Honors College Events Calendar

Dec. 1- Dec. 12

*To receive credit for events with no Honors sign-in sheet, please e-mail a brief reaction/reflection of the event you attended to the Honors College Student Assistant, Arianna Doss at

Thursday, December 1: Future Perfect: Picturing the Anthropocene

  • 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM
  • University Art Museum
  • Future Perfect will feature artists who explore our conflicted relationship to the natural world and inform how we view the past, how we perceive the present and how we imagine the future. Programming will include lectures, screenings, performances, and informal conversations related to the subject of climate change within a broad scientific, literary, historical and geo-political framework. "The Anthropocene Web Project,"
  • Check UAlbany Events webpage for more dates and times

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Thursday, December 1: Brown Bag Talk: Jill Schneiderman, Prof. of Earth Science, Vassar College

  • 12:00 PM – 12:45 PM
  • University Art Museum Fine Arts Building
  • Jill Schneiderman will discuss her research on microplastics in Cape Cod sand dunes particularly as it relates to debates about divisions of geologic time in the 19th century and today.

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Friday, December 2: Department of Economics Seminar Series

  • 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM
  • Business Administration 130
  • Yun Pei, University at Buffalo, will present "Optimal Sovereign Defaults in the Presence of Financial Frictions."

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Monday, December 5: DAES/ASRC Seminar – Jerry Brotzge

  • 4:15 PM – 5:15 PM
  • Earth Science, Room 232
  • The Department of Atmospheric and Environmental Sciences and the Atmospheric Science Research Center invite you to their joint colloquium featuring Jerry Brotzge from the NYS Mesonet. All are welcome.

______Tuesday, December 6: Lecture: Radley Horton, "Projected Temperature Extremes and Human Health Impacts over the 21st Century"

  • 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
  • University Art Museum Fine Arts Building
  • Radley Horton will discuss climate change, heat waves, and the impacts on health to residents of New York City, the Northeast, and the US. Horton is an Associate Research Scientist at the Center for Climate Systems Research at Columbia University, affiliated with NASA’s Goddard Institute for Space Studies.

Tuesday, December 6: Student Recitals

  • 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM
  • Performing Arts Center Recital Hall
  • A host of performers showcase their vocal and instrumental talents as part of their departmental studies.
  • There is another showing on Wednesday ; See the poster for more information

Tuesday, December 6: Jammin @ Jazzmans

  • 9:00 PM – 11:00 PM
  • Jazzman Cafe East Addition Campus Center
  • Enjoy a relaxing evening of live entertainment with the cafe experience at Jazzmans coffeehouse. Each week we will feature a range of acts, including spoken word poetry, jazz music, DJs and more. This week will feature Open Mic (audition required).

Thursday, December 8: Brown Bag Talk: Mathias Vuille, Atmospheric and Environmental Sciences

  • 12:00 PM – 12:45 PM
  • University Art Museum Fine Arts Building
  • The Andes without snow and ice--climate adaptation in the Anthropocene era.

Thursday, December 8: Department of Economics Seminar Series

  • 4:15 PM – 5:15 PM
  • Business Administration 130
  • Morris Davis, Rutgers University, will present "Gross Migration, Housing and Urban Population Dynamics," with Jonas D.M. Fisher and Marcelo Veracierto.

Sunday, December 11: Holiday Concert

  • 4:00 PM – 6:00 PM
  • Performing Arts Center Main Theatre
  • Music Program ensembles (Chorale, Chamber Singers, Concert Band, Jazz Ensemble and Symphony Orchestra) are joined by student groups (Serendipity, Earth Tones and Pitch Please) for a concert celebrating the season.
  • Cost $3 students, seniors and UAlbany faculty-staff

Monday, December 12: Jammin @ Jazzmans

  • 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM
  • Jazzman Cafe East Addition Campus Center
  • Enjoy a relaxing evening of live entertainment with the cafe experience at Jazzmans coffeehouse. Each week we will feature a range of acts, including spoken word poetry, jazz music, DJs and more.

Monday, December 12: Twenty Drummers Drummin’

  • 4:00 PM – 6:00 PM
  • Performing Arts Center Main Theatre
  • The University Percussion Ensemble performs.
  • Cost $3 students, seniors and UAlbany faculty-staff