October 26, Friday
Women’s Soccer vs. Hofstra 2:30 p.m., RACC - Soccer Field soccer match.
For more information, call 442-DANE.
“Kafka” Screening of 1991 film “Kafka,” directed by Stephen Soderbergh and starring Jeremy Irons, 7:30 p.m., Page Hall, 135 Western Ave., downtown campus. For more information, call 442-5624 or visit our Web site at www.albany.edu/writers-inst.
October 27, Saturday
Great Danes at St. Francis, Pa., 1 p.m For more information, call
442-DANE. Women’s Volleyball vs. Stony Brook 1 p.m., PE Gym. For more
information, call 442-DANE.
October 28, Sunday
Art Songs from Latin America The University at Albany’s Department
of Music is proud to present mezzo-soprano Désirée Halac with UAlbany
associate professor and pianist Max Lifchitz in a special concert program
featuring art songs by composers from Latin America, 3 p.m., Performing
Arts Center Recital Hall. For more information, call 442-3997.
Women’s Soccer vs. Drexel 1 p.m., RACC - Soccer Field. For more information, call 442-DANE.
Women’s Volleyball vs. Hartford 1 p.m., PE Gym. For more information, call 442-DANE.
October 29, Monday
University Senate Meeting 3:30 p.m., Assembly Hall.
October 30, Tuesday
Peter J. Levin, Sc.D., dean of the School of Public Health, will conduct
a seminar on “Current Issues in Medicare,” 8 - 9 a.m., East Campus, One
University Place.
Department of Chemistry Seminar Series Professor David Cowburn of Rockefeller University will speak on “What can NMR do in Structural Biology?” at 4:30 p.m., CH 15. For more information, call 442-4400.
October 31, Wednesday
UA-RPI Earth Sciences Joint Colloquium Series Donna Bedard of Rensselaer
Polytechnic Institute will conduct a seminar on “Molecular Approaches
to Studying Microbes Involved in Two Biogeoche-mical Transformations:
PCB Declorination and Anoxygenic Sulfide Oxidation,” 4 p.m., RPI Science
Center room 3W13. For more information, call 442-4466 or visit our Web
site at http://www.albany.edu/geosciences/semrcurr.html.
Fall Faculty Meeting 2 p.m., Campus Center Ballroom President Karen R. Hitchcock’s fall address to the faculty. After the faculty meeting, reception for new faculty and staff in the Fireside Lounge. Call 437-4917 for more information.
The Vocal Arts Ensemble This highly versatile mixed octet from the Soldier’s Chorus of the United States Army Field Band will be featured at 4 p.m. in the Recital Hall of the PAC. For more information, call 442-3997 or visit our Web site at http://www.albany.edu/pac/music/vocalartsensemble.html.
November 1, Thursday
Akasha Gloria Hull Writer, scholar, and authority on black feminist
spirituality will read and speak from her work “Soul Talk: The New Spirituality
of African American Women,” 7:30 p.m., Recital Hall, Performing Arts Center.
For more information, call Suzanne Lance at 442-5620.
November 2, Friday
Dedication of the Marcia Brown Research Room 10 a.m., M.E. Grenander
Department of Special Collections and Archives, New Library Building,
third floor. Reception following the program. For more information, call
442-5373.
Writing a Winning Grant Proposal Garry Sanders, Office for Sponsored Programs, will present a free workshop on developing basic grant proposal writing skills for University faculty, administrators, and students, 9:30 - 11:30 a.m., CETL West Seminar Conference Room. For more information, call 437-4559 or visit our Web site at http://www.albany.edu/research/office/ofrtop.html.
Men’s Soccer vs. Hartford 2 p.m., RACC - Soccer Field. For more information, call 442-DANE.
Department of Biological Sciences Seminar Dr. Allison Eastman of NYS Police Forensic Investigative Center will conduct a seminar on “Forensic Biology at the New York State Police Forensic Investigation Center,” 3 p.m., Biology Room 248.
Michael Devitt Professor of CUNY Graduate Center’s philosophy department, will speak on the topic of “Linguistics is not Psychology: A Rejection of the Chomsky Line,” 3:30 p.m., HU 290. For more information, call Harold Morick at 442-4261.
