Terrorists Destroyed The World Trade Center's Twin Towers And Pentagon

Terrorists destroy the World Trade Center's Twin Towers and Pentagon. Classes were canceled on September 11 and 12. On September 11, nearly 1,000 students, faculty, and staff attended a candlelight vigil around the main fountains on the Uptown Campus. On September 12, an estimated 3,000 people on campus walked together, sang, prayed, and joined hands in a Campus Unity Walk. Additionally, other University schools and faculty held events in the days following 9/11 including readings by English faculty sponsored by the New York State Writers Institute, a session on coping with trauma from the School of Social Welfare, a session on the policy implications of the tragedy from Rockefeller College, and many teach-ins. A memorial service was held on September 21 in the Recreation and Convention Center on the Uptown Campus with members of the larger Albany and Capital District communities.

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For the University's reaction see Mary Fiess, "A United Campus Responds," UAlbany Update, September 14, 2001, p. 1 and UAlbany Update, September 27, 2001, p. 1-3, 7