An article by Richard L. Fox, associate professor of political science, and two former students, Mathew P. Barry '00 and Clark Jones '01, has been published in the Seton Hall University School of Law Journal of Sports and Entertainment Law. “Judicial Opinion on the Criminality of Sports Violence in the United States” discusses whether sports violence should be considered a crime and who should be responsible for regulating such violence.
Read MoreKaplan to chair advisory committee
Ilene Kaplan, professor of sociology, has been asked to chair the Social Science Advisory Committee to NOAA Fisheries/New England Fishery Management Council.
The committee addresses the social impacts of marine regulations developed by the federal government. In addition, Kaplan's work on ecosystem-based management and social dimensions has appeared in “Managing Our Nation's Fisheries,” a government publication on marine policy.
Kaplan also will present material at the social science section of the New England Fishery Management Council hearings this fall.
Read MoreGarver publishes paper on fission-track dating methodology
John I. Garver, professor of geology and department chair, has published, with M. Bernet, Chapter 8: Fission-track Analysis of Detrital Zircon, in P.W. Reiners' and T. A. Ehlers' (eds.) Low-Temperature Thermochronology: Techniques, Interpretations, and Applications, Reviews in Mineralogy and Geochemistry Series, (Volume 58).
The paper details a methodology that Garver has pioneered involving dating the cooling age of single sand-sized crystals of zircon from sandstones. The technique provides an understanding of how sedimentary basins develop with time.
Garver highlighted his work with fission-track dating as the featured speaker at a workshop associated with the book's release.
Read MoreResearch workshop for junior faculty scheduled
“Research Expectations and Funding Opportunities for Tenure-Track Faculty,” a workshop for junior faculty from Union, Skidmore, Colgate and Hamilton colleges, will be held Saturday, Feb. 4, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., in Everest Lounge. It is sponsored by the Mellon-Four College Consortium.
The first session, “Expectations and Mentoring,” will feature a panel of senior faculty members who have served on the Faculty Review Board or its equivalent.
The second session, “Research Funding Opportunities,” will feature Jane Aiken, National Endowment for the Humanities senior program officer, Division of Research Programs, and Muriel Poston, dean of faculty at Skidmore. In 2002 Poston became a program director with the National Science Foundation; 18 months later, she was named deputy division director for its Division of Biological Infrastructure.
For information, contact Kathy Basirico at basirick@union.edu.
Read MoreKeep father’s dream alive, says Martin Luther King III
The son of Martin Luther King Jr. urged the College community to keep his father's goals of racial equality for all a priority in their lives.
“We've made substantial progress in many aspects,'' Martin Luther King III told the crowd of about 500 people inside Memorial Chapel Wednesday night. “But we have a lot of work to do to eradicate racial injustice.''
In his address, King said the federal holiday marking his father's birthday is an opportunity each year “to begin anew” in pursuit of his father's dreams.
He chided the country's leadership for the high rates of poverty, particularly in the black community, and said the billions wasted on the war in Iraq would be better spent on social programs, including more money to improve schools.
“We must demand more accountability from our elected officials, regardless of what party they belong to,'' he said.
The second oldest child of the civil rights leader and Coretta Scott King, King has been speaking around the country about “My Father's Dream, My Mission.'' Many of his appearances have been on college campuses.
“They are the future leaders of our country,'' he said before his speech. “It's important young people have a liberal arts exposure.''
King was welcomed to the stage by the a cappella group, the Dutch Pipers, and Heavenly Voices, the College's gospel choir ensemble. They sang Ode to Old Union.
From 1998 to 2003, King served as president of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, the organization his father helped create in 1957. He has also served on the board of the Martin Luther King Center for Nonviolent Social Change in Atlanta, which his mother founded shortly after her husband was killed in 1968.
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