Posted on Feb 2, 1996

A musical play that portrays the struggles of young African American males is
the featured event in the College's celebration of Black History Month during February.

Our Young Black Men Are Dying and Nobody Seems to Care by James Chapman will be
performed on Monday, Feb. 20 at 7:30 p.m. in Memorial Chapel.

The performance is free and open to the public.

The play, which has received critical acclaim around the country, provides an insight
into what is happening in the hearts and minds of young African American men and women.
“I want people to know that we are determined to survive,” said Chapman of his
play. Using issues ranging from date rape to homelessness, Young Black Men offers a
message of hope and change that is often missing from the debate about the fate of African
American men.

Other events in the College's celebration of Black History Month include:

• Roundtable discussion on the “Republican Revolution.” Feb. 6, 7:30 p.m., RCC
  308.
• Movie: The Inkwell. Feb. 7, 7 p.m., RCC 308.
• “Taste of the Tropics.” Feb. 11, 7:30 p.m., Bronner House.
• Clothing and food vendors. Feb. 14, 11 a.m., RCC atrium.
• Movie: New Jack City. Feb. 14, 7 p.m., RCC 308.
• “Psychology of Black America,” a lecture by Dr. Marcia Sutherland. Feb. 15, 7
  p.m., RCC 308.
• Clothing and food vendors. Feb. 16, 11 a.m. RCC atrium.
• ALAS Retreat. Feb. 17, 7 p.m., Old Chapel.
• Play: Our Young Black Men. Feb. 20, 7:30 p.m., Memorial Chapel.
• Movie: Soldier Story. Feb. 21, 7 p.m., RCC 308.
• Dr. Colia Clark, presented by Alpha Phi Alpha. Feb. 22, 7:30 p.m. RCC auditorium.
• Party sponsored by Alpha Phi Alpha and Sigma Gamma Rho. Feb. 24, 10 p.m., Old Chapel.
• Culinary Expose. Feb. 27, 6 p.m. Upperclass Dining.
• Movie: Cry Freedom. Feb. 28, 7 p.m., RCC auditorium.
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“Splendor in Stone,” an exhibit of spectacular thin sections of rocks from the New York State Museum, will be on display through the end of the month in the Nott Memorial. The sections are 1/850th of an inch thick glued to glass. Besides serving as unusual and dramatic abstract art, the thin sections tell a lot about the minerals present and how the rocks formed. A short course for local teachers is being offered Feb. 7.

The College's Department of Visual Arts welcomes David Ogawa of Assumption College, speaking on “Corot and the Feeling of Seeing” on Friday, Feb. 16, in
Arts 215.

“Silent Heros,” an exhibit of recent prints and drawings by Harold Lohner will be on display through March 1 in the Arts Atrium.

The Union College Choir and Orchestra directed by Prof. Hugh Allen Wilson will combine with choirs from WPI, Wells College and Regis College for a performance on Sunday,
Feb. 11, at 3 p.m. in Memorial Chapel.

“Questions of Faith,” a video series featuring 27 Jewish, Protestant
and Roman Catholic thinkers, will be shown through the end of the month from noon to 1 p.m. in Mobil Lounge (RCC 409). “How Do We Right the Wrong?” will be Feb. 6 and
7; “What Gives You Faith?” Feb. 13 and 14; and “What Happens After Death?” Feb. 20 and 21.

The Multicultural Affairs Group and the Multicultural Resource Center is sponsoring “Diversity Luncheons” on the first and third Thursday of each month
at noon in RCC 308. Luncheons this term are addressing the question, “Is Union a comfortable environment for multicultural students?” For more information, call the Dean of Students Office at ext. 6116.

Posted on Feb 2, 1996

Thomas Werner, Florence B. Sherwood Professor of Chemistry, is to publish a paper titled “Binding of Purene to Cyclodextrin Polymers” in the April issue of the journal Applied Spectroscopy. Co-authors are Karen Colwell '95 and Rezik
Agbaria and Isiah Warner, both of Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge.

Sandy Wimer, adjunct assistant professor of printmaking, had works on exhibit in a group show titled “Blue” at the Russell Sage College Gallery in Troy.

John Miller, theater technical director, was lighting designer for Home Made Theater's recent production of Charlotte's Web at the Spa Little Theater in Saratoga Spa State Park.

Kristin Fox, assistant professor of chemistry, published a paper titled “Structure-function relations for old yellow enzyme” in The FASEB Journal (Vol
9). Co-authors include P. Andrew Karplus of Cornell University, and Vincent Massey of the University of Michigan. The paper reviews the current state of knowledge about the protein
old yellow enzyme, and details what is known from both the structural and mechanistic perspectives.

Charlotte Eyerman, visiting instructor of visual arts, presented a paper, “Daumier's 'Liberty' and Strategies of Modern Allegory” at the Western Society for French History's 23rd annual conference last fall.

Susan Lehrman, assistant professor at the Graduate Management Institute, was recently commissioned by the Agency for Health Care Policy and Research, one of the primary federal agencies funding health services research, to write a paper on
methodologies for evaluating the costs and benefits of AIDS case management. The paper was presented in Washington, D.C., in November and is to be published this year.

William Finlay, associate professor of theatre and director of the Yulman Theater, directed Of e.e. i sing, a musical celebration of the poetry of e.e. cummings, in the second offering of Proctor's Too, of which he is artistic director.
Finlay is also on the artistic staff of the Capital Repertory Company in Albany, where he is serving as combat choreographer for their upcoming production of Grapes of Wrath.

Posted on Feb 2, 1996

The Vellinger String Quartet will perform music by Haydn, Mendelssohn, Purcell and Britten tonight, Feb. 2, at 8 p.m. in Memorial Chapel as part of the Schenectady
Museum-Union College chamber music series.

Formed in 1991, the Vellinger came to the attention of the music world by winning first prize in the London International String Quartet Competition in 1994. Quartet members have been regular participants in England's noted chamber festival in Prussia Cove. This season, the group is touring the U.S., Europe and Japan.

Members are Stephanie Gonley and Harvey de Souza, violins; James Boyd, viola; and Sally Pendlebury, cello.

On the program are Haydn's Quartet in B flat Major, Opus 71, No. 1; Mendelssohn's Quartet in E flat Major, Opus 12; Purcell's Fantasia (a selection);
and Britten's Quartet No. 2, Opus 36.

Posted on Feb 2, 1996

One Union professor, two high school teachers and three college presidents are to be honored by the College at the Founders Day ceremony on Saturday, Feb. 10, at 11:30 a.m. in Memorial Chapel.

The ceremony also will include an address by President Roger Hull.

Mary Carroll, assistant professor of chemistry, is to receive the Stillman Prize for Excellence in Teaching, established by Abbott L. Stillman '69, a member of the College's Board of Trustees. Carroll, a member of the Class of 1986 who rejoined her alma mater as a faculty member six years later, earned her Ph.D. from Indiana University.

Three college presidents will receive honorary degrees for their contributions in helping to establish foreign study exchanges with the College. They are Gordon McGregor,
former principal of the University College of Ripon and York St. John in York, England; Tan Feng Liang, president of Nanjing Normal University in Nanjing, China; and Sadato
Tanimato, president of Kansai Gaidai University in Osaka, Japan.

Two high school teachers — Michael Zulauf and Rita Livingston — are to receive the Gideon Hawley Teacher Recognition Awards. Zulauf, a history teacher at Gilford (N.H.) High
School was nominated by history major Catherine Bosiak '98. Livingston, a retired physics and mathematics teacher at Kelly Walsh High School in Casper, Wyo., was nominated by mathematics major Graham Bryce '98.

The Gideon Hawley award is named for the 1809 Union graduate who was distinguished historically for his leadership in education and his concern for teacher development during the 19th century. As the state's first superintendent of public education, he laid the foundations of the public elementary schools and was a founder of what is now the University at Albany, the first campus in the State University of New York system. He was
named secretary of the state Board of Regents, a post he held for 27 years.