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March 15, Wednesday
Friends of the Libraries Spring 2000 Community Conversations presents: Dr. Charles Gehring of the New Netherlands Project, New York Library, will speak on New Netherland: Fact or Fiction? The presentation will be held in B43, University Library from 12 p.m. to 2 p.m. The public is welcome. For more information call 437-3931.

Holocaust Film Series in conjunction with the course Holocaust: Lessons & Legacies presents: Europa, Europa at 7 p.m. in LC 22. The series is free and open to the public. For more information call the Judaic Studies Department at 442-4130.

Applications due for 18th Annual Disabled Students Awards Luncheon. Send all nomination letters to Disabled Student Services by the close of business. Applications are available in Campus Center 137.

March 16, Thursday
Graduate Student Organization presents: A panel discussion of The Criminal Justice System and its Failure from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the Alumni House. Panelists are: Professor Frankie Bailey, Dr. Alice Green and Professor Jim Acker. For more information, call 442-4178. Refreshments will be served.

Japanese Fim Series presents: Village of Dreams directed by Yoichi Higashi. All films are free and open to the public and begin at 7:30 p.m. at Page Hall, 135 Western Ave.

University Performing Arts Center presents: Five O’Clock Shadow. Performance starts at 8 p.m. in the Performing Arts Center. For tickets and reservations, call 442-3997.

The Institute for the Advancement of Health Care Management presents: A discussion of the implications of To Err is Human, Building a Safer Health Care System; a report of the Institute of Medicine, Committee on Quality of Healthcare in America. The discussion is from 7:30 - 9:30 a.m. at the New York State Nurses Association, 11 Cornell Road, (Airport Park), Latham, N.Y. For more information, call (518)442-3913.

Tour of CETL Teaching Facilities for Faculty and Graduate Teaching Assistants, 2:30 p.m. Guided tours for faculty and teaching assistants will begin in the new library atrium just past the security desk and last approximately 20-30 minutes. Tours can also be scheduled by individual appointment.

March 17, Friday
New York State Writers Institute Classic Film Series presents:The Commitments, directed by Alan Parker. Based on the novel by Roddy Doyle, the film is about a rock band from the poorest area of North Dublin that decides to play soul music. The film starts at 7:30 p.m. in Page Hall, 135 Western Ave. Free and open to the public.

Department of Anthropology presents: Optimality Theory: A Paradigm Shift in Liguistics with Lee Bickmore and George Aaron Broadwell. All talks are held at 3 p.m. in Humanities B 39. Receptions are in Social Sciences 262. For more information, call 442-4700.

March 19, Sunday
The Music Department presents: Tomorrow is Today! by the University-Community Symphony Orchestra directed by Kirk Smith. The performance starts at 7 p.m. in the Main Theatre of the Performing Arts Center. For ticket information and reservations, call 442-3997.

March 20, Monday
The Music Department presents: An evening of band selections and jazz favorites by the University-Community Concert Band directed by Kirk Smith and the University Jazz Ensemble directed by David Hosely. The performance starts at 8 p.m. in the Main Theatre of the Performing Arts Center. For ticket information and reservations, call 442-3997.

Tour of CETL Teaching Facilities for Faculty and Graduate Teaching Assistants, 3:45 p.m. Guided tours for faculty and teaching assistants will begin in the new library atrium just past the security desk and last approximately 20-30 minutes. Tours can also be scheduled by individual appointment.

March 21, Tuesday
School of Public Health Spring Seminar Series 2000 presents: What’s All the Hysteria About Listeria? with Brian D. Sauders. Bagels and coffee are served at 7:45 a.m. with seminar following from 8 a.m. to 9 a.m. at the East Campus. Free and open to the public. For more information, call 402-0330.

UAlbany Blood Drive, sponsored by ROTC in the Campus Center Ballroom, from 11:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Call Lee at 442-0828 or the American Red Cross at 462-7461, ext. 806, to make an appointment. Walk-ins welcome.

Natural History Lecture Series presents: Butterfly Gardens with Judy Matthews. Lecture will begin at 8 p.m. in Lecture Center 7 on the main campus. Free and open to the public. 

March 22, Wednesday
CETL Partners in Pedagogy Series Workshops for Srping 2000: Introduction to PowerPoint a popular graphics program that allows you to make visually appealing slides, charts and Web pages. Workshop will be held in the Garden Level of the New Library Building LE G-02 from 2:30 p.m. to 4 p.m. R.S.V.P. for these workshops by calling CETL at 437-3920.

