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Department of English: Geoffrey H. Hartman, Sterling professor (emeritus) of English and comparative literature at Yale, will offer an informal seminar relating issues of memory and poetry to circumstances surrounding historical trauma at 2 p.m. in Humanities 290. Free and open to the public.

University Women’s Luncheons Fall 1999 Millennium Series: Ethics of Human Cloning by Bonnie Steinbock. In the Campus Center Terrace Lounge, noon to 1 p.m. Bring your lunch. For more information contact Nancy Belowich-Negron at 442-5491 or nbelowich@uamail.albany.edu.

October 22-24, 27-30
University Theatre Presents: How I Learned to Drive by Paula Vogel is a funny and clever story of coming of age under devastating circumstances. Starts at 8 p.m. in  the Performing Arts Center (starts at 3 p.m. on October 24), main campus. Admission is $10 for the general public and $7 for students, senior citizens, Alumni Association and University staff.

October 22, Friday
New York State Association for Women In Education fall conference. Embracing the Entrepreneurial Spirit: Women Advancing in Higher Education and Beyond, Fort William Henry conference facilities on Lake George. Keynote speaker, Nancy Salzman, International Center for Change. Workshop topics include Leadership Skills and Negativity in the Workplace. For more information call Sharon Allen or Teresa DiMagno at 244-2272. 

New York State Writers Institute Fall 1999 Classic Film Series. 
Festen (The Celebration), directed by Thomas Vinterberg. Mixing farce and tragedy, The Celebration is the story of a family patriarch’s 60th birthday party which turns into an exposé of dark, painful family secrets. Starts at 7:30 p.m. at Page Hall. Free and open to the public.

October 23, Saturday
Hawthorne String Quartet with 
Findlay Cockrell on piano, Main Theatre, Performing Arts Center, 8 p.m. String Quintet in C Major by Franz Schubert. Tickets are $25 for the general audience and $5 for students. Call the PAC box office at 442-3997 for more information.

October 24, Sunday
The Community Orchestra will perform a concert, I’ll Take Romance, at 7 p.m. in the Main Theatre of the Performing Arts Center. The event marks the debut of new faculty member Kirk Smith. Admission is $5 for the general public, and $2 for students. 

October 25, Monday
The Department of Music will present an evening of classic big band music and jazz favorites, at 8 p.m. in the Main Theatre of the Performing Arts Center. Admission is $5 for the general public, and $2 for students.

The University Commission for Affirmative Action President’s Speakers Series: The Long-term Consequences of Considering Race in College and University Admissions by James Shulman at 7 p.m. in the Campus Center Ballroom on the main campus. Free and open to the public. For more information call 442-5415.

October 26, Tuesday
School of Public Health Fall Seminar Series 1999.
HIV and Partner Notification by Guthrie S. Birkhead, M.D., M.P.H., director of the AIDS Institute, NYSDOH. Bagels and coffee at 7:45 a.m. Seminar, 8-9 a.m. Located at the East Campus.

Natural History Lecture Series. Mark Brown, senior biologist with the NYS Department of Environmental Conservation, will give a program on the Adirondack fisher and the pine marten at 8 p.m. Lecture Center 7.

Department of History. History and Biography-Betty Friedan, the American Left, and the Origins of Modern Feminism, A talk by Smith College Professor Daniel Horowitz at 3 p.m. in Campus Center 375 on the main campus. For more information call (518) 442-4488.

University at Albany Initiatives For Women: A Celebration of Women Presidents. A conversation among UAlbany President Karen R. Hitchcock, Shirley Ann Jackson, president of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Jeanne Neff, president of The Sage Colleges, Jamienne Studley, president of Skidmore College, and Jane Altes, interim president of SUNY Empire State College, at the new library atrium. Champagne reception at 5:30 p.m. Dinner at 6:30 p.m. Tickets are $65. For more information and invitations call (518) 442-5415.

New York State Writers Institute. Local poet Joan Murray, winner of the 1998 National Poetry Series, to read from her work at 8 p.m. in the Recital Hall of the Performing Arts Center on the main campus. Murray will hold an informal seminar on the craft of poetry at 4 p.m. in Humanities 354.

The School of Education Alumni Association and the School of Education. How to Make Our Schools Safer Places. A panel discussion beginning at 4 p.m. with a reception to follow in the Alumni Conference Center, main campus. Moderated by Frank Wiley, UAlbany chief of police. For more information call 442-4985.

