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January 25, Tuesday
Department of Biological Sciences
Seminar Program 2000 presents: 
Dr. Frank Robb of the Center of Marine Biotechnology, University of Maryland Biotechnology Institute. Featuring Genomic Analysis of Three Species of Pyrococcus, Hyperthermophiles Growing Optimally Around 100oC. Hosted by Dr. Al Millis. Seminar held in Biology 248 at 4:10 p.m. For more information call (518)442-4361.

January 27, Thursday
Department of Biological Sciences
Seminar Program 2000 presents: 
Dr. David Mann of the Department of Plasma Derivatives, Jerome Holland Laboratory, American Red Cross. Featuring Antimicrobial Functions of a Novel Host Defense Peptide Derived from Human Lactoferrin. Hosted by Dr. Al Millis. Seminar held in Biology 248 at 4:10 p.m. For more information call (518)442-4361.

American Red Cross Blood Drive will be from 11:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. in the Campus Center Ballroom. For an appointment, call Corrado or Dave at 442-6525 or the American Red Cross at 462-7461, ext. 806. Please donate and help support the community’s blood supply. Sponsored by the College Republicans and Pi Kappa Alpha.

January 31, Monday
The University Senate Executive Committee meets at 3:30 p.m. in AD 253. Contact Madelyn Cicero at 442-5406 for more information.

February 1, Tuesday
Celebrate Black History Month
Lecture on Brown vs. The Topeka, Kansas, Board of Education: Its Implications Beyond 2000 by Dr. Gerald Patton, Deputy Director of the New York State Department of Education. Lecture begins at 4:30 p.m. in Humanities 039. For more information call Dr. Leonard A. Slade, Jr., at 442-4726.

February 3, Thursday
Celebrate Black History Month
Colloquy on the Black Family Dr. Marcia Sutherland and Dr. Sharon Parkinsons, Department of Africana Studies. Lecture begins at 4:30 p.m. in Humanities 039. For more information call Dr. Leonard A. Slade, Jr., at 442-4726.

February 4, Friday
New York State Writers Institute
Spring 2000 Classic Film Series:
All About Eve, starring Bette Davis and Anne Baxter. A wickedly entertaining story of backstage back-stabbing. Starts at 7:30 p.m. in Page Hall. Free and open to the public.

Celebrate Black History Month
Concert by The Black Apostolate Choir at 7 p.m.in the Recital Hall, Performing Arts Center. For more information call Dr. Leonard A. Slade, Jr., at 442-4726.

February 5, Saturday
Big Purple Growl & Ferocious Feast. 
Tickets are $15 for adults, $6 for children 7-12, and free for children younger than 6. RSVP by Jan. 27. Call the Alumni Association at (518) 442-3080 or check out the Web site , www.albany.edu/alumni/bpg.html. 

February 8, Tuesday
New York State Writers Institute Visiting Writers Series. Tina Howe, award-winning playwright, will present the Burian Lecture at 8 p.m. in the Studio Theatre of the Performing Arts Center, main campus.

February 9, Wednesday
New York State Writers Institute Visiting Writers Series. Tina Howe will read from and discuss her work at 8 p.m. in the Recital Hall, Performing Arts Center. Co-sponsored by the UAlbany Department of Theatre.

February 10, Thursday
Department of Biological Sciences Seminar Program 2000 presents: 
Dr. Carl Schmid of University of California - Davis. Featuring Transcriptional regulation of Alu RNA and its role in the cell stress response. Hosted by Dr. Al Millis. Seminar held in Biology 248 at 4:10 p.m. For more information call (518)442-4361.

New York State Writers Institute
Spring 2000 Classic Film Series:
Slam, starring Saul Williams, is a story of a Washington, D.C., prisoner whose life is transformed by poetry. Starts at 7:30 p.m. in Page Hall. Free and open to the public.

February 11, Friday
New York State Writers Institute
Spring 2000 Classic Film Series:
The star of Slam, Saul Williams, along with Sonia Sanchez, will read from his work. Starts at 7 p.m. in Page Hall as part of the Black Arts & Hip Hop Conference being sponsored by the Albany State University Black Alliance.
For a complete listing and registration information, call ASUBA at (518) 442-5678 or visit its Web Site at: www.angelfire.com/biz5/conference. 

February 11-April 23
American Folk Art from the Metropolitan Museum of Art at the New York State Museum. Works by Rufus Hathaway, Edward Hicks, Joshua Johnson and Ammi Phillips will be featured. The exhibition in the West Gallery is the third installment in the Fleet Great Art Exhibition and Education Program. The State Museum, located on Madison Avenue, is open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. For more information, call (518) 474-5877.

February 15, Tuesday
Author and lecturer Dr. Ruth Westheimer will speak at 8 p.m. in the Campus Center Ballroom as part of Sexuality Week 2000 Educational Programs. Westheimer has taught at Cornell and Columbia University and is currently an adjunct associate professor at New York University. Seventeenth Annual Sexuality Week (Feb. 8-15). Call 442-5800 for more information. Reception and book signing after the talk.

Celebrate Black History Month
Dr. Lillian Serece Williams, Women’s Studies Department, reads from her new book, Strangers in the Land of Paradise: The Creation of an African-American Community in Buffalo, New York, 1900-1940. The reading begins at 4:30 p.m. in Humanities 039. For more information call Dr. Leonard A. Slade, Jr., at 442-4726.

February 16, Wednesday
Moving or Living Off-Campus? 
Off-Campus Awareness Day from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the main lobby of the Campus Center. Sponsored by the Office of Personal Safety & Off-Campus Affairs.
 

Persuasive Images: Selected Works from the Art Collections at the University at Albany January 25 through March 3, 2000 Curated by Corinna Ripps Schaming Opening Reception: Monday, Jan. 31, 5-7:30 p.m. This is the first comprehensive look at the collections of the University at Albany Art Museum in its 30-year history. Curated from more than 3,000 works of contemporary art, Persuasive Images will feature prints, drawings, photographs, and artists’ books by 40 artists. Most of the works selected are on public view for the first time. Spearheaded by the University Art Museum’s director, Marijo Dougherty, this exhibition is part of the museum’s ongoing mission to make the University’s permanent collection more accessible to students and to the community and to further its potential for scholarly and curatorial exploration. Persuasive Images is curated by museum staff member Corinna Ripps Schaming. The exhibition reflects the museum’s interest in highlighting some of the most visually persuasive and culturally loaded works in the University’s collections.  An illustrated catalog with two curatorial essays is available upon request. The exhibition is funded in part by the University at Albany Foundation. For further information please call Corinna Ripps Schaming at (518) 442-4038 or e-mail her at Corinna@cnsvax.albany.edu.

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