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Through Feb. 4

Burns Arts Atrium Gallery, Arts Building

Marks in Time by Adam Richman '97

A collection of prints and books by the book artist and printmaker, investigating human anxiety about time and immortality.

Through April 30 (extended)

Mandeville Gallery, Nott Memorial

CHARLES STECKLER: STAGE DESIGN

A retrospective exhibit covering nearly 40 shows of stage designs crafted by Charles Steckler, professor of theater and designer-in-residence, as well as drawings, construction models and artifacts, from whimsical masks to the hand-crafted sausages from Tartuffe.

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Thursday, Jan. 19 and Friday Jan. 20, 7-10 p.m. / Yulman Theatre / Theater and Dance Workshop / “Body Space,” introduction to performance art; Jill Sigman, Artistic Director, Jill Sigman /thinkdance; international performer, recipient of many awards in the arts

Friday, Jan. 20, 6 p.m. / Viniar Athletic Center / Women's basketball vs. Hamilton

Friday, Jan. 20, 7 p.m. / Messa Rink / Women's hockey vs. Brown

Friday, Jan. 20, 8 p.m. / Viniar Athletic Center / Men's basketball vs. Hamilton

Friday, Jan. 20 – Monday, Jan. 23, 8 and 10 p.m. / Reamer Campus Center Auditorium / Movie: Elizabethtown

Saturday, Jan. 21, 2 p.m. / Viniar Athletic Center / Women's basketball vs. William Smith

Saturday, Jan. 21, 4 p.m. / Viniar Athletic Center / Men's basketball vs. Hobart

Saturday, Jan. 21, 4 p.m. / Messa Rink / Women's hockey vs. Brown

Tuesday, Jan. 24, 3:45-4:45 p.m. / Social Sciences 104 / Pizza and Politics / “The War in Iraq: An Independent Journalist's Perspective”; Dahr Jamail, writer for Inter Press Service and The Asia Times, speaks about his eight months in Iraq   

Tuesday, Jan. 24, 4:30 p.m. / Wold House / Converging Technology Movie

Tuesday, Jan. 24, 7 p.m. / Viniar Athletic Center / Women's basketball vs. Elmira

Wednesday, Jan. 25, 5 p.m. / Pool, Alumni Gymnasium / Men's and women's swim vs. Amherst

Wednesday, Jan. 25, 10 p.m. / Old Chapel / comedian DC Benny

Thursday, Jan. 26, 12:30 p.m. / Olin 106 / Chemistry seminar: Timothy Machonkin of the University of Rochester Medical Center on “Re-engineering Tyrosinase for Improved Activity towards Substrates of interest in Bioremediation“

Thursday, Jan. 26, 12:40 p.m. / NWSE 222 / Computer science seminar: Jeremy Manson of Purdue University

Friday, Jan. 27, 12 p.m. / Beuth House / Economics discussion with Ellen Foster

Friday, Jan. 27, 5 p.m. / Old Chapel / Slam Poets Verbal Mayhem Workshop

Friday, Jan. 27, 6 p.m. / Viniar Athletic Center / Women's basketball vs. Rensselaer

Friday, Jan. 27, 7 p.m. / Messa Rink / Women's hockey vs. Dartmouth

Friday, Jan. 27, 8 p.m. / Viniar Athletic Center / Men's basketball vs. Rensselaer

Friday, Jan. 27 – Monday, Jan. 30, 8 and 10 p.m. / Reamer Campus Center Auditorium / Movie: North Country

Friday, Jan. 27, 10 p.m. / Old Chapel / Mayhem Poets Slam Universe Performance

Saturday, Jan. 28, 2 p.m. / Viniar Athletic Center / Women's basketball vs. Vassar

Saturday, Jan. 28, 2 p.m. / Pool, Alumni Gymnasium / Men's and women's swim vs. Hamilton

Saturday, Jan. 28, 4 p.m. / Viniar Athletic Center / Men's basketball vs. Vassar

Saturday, Jan. 28, 4 p.m. / Messa Rink / Women's hockey vs. Dartmouth

Sunday, Jan. 29, 3 p.m. / Memorial Chapel / Pei-Yao Wang, piano and Friends

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Professors as Authors: Friday, Feb. 3, 10 a.m.-3:30 p.m.

Why do editors choose some books and reject others? How does a scholarly author decide where to submit a project? Why is a dissertation not a book?

National expert William Germano – author of Getting it Published: a Guide for Scholars and Anyone Else Serious about Books (University of Chicago Press, 2001) and From Dissertation to Book (Chicago, 2005) – will answer these and other questions in this seminar-style workshop. Co-sponsored with three other liberal arts colleges and the Academic Career Network, it will include tips on how scholars can best present themselves and their project, the architecture of scholarly writing, voice and the dynamic between publisher and author. 

“Scholarly publishing is a big, noisy, conversation about the ideas that shape our world,” Germano has written.

The workshop will be in seminar format and has a limit of 20 participants. Junior faculty will be given preference, but senior faculty members who are working on books are also urged to apply. Participants must provide a CV and a book proposal (not to exceed five pages) by Jan. 21. The proposal may be for a manuscript in progress or for a more speculative project. 

Germano, who holds a Ph.D. in English, is a veteran editor of both the university press and commercial worlds. He has served as editor-in-chief at Columbia University Press and as vice president and publishing director at Routledge. Among the authors he has published are Cornel West, Judith Butler, Stephen Greenblatt, Jacques Derrida, Marjorie Garber, bell hooks, Slavoj Zizek, David Halperin and Kate Bornstein.

Research Expectations and Funding Opportunities for Tenure-Track Faculty:

Saturday, Feb. 4, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., Everest Lounge

This workshop for junior faculty is open to faculty from Union, Skidmore, Colgate and Hamilton colleges and 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,” features 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.

Participants are asked to attend both sessions of each workshop. For information or to register, contact Kathy Basirico at basirick@union.edu.

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Several dozen students, faculty and staff filed into Humanities 115 last Friday for a lunchtime speech by Ray Raymond, a former longtime political advisor to British Prime Minister Tony Blair.

Raymond, who now teaches at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, talked about Blair's rise to power, his philosophy on dealing with terrorist groups and the war in Iraq. He also defended Blair's close relationship with President George W. Bush, saying both men share a deep moral vision.

“But make no mistake, Tony Blair is no one's poodle,'' Raymond told the audience.

Raymond, who also serves as chairman of the Marshall Scholarships for the New York region, took questions from the group during his hour-long appearance, including several about Blair's political ideology. Raymond said it's difficult to attach any label to Blair and recalled the prime minister's address to a joint session of Congress in 2003.

After Blair's passionate speech in defense of American values, Sen. Christopher Dodd of  Connecticut said, “I loved watching all those Republicans cheer a liberal.''

Raymond then reminded the Union audience of Sen. Pete V. Domenici's response to Dodd's assessment of Blair's political standing.

“If he's a liberal, I'm a commie,'' said the Republican from New Mexico.

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Several campus organizations, including Gamma Sigma Sigma, the political science department and Women's Union, are spearheading the Global Women's Solidarity Project, a book drive and fundraiser for overseas women's organizations in need of resources.

The project is headed by Gamma Gamma Sigma's Ali Stoyan '06 with Lori Marso, Women's and Gender Studies Program chair.

Stoyan will pick up books – any kind, really – directly from donors. Look for her and other volunteers at a collection table in Reamer Campus Center at term's end. Or contact her at stoyana@union.edu

“We're in the middle of contacting local bookstores and researching women's groups that will benefit from this drive,” Stoyan says. “In the meantime, any contributions are greatly appreciated.”