Learning Disability Film Series. ADHD in Adults by Russell A. Barkley. The film shows interviews with adults who have the disorder, their families, and clinicians who treat them, 4 p.m. at the Campus Center Terrace Lounge, main campus.

October 27, Wednesday
The President’s Task Force on Women’s Safety: Open meeting for all interested University community members from 2:30 to 4 p.m. in AD 123, main campus.

The CETL Partners in Pedagogy Series: Teaching Portfolios Workshop from 12:15 to 1:30 p.m. in the East Seminar room of the new library on the main campus. R.S.V.P. to CETL at 437-3920.

October 28, Thursday
New York State Writers Institute. Melissa Bank, bestselling author of The Girls’ Guide to Hunting and Fishing (1999), will read from her work at 8 p.m. in the Recital Hall of the Performing Arts Center on the main campus. Bank will present an informal seminar on the craft of fiction at 4 p.m. in Humanities 354. Free and open to the public.

October 29, Friday
New York State Writers Institute Fall 1999 Classic Film Series.
Halloween Double Feature of Rene Clair Films, I Married A Witch and It Happened Tomorrow. Starting time 7 p.m. for the first film and about 8:30 p.m. for the second film. Free and open to the public, Page Hall, 135 Western Ave.

Second Annual Conference on Law. Law in the New Millennium, 8 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., in the Campus Center Assembly Hall on the main campus. Features presentations from eight legal experts. NYS Attorney General Eliot Spitzer gives the keynote address at noon. The keynote luncheon is open to all faculty, staff, alumni and friends of the University. Cost is $30 per person. R.S.V.P. by calling 437-4426 by Oct. 25. Sponsored by the Alumni Association, the Alumni Lawyers Association, and Albany Law School.

Language Advocacy Project Lecture Series: Best Practices in the Assessment and Instruction of Culturally and Linguistically Different Students With Special Needs by Leonard Baca, from 9 a.m. to noon at the Comfort Inn and Conference Center in Latham. Free and open to the public. For registration call Nancy Fisher at 442-5009 in the 
Department of Educational Theory and Practice.

October 30, Saturday
Family Weekend Concert University Chamber Singers directed by David Griggs-Janower, at 1 p.m. in the Recital Hall of the Performing Arts Center, main campus. Admission is free.

Pops for Parents Findlay Cockrell performs a repertoire of popular classics on the piano at 4 p.m. in the Performing Arts Center Recital Hall. Admission is free.

Friends of the Library Book Sale: From 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. in front of the University Library. Proceeds will benefit the University Libraries. To donate books contact Collection Development, University Library, Room 210, or call (518) 442-3583.

November 1, Monday
University Senate Meeting. Begins at 3:30 p.m. in the Campus Center Assembly Hall. Call Madelyn Cicero for more information at 442-5406.

Art of Africa and the Africa Diaspora Lecture Series: Professor Lisa Farrington of the Parsons School of Design/The New School, will present A Crisis of Race and Sex: Women Artists of Color in the Age of Black Power at 6 p.m. in Fine Arts 126. Open to the public.

November 2, Tuesday
Atmospheric Sciences Research  Center: Rare and Interesting Wildflowers of the Adirondacks by Maryde King. At 8 p.m. in Lecture Center 7. Free and open to the public. 

Learning Disability Film Series. Understanding Learning Disabilities: How Difficult Can This Be? Allows the viewer to look at the world through the eyes of a learning disabled child, 4 p.m. in the Campus Center Terrace Lounge, main campus.
 

Homecoming and Family Weekend  October 29-31,1999 A weekend of special performances and activities for the entire family to enjoy. For more information and registration contact the University Alumni Association at 442-3080. October 29, Friday University at Albany Pep Rally and Bonfire sponsored by the Student Association and Purple and Gold. Starts at 7:30 p.m. behind Dutch Quad. World Class Comedy Night: Featuring Sinbad sponsored by Student Association. Starts at 9 p.m. in the RACC. Tickets $25 day of show at the Campus Center.  October 30, Saturday Homecoming Tailgate Party: Join the fun at the Alumni Association’s tailgate tent from 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. located on the west side of the football field. University at Albany Women’s Field Hockey vs. C.W. Post. Starts at 1 p.m. Located at the field hockey field. Admission is free. Homecoming Football Game Division I University at Albany Great Danes vs. Robert Morris College at 2 p.m. Admission is $3.

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