February 28, Thursday
Women’s Basketball at Vermont 7 p.m., at Vermont. Can’t join your Great Danes on the road? Listen in on WCDB 90.9 FM. For more information, call 442-DANE or visit our Web site at www.albany.edu/sports.

March 2, Saturday
Women’s Basketball vs. Northeastern 1 p.m., RACC. Bring your friends and family for the final women’s home game of the season. Can’t make the game? Listen in on WCDB 90.9 FM. For more information, call 442-DANE or visit our Web site at www.albany.edu/sports.

America East Conference Basketball Tournament 2:15 p.m., Boston, Mass. Ticket office, (518) 442-3310. If you cannot attend, listen to the game on SportsTalk 980, WOFX-AM Radio. For more information, call 442-DANE or visit our Web site at www.albany.edu/sports.

UAlbany Presents...”Dance by Chance” 8 p.m., Performing Arts Center Recital Hall. The Ellen Sinopoli Dance Company presents an offbeat evening of dance where a pick of the cards determines your admission price and audience members determine the program by a spin of the wheel. No two performances are ever the same! For more information, call 442-3997 or visit our Web site at http://www.albany.edu/ pac/uapresents.html.

March 4, Monday
Women’s History Month Lecture 2 - 3:30 p.m., Humanities, Room 354 Nobuko Oyabu, photographer with the Omaha World-Herald, presents Portraits of Survival: Faces of Rape and Sexual Abuse Survivors. For more information, call 442-5281.

Kenneth T. Jackson Lecture 7:30 p.m., New York State Museum Theatre, Albany. Urban historian Kenneth T. Jackson delivers New York Council for the Humanities Scholar of the Year lecture “The End of Sprawl: The City Beckons Once Again.” For more information, call 442-5624 or visit our Web site at www.albany.edu/writers-inst.

Festival of 20th Century Music 8 p.m., Main Theatre, Performing Arts Center. The Empire State Youth and Repertory Percussion Ensembles will be joining the University Percussion Ensemble, with special guest trumpeter Brendan O’Bryan. Admission is $5 general admission/$2 students. Ticket information can be obtained from the PAC Box Office at 442-3997. Visit our Web site at http://www.albany.edu/pac/music /02march4fest20centmusic.html.

March 5, Tuesday
Department of Chemistry Seminar Series 4:30 p.m., CH 151. Dr. Igor A. Kaltashov of the University of Massachusetts at Amherst will present “Protein Architecture, Dynamics and Function: Insights from Mass Spectrometry.” For more information, call 442-4400.

The Falconer Natural History Lecture Series 8 p.m., John J. Sullivan Auditorium, CESTM, 251 Fuller Rd., Albany, N.Y. Geoffrey Parker, Smithsonian Institution, will speak on “The Ecology of Forest Canopies.” For more information, call 437-8705 or send an e-mail to ann@asrc.cestm.albany.edu.

English Department Naked Lunch Lecture 12:45 p.m., HU 354. Branka Arsic, Department of English, will discuss “On Bartleby,” with a response by David Wills, Department of Languages, Literatures and Cultures. For more information, call 442-4093.

French Studies Program Film Series 7:30 p.m., HU B39. Le Fabuleux Destin d’Amelie Poulain (France, 2001,) by Jean-Pierre Jeunet, with Audrey Tautou. For more details, see Events Calendar.

March 6, Wednesday
CETL Workshop 12:20 - 1:15p.m., CETL Digital Workshop 2: Introduction to Using GIS Software for Teaching and Research. This workshop provides an introductory understanding of GIS software through demonstrations, handouts and Web site addresses for local GIS resources. For more information, call 437-3920 or visit our Web site at http://www.albany.edu/cetl/workshop/seminar_spring2002.html#gis.

Public Interest Career Fair 1 - 6 p.m., Campus Center Ballroom. Meet recruiters from the non-profit sector, government, and socially responsible businesses. Attend workshops and panel discussions. Visit www.albany.edu/cdc for full schedule and list of participating employers.

CETL Workshop 1:25 - 2:20 p.m., CETL East Seminar Room. Teaching about Race and Ethnicity in the 21st Century. This workshop will provide participants an opportunity to address some of the issues that are likely to arise when dealing with this topic. For more information, call 437-3918 or visit our Web site at http://www.albany.edu/cetl/workshop/seminar_spring2002.html#ethnicity.

CETL Workshop 2:30-3:50 p.m., CETL Digital Workshop 2: Introduction to Using GIS Software for Teaching and Research. For more information, visit our Web site at http://www.albany.edu/cetl/workshop/seminar_spring2002.html#gis.

