November 2, Thursday
University Council Meeting at 4 p.m. in the President’s Conference Room. For more information, call Sorrell Chesin at 437-4770.

Professor Mark A. Raider, chair of the Judaic Studies Department, will give a lecture on Rabbi Stephen S. Wise and the Holocaust, at 4:15 p.m. in the Business Administration building, Room 229. The lecture is free and open to the public. The original lecture scheduled for this time and date, by Carl H. Rosner, has been postponed until the Spring semester.

November 3, Friday
The Department of Biological Sciences Fall 2000 Seminar Series presents: Willie J. Swenson with Rapid Evolution of Reproductive Proteins: Are Fast Genes Good for Sex? at 4 p.m. in Biology 248. For more information, call Caro-Beth Stewart at 442-4342.

The Classical Association of the Empire State and the Department of Classics present a program on Ancient and Roman Cyprus with Stuart Swiny and Louis Roberts from 2 to 4 p.m. in the CESTM auditorium. Reception following. Free and open to the public. For more information, call 442-3978.

New York State Writers Institute Classic Films Fall Series 2000 presents: The Friends of Eddie Coyle, directed by Peter Yates, at 7:30 p.m. in Page Hall, 135 Western Ave. Free and open to the public.

Institute for Mesoamerican Studies and the Department of Anthropology present: The Emergence of Complexity in the Soconusco, with Robert Rosenswig of Yale University, at 3 p.m. in Humanities 354. Reception after the lecture, in Social Science 262.

November 4, Saturday
The Language Advocacy Project and the Questar III Bilingual Education Technical Assistance Center present a Fall Forum on Increasing Parental Involvement in Limited English Proficient/English Language Learners’ (LEP/ELL) Education: A Practical Approach for Educators, from 8 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. in the Alumni House Conference Center. For more information, contact Nancy Fisher at 442-5009 or nfisher@uamail.albany.edu.

Villanova Singers and Serendipity will perform at 7 p.m. in the Recital Hall, Performing Arts Center. For ticket information, call 442-3997.

November 6, Monday
Save Africa from AIDS Committee Meeting from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. in Campus Center 370.

University Senate meeting at 3:30 p.m. in the Campus Center Assembly Hall. For more information, call Madelyn Cicero at 437-4917.

November 7, Tuesday
School of Public Health Fall 2000 Seminar Series presents: Elder Abuse: A Hidden, but Festering Public Health Problem, with Susan B. Somers 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.

November 8, Wednesday
University Auxiliary Services’ Annual Board of Directors Meeting at 3 p.m. in the East Seminar Room, at the New Library, to elect officers.

UUP Albany Chapter General Membership Meeting from 12 to 2 p.m. in the Campus Center Assembly Hall. A buffet lunch will be served. Reservations due no later than Nov. 6. For more information, call 442-4953.

UAlbany’s Department of Music presents: The North/South Consonance Duo, with Sheila Reinhold on violin and Max Lifchitz on piano at 8 p.m. in the Recital Hall, Performing Arts Center. For ticket information, call the box office at 442-3997.

November 9, Thursday
New York State Writers Institute Fall 2000 Visiting Writers Series presents: David Nasaw, biographer of William Randolph Hearst, will read from The Chief: The Life of William Randolph Hearst at 8 p.m. in Recital Hall, Performing Arts Center. Free and open to the public.

November 10, Friday
The Department of Latin American & Caribbean Studies presents: Professor Suzanne Oboler of Brown University, from 2 to 3:30 p.m. in Humanities 290 on the subject of Vanishing Homes/ Changing (Be)longings: Latinismo and South American Immigration to the U.S. (1960-2000).

Friends of the Libraries present: Nearby and Notable half-day outing to the Seagroatt Floral Company in Berlin, N.Y. For reservations, visit the Web site at http://www.albany.edu/library/news/ or contact Dorothy Christiansen at 437-3931 or dchris@cnsvax.albany.edu.

The Department of Biological Sciences Fall 2000 Seminar Series presents: Steve Norris with Twisted Sisters: Lessons from the Genomes of Spirochetes at 4 p.m. in Biology 248. For more information, call Al Millis at 442-4361.

New York State Writers Institute Classic Films Fall Series 2000 presents: Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands, directed by Bruno Barreto, in Portuguese with English subtitles, at 7:30 p.m. in Page Hall, 135 Western Ave. Free and open to the public.

The UAlbany Theatre Department presents: The Second Hand at 8 p.m. in the Main Theatre, Performing Arts Center. For ticket information, call 442-3997.

November 12, Sunday
Baroque Music by Sospiri Ardenti Geert Van Gele and Ellen Delahanty will perform pieces by Purcell and Bach at 3 p.m. in the Recital Hall, Performing Arts Center. For ticket information, call 442-3997.

November 13, Monday
The Department of Languages, Literatures and Cultures presents: a lecture by Han Möller entitled The Rescue of Danish Jews from Nihilation at 8 p.m. in Lecture Center 22. For more information, call Lynne Macko at 442-4439.

Institute for the Advancement of Health Care Management, School of Business presents: Aligning the Pieces of Long-term Care Financing from 7:30 to 9:30 a.m. at the New York State Nurses Association, 11 Cornell Road, Latham, N.Y. For reservations and information, call 442-3913.

The Archaeological Institute of America presents: Militarism and City-States Before the Aztecs: Archaeological Investigations at Xochicalco, Mexico, with Kenneth Hirth at 8 p.m. in Humanities Room 354. Free and open to the public. For more information, call 442-4048.

New York State Writers Institute Fall 2000 Visiting Writers Series presents: A New York State of Mind, with Russell Banks, William Kennedy, and Grace Paley to discuss their work at 8 p.m. in Page Hall, 135 Western Ave. Free and open to the public.

November 14, Tuesday
The Department of Languages, Literatures and Cultures presents: a lecture by Han Möller on Hans Christian Anderson Revisited: A New Concept at 7 p.m. in Humanities 290. For more information, call Lynne Macko at 442-4439.

School of Public Health Fall 2000 Seminar Series presents: Normal Accidents: Why Medical Errors Happen in Health Care, with Timothy Hoff 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.

New York State Writers Institute Fall 2000 Visiting Writers Series presents: Ben Katchor, the creator of the comic strip Julius Knipl, Real Estate Photographer, at 8 p.m. in the Recital Hall of the Performing Arts Center. Free and open to the public.

November 15, Wednesday
Friends of the Libraries presents: Fall 2000 Community Conversation Series, The Future of the Book and the Research Library: Two Perspectives, with Meredith Butler and Janet Welch, from 12 to 2 p.m. in the Cobb Library Conference Room, University Library, B43. Free and open to the public. For more information, call 437-3931.

Open House hosted by the Professional Development Program Instructional Technologies Unit from 9:30 a.m. to noon in Husted 211. Light refreshments will be served. For more information, call Peggy Dayer at 442-3384.

UAlbany’s Department of Music presents: Student recital at 5:45 p.m. in the Recital Hall, Performing Arts Center on the main campus. Free and open to the public.

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.

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