October 13, Saturday
Times Union Race for Literacy
10 a.m., from Albany High School to the University at Albany on Washington Avenue. Register at www.turaceforliteracy.com.

Fall Outing
Join us for a visit to Vassar College’s Art Museum in Poughkeepsie, N.Y., and an afternoon visit to a winery, 8:30 a.m. - 6:30 p.m. Sponsored by Friends of the Libraries.

Passionately Cuban: Nine Artists from Havana
Opens at the University Art Museum and continues through November 16. Opening reception, 5-8 p.m., University Art Museum. Contact Corinna Ripps Schaming at 442-4035 for more information.

35th Albany Invitational
11 a.m. and 12 p.m., UAlbany Men and Women’s Cross Country. Men’s meet, 11 a.m., women’s at 12 p.m. Contact 442-DANE for more information.

October 14, Sunday
Music Professor Max Lifchitz will present a piano recital titled “Tangos & More!” featuring music inspired by the Americas, 3 p.m., Recital Hall, Performing Arts Center. Contact 442-3997 for more information.

Men’s Soccer vs. Towson
1 p.m., RACC - Soccer Field. Contact 442-DANE for more information.

October 15, Monday
University Senate Executive Committee Meeting
3:30 p.m. in the Standish Room, new library.

Martha Masters, Classical Guitar
at 8 p.m. in the Performing Arts Center Recital Hall. Admission: $7 for the public; $3 for students. Call 442-3997 for more information.

October 16, Tuesday
Dr. Foster Gesten Medical Director, Office of Managed Care, New York State Department of Health, on “Managed Care and Quality Performance in New York,” 8-9 a.m., East Campus, One University Place, Routes 9 & 20, Rensselaer, N.Y. Call 402-0330 for more information.

Hanadi Sleiman
of McGill University will conduct a seminar on “Metal-Mediated Self-Assembly of DNA,” 4:30 p.m., Chemistry Building, Room 151. Sponsored by UAlbany’s Department of Chemistry Seminar Series for Fall 2001.

New York State Writers Institute
Pablo Medina, Cuban-born author of the novel The Return of Felix Nogara, at 8 p.m. in the Recital Hall of the Performing Arts Center. Informal seminar, 4 p.m., also in the Recital Hall.

October 17, Wednesday
Professor Paulette McCormick
of UAlbany’s Biological Sciences department, will conduct a seminar on “Genomics: Past, Present, and Future,” 12-2 p.m., UL B-43. Sponsored by the Friends of the Libraries.

Community Conversations
Mark Raider, chair of the Department of Judaic Studies, on “Partners and Pacesetters: University Libraries and the Center for Jewish Studies.” This lecture will highlight the relationship between the Center’s scholarly research and University Libraries, noon, Cobb Library Conference Room, University Library-ULB 43. Contact 442-3540 for more information.

UA-RPI Earth Sciences Joint Colloquium Series
Katrina Edwards of Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute will conduct a seminar on “Microbial rock and mineral transformations: Implications for carbon cycling,” 4 p.m., RPI Science Center, Room 3W13. Contact 442-4466 for more information or visit the Web site at http://www.albany.edu/geosciences/semrcurr.html.

Jean Morisset, University of Quebec
Morisset, a geographer and writer of “geo-poetry,” on the making of Canada and the world’s longest unprotected border, at 4 p.m., Standish Room, new library. Call Eloise Briere at 442-4103 for more information.

New York State Writers Institute
Martin Nakell, prize-winning poet, novelist, and UAlbany alumnus, at 4:15 p.m. in Humanities 354.

October 18, Thursday
Judith A. Gillespie,
professor of political science, and John Marshall, distinguished chair, Fulbright professor will present a seminar on “Mentality, Choice and Democratic Development: Women’s Leadership in Asia,” 2:30-4 p.m., HU 290. Presented by the Institute for Research on Women.

Bob Ford’s Chalk Talk
Get the inside scoop and enjoy lunch with the Great Danes football coaching staff, 12-1 p.m., Campus Center, Patroon Room. Cost is $8.50 per person, which includes gratuity. Contact 442-3318 for more information.

Symposium on Extended Learning
As part of the PDP’s 25th anniversary celebration, the symposium will reaffirm PDP’s ongoing commitment to the field of continuing professional education, 1-3 p.m., Milne Hall, Room 200, downtown campus. Contact Mary Campney at 442-5700 or visit the Web site www.pdp.albany.edu for more information.

Women’s Soccer vs. Northeastern
3 p.m., RACC - Soccer Field. Contact 442-DANE for more information.

