Donald T. Rodbell,
associate professor of geology, is co-author of an article
“Asynchronous Warming of the Tropics at the Last Glacial-Interglacial
Transition” in the May 31 issue of Science.
The paper presents evidence that the tropics led
the globe out of the last ice age. This is novel in that the bias
has always been that the high latitudes were the key in
forcing global climate. The data used in the study involved lake
sediment cores from Lake Titicaca and Lake Junin, many of these cores
were acquired with Union students doing summer research
fellowships. Rodbell published, with Stefan Bagnato '00 and
Jeff Nebolini '95 and others, a paper titled “A late
glacial-Holocene tephrochronology for glacial
lakes in southern Ecuador” in the May issue of
Quaternary Research. Also in that
issue, he was a co-author of “Late glacial
and Holocene deglaciation in the Cordillera
Vilcanota-Quelccaya Ice Cap region, SE Perú.”
Rodbell gave a lecture to the Department of Geosciences at the University
of Massachusetts titled “Climatic Change on
Centennial/Millennial Scales in the Tropical Andes.”
Calendar
Events
Friday, June 7
Classes end
Monday, June 10
Exams begin
Thursday, June 13
Exams end
Friday, June 14
Residence halls close
Saturday, June 15, 10:30 p.m.
College observatory at F.W. Olin Center
Observatory open house
Sunday, June 16, 10 a.m.
Library Plaza
Commencement
Exhibits
Through June 9
Arts Atrium Gallery
Senior art shows by Robbie Olazagaski (“My Life: A
Collection of Photographs”) and Sanskriti Thakur (`The Millenia
of Woman,” a collection of prints).
Through June 17
Schaffer Library
“Countering Culture: The Beat Generation and Beyond”
a collection of memorabilia from the 1950s through 1970s
with commentary by students from the class, “Dead Heads,
Talking Heads and Singing Heads: America's Counter
cultural Revolution, 1955 to 1975” taught by Prof. Jim McCord and
other faculty.
Chemistry faculty, students represent at national meetings
Chemistry has been well represented by students
and faculty at recent national conferences.
Three students – Rachel Bukowski '02, Natasha Eckert
'02 and Jamie Iannacone '03 – received the Celebrating
Diversity in Analytical Chemistry travel awards to participate in the
53rd annual Pittsburgh Conference & Exhibition on Analytical
Chemistry and Applied Spectroscopy. Each presented a poster on
her summer or senior research projects.
Four faculty and 10 students attended the national meeting
of the American Chemical Society, a meeting in which Prof.
Tom Werner received the ACS award for research at an
undergraduate institution. A total of 14 presentations from Union were
given including talks by professors Michael Hagerman and
Jim Adrian, 10 posters on faculty-student research, and one
on Chemistry Club activities.
Students attending were Pavankumar
Bommasamudram `02, Rachel Bukowski `02, Natasha Eckert `02, Alicia Every `02,
George Kosturko `02, Andrew Leyhane `02, Amy Payeur `04, Desirée
Plata `03, Ian Saratovsky '02 and Yuriy Uvaydov '02.
Web class is offered on July 18
The Office of Communications Web staff is offering a
one-day summer workshop for “Web stewards,” those
employees responsible for maintaining their department's or
program's presence on the Internet.
“Creating Effective Web Sites at Union” will be Thursday,
July 18, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. in Olin 102. There will be a
one-hour lunch break.
“This workshop will be a valuable experience for anyone
on campus who is maintaining a Web site, and looking for ways
to improve it,” said Tom Smith, Web site director. Topics are to
include using Frontpage effectively, using Photoshop, using the Union
Web template, and best practices for maintaining Web sites.
The workshop is being led by Smith and Roxanne
DeHamel, Web coordinator.
For more information, email wwwstaff@union.edu.
Read MoreJeff Greenfield speaks at Commencement on June 16
Jeff Greenfield, political analyst, author, and
national news anchor will be honorary chancellor and deliver the
main address at Commencement on Sunday, June 16, at 10 a.m.
in Library Plaza.
Greenfield is host of the CNN's Greenfield At Large,
a roundtable program drawing on people from all walks of life
to discuss the public agenda.
Greenfield, who will be introduced by Prof.
Clifford Brown, is to receive an honorary doctor of laws degree.
Greenfield is also CNN's senior analyst for Inside
Politics, the nation's first program devoted exclusively to politics. In 2000,
he was a host of the network's nightly special election
program during the 37 days of the Florida recount, an experience
from which he penned the book, Oh Waiter! One Order of Crow!
Since joining CNN in 1998, he has reported on and
provided analysis for stories ranging from the impeachment and trial
of President Bill Clinton to the public reaction to the death
of John F. Kennedy Jr. He has guest hosted for Larry King
Live and moderated CNN's town hall meetings, such as
Listening after Littleton and Investigating
the President: Media Madness?
Greenfield reported live for CNN from the 2000
Republican and Democratic conventions and served as a panelist in the
WCBS New York Senate debate between Hilary Rodham Clinton and
Rep. Rick Lazio.
The College is to award 507 bachelor's degrees and
136 masters.
Farhan Javed Khawaja and Jessica Erin Cook are
valedictorian and salutatorian, respectively. Leah Nero is to deliver
the student address.