University Update Datebook

.JEWISH STUDIES LUNCH & LEARN PROGRAM

March 18, noon to 2 p.m., Assembly Hall, Campus Center.

“Between Piety and Fundamental-ism: Jewish, Catholic and Islamic Perspectives on Today’s Religious World,” with Rabbi Daniel Ornstein, head of the Capital District Board of Rabbis; Father Christopher DiGiovine of the College of Saint Rose; and Dr. Mokhtar Maghraoui, an imam in the local Muslim community. Mark A. Raider, moderator. Co-sponsored by Chapel House. Kosher luncheon, five-day advance reservation required: $10 per person; $6 for students with ID.

April 16: Dr. Piotr Pienkowski, Jagiellonian University, Cracow, Poland, on “Polish Responses to the Jedwabne Controversy.”

May 1: Dr. Arthur Brenner, Siena College, on “Anti-Semitism in German Universities in the Weimar Period.”

May 16: Mark A. Raider and Miriam B. Raider-Roth, UAlbany, on “The Romance and Price of Zionist Pioneering: The Plough Woman in Historical and Feminist Perspective.”

For more information, call the Center for Jewish Studies at 591-8514 or visit www.albany.edu/judaic_studies.



Skip navigation buttons
Home Page/ Front Page/ Campus News/ Features/ Sports/ Date Book