Breast Cancer: Women Making a Difference: sponsored by Siena College and Initiatives For Women at the University at Albany at 5:30 p.m. in Serra Hall, Siena College. To reserve a seat, call Lisa Veino at 782-6105 by March 20. This program is free and open to the public.

March 23 - April 16
2000 University at Albany Juried Undergraduate Art Exhibition
Works selected from among entries submitted from the entire undergraduate student body at the University at Albany. Juror: Randall Suffolk, acting director, The Hyde Collection, Glens Falls, N.Y . Opening Reception: Saturday, March 25, 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. 

March 23, Thursday
Japanese Film Series presents: 
Kishiwada Bad Boys, directed by Kazuyuki Izutsu. All films are free and open to the public and begin at 7:30 p.m. at Page Hall, 135 Western Ave.

Personal Testimony of a Holocaust Survivor: A lecture by Mr. Steven Hess from 4:15 - 5:30 p.m. in LC 24. Free and open to the public. For more information call 442-4130, Judaic Studies Dept.

The SUNY Albany Chapter of Sigma Xi: The Scientific Research Society presents: Searching for the Missing Link: A Report from Ethiopia, with Dr. Dean Falk at 8 p.m. in the Alumni House on the main campus. Free and open to the public.

March 24, Friday
New York State Writers Institute Classic Film Series presents: Jerusalem, directed by Bille August. The film starts at 7:30 p.m. in Page Hall, 135 Western Ave. Free and open to the public.

March 26, Sunday
The Music Department presents: Music for the Trumpet with James Morris on the trumpet. The performance starts at 3 p.m. in the Recital Hall of the Performing Arts Center. For ticket information and reservations, call 442-3997.

March 28, Tuesday
School of Public Health Spring Seminar Series 2000 presents:
Is There Room for the Renaissance Person? with John B. Conway. Bagels and coffee are served at 7:45 a.m. with seminar following from 8 a.m. to 9 a.m., at the East Campus. Free and open to the public. For more information, call 402-0330.

Natural History Lecture Series presents: A Long Walk North: A Personal Journey to the Geographic North Pole with David Golibersuch. Lecture will begin at 8 p.m. in Lecture Center 7 on the main campus. Free and open to the public. 

New York State Writers Institute Spring Writers Series 2000 presents: Nathan Englander, the author of the short story collection For the Relief of Unbearable Urges. The reading will take place at the Assembly Hall Campus Center on the main campus at 8 p.m. Free and open to the public.

Department of Biological Sciences Seminar Program presents: Conditional Gene Targeting, with Dr. Gerald Bothe at 4:10 p.m. in Bio 248. For more information contact Dr. Al Millis at 442-4361.

March 29, Wednesday
Tour of CETL Teaching Facilities for Faculty and Graduate Teaching Assistants, 12:30 p.m. Guided tours for faculty and teaching assistants will begin in the new library atrium just past the security desk and last approximately 20-30 minutes. Tours can also be scheduled by individual appointment.

March 30, Thursday
CETL Partners in Pedagogy Series Workshops for Spring 2000:
Introduction to Adobe Photoshop with Danny Goodwin of the Art Department. Workshop will be held in the CETL Digital Workshop, 2 LE G-12, from 2:30 p.m. to 4 p.m. R.S.V.P. for these workshops by calling CETL at 437-3920.

March 30 - March 31
The Intergenerational Living Conference presents: The New Amercian Village: Intergenerational Living for the Next Millennium, sponsored by: the Steering Committee of the Fort Orange Village. Register by March 23. For more information, call (518)442-3913.

March 31, Friday
New York State Writers Institute 
Classic Film Series presents: Dr. Mabuse: The Gambler, directed by Fritz Lang. The film will be shown with live piano accompaniment. The film starts at 7:30 p.m. in Page Hall, 135 Western Ave. Free and open to the public.

Japanese Film Series presents: 
Night on the Galactic Railroad, directed by Gilsaburo Sugii. All films are free and open to the public and begin at 7:30 p.m. at Lecture Center 18, on the main campus.

Department of Anthropology presents:
On Top of the World: Ethnoarchaeology and Gender, with Robert Jarvenpa and Hetty Jo Brumbach. Starts at 3 p.m. in Humanities B 39. Reception is in Social Sciences 262. For more information, call 442-4700.
 

New York State Writers Institute, University at Albany’s English & Judaic studies departments proudly present Henrietta Szold Woman of Valor Starring Eileen Schufer, Ray Bono and Lee Rausch Directed by Eleanor Koblenz At the Recital Hall, in the Performing Arts Center. Thursday, March 30, 2000 Saturday, April 1, 2000 Sunday, April 2, 2000 For more information, call (518)442-3997.