Robert G. Robinson of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Ga., will be the keynote speaker Wednesday, Oct. 16, at 2 p.m. in the Recital Hall of the Performing Arts Center for Alcohol Awareness Week. The title of his speech is “The Tobacco Controversy: Issues for the Present, Directions for the Future.”

Alcohol, AIDS, Sexuality, Tobacco, and More: Issues for the Year 2000, is the theme of the week’s educational activities, which are being coordinated by the University Counseling Center.

Robinson, deputy director of the Office on Smoking and Health, serves as a national leader in the area of smoking prevention. In this role, he advises the public on issues related to smoking and its health risks. He has been involved in research on the effects of tobacco on the body and has provided leadership to the National Black Leadership Institute on Cancer. In his position with the CDC, Robinson advocates national efforts to prevent smoking in young people.

Prior to his position with the CDC, Robinson held appointments with the American Cancer Society and the National Cancer Institute. He was also the chair of African American studies at Adelphi University. Robinson earned a doctor of public health degree from the school of public health at the University of California at Berkeley.

On Monday, Oct. 14 at 1:15 p.m., Anne Barba, a health education graduate assistant for the University Counseling Center, will present a workshop on “Alcohol and Sexual Assault: Fuel for Controversy,” in Campus Center 375.

At 8 p.m. that evening in the Campus Center Ballroom, Dan Davis will present “The Last Football Game,” a talk about how his promising career as a professional football player was ended by alcohol and drugs.

On Tuesday, Oct. 15, at 1:15 p.m., in Campus Center 375, Norreida Reyes, a Middle Earth peer educator, will talk about how the family in which one was raised affects his or her adult relationships.

At 2:45 p.m. in Campus Center 375, M. Dolores Cimini, Ph.D., coordinator for alcohol and drug abuse prevention for the University Counseling Center, will talk about “Women and Alcohol: Are We Really That Different From Men?”

“Beating College Stress” will be the subject of a talk by Middle Earth peer educators on Tuesday, Oct. 15, at 7 p.m. in the Flag Room of State Quad.

“How Much is Too Much?” will be the subject of a presentation by Middle Earth peer educators Wednesday, Oct. 16, at 7:30 p.m. in the Flag Room of State Quad.

“AIDS and Alcohol” will be the subject of a presentation by Carol Stenger, health educator, on Thursday, Oct. 17, at 1:15 p.m. in Campus Center 375.

“For Those Who Could Have Lived: Experiences of Survivors,” will be presented Thursday at 7 p.m. in the Campus Center Assembly Hall by the surviving relatives of college-age students who were killed by drunk drivers, one of whom is the mother of a former Albany student. Presenters include Mary Buscillion and the RID Victim Impact Panel.

“Alcohol and Native Americans: Looking Past the Prejudice,” will be presented by staff psychologist Carl Walker of the University Counseling Center, Friday, Oct. 18, at 10:10 a.m. in Humanities 133.