Reading/discussion by Susan Rabiner 8 p.m., Recital Hall, Performing Arts Center. Literary agent and editor Susan Rabiner discusses her new book Thinking Like Your Editor: How to Write Serious Non-fiction and Get it Published. For more information, call 442-5620 or visit our Web site at www.albany.edu/writers-inst.

March 7, Thursday
Beauty 2002: An Illustrated Journey 7 p.m., St. Joseph Auditorium, 985 Madison Ave., College of Saint Rose National Women’s History Month lecture co-sponsored by College of Saint Rose, UAlbany Department of Women’s Studies, and IROW.

Seminar with Susan Bordo 2:30 - 4 p.m., HU 290 The author of Unbearable Weight and The Male Body will share recent research on the “science of beauty.”

Kosher Community Dinner 6 - 8 p.m., Dutch Quad Hillel of Northeastern New York. Kosher Community Dinner. Public invited. R.S.V.P. to 489-8573, ext. 21. For more information, visit our Web site at www.mycampusdining.com/albany.

Women’s History Month Lecture 7 p.m., College of Saint Rose, St. Joseph’s Auditorium, 985 Madison Ave. Professor Susan Bordo from the University of Kentucky presents “Beauty 2002: An Illustrated Journey Through the Innovations, Oddities, and Obsessions of Contemporary Culture.”

March 8, Friday
“Mon Oncle Antoine” 7:30 p.m., Page Hall, 135 Western Avenue, downtown campus. Screening of Quebec film “Mon Oncle Antoine,” twice selected by Canadian film critics as “the greatest Canadian film of all time.” Preceded by short “The Street.” For more information, call 442-5620 or visit our Web site at www.albany.edu/writers-inst.

Gone Fishing 11:30 a.m.-2 p.m., Patroon Room - Campus Center. Enjoy a fish feast without having to bait your own line! Lunch buffet includes soups, salad, a variety of seafood, vegetables, beverage and dessert. Only $7.50. For more information, visit our Web site at www.mycampusdining.com/albany.

Philosophy Department Lecture 3:30 p.m., Humanities 290. Professor Susan Wolf, Johns Hopkins philosophy department, will speak on “The Meanings of Lives.”

Conversation with Sorrell Chesin, Ph.D. Noon-2 p.m., Campus Center 222. Associate Vice President for Planned Giving will discuss tax and estate planning with Friends of the Libraries. For more information, call 442-3540 or visit our Web site at http://library.albany.edu/friends.

Women’s Studies Colloquium 2-4 p.m., CETL East Seminar Room, Science Library. “Gendering War and Nationalism: Making Sense of World Politics and Current Events.” Presenters: Naoko Ikeda, Eliann Rodriguez, Melissa Tacke (Women’s Studies undergraduates). For more information, call 442-4771 or visit our Web site at: www.albany.edu/ws.

March 12, Tuesday
Reading by David Grossman 8 p.m., Recital Hall, Performing Arts Center. Israeli fiction and non-fiction author David Grossman reads from and discusses his work. For more information, call 442-5624 or visit our Web site at www.albany.edu/writers-inst.

Department of Chemistry Seminar Series 4:30 p.m., CH 151. Dr. Irina M. Russu of Wesleyan University will present “NMR Studies of DNA Structure and Dynamics.” President’s Task Force on Women’s Safety 2-3:30 p.m., Page Hall Lounge, downtown campus. Open Forum sponsored by the President’s Task Force on Women’s Safety. Open to the University Community. Bring your safety issues and ideas. For more information, call 442-5204.

March 13, Wednesday
CETL Workshop 1:25 - 2:20 p.m., CETL East Seminar Room. Teaching Writing in the Digital Classroom. Kelly Carter and Dr. Hanifan will lead a discussion of creative pedagogical applications for electronic resources in teaching writing. For more information, call 437-3918 http://www.albany.edu/cetl/workshop/seminar_spring2002.html#digital.

March 14, Thursday
Reading by Paul Durcan 8 p.m., Recital Hall, Performing Arts Center. Celebrated Irish poet Paul Durcan reads from his work. For more information, call 442-5624 or visit our Web site at www.albany.edu/writers-inst.

CETL Workshop 2:30-3:50 p.m., CETL Digital Workshop 2: Introduction to Using GIS Software for Teaching and Research. For more information, call 437-3920 or visit our Web site at http://www.albany.edu/cetl/workshop/seminar_spring2002.html#gis.

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