Thursday, October 28, 2004
Alumni Relations holds its annual beer-tasting seminar in Mother’s Wine Emporium at 6 pm. More information is available at http://www.alumni.rpi.edu/.
Friday, October 29 2004
The WRPI Spin Fest brings techno music to the McNeil Room from 8 to 11 pm. To learn more visit
The Vienna Choir Boys continue 500 years of musical tradition with a concert at Proctors Theatre in Schenectady at 8 pm. For more information, call the Rensselaer Union at 276-6505 or go online to http://www.proctors.org/.
John-Alex Mason performs at UPAC Mother’s at 8 pm. Admission is free with an RPI or Russell Sage ID and $8 for the general public. For more information call the Rensselaer Union at 276-6505.
Luke Hsiung of the University of California speaks on “Nano-Scale Twinning and Martensitic Transformation in BCC Metals Deformed Under Dynamic Pressures” in Low 4050 at 10:30 am. The lecture is sponsored by the Department of Mechanical, Aerospace, and Nuclear Engineering.
Saturday, October 30, 2004
UPAC Concerts presents their fall show. The rock concert begins at 7 pm in the McNeil Room and admission is free. To find out more, e-mail
Sunday, October 31 2004
The BSA opens Black Awareness Week with an opening event in Mother’s Wine Emporium at 6 pm. African-American television shows, plays, and movies will be shown to kick off the heritage week. Admission is free. Go online to http://www.bsa.rpi.edu/ for further details.
Monday November 1, 2004
Alianza Latina continues Black Awareness Week with a movie night in room 3202 of the Union at 6 pm. Admission is free. To learn more, go to http://www.bsa.rpi.edu/.
Amir Said asks “Do We Need Strong Encryption in Every Living Room?” in a Department of Electrical, Computer, and Systems Engineering lecture in JEC 3117 at 4 pm.
Knut Solna of the University of California Irvine gives a lecture entitled “Detection and Imaging in a Cluttered Environment” in Walker 5113 at 4 pm. The lecture is sponsored by the Department of Mathematics.
Tuesday November 2, 2004
The evolution of hip-hop comes to life in a presentation by Lambda Upsilon Lambda in Low 4050 to continue Black Awareness Week. Admission is free. Visit http://www.bsa.rpi.edu/ for additional information.
Wednesday, November 3 2004
The BSA screens Ghetto Life 101, a 1990s documentary about Chicago’s South Side, as part of Black Awareness Week. The screening begins at 6 pm in the Black Cultural Center on the corner of Sage Ave and 9th Street. Go on the web to http://www.bsa.rpi.edu/ for further details.
The Department of Computer Science presents the first in a distinguished speaker series when Bruce Donald of Dartmouth University gives a talk titled “Algorithmic Challenges in Structural Molecular Biology and Proteomics.” The lecture begins at 2 pm in Troy 2018, with refreshments at 1:30 pm.
iEAR presents a showing of The Yes Men, a social satire featured in the 2004 Sundance Film Festival. The screening begins at 8 pm in Albany and will be followed by a discussion with the makers of the film. Suggested donation at admission is $3. Visit http://www.arts.rpi.edu/ for more information.
