September 27, Thursday
Chalk Talk 12 - 1 p.m., Patroon Room.

September 28, Friday
“Town Meeting on AIDS in Africa” This meeting has been postponed, due to the September 11 tragedy. The next Save Africa From AIDS (SAFA) meeting will be October 1, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., CC 370.

Dr. Ron Hoy of Cornell University’s Dept. of Neurobiology & Behavior will conduct a seminar on “The Host is Toast: Directional Hearing in an Acoustical Parasitoid Fly,” 3 p.m., Biology Room 248A. Call Dr. Greg Lnenicka at 442-4300 for more information.

September 29, Saturday
Albany Football vs. Stony Brook, University Stadium, 1 p.m.

The Great American Heart Walk 8:30-11 a.m., Colonie Center Mall, parking lot on Wolf Road. Contact your department Heart Walk Team Leader for more information.

October 1, Monday
University Senate Meeting 3:30 p.m., Assembly Hall. Save Africa From AIDS (SAFA) 11 a.m. - 1 p.m., CC 370.

October 1 & 2
American Red Cross Blood Drive sponsored by Pi Sigma and Omega Phi Beta, 11:30 a.m. - 5:30 p.m., Campus Center Ballroom. Call 462-7461 ext. 815 to make an appointment.

October 2, Tuesday
Playwright Edward Albee Three-time Pulitzer Prize winner and two-time Tony Award winner, will speak about his work and the American stage, 8 p.m., Main Theatre, Performing Arts Center. Sponsored by the New York State Writers Institute and the Greater Capital Region Teacher Center. Call Suzanne Lance at 442-5620 for more information.

Paulette McCormick, Ph.D. Professor, Biological Sciences and Director, Center for Comparative Functional Genomics, will conduct a seminar on “Centered on Metastasis,” 8 to 9 a.m., East Campus, One University Place. Part of UAlbany’s School of Public Health Fall 2001 Seminar Series.

Nancy Goroff of Stony Brook, SUNY, will conduct a seminar on “Carbon Sticks and Iodine Glue,” 4:30 p.m., Chemistry Room 151. Part of the UAlbany’s Dept. of Chemistry Fall 2001 Seminar Series.

October 3, Wednesday
Mary Higgins Clark The biggest-selling mystery writer in America will conduct an informal seminar at 4 p.m, Page Hall, 135 Western Ave., downtown campus, and then speak about her work at 8 p.m. in the same location. Sponsored by the New York State Writers Institute. Call Suzanne Lance at 442-5620 for more information.

CETL Workshop Presents “Building Community in Online Course Discussion: Research Findings and Classroom Applications,” with Karen Swan, associate professor, Educational Theory and Practice, 1:25 to 2:20 p.m., CETL East Seminar Room, (LE-G61), new library building, garden level.

October 4, Thursday
Department of Africana Studies open house, 11 a.m. - 1 p.m. in BA 118. Call Leonard Slade, Jr. at 442-4726 for more information.

October 4 & 5
“Workers and Globalization in the Americas: Shifting Productive Structures, Social Identities and Labor Strategies” Conference Thursday from 5:30 - 7:30 p.m., Lecture Center 19, and Friday from 8:30 a.m. - 5:30 p.m., Campus Center Assembly Hall. Sponsored by LACS, CELACS, the Women’s Studies department and the President’s Task Force on Sweatshop Labor. Call Fernando Leiva at 442-4891 or visit our Web site at www.albany.edu/faculty/fleiva/workersconf.html.

October 5, Friday
“Epidemic” will be shown in Danish with English subtitles, 7:30 p.m., Page Hall, 135 Western Ave., downtown campus. Sponsored by the New York State Writers Institute as part of its Fall 2001 Classic Film Series. Call Suzanne Lance at 442-5620 for more information.

Dr. Anirvan Ghosh: of Johns Hopkins University Medical School, Dept. of Neuroscience, will conduct a seminar on “Molecular Control of Cortical Connectivity,” 3:30 p.m., Biology Room 248A. Call Dr. Suzannah Tieman at 442-4300 for more information.

October 6, Saturday
Tongue of Wood VIII: Viva Marimba! featuring Richard Albagli, Alex Antonio and Ryan Kahlbaugh, 8 p.m., Recital Hall, UAlbany’s Performing Arts Center. Call Patrick Ferlo at 442-3995 for more information. Albany Football at Canisius, 4 p.m.

October 8, Monday
Professor Michael Hoff will present an illustrated lecture on “Lord Elgin and the Parthenon Marbles: 200 Years of Controversy,” 8 p.m., HU 354. Sponsored by The Archaeological Institute of America, Albany Society, and the Dept. of Classics.

October 9, Tuesday
“Bread & Roses” This award-winning film, based on a dramatic 1999 union-organizing campaign in Los Angeles, will be shown at 7:30 p.m. in Page Hall, downtown campus. Free admission to students (with ID); $5 contribution for others.

Tyrone Bristol, M.D. Pediatrician for Whitney Young Health Center, will conduct a seminar on “Barriers to Healthcare for the Underserved Community,” 8-9 a.m., East Campus, One University Place. Part of the School of Public Health’s Fall 2001 Seminar Series.

Stephen Lee of Cornell University will conduct a seminar on “Rationalizing and Predicting Crystal Structures,” 4:30 p.m., Chemistry Room 151. Part of the Dept. of Chemistry’s Fall 2001 Seminar Series.

CETL Workshop Presents “Responding to Students in Distress,” with Dr. Julie Heslin Pokat, staff psychologist for the University Counseling Center, 1-2 p.m., CETL West Seminar Room (LE-G03), new library building, garden level.

Professional Development Program of UAlbany’s Rockefeller College of Public Affairs and Policy celebrates its 25th anniversary with an open house, 10 a.m.- 2 p.m., third floor, Richardson Hall, downtown campus. Service recognition ceremony at noon. R.S.V.P. to Peggy Dayer at 442-3384.

October 10, Wednesday
IFW Eighth Annual Awards Dinner “Committed to Women: Avon’s Evolution as a Global Powerhouse, 5:30 p.m., reception, 6:30 p.m., dinner, Herbert’s at Birch Hill, One Celebration Way, Schodack, NY. Call 732-4444 for more information.

CETL Workshop Presents “Using Web-Based Tools to Facilitate Lab Courses in the Sciences,” with Kathy Cioffi, Chemistry, 11:15 a.m.-12:10 p.m., CETL East Seminar Room (LE-G61), new library building, garden level.

October 20, Saturday
Donations of books needed for the annual Friends of the Libraries Book Sale. Call 438-0881 or 442-3582.

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