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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.

Department of Biological Sciences Seminar Program Spring 2000 presents: Inactivation of Voltage-Gated Na+ Channel Isoforms: Structure-Function Studies with Chimeras and Point Mutations, with John O’Reilly, in  Bio-logy 248A, on the main campus at 4:10 p.m. For more information, contact  Sho-Ya Wang at (518) 442-4355.

The Archeological Institute of America and the Department of Classics present: Arthur Evans, the Palace of Minos at Knossos and the Dawn of European Civilization, with John K. Papadopouolos at 8 p.m. in Humanities 354 on the main campus. Free and open to the public. For more information, call 442-4048.

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.

Reservations due for the Friends of the Libraries April 14 Nearby and Notable Outing to the Albany International plant in East Greenbush. For reservation information, call Dorothy Christiansen at 437-3931, or send e-mail to her at dchris@cnsvax.albany.edu.

Department of Biological Sciences Seminar Program 2000 presents: History, Stability, and Rarity among Trees in a Puerto Rican Forest, with Nicholas Brokaw at 12:20 p.m. in Biology 248.

Movie Night: Miss Evers’ Boys, based on a true story, at 6:30 p.m. at the School of Public Health auditorium, East Campus. Donation $4, fund-raiser on behalf of  2000 Graduation Committee. Call Phyllis Light at 402-0339 for more information.

March 31 - April 1
The Academic Freedom Conference: Old Challenges and New, sponsored by the SUNY Faculty Senate. The conference will begin with registration at 12:30 p.m. on Friday, March 31, on the main campus. 

March 30, April 1 & 2
New York State Writers Institute, University at Albany’s English & Judaic studies departments proudly present: Henrietta Szold,Woman of Valor directed by Eleanor Koblenz at the Recital Hall, in the Performing Arts Center. For more information, call (518) 442-3997.

April 1, Saturday
Open House for Admitted Students at the Lecture Center concourse, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. The Undergraduate Admissions Office will host admitted students for the fall 2000 term. For more information, call 442-5435.

April 4, Tuesday
Department of Biological Sciences Seminar Program Spring 2000 presents:Genomic Analysis of Three Species of Pyrococcus, Hyperthermophiles Growing Optimally Around 100 Degrees Celsius, with Frank Robb in Biology  248A, on the main campus at 4:10 p.m. For more information, contact Al Millis  at (518) 442-4361.

University Counseling Center presents: Chris Kilmartin in a one-man play, Crimes Against Nature, at 8 p.m. in the Campus Center Ballroom. Kilmartin is an expert on men’s issues and author of The Masculine Self. 

The School of Education Alumni Association and the School of Education present: Parental Roles in Education: Mixed Messages at 4 p.m. in the Alumni Conference Center. Reception, 5 p.m. R.S.V.P. by March 29. For more information, call 442-4985.

New York State Writers Institute Classic Film Series presents: a double feature of the works of Elmore Leonard. The Tall T, directed by Bud Boetticher, and Get Shorty, directed by Barry Sonnenfeld, at 7:30 p.m. in Page Hall, 135 Western Ave. Free and open to the public.

Natural History Lecture Series presents: The State of the Hudson River, with Fred LeBrun at 8 p.m. in Lecture Center 7 on the main campus. 

School of Public Health Spring Seminar Series 2000 presents: Physician Strategies for Adapting to Managed Care with Bruce Bagley from 8-9 a.m on the East Campus. Free and open to the public. For more information, call 402-0330.

CETL Partners in Pedagogy Series Workshops for Spring 2000:
Current Issues In the Human Diveristy Classroom, in the CETL East Seminar room, LE G-61, from 12:45 - 2 p.m. R.S.V.P. for these workshops by calling CETL at 437-3920.

April 5, Wednesday
The 2000 ASPA Annual Institute: Sponsored by the Graduate School of Public Affairs, ASPA and OMCE. As the Clock Strikes 2000: How Will the Public Be Served, at the Empire State Plaza Conference Center from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. For more information  and registration, contact Dori Brown at (518) 442-5258 or dbrown@asc.albany.edu.

New York State Writers Institute Classic Film Series presents: a film based on the work of Elmore Leonard.  Out of Sight, directed by Steven Sodenbergh, 7:30 p.m. in Page Hall, 135 Western Ave. Free and open to the public.

