WORKSHOPS, PROGRAMS ON THURSDAY

Climate change expert

POTSDAM: SUNY Potsdam's Department of Geology hosting internationally recognized climate change expert Dr. Richard Alley who will speak about "Finding the Good News on Energy and Environment," 7 p.m., Kellas Hall Room 105; Alley, who is the Evan Pugh University Professor of Geosciences at Pennsylvania State University, will discuss his outlook on energy, climate change and their impact on society in his remarks; host of the PBS documentary series, "Earth: The Operators' Manual;" free, public invited; reception preceding Alley's talk from 6-7 p.m. in the Timerman Hall Commons, with appetizers and cash bar.

Russian literature lecture

POTSDAM: Lecture by Dr. Boris Lanin, SUNY Potsdam National Endowment for the Humanities Distinguished Visiting Professor; 7:30-9 p.m., Raymond Hall eighth floor lounge, SUNY Potsdam; "Chimps, Chess and Stalin's New Socialist Man;" www.potsdam.edu/about/administration/provost.

1918 Flu talk

CANTON: 1918 Flu Epidemic in St. Lawrence County will be topic of next Brown Bag Lunch Series talk hosted by the St. Lawrence County Historical Association, noon; with speaker Bryan Thompson; free, open to the public; bring your own lunch and enjoy a beverage and dessert provided by SLCHA; info: 315-386-8133, info@slcha.org, www.slcha.org.