Posted on Jan 22, 2008

The Emerson String Quartet will return for an unprecedented 24th Concert Series performance Sunday, Jan. 27 at 3 p.m. in Memorial Chapel.

Special guests Paul Neubauer, viola, and Colin Carr, cello, join violinists Philip Setzer and Eugene Drucker, violist Lawrence Dutton and cellist David Finckel for an evening of music from 19^th century composer Johannes Brahms.

On the bill are Brahms’ Sextet for Strings No. 1 in B-flat Major, op. 18 and Sextet for Strings No. 2 in G Major, op. 36, “Agathe.”

Formed in 1976, the Emerson String Quartet took its name from the American poet and philosopher Ralph Waldo Emerson. The ensemble has won seven Grammy Awards, including two for Best Classical Album, and three Gramophone Awards.

Violist Paul Neubauer became the youngest principal string player in the history of the New York Philharmonic at 21. He has appeared with more than 100 orchestras throughout the United States, Europe and Asia. He is the orchestra and chamber music director of the OK Mozart Festival in Bartlesville, Okla., and is on the faculty of The Juilliard School and Mannes College.

Colin Carr appears throughout the world as soloist, chamber musician, recording artist and teacher. He recorded and toured extensively for 20 years with the Golub-Kaplan-Carr Trio and is the winner of many prestigious international awards. His cello was made by Matteo Gofriller in Venice in 1730.

This concert is free for the Union College community, $25 for general admission and $10 for area students. For tickets, call ext. 6080; for more information, call 372-3651 or visit http://www.union.edu/ConcertSeries.

Posted on Jan 22, 2008

Three Union College students showcased their work in the first “Independent Sector Undergraduate Research Exposition” this week at the Legislative Office Building in Albany.

The students were among 70 chosen statewide by a faculty review panel for the daylong event, which featured a display of student research posters and special presentations. A book chronicling all of the research projects will be given to state legislators.

Union students selected were:

Jasmine Maldonado ’09

Faculty sponsor: Linda Patrik, Philosophy

“The Death Penalty and Its Social Ramifications”

LaToya Roper ‘08

Faculty sponsor: Joanne Kehlbeck, Chemistry

“Using Polypeptoids to Examine Cellular Uptake”

Crystal Smith ’08

Faculty sponsor: Rebecca Surman, Physics and Astronomy

“Analysis of Proton-Rich Elemental Abundances Created in Outflows from Gamma-Ray Burst Accretion Disks”

The Undergraduate Research Exposition is sponsored by the Commission on Independent Colleges and Universities, which represents the chief executives of New York’s 100-plus independent (private, not-for-profit) colleges and universities on issues of public policy.

CICU officials credited Jill Salvo, associate professor of Biology and director of the College’s Government Grants Program at Union, with helping organize the inaugural expo.

Salvo was familiar with similar events in other states and wanted to give New York legislators an opportunity to view the broad range of undergraduate research being conducted regularly on campuses across the state.

“We know how wonderful our own Steinmetz Symposium is each year, so this takes a little bit of that right to them for a day,” said Salvo. “I felt there was no better way to let our state representatives see the talent and creativity of our students.”

Prof. Surman said the event will help legislators "appreciate the value of undergraduate research experiences and understand the resources required to make it happen." 

Posted on Jan 21, 2008

Three Union College students will showcase their work in the first “Independent Sector Undergraduate Research Exposition” Tuesday,  Jan. