November 17, Friday
The Department of Biological Sciences Fall 2000 Seminar Series presents:
Hans Paerl at 4 p.m. in Biology 248. For more information, call Gary Kleppel
at 442-4338.
New York State Writers Institute Classic Films Fall Series 2000 presents: The Garden of Delights, directed by Carlos Saura, in Spanish with English subtitles at 7:30 p.m. in Page Hall, 135 Western Ave. Free and open to the public.
November 19, Sunday
UAlbany’s Department of Music presents: ChoralFest 2000,
with UAlbany Chamber Singers and UAlbany Chorale, SCCC Vocal Chamber Ensemble,
College of Saint Rose Chamber singers, and Skidmore College Vocal Chamber
Ensemble, at 3 p.m. in the Main Theatre, Performing Arts Center. For ticket
information, call the box office at 442-3997.
November 21, Tuesday
UAlbany’s Department of Music presents: Twice Tuesday Concert Series,
featuring pianist Findlay Cockrell, at noon and at 4 p.m. in the Recital
Hall, Performing Arts Center. For more information, call the box office
at 442-3997.
School of Public Health Fall 2000 Seminar Series presents: Environmental Contamination: Community-Based Re-search with the Mohawk Tribe at Akwesasne, with Azara Santiago-Rivera from 8 to 9 a.m. at the East Campus, 80 Columbia Turnpike, Routes 9 & 20, Rensselaer, N.Y. Free and open to the public.
Computational and Applied Sciences Colloquium Series: Language Genera-tion and Summarization: Moving Away from Sentence Extraction, with Kathleen R. McKeown, from 4 to 6 p.m. in the CESTM Auditorium. For directions to CESTM, go to www.albany.edu. For more information, call 442-3332.
November 27, Monday
University Senate Executive Committee Meeting at 3:30 p.m. in the
Standish Room. For more information, call Madelyn R. Cicero at 437-4917.
November 28, Tuesday
Department of Chemistry Fall 2000 Seminar Series presents: The
Glass Transitions in Protein Dynamics, with Greg Petsko, at 4:30 p.m.
in Chemistry Building Room 151. For more information, contact Elaine Bailey
at 442-4648.
New York State Writers Institute Fall 2000 Visiting Writers Series presents: Edmund White, novelist and nonfiction writer, at 8 p.m. in the Recital Hall of the Performing Arts Center, main campus. Free and open to the public.
November 29, Wednesday
2000 Rockefeller College Alumni Reception and Awards Ceremony will
be held at the Governor’s Executive Mansion at 138 Eagle St. in Albany.
The reception will start at 5:30 p.m. with an awards ceremony to follow
at 6:15 p.m. This year’s guest speaker is John J. Faso. Also to
be recognized are the outstanding achievements of Nicholas J. Vagianelis,
Gil I. Klinger, Christopher S. Dunn, Jeffrey W. Cannell, and Vibetta
Sanders. For more information, contact Florence Bolton at 442-5121.
Fall 2000 Earth Sciences Joint Colloquium Series presents: Suzanne Baldwin on Plate Boundary Processes in the SW Pacific: Insights from Thermochronology, at 4 p.m. in the Earth Science Building, Room 232, main campus. For more information, call Diana Paton at 442-4466.
University Theatre
2000-2001 presents
Accidental Death of
an Anarchist
by Dario Fo
This wildy popular farce by the master of Italian polital comedy, Dario Fo, skewers the establishment and sends up anyone in power who wears a uniform or sits behind a desk.
In the Performing Arts Center
Studio Theatre
December 1-2 at 8 p.m. December 3 at 3 p.m. December 6-9 at 8 p.m.
For more information and ticket reservations, please call the Box Office at 442-3997.
University at Albany’s Department of Music presents:
ChoralFest 2000
with UAlbany
Chamber Singers and UAlbany Chorale, College of Saint Rose Chamber
singers, and Skidmore College Vocal Chamber Ensemble
November 19
at 3 p.m. in the Main Theatre, Performing Arts Center. For ticket information, call the box office at 442-3997.
November 29, Wednesday
Hudson River Environmental
Forum
Environmental and Economic Justice in the Hudson River Valley,
at 4 p.m. in the Dean Alexander Moot Courtroom, Albany Law School.
Free and open to the public. Organized by the Center for Policy
Research and Biodiversity, Conservation and Policy Program, in
cooperation with Albany Law School.
For more information, call 442-3768.
You are Cordially Invited to Attend
2000 Employee Recognition Luncheon
Honoring retiring faculty and staff and employees who have completed 25, 30 and 35 years of service
Tuesday, Nov. 28, 2000 at Noon In the Campus Center Ballroom
For more information and ticket reservations, please call the Office of Human Resources Management at 437-4700.
November 30, Thursday
The Institute for the Advancement of Health Care Management and the Fort
Orange Village and Capital District Senior Issues Forum present: Designing
for Wellness: How Design Choices Can Affect the Health and Well-being
of Seniors with Rosemary Bakker, from 8:30 a.m. to noon at the Alumni
House, main campus. For more information, contact Irene Andrea at 442-3913
or e-mail her at i.andrea@albany.edu.
December 1, Friday
The Department of Biological Sciences Fall 2000 Seminar Series presents:
Grigori Enikolopov with Nitric Oxide in Tissue Differentiation and
Organism Development at 4 p.m. in Biology 248A. For more information,
call Jon Jacklet at 442-4373.
New York State Writers Institute Classic Films Fall Series 2000 presents: Mr. Klein, directed by Joseph Losey, in French with English subtitles at 7:30 p.m. in Page Hall, 135 Western Ave. Free and open to the public.
December 3, Sunday
UAlbany’s Department of Music presents: Festival Holiday Concert
featuring pianist University Symphony Orchestra, University Concert
Band, University Chorale and University Chamber Singers at 7 p.m. in the
Main Theatre, Performing Arts Center. For more information, call the box
office at 442-3997.
December 4, Monday
UAlbany’s Department of Music presents: University Percussion Ensemble
and Friends with Richard Albagli as director at 8 p.m. in the Main
Theatre, Performing Arts Center. For more information, call the box office
at 442-3997.
Save Africa from AIDS Committee Meeting from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. in Campus Center 370.
Hit
the Road With the Great Danes!
Faculty and Staff -- Join us for a road trip to the Carrier
Dome to root on UAlbany’s Men’s Basketball team when they take
on the Syracuse Orangemen for the second time on December 5. The
chartered buses for faculty/staff and alumni will depart at 3:30
p.m. Once you reach the Dome, President Karen R. Hitchcock and
our new Athletic Director, Dr. Lee McElroy, invite you to a pregame
reception for faculty, staff, alumni and parents in the Dome’s
Orange Pack Room from 6 to 7:30 p.m.
The ticket price of $20 includes your bus ride, game ticket, and the reception. Tickets are limited, so reserve your space now and be part of the team cheering on our Great Danes as they take on one of the nation’s top Division I teams!
Call Gretchen Manning at 442-3080 to reserve your place today. The registration deadline is November 27.
December 5, Tuesday
Department of Chemistry Fall 2000 Seminar Series presents: Structure
and Function of Visual Pigments with Dan Oprian at 4:30 p.m. in Chemistry
Building Room 151. For more information, contact Elaine Bailey at 442-4648.
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