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Acquires Kennedy Papers
UAlbany has acquired the papers of Pulitzer-prize winning novelist William Kennedy,
a collection comprising some 70 boxes of manuscripts, film scripts and memorabilia.
The collection will serve as a resource for scholarly research on Kennedy's
literary career, and on the social, political and literary histories of the
Capital Region. Details.
UAlbany Needs a Pep Band! Calling all UAlbany faculty, staff, alumni, students, and friends! Do you play flute, clarinet, sax, trombone, baritone, tuba or percussion? If so, we need you to help us Rock the RACC! High school band instrumental proficiency desired - enthusiasm required! Sign up at the Pep Rally on November 15, 5-7 p.m. in the Campus Center or come to an open informational meeting December 3 at 7 p.m. in CC 375. Questions? Call UAlbany Band Director Kevin Champagne at (518) 442-4192 or email [email protected]
New Giving Web Site Launched Talented students, exceptional faculty, enriched programs and unlimited Opportunity - it’s all here at UAlbany. Alumni, above all others, realize the value of a UAlbany diploma. Help us keep the tradition of excellence available to future generations of students. See what your gifts can do! Visit our new “Support UAlbany” web site.
Campaign Update Apple Computers has given a $111,000 gift of equipment to the University in support of the new Life Sciences building, which is expected to open next summer. Since the groundbreaking two years ago, the University has received four separate million dollar gifts for the facility, which will enable the University to pioneer cutting-edge research into the causes and cures of disease.
“Clash of the Quads” Brings Back Memories of “Rivalry” UAlbany's "Clash of the Quads," a two-day competition for freshman where students competed in events ranging from kickball to a tri-cycle race (with a twist), was held Oct. 11-12, on Indian and State Quads on the Uptown Campus. The event was created to revive an old tradition, “Rivalry,” which encouraged school spirit and pride in the University.
National Leadership Honor Society Establishes Chapter at UAlbany For the first time ever, 42 UAlbany students, faculty and staff were inducted into Omicron Delta Kappa, the national leadership society, October 26. ODK’s board of directors recently voted to establish a chapter at UAlbany. UAlbany becomes the 289th institution to be awarded a charter in the Society’s 90-year history, joining some of the nation’s premier colleges and universities, including the University of Southern California, Purdue, Auburn and Vanderbilt universities.
New Major In Broadcast Meteorology Offered UAlbany's Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences is offering a new major in broadcast meteorology this semester. The 60-credit interdisciplinary program leads to a bachelor of arts. The major was created for students pursuing a meteorology career in TV or radio broadcasting, rather than the more typical “behind-the-scenes” weather forecasting position. Details.
Writer Lydia Davis Named MacArthur Fellow Lydia Davis, an acclaimed fiction writer and associate professor/Writer-in-Residence in UAlbany’s English Department, has been named one of 24 new MacArthur Fellows for 2003 by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation. Each fellow receives $500,000 in "no strings attached" support over the next five years. Davis is well known in literary circles for her extremely short and brilliantly inventive short stories. Details.
School of Social Welfare Receives Grants UAlbany’s School of Social Welfare recently was awarded four grants by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services The School received more than $3 million in funding for research in child welfare and family programs and services. The grants will fund three doctoral dissertations, a three-year evaluation of Family Support Programs, a five-year initiative to address Healthy Marriages and Family Formation, and a five-year initiative involving the Recruitment and Retention of child welfare workers.
Arts & Sciences News Theatre Assistant Professor James Farrell's play "Correspondence" has just been selected as a finalist for the Actors Theatre of Louisville 2003 Heideman Award/National Ten-Minute Play Contest. Sociology Professor Marvin Krohn and Kimberly Tobin (Ph.D., Sociology), co-authors of “Gangs & Delinquency in Developmental Perspective,” won the American Society of Criminology 2003 Michael J. Hindelang Award for the most outstanding contribution to research in criminology.
Congratulations
to Football Coach Bob Ford who earned his 200th Career Victory November 1.
2003-04
Basketball Season Tickets On Sale
Season tickets are now on sale for UAlbany Great Danes Basketball. The package
includes tickets to 25 games – only $75 per chair back seat. Alumni Association
members can save an additional 10% off the season seat price. Contact Charlie
Voelker '87 at (518) 442-3310 or Michelle Talviste '02 at (518) 437-4415 or
for more information click
here.