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CAMPUS
AND COMMUNITY CALENDAR
Academic
Schedule
2000-2001
ACADEMIC DATES OF INTEREST
HOLIDAYS
FOR FISCAL 2000-2001
Mon., Sept. 4
Labor Day. No classes; staff holiday
Lectures
Tue.,
Sept. 5
Mathematical Sciences Julian Cole-Margaret Darrin Lecture Series
in Applied Mathematics - Vladimir Zakharov, Landau Institute of
Theoretical Physics and University of Arizona; 214 Amos Eaton;
4-5 p.m.; refreshments in 401 Amos Eaton, 3:30-4 p.m.; contact
Dawnmarie Robens, ext. 6414
Wed.,
Sept. 6
Architecture Lecture—“A Technologist’s View
of an Architect’s View of Technology”; Roy Hall
’74; Hall received an Academy Award in 1998 for “principal
engineering efforts that led to the Wavefront Advanced Visualizer
computer graphics system”; 4050 CII;
6 p.m.; ext.6478
Fri., Sept. 8
Chemistry Dept. Seminar—“Solid-State Polymerization”;
Takahito Itoh, Mie University, Japan; Polymer Center Conference
Room;
3 p.m.; ext. 6341
Mon., Sept. 11
Chemistry Department Seminar—“Proton Transport in
Polymer Electrolytes: Theoretical and Experimental Studies”;
Thomas Zawodzinski, Los Alamos National Laboratory; Polymer Center
Conference Room; 3 p.m.; ext. 6341
Wed., Sept. 20
Howard B. Isermann Dept. of Chemical Engineering— “Bioseparations:
Electro-chormatography of Proteins”; Michael Ladisch,
LORRE (Laboratory of Renewable Resources Engineering); 211 Rickets;
3:30 p.m.; refreshments 3 p.m. Coonley Lounge; belfog@rpi.edu
Fri.,
Sept. 29
Chemistry Dept. Seminar - Takahito Itoh, Mie University, Japan;
Polymer Center Conference Room; 3 p.m.; ext. 6341
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Movies
UPAC
Listings
UPAC movie
listings: Wednesdays at 7, 10 p.m., $2; Fridays and Saturdays
at 7, 9:30, midnight, $2.50; ext. 8505
Fri., Sept. 1
U-571 (PG-13) Sat.,
Sept. 2
Rules of Engagement (R)
Wed., Sept. 6
Anna and the King (PG-13)
Fri., Sept. 8
Gladiator (R); 7 & 10 p.m.;
1 a.m.
Sat., Sept. 9
Dead Poets Society (PG)
Wed., Sept. 13
Ghost Dog: Way of the Samurai (R)
Fri.,
Sept. 15
Gone in Sixty Seconds (PG-13)
Sat., Sept. 16
Rushmore (R) Wed.,
Sept. 20
Frequency (PG-13) Fri.,
Sept. 22
Mission Impossible 2 (PG-13)
Sat.,
Sept. 23
Dumb and Dumber (PG-13)
Wed.,
Sept. 27
Titan AE (PG)
Fri.,
Sept. 29
Shanghai Noon (PG-13)
Sat., Sept. 30
Pitch Black (R)
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Performances
Mother's
Wine Emporium
Wed.,
Sept. 13
Electronic Arts Performance Series—“Cyber Art: Performance,
Identity, and Fragmentation”; Arthur Ganson, artist-in-residence
at MIT; 324 DCC; 8 p.m.; $5/3; ext. 4778
Sat.,
Sept. 23
Matchbox Twenty with special guest opener The Jayhawks. Houston
Field House Tickets are $29 for general public; UPAC Concerts
has a limited number of specially priced tickets for Rensselaer
students. Tickets are $17 per ticket. There is a limit of 2 tickets
per RPI student ID and a maximum of 4 IDs per student. Contact
the Rensselaer Union at ext. 6505 for more info.
Wed., Sept. 27
Electronic Arts Performance Series—Video screening of Dormimundo;
Ximena Cuevas; 324 DCC; 8 p.m.; $5/3; ext. 4778
Fri.,
Sept. 29
Rensselaer Retirees Day
Invitations will be sent early in September. Events for the morning
will be enclosed in the invitation. Day also includes tours after
the luncheon of the renovated Union and the Mueller Center; ext.
6303
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Short
Courses
ACS
courses are free of charge but you must register by calling ext.
7777, coming to the VCC Help Desk or sending e-mail to acs-courses@rpi.edu.
Course descriptions can be found at ACS
Courses
AIS courses,
conducted by CompTutor Inc., are $71. Sign up ASAP as there is
limited space. Deadline for reservations is one week before the
class unless otherwise noted. For information or reservations,
contact Lori Winslow at ext. 6279 or winsll@rpi.edu.
AIS
Short Courses
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Special
Events
Thu.,
Sept. 7
Town Meeting—“Rensselaer Plan: Introducing the First-Year
Priorities”; President Jackson will host a campus town meeting
for faculty, staff, and students; 3-6 p.m.; 308 DCC
Thu., Sept. 21
Dedication of the Rickey Sculpture — “Six Random Lines
Excentric”; Hassan Quad (in front of Greene Building); 5:15-6
p.m.; ext. 2227
Fri., Sept. 22
Barton Hall Dedication & BBQ Luncheon —11:30 a.m.-1:30
p.m.; Barton Hall Freshman Residence; RSVP to Danielle Adams ext.
2227 or adamsd@rpi.edu
Sat., Sept. 23
Revitalized Rensselaer Union Ribbon-Cutting and BBQ Luncheon—Noon-1:15
p.m.; Rensselaer Union; RSVP to Danielle Adams ext. 2227 or adamsd@rpi.edu
Fri., Sept. 29
Rensselaer Retirees Day Invitations will be sent early in September.
Events for the morning will be enclosed in the invitation. Day
also includes tours after the luncheon of the renovated Union
and the Mueller Center; ext. 6303
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Sports
Sat.,
Sept. 30
Men’s Hockey—Red & White game; skate with the Engineers;
Houston Field House; 5, 7:30 p.m.
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Workshops
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