“La Religieuse” (“The Nun”) Screening of 1965 French film “La Religieuse” (“The Nun”), 7:30 p.m., Page Hall, 135 Western Ave., downtown campus. For more information, call 442-5620 or visit our Web site at www.albany.edu/writers-inst.
November 3, Saturday
Great Danes at Monmouth, 1 p.m. For more information, call 442-DANE.
November 4, Sunday
Men’s Soccer vs. Vermont 1 p.m., RACC - Soccer Field. For more information,
call 442-DANE.
November 6, Tuesday
Dr. Marilyn Aguirre-Molinas professor of Public Health, Department
of Population & Family Health, Columbia University, will conduct a seminar
on “Health Issues in the Latino Community,” 8 - 9 a.m., East Campus, One
University Place.
American Red Cross Blood Drive Sponsored by ROTC, 11:30 a.m. - 5:30 p.m., Campus Center Ballroom. To make an appointment, call 462-7461, ext. 815.
Department of Chemistry Seminar Series Professor Bruce M. Foxman of Brandeis University will speak on “Reactive Molecular Crystals: Design, Discovery and Understanding,” 4:30 p.m., CH 15. For more information, call 442-4400.
November 7, Wednesday
Nearby and Notable Outing Casola dining room and lunch and exhibit
on Schenectady’s ALCO’s locomotive works and Autumn’s Amazing Skies planetarium
show, 11:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m., Schenectady County Community College. For
more information, call 482-1413 or visit our Web site at http://library.albany.edu/friends.
R.S.V.P. to Peggy Mann by Oct. 31.
American Red Cross Blood Drive Sponsored by ROTC, 11:30 a.m. - 5:30 p.m., Campus Center Ballroom. To make an appointment, call 462-7461 ext. 815.
November 8, Thursday
Bob Ford’s Chalk Talks Get the inside scoop and enjoy lunch with the
Great Danes Football coaching staff. Cost is only $8.50 per person, which
includes gratuity, 12 - 1 p.m., Campus Center Patroon Room. For more information,
call 442-3318.
November 9, Friday
“A Girl in Every Port” Screening of 1928 silent film “A Girl in Every
Port,” directed by Howard Hawks. Live piano accompaniment provided by
Mike Schiffer, 7:30 p.m., Page Hall, 135 Western Ave., downtown campus.
For more information, call 442-5620 or visit our Web site at www.albany.edu/writers-inst.
Department of Biological Sciences Seminar Dr. Lasse Lindahl, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Maryland-Baltimore, will conduct a seminar on “Molecular recognition of RNAs by ribosomal protein L4,” 3 p.m., Biology 248.
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Jewish Studies Lunch & Learn Program
Visiting scholars and artists, along with members of the Capital Region’s academic community, are discussing an array of Jewish studies issues this fall in the Jewish Studies Lunch & Learn Program, a creation of UAlbany’s newly established Center for Jewish Studies.
All programs are open to the public and will be held from 12 - 2 p.m. in the Private Dining Room of the Patroon Room in the Campus Center. The luncheons are kosher, and a five-day advance reservation is required. The cost is $10 per person.
Fall 2001 series programs include:
Tuesday, Oct. 30: Linda Zisquit of Jerusalem, a visiting Israeli poet
Tuesday, Nov. 13: Dr. Walter Zenner, UAlbany, “The Eve of the Holocaust: One Family’s Search for Affidavits”
Wednesday, Nov. 28: Dr. Seth Forman, SUNY Stony Brook, “The Cultural Paradox of Jews and Whiteness”
Wednesday, Dec. 5: Dr. Mark Levy, UAlbany, “The Uses of Ventriloquism in Jewish Education”
For more information, call the Center for Jewish Studies at 591-8514 or visit the Jewish Studies Web site at www.albany.edu/judaic_studies.
2 Games, 2 Days, 2 Hot To Miss
First, UAlbany Great Danes vs. Siena Saints ~ Double Header November 27, Pepsi Arena. Pre-game celebration at Jillian’s at 5 p.m.
Then it’s the Great Danes vs. Syracuse Orangemen, December 2 at 3:30 p.m., Pepsi Arena. Pre-game celebration at 1:30 p.m.
Contact Alumni Association at 442-3080 for more information and for celebration/ticket prices. R.S.V.P. deadline: November 2.
