monday, April 23, to CETL, LE-G60 (new library building, Garden Level, 437-3920).

April 27, Friday
Department of Latin American and Caribbean Studies presents: Recovering the History of the Puerto Rican Diaspora in the United States, with Edna Acosta-Belén and Azara Santiago-Rivera at 12 p.m. in the Humanities 354. For more information, call 442-4790.

Art History/Film Studies Career Event Local professionals will discuss how they developed careers in film, art history, and architectural preservation. Refresh-ments. Open to all. 3 to 5 p.m. Fine Arts 126.

April 28, Saturday
The Science Library, University at Albany presents: Who Wants to be a Scientist?: Libraries and Information Services in Support of Science Literacy, from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. in the Science Library’s atrium. For more information, contact Gregg Sapp at 437-3951.

Friends of the Libraries Spring Outing at Saratoga Springs: Health, History, and Horses from 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. The public is welcome. Reservations required. For more information, call 437-3931.

Annual Spring Concert presents: Birds, Beasts, and Bugs, with the University Chamber Singers conducted by David Janower, at 7:30 p.m. in the Recital Hall, Performing Arts Center, main campus. For more information, call 442-3997.

May 1, Tuesday
Department of Biological Sciences Spring 2001 Seminar Series presents: Structural and Cellular Biology of Follitropin/Follitropin Receptor, with James Dias at 4:10 p.m. in Biology 248, main campus. For more information, call Al Millis at 442-4361.

Cultures of Conflict and Reconcilation English Lecture Series presents: Prison Intellectual and the Limits of U.S. Democracy, with Joy James, from 7 to 9 p.m. in the Chapel House, main campus. For more information, visit the Web site at http://www.albany.edu.

UAlbany Chemistry Seminar Series Spring 2001 presents: The Role of Flexibility in Protein-Protein Interactions, with Robert Oswald, at 4:30 p.m. in Chemistry 151, main campus.

New York State Writers Institute Visiting Writers Series presents: Ken Kesey, writer and hero of the counterculture of the 60s, at 8 p.m. in Page Hall, 135 Western Ave. Free and open to the public. An informal seminar will be held at 4 p.m. in the Recital Hall, main campus. For more information, call 442-5620.

Surviving the Money Crunch, a workshop provided by EAP from 12 to 1 p.m. in the Campus Center Terrace Lounge, main campus. For more information, call 442-5483.

May 2, Wednesday
Sociology Department’s 31st Standing Lecture: Sidewalk and the Problems of Ethnography, with Mitchell Duneier, at 2 p.m. in the Recital Hall, Performing Arts Center. Free and open to the public. For more information contact dlafonde@csc. albany.edu or call 442-4690.

Fora on Undergraduate Education Spring 2001 present: Developing an Outcomes Assessment Plan from 12 to 1:30 p.m. in Campus Center 375, main campus. For more information, call 442-3950.

German Table: Informal luncheon for people at any level, with interest in German, at noon in the private dining room in Indian Quad. For more information, call 442-4997.

May 3,Thursday
The University Libraries’ 2 Millionth Volume Celebration presents: Exhibit and Symposium Threads of Scholarship: History and Storytelling in African American Quilts, from 2 to 4:45 p.m. in the Mary Elizabeth Cobb Room, UL B43. For more information, contact dlafonde@csc. albany.edu, or call 442-3578 or 442-3592.

The University Council meeting of May 3 has been changed to June 7.

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The University Theatre Department Presents

Hedda Gabler
by Henrik Ibsen

Preview April 26 at 8 p.m.
April 27-28 at 8 p.m.
April 29 at 3 p.m.
May 2-5 at 8 p.m.

Main Theatre, Performing Arts Center, main campus.

For more information, call the Performing Arts Center Box Office at 442-3997.