October 19, Thursday
New York State Writers Institute Fall 2000 Visiting Writers Series presents: Horton Foote, screenwriter, playwright and actor at 8 p.m. in Page Hall, 135 Western Ave. Free and open to the public.

University-Community Symphony Orchestra will perform classics by Verdi and Beethoven at 5:45 p.m. in the Main Theatre, Performing Arts Center, on the main campus. For more information, call 442-3997.

October 20, Friday
New York State Writers Institute Classic Films Fall Series 2000 presents: Out of the Past, directed by Jacques Turner, at 7:30 p.m. in Page Hall, 135 Western Ave. Free and open to the public.

The Hudson Mohawk Library Association presents: Chill Out: Dealing with Anger and Other Difficult Emotions at Work, with Mary Valentis at its Fall 2000 dinner located at the Cinnamon Tree Restaurant, Route 9, at 5:30 p.m. Reservations must be received by October 13. Reservations can be made with Phyllis Ochs at 388-4500.

October 23, Monday
Department of Biological Sciences Paul Lemon Endowed Lecture: The Future of Biodiversity with Stuart Pimm, at 4:30 p.m. in the Recital Hall, Performing Arts Center, main campus. Reception with refreshments following lecture. Free and open to the public. For more information, call 442-4302.

Karen R. Hitchcock will address all Faculty & Staff at the Fall Faculty Meeting. To be held in the Campus Center Ballroom at 2:30 p.m. Note: This semester the meeting will begin promptly at 2:30 p.m., with the reception to follow.

Karen R. Hitchcock, the University Senate, and the Council of Women�s Groups cordially invite all faculty and staff to attend a reception welcoming New Faculty and Staff Members. To be held in the Campus Center�s Fireside Lounge from 3:30 to 5 p.m. Immediately following the Fall Faculty Meeting Refreshments will be served. R.S.V.P. by October 18 to 442-5373 or e-mail [email protected]

Philosophy Department Fall Colloquium Series presents: Ken Westphal, University of East Anglia, with a paper on Is Hegel�s Phenomenology Relevant to Contemporary Epistemology? from 3:30 p.m. in Humanities 354. For more information, call Naomi Zack at 442-3738.

October 23 - 27
Professors of Seniors are asked to announce in class that Senior portrait sign-up will be in the Campus Center lobby. Senior portraits will taken from Oct. 31 - Nov. 3. For more information, call the Torch at 442-5677 or stop by Campus Center room 305.

October 24, Tuesday
University at Albany Initiatives for Women presents: Women in the Media : The Inside Scoop, a conversation moderated by President Karen R. Hitchcock with special guests. Reception at 5:30 p.m. with dinner following at 6:30 p.m. For more information and invitations, call 437-4780.

School of Public Health Fall 2000 Seminar Series presents: The Story of Grassroots Community Development in East St. Louis: A University-Community Partnership, with Kenneth M. Reardon from 8-9 a.m. at the East Campus, 80 Columbia Turnpike, Routes 9 & 20, Rensselaer, N.Y. Free and open to the public.

Rockefeller College Tuesday Policy Lunches: Challenges and Opportunities Governing an Upstate City, with Albert P. Jurczynski from 12:15 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. in the Rudolf Room.

New York State Writers Institute Fall 2000 Visiting Writers Series presents: Francine Prose, fiction writer at 8 p.m. in Recital Hall, Performing Arts Center, on the main campus. Free and open to the public.

October 25, Wednesday
UAlbany�s Department of Music presents: Findlay and Strings, Hudson Valley Philharmonic String Quartet with Findlay Cockrell at 7:30 p.m. in the Recital Hall, Performing Arts Center on the main campus. For more information, call Patrick Ferlo at 442-3995.

Fall 2000 Earth Sciences Joint Colloquium Series presents: Suzanne Baldwin on Plate Boundary Processes in the SW Pacific: Insights from Thermochronology, at 4 p.m. in the Earth Science Building, Room 232, main campus.

October 26, Thursday
Bob Ford Chalk Talks, at 12 p.m. in the Hall of Fame Room. Cost is $10 per person. Please R.S.V.P. to Karen Mitchell by Wednesday at 442-2562. For more information, call 442-3318.

New York State Writers Institute Fall 2000 Visiting Writers Series presents: Ted Conover, journalist and nonfiction writer at 8 p.m. in Recital Hall, Performing Arts Center, on the main campus. Free and open to the public.

October 27, Friday
The Department of Biological Sciences Fall 2000 Seminar Series presents: Richard Meagher with Phytoremediation of Toxic Elemental and Organic Pollutants by Genetically Engineered Plants at 4 p.m. in Biology 248. For more information, call Dmitry Belostotsky.

Computational & Applied Sciences Colloquium Series: Everything You Always Wanted to Know about Out-of-Core FFTs, but Were Afraid to Ask, with Thomas H. Cormen, from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. in the CESTM Auditorium. Refreshments served.

New York State Writers Institute Classic Films Fall Series 2000 presents: A Double Feature with The Night of the Hunter, directed by Charles Laughton, special starting time at 7 p.m. and Cape Fear, directed by J. Lee Thompson, approximate starting time 8:40 p.m. in Page Hall, 135 Western Ave. Free and open to the public.

October 28, Saturday
University at Albany Music Department presents: Pops for Parents with Findlay Cockrell, at 3:30 p.m. at the Recital Hall, Performing Arts Center on the main campus.

University at Albany Music Department presents: Family Weekend Concert with University Chamber Singers, directed by David Janower at noon in the Performing Arts Center Entrance Courtyard on the main campus. Free.

Friends of the Libraries Annual Book Sale from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. in front of the University Library on the main campus. Book donations are welcome. Contact Collection Development Office at 442-3583.

October 30, Monday
American Red Cross Blood Drive from 11:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. in the Campus Center Ballroom. Call the American Red Cross at 462-7461, ext. 823, for an appointment. Sponsored by Alpha Phi Omega.

University at Albany Music Department presents: The University -Community Concert Band and University Jazz Ensemble Performance, at 8 p.m. in the Main Theatre, Performing Arts Center, on the main campus. For reservations and ticket information call the Performing Arts Center Box office at 442-3997.

October 31, Tuesday
American Red Cross Blood Drive from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Rockefeller College, Milne Hall, Room 200. Call Sue Wood at 442-5396 for an appointment. Sponsored by Alpha Phi Omega.

School of Public Health Fall 2000 Seminar Series presents: Will Family Health Plus Work? with Richard Cook from 8 to 9 a.m. at the East Campus, 80 Columbia Turnpike, Routes 9 & 20, Rensselaer, N.Y. Free and open to the public.

University at Albany Music Department presents: Twice Tuesday Concert Series with Findlay Cockrell at noon and at 4 p.m. at the Recital Hall, Performing Arts Center on the main campus.

Rockefeller College Tuesday Policy Lunches: Analyzing the 2000 Election with Bruce Miroff from 12:15 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. in the Rudolf Room.

November 1, Wednesday
Reservations due for the Friends of the Libraries Nearby and Notable Outing to the Seagroatt Floral Company in Berlin, N.Y. For reservations, visit our Web site at https://www.albany.edu/library/news/ or contact Dorothy Christiansen at 437-3931 or [email protected].

Fall 2000 Earth Sciences Joint Colloquium Series presents: Curtis Olsen on Quantifying Rates of Environmental Processes Using Naturally Occurring Beryllium-7 as a Biogeochemical Tracer, at 4 p.m. at RPI, Johnsson-Rowland Science Center (third floor) SC 3W13.

Faculty Forum in the Patroon Room private dining room at noon.

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