April 6, 7, 8
Garveyism, Malcolm X, Nkrumahism 
in the New Millennium, a conference celebrating the 30th anniversary of the UAlbany Department of Africana Studies, in the Campus Center Ballroom. Speakers include Clinton Hutton, Tony Martin, James Turner, Marcus Garvey Jr., and Kofi Hadjor. For registration, time of events and cost, contact Ronnie Saunders at (518) 442-4730.

April 6, Thursday
30th Annual Theodore G. Standing Lecture: Talking about Women and Wombs: Comparative Media Discourses about Abortion in Germany and the United States, with Myra Marx Ferree in the Recital Hall of the Performing Arts Center, on the main campus at 2:30 p.m. For more information, contact Louise Tornatore at (518) 442-4690.

Department of Biological Sciences Seminar Program Spring 2000 presents:mRNA Translation and Decay: An Intimate Relationship, with Allan Jacobson in Biology 248A on the main campus at 4:10 p.m. For more information, contact Dmitry Belostotsky at (518) 442-4368.

New York State Writers Institute Visiting Writers Series presents: Elmore Leonard, critically acclaimed fiction writer and screenwriter. The reading starts at 8 p.m. in Page Hall, 135 Western Ave. Free and open to the public.

The President’s Speakers Series and The University Commission for Affirmative Action present: Derrick Bell, civil rights activist and a professor at New York University Law School, at 7 p.m. in the Campus Center Ballroom. Bell will speak on: “Why, knowing what I know now, I would have dissented from Brown vs. Board of Education.”

April 7, Friday
Department of Biological Sciences Seminar Program Spring 2000 presents:Overcoming Inhibition of Axonal Regeneration in the Mature Nervous System: Taking Cues from Development, with Marie T. Filbin in Biology 248A on the main campus at 3:10 p.m. For more information, contact John Schmidt at (518) 442-4309.

New York State Writers Institute Classic Film Series presents:Manhattan Melodrama, directed by W. S. Van Dyke. The film starts at 7:30 p.m. in Page Hall, 135 Western Ave. Free and open to the public.

April 8, Saturday
Albany Pro Musica presents: Bach’s monumental St. Matthew Passion,  conducted by David Griggs-Janower,  at 7:30 p.m. at the Troy Savings Bank Music Hall. Advance tickets suggested. Call 273-0038 for information.

April 10, Monday
Art Department’s Visiting Artists and  Art Historians present: Life and Death in John Singer Sargent’s Madame X, with Susan Sidlauskas from 12-1 p.m. in Fine Arts 126 on the main campus. Free and open to the public.

The Institute for the Advancement of Health Care Management presents: Is There a Gap in Understanding Managed Care Performance? at the NYS Nurses Assoc. Conference Center, 11 Cornell Rd., Latham from 7:30 - 9:30 a.m. For more information, call 442-3913.

April 11, Tuesday
Deadline to R.S.V.P. for April 18 School of Public Health open house. Call (518) 402-0333 or e-mail ch7133@yahoo.com. April 18 event is from 5 to 7 p.m. at 1 University Place, Rensselaer. More information on the School of Public Health is available at www.albany.edu/sph.

Department of Biological Sciences Seminar Program Spring 2000 presents:A Genomics Perspective on Mitochondrial Evolution, with Michael W. Gray in Biology 248A on the main campus at 3:10 p.m. For more information, call David Shub at (518) 442-4324.

Natural History Lecture Series presents: Exploring 12 Western National Parks with Annie Canavan at 8 p.m. in Lecture Center 7 on the main campus. 

School of Public Health Spring Seminar Series 2000 presents:Chemical Terrorism for the Non-Chemist, with George Eadon from 8-9 a.m on the East Campus. Free and open to the public. For more information, call 402-0330.

CETL Partners in Pedagogy Series Workshops for Spring 2000:
Writing a Winning Grant Proposal, with Garry Sanders in the CETL East Seminar room LE G-61, from 12:45 - 1:45 p.m. R.S.V.P. for these workshops by calling CETL at 437-3920.

April 13, Thursday
20th Annual Phi Alpha Theta Lecture The Emperor’s Body in Eighteenth-Century China: the Uses of Anthropology in Writing History, with Angelo Zito at 4 p.m., the Terrace Lounge, main campus.