New York State Writers Institute
Stephen Dunn, winner of the 2001 Pulitzer Prize in poetry for Different Hours, at 8 p.m. in the Recital Hall, Performing Arts Center. Informal seminar, 4 p.m., Campus Center Assembly Hall.

October 19, Friday
Thomas Shea
of the Center for Cellular Neurobiology & Neurodegeneration Research, University of Massachusetts-Lowell, will conduct a seminar on “Hitching a ride on fast transport motors: How neurofilaments undergo axonal transport and provide stability to developing axons,” 3 p.m., Biology Room 248A. Contact Ben Szaro at 442-4300 for more information.

Men’s Soccer vs. Boston University
3 p.m., RACC - Soccer Field. Contact: 442-DANE for more information.

“Stop Kiss”
8 p.m., Arena Theatre, Performing Arts Center. Call 442-3997 for more information.

New York State Writers Institute
Richard Russo, author of Nobody’s Fool, will read from his new novel Empire Falls, at 4 p.m. in the Recital Hall, Performing Arts Center.

October 20, Saturday
Annual Friends of the Libraries Book Sale
in front of the University Library, uptown campus, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Contact Roberta Armstrong at 442-3540 for more information.

University Chamber Singers
conducted by David Janower, will perform “Music Around the World,” noon, UAlbany’s PAC Courtyard. Call Patrick Ferlo at 442-3995 for more information.

UAlbany Football vs. Sacred Heart,
1 p.m., University Stadium. Autumn in Albany Homecoming Celebration with football, food, and fun, 11 a.m., Touchdown Tailgate Tent. Call (518) 442-DANE, or visit the Web site at www.albany.edu/alumni/Homecoming/homecoming_index.htm

The Gizmo Guys
kick off the third spectacular season of UAlbany’s Performing Arts Center’s professional performances series with an afternoon of juggling and comedy, 2 p.m. and then again at 6 p.m., Main Theatre. Contact Patrick Ferlo at 442-3995 for more information.

Women’s Volleyball vs. Towson
2 p.m., PE Gym. Contact 442-DANE for more information.

October 21, Sunday
UAlbany’s Department of Music
presents Sten Isachsen, conductor Kirk Smith, and the University Symphony Orchestra, 8 p.m, Main Theatre, Performing Arts Center. Contact Patrick Ferlo at 442-3997 for more information.

Field Hockey vs. New Hampshire
1 p.m., RACC - Field Hockey Field. Contact 442-DANE for more information.

Women’s Volleyball vs. Drexel
1 p.m., PE Gym. Contact 442-DANE for more information.

Women’s Soccer vs. Boston University
1 p.m., RACC - Soccer Field. Contact 442-DANE for more information.

October 22, Monday
UAlbany trumpeter James Morris, the University Concert Band, and University Jazz Ensemble
will perform, 8 p.m., Main Theatre, Performing Arts Center. Contact Patrick Ferlo at 442-3995 for more information.

October 23, Tuesday
Dr. Scott Murray
Director of Behavioral Health Care Line, VA Healthcare Network, Upstate N.Y. Dept. of Veterans Affairs, will conduct a seminar on “Reengineering Mental Health in the VA,” 8-9 a.m., East Campus, One University Place, Routes 9 & 20, Rensselaer, N.Y. Contact School of Public Health Continuing Education at 402-0330 for more information.

Gerard Parkin
of Columbia University will conduct a seminar on “The Ansa Effect in Metallocene Chemistry and the Perils of a Polar Axis,” 4:30 p.m., Chemistry Building, Room 151. Sponsored by the Department of Chemistry Seminar Series for Fall 2001.

October 24, Wednesday
Zulma Barrios
Vice President, Latina Leadership Program, Gallup Organization, will conduct a workshop on “Building Women Leaders in the 21st Century,” 10 a.m. to noon, HU 290. Presented by The Institute for Research on Women. Contact Lillian S. Williams at 442-5281 or by e-mail: lsw20@albany.edu for more information.

UA-RPI Earth Sciences Joint Colloquium Series
Seminar with Thomas Birkland on “Scientific Participation in Public Policy: The Case of Hurricanes and Earthquakes,” 4 p.m., Earth Science, Room 232. Contact 442-4466 for more information or visit our Web site at http://www.albany.edu/geosciences/semrcurr.html

University Auxiliary Services Annual Board of Directors Meeting
to elect officers, 1:30 p.m., East Seminar Room, CETL. Contact 442-5950 for more information.

Women’s Soccer vs. Fairleigh Dickinson
2 p.m., RACC - Soccer Field. Contact: 442-DANE for more information.

October 31, Wednesday
Faculty Meeting 2 p.m., Campus Center Ballroom. New faculty and staff reception to follow immediately after the meeting, in the Fireside Lounge.

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