	March 14, Thursday Introduction to Dreamweaver 1 p.m., Interactive Media Center, Library. Learn how to use the tools on the object palettes and use the property inspector to create and edit a Web site. For more information, call 442-3608 or visit our Web site at http://library. albany.edu/imc/ classes.html. CETL Workshop 2:30-3:50 p.m., CETL Digital Workshop 2. Introduction to Using GIS Software for Teaching & 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. Einstein’s Birthday with Marcia Bartusiak 3-4:30 p.m., Science Library, Standish Room. Marcia Bartusiak, author of the award winning book Einstein’s Unfinished Symphony, will help the Science Library celebrate Einstein’s birthday with a talk on “Gravity Waves: the First New Astronomy of the 21st Century.” For more information, call 437-3951 or visit our Web site at http://library. albany.edu/science/WhatsNew_Winter_02.htm. New York State Writers Institute 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. March 15, Friday CSDA Colloquium 3:30-5 p.m., Terrace Lounge, Campus Center. CSDA has invited David Harris from the University of Michigan to present “In the Eye of the Beholder: Observed Race and Observer Characteristics.” For more information, call 442-4905 or visit our Web site at http://www.albany.edu/csda/colloquia 2.html. Economics Seminar 3:30-5 p.m., BA 130. Biung-Ghi Ju from the University of Kansas will present the paper: “Strategy-Proof Risk Sharing.” New York State Writers Institute “Yes Sir! Madame . . .” 7:30 p.m., Page Hall, 135 Western Ave., downtown campus. Screening of Quebec film “Yes Sir! Madame...” preceded by short “Crush.” For more information, call 442-5624 or visit our Web site at www.albany.edu/writers-inst. Flyin’ West 8 p.m., Studio Theatre, Performing Arts Center. From the pen of Oprah’s Book Club favorite Pearl Cleage, this moving play tells the story of a few of the thousands of black people who went west in the aftermath of the Civil War. Production runs 3/15-3/23. For more information, call 442-3997 or visit our Web site at http://www.albany.edu/pac/ theatre.html. March 17, Sunday University Symphony Orchestra 8 p.m., Main Theatre, Performing Arts Center. The University Symphony Orchestra will accompany UAlbany trumpet teacher James Morris in a performance of Haydn’s Trumpet Concerto and more. For more information, call 442-3997 or visit our Web site at http://www.albany.edu/pac/music.html. March 18, Monday IROW Faculty Seminar 10 a.m.-noon, Humanities 290. Dr. Zulma Barrios, vice president, Women and Diversity Leadership, Gallup Organization, presents “Building Women Leaders in the 21st Century.” For more information, call 442-5281. CETL Workshop 12:20-1:15 p.m., CETL East Seminar Room. Dynamic Classroom Teaching will supply you with some simple but very effective methods that can unobtrusively adjust your classroom method to reduce some common difficulties. For more information, call 437-3918 or visit our Web site at http://www.albany.edu/ cetl/workshop/seminar_spring2002. html#dynamic. IROW Workshop 2-5 p.m., Standish Room, Science Library. Dr. Zulma Barrios, vice president, Women and Diversity Leadership, Gallup Organization, conducts a workshop on “Building Women Leaders in the 21st Century.” For more information, call 442-5281. Language-Oriented Research Forum 1 4-5:30 p.m., Education Building 335 (3rd floor). “Three Perspectives on African Linguistics.” George Aaron Broadwell, “Branching Consistency as a Constraint on Amharic Syntax.” Mokaya Bosire, “The View from Within: The Case for Ekegusii Dialects.” Lee Bickmore, “H-tone Lowering in Chilungu: Phonological or Phonetic?” For more information, call Istvan Kecskes at 442-5030. University Band & Jazz Ensemble Concert 8 p.m., Main Theatre, Performing Arts Center. Music from “Rent,” “The Producers” and jazz classics. For more information, call 442-3997 or visit our Web site at http://www.albany. edu/pac/music.html. March 19, Tuesday Tuesday Policy Lunch 12:15 p.m., Rudolf Room, Husted Hall, Downtown Campus. Dr. Philip McCallion, School of Social Welfare, University at Albany, will speak on “What Aging-Prepared Means in the Capital District.” For more information, call 442-5244. Department of Chemistry Seminar Series 4:30 p.m., CH 151. Dr. Nadrian C. Seeman of New York University will present “DNA Nanotechnology.” For more information, call 442-4400. French Studies Program Film Series 7:30 p.m., HU B39. Le Confessional (Quebec) - 1995, by Robert Lepage, with Lothaire Bluteau, Kristen Scott Thomas, Patrick Goyette. For more details, see Calendar of Events. Janice and Theodore Fossieck Lecture Professor Carol Berkin of the City University of New York, at 3:30 p.m. in HU 354, on “A Brilliant Solution: Inventing the American Constitution.” Given annually by Department of History. Open to the public. March 20, Wednesday Forum on Hispanic Education 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m., Chancellor’s Hall, New York State Education Department. Keynote speaker will be Sarita E. Brown, president and CEO of the Hispanic Scholarship Fund Institute and former executive director of the White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for Hispanic Americans. For more information, call 442-4890 or visit our Web site at http://www.puertorican-studies. org/ ~ prsa/prsaconf.htm. Why Live Music Matters noon-2 p.m., University Library’s Cobb Room. Laura Kratt, executive director, Troy Savings Bank Music Hall, will discuss “Why Live Music Matters.” Sponsored by the Friends of the Libraries. For more information, call 442-3540 or visit our Web site at http://library.albany.edu/friends. CETL Workshop 1:25-2:20 p.m., CETL East Seminar Room. Preventing, Identifying, and Dealing with Plagiarism in Your Classes. For more information, call 437-3918 or visit our Web site at http://www.albany. edu/cetl/workshop/seminar_spring2002.html#plagiarism. UA-RPI Earth Sciences Joint Colloquium Series 4 p.m., Earth Science Room 232. Dr. Tim Lowenstein, SUNY Binghamton, will speak on “Variations in Seawater Chemistry over the past 600 MY: Causes and Influences on Marine Life.” For more information, call 442-4466 or visit our Web site at http://www.albany. edu/geosciences/semrcurr.html. Opening Reception at the University Art Museum 5-7 p.m., University Art Museum. Three new exhibits: Selected Works from the University Art Collection; Indian Arts of the Amazon: Selected Works from the Collection of June E. Hahner; Chords and Progressions: Works on Jazz by Wren Panzella. Exhibits will be on view from 3/20-4/21. Hours: Wednesday-Friday 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Saturday and Sunday, noon- 4 p.m. For more information , please call 442-4035 or visit our Web site at www.albany. edu/museum. New York State Writers Institute Stanley Kunitz/Marie Howe Reading 8 p.m., Page Hall, 135 Western Ave., downtown campus. Stanley Kunitz, twice Poet Laureate of the United States, and poet Marie Howe read from their work. For more information, call 442-5624 or visit our Web site at www.albany.edu/writers-inst. March 22, Friday Philosophy Department Lecture 3:30 p.m., Humanities 290. Professor Robert Van Gulick, Syracuse University philosophy department, will speak on “Maps, Gaps, and Traps: Metaphors for Understanding Consciousness.” For more information, call 442-4261. New York State Writers Institute “The Grapes of Wrath” 7:30 p.m., Page Hall, 135 Western Ave., downtown campus. Screening of “The Grapes of Wrath” (1940), starring Henry Fonda and John Carradine. One of director John Ford’s greatest films. For more information, call 442-5624 or visit our Web site at www.albany.edu/writers-inst. March 27, Wednesday UA-RPI Earth Sciences Joint Colloquium Series 4 p.m., RPI Science Center (first floor) Room SC 1C13. Simon Winchester, Author of “The Map that Changed the World,” will speak on “Is Geology Cool? How William Smith became a best-seller.” For more information, call 442-4466 or visit our Web site at http:// www.albany.edu/geosciences/semrcurr. html. University Update is published every other week during the academic year by the Office of University Relations, University at Albany. Editor: Greta Petry Art Director: Janet Topal Editor of Photography: Mark Schmidt Phone: (518) 437-4986 Fax: (518) 437-4990 http://www.albany.edu. email: Gpetry@uamail. albany.edu. News items should be submitted 14 days prior to the publication date to the Office of University Relations, University Administration Building, Room 212. Home Page/ Front Page/ Campus News/ Features/ Sports/ Date Book	.JEWISH STUDIES LUNCH & LEARN PROGRAM March 18, noon to 2 p.m., Assembly Hall, Campus Center. “Between Piety and Fundamental-ism: Jewish, Catholic and Islamic Perspectives on Today’s Religious World,” with Rabbi Daniel Ornstein, head of the Capital District Board of Rabbis; Father Christopher DiGiovine of the College of Saint Rose; and Dr. Mokhtar Maghraoui, an imam in the local Muslim community. Mark A. Raider, moderator. Co-sponsored by Chapel House. Kosher luncheon, five-day advance reservation required: $10 per person; $6 for students with ID. April 16: Dr. Piotr Pienkowski, Jagiellonian University, Cracow, Poland, on “Polish Responses to the Jedwabne Controversy.” May 1: Dr. Arthur Brenner, Siena College, on “Anti-Semitism in German Universities in the Weimar Period.” May 16: Mark A. Raider and Miriam B. Raider-Roth, UAlbany, on “The Romance and Price of Zionist Pioneering: The Plough Woman in Historical and Feminist Perspective.” For more information, call the Center for Jewish Studies at 591-8514 or visit www.albany.edu/judaic_studies.
		Rosner to Lecture March 20 Carl H. Rosner will lecture at UAlbany on March 20 from 5:45 to 7 p.m. in LC 2. The topic will be his youth and family experience in Germany during World War II and the Holocaust. The lecture, co-sponsored by the Jewish studies and history departments, is free and open to the public. Rosner recently became chair and CEO of CardioMag Imaging Inc. For more information, call the Center for Judaic Studies at 591-8514 or visit www.albany.edu/judaic studies.