Posted on Oct 22, 1999

An anchor of the Union-Schenectady Initiative in the

College Park neighborhood is set to celebrate.

The Montessori Toddlers' and Children's House at 245

Park Place will have its grand opening on Monday, Oct. 25, at 4:30 p.m.

Members of the Union community are invited for the open

house and tours.

“We are celebrating the return of a Montessori

school to the City of Schenectady and all of the goodwill that made this

project possible,” said Kris Gernert-Dott, who runs the school with

Cecelia Oballe.

Gernert-Dott '86 said that Union's commitment to

College Park, through the Union-Schenectady Initiative, gave the pair the

courage to turn their idea of a Montessori Preschool into reality. She

also thanked contractor Bast-Hatfield Inc. for turning the fire-damaged

building into a schoolhouse at a reasonable cost.

Call 381-9322 for details.

Posted on Oct 22, 1999

Emmanuel Pahud, a world-renowned flutist, will perform

with pianist Eric Le Sage in their Capital District debut in the

Schenectady Museum Union College Concert Series on Friday, Oct. 29, at 8

p.m. in Memorial Chapel.

The performance will include Debussy's Prelude to

the Afternoon of a Faun, Syrinx, Chansons de Bilites, L'Isle Joyeuse

(piano solo), and Poulenc's Flute Sonata.

Posted on Oct 22, 1999

Too busy to exercise at lunch? Or after hours?

Have an invigorating workout in the morning.

In response to a number of requests, Alumni Gymnasium is

open weekdays starting at 7:30 a.m., according to Bill Scanlon, director

of intramurals and recreation.

Gym hours are 7:30 a.m. to 9 p.m., Monday through

Thursday; 7:30 a.m. to midnight Friday; noon to midnight Saturday; and

noon to 9 p.m. Sunday.

Posted on Oct 22, 1999

Thomas Werner, the Florence B.

Sherwood Professor of Physical Sciences, is to publish an article

“Binding of 2-Acetylnaphthalene to Gamma-Cyclodetrin: Stoichiometry

of the Dimer Complex” in the journal Applied Spectroscopy. His

co-author is JiHyun LaRose '99.

John Sowa, professor of

chemistry, received the “Champion of Chapters and Support

Groups” award from the Brain Injury Association of New York State at

their annual conference. He also spoke to the group on “There is Life

After Brain Injury.”

Martin Benjamin, professor of

photography, has published one of his works, “Young Woman, Nanjing,

P.R. China, 1993,” in Black and White Photography: An

International Collection, a coffee-table book including the work of 75

photographers (Rockport Publishers).

Robert Fleischer, research

professor of geology, and students Steve Hadley '01 and Nick

Meyer '00 are authors of a paper on measuring individuals'

exposure to the radioactive gas radon by measuring etchings in eyeglass

lenses. Meyer last summer presented the work in a talk at the 44th meeting

of the Health Physics Society.

Frank Wicks, professor of

mechanical engineering, is author of “The Blacksmith's Motor”

in a recent issue of Mechanical Engineering. The article describes

how blacksmith Thomas Davenport in 1833 invented what later would become

known as a shunt-wound brush and commutator direct current motor.

Hilary Tann, professor of

music, and Tim Olsen, assistant professor of music, have received

awards from the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers

(ASCAP) based upon their original compositions and performances of those

works.

Posted on Oct 22, 1999

When residents of Wells House planned a recent

dinner to honor their housekeeper, Rosina Guzzo, they accepted her offer

to bring “just one dish.”

But her motherly instinct took over. Guzzo, who loves to

prepare her Italian specialties, turned “just one dish” into

many. On the night of the dinner, she arrived with manicotti, chicken

marsala, pasta primavera, chicken Florentine, salad … and an assistant,

Anna Riccio of Dutch Hollow fame, to help with serving.

Guzzo, at Union since 1984 and Wells House since it

opened in 1993, has become something of a surrogate mother to students who

live in the community service theme house.

“I always call them my kids,” says Guzzo,

herself the mother of three grown children.

“We were just expecting her to bring a pan of

lasagna,” said one of the 20 Wells House residents who were treated

to the home-cooked meal. “It was incredible.”