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Albany, New York 12222
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Fax: 518/442-3035
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Contact: Kim Van Dyke (518) 442-3093
Author Juan Williams to Address University’s Freshman Class
a one of America’s leading political writers and thinkers, will be
guest speaker at the University at Albany’s annual freshman assembly Saturday, Sept. 4
at 2 p.m. at the Recreation and Convocation Center, uptown campus.
Williams wrote the nonfiction best seller Eyes on the Prize: America’s Civil Rights
Years, 1954-1965, the companion volume to the critically praised PBS series. At present
he is writing a biography of Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall.
Williams is also a political analyst and national correspondent for The Washington
Post, where he has been an editorial writer, columnist, and White House reporter. He
writes for many national publications and appears on numerous television news shows,
including "Inside Washington" as a political commentator and “Crossfire” as a frequent
guest host.
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University Relations
Division of University Advancement
Administration 233
Albany, New York 12222
518/442-3071
Fax: 518/442-3035
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STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK
Contact: Lisa James (518) 442-3093
The Inupiat Eskimo to be Discussed at University at Albany’s
Next Summer Science Lecture Series
A presentation on "A Photographic Overview of the Lifestyle and Subsistence of the
Inupiat Eskimo" will be the subject of the University at Albany’s next Summer Science
Lecture Series. The event will be held on Tuesday, August 17, at 8 p.m., at the Whiteface
Mountain Field Station, located on Memorial Highway in Wilmington, N.Y. The lecture
is free and open to the public.
Timothy Holmes, a rural sociologist who has worked as a private researcher for
the past 12 years, will be the featured speaker. In 1987-89 he was in the Barrow, Alaska
area studying the subsistence activities of the Inupiat Eskimos. In his lecture, which will
be highlighted by slides, Holmes will share stories about his experiences in Alaska.
The Summer Science Lecture Series is sponsored by the ASRC and organized by
well-known area meteorologist Ray Falconer. This is the last lecture in this summer’s
series. The lectures are presented by leading scientists and other authorities, experts in
their field, who interpret some of the many facets of modern science and of beautiful
Whiteface Mountain. A report on the latest weather, using colored projections, will be
presented before the lecture.
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Division of University Advancement
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518/442-3071
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Civil-rights author to speak Sept. 4 at University of Albany
Juan Williams, author of the nonfiction best seller Eyes on the Prize: America’s
Civil Rights Years, 1954-1965, companion volume to the critically praised PBS series, will
speak at the University at Albany’s annual freshman assembly Saturday, Sept. 4 at 2
p.m. at the Recreation and Convocation Center, uptown campus. The press is invited to
attend the event, which is not open to the public.
Williams, who is now writing a biography of Supreme Court Justice Thurgood
Marshall, is a political analyst and national correspondent for The Washington Post,
where he has been an editorial writer, columnist, and White House reporter. He writes for
many national publications and appears on numerous television news shows, including
"Inside Washington" as a political commentator and "Crossfire" as a frequent guest host.
Local radio station WAMC (FM) will broadcast a live interview with Williams
August 31 from 2-3 p.m.
For information, to schedule an interview, or to request photos please contact the
Unversity.
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University at Albany Recognized As a Leader in Diversity
ALBANY, N.Y. - The Association of American Colleges (AAC) has asked the University at
Albany to share its expertise in human ‘diversity with other colleges and universities
nationwide.
The University is one of 20 "resource" institutions invited by the AAC to participate
in an ambitious, multi-year project designed to introduce American pluralism into the
curriculums of other colleges and universities. Under the project, which the AAC is calling
“American Commitments, Diversity, Democracy and Liberal Learning," Albany and each of
the other "resource" institutions will be paired with two "planning" institutions which want to
strengthen their basic academic programs through the introduction of issues that explore U.S.
cultural and democratic pluralism. This 60-institution network is expected to play an
influential role in reshaping the curricular future of higher education in the United States.
University President H. Patrick Swygert said the AAC’s selection of Albany as a
"resource" institution recognized the campus’s commitment to human diversity as reflected in
the undergraduate curriculum and in the scholarly activities of its faculty.
"We are pleased to see our outstanding research faculty recognized by an organization
as prestigious as the Association of American Colleges," said Swygert. "Our selection
demonstrates the quality of the faculty in the area of human diversity and gives us an
opportunity to help other colleges and universities as they work to incorporate pluralism
concepts into their curricula."
The select group of "resource" institutions includes both private and public institutions
and ranges from research universities to community colleges, according to Gregory I. Stevens,
project manager and assistant dean of Albany’s College of Arts and Sciences. He said they
were chosen on the basis of their scholarly resources in contemporary U.S. diversity,
innovative curricula incorporating U.S. cultural and democratic pluralism, and institutional
commitment to diversity in campus life.
Albany will learn who its two academic partners are in September, Stevens said. He
said two Albany faculty members, Bonnie Spanier of the Department of Women’s Studies
and Gail Landsman of the Department of Anthropology, have already been named to serve as
curriculum consultants to the AAC project. They will also contribute to a national curriculum
conference in February and write a final report about their planning institutions that will lay
the groundwork for curricular change and faculty development at those institutions. A five-
person team from the planning institutions will also visit the Albany campus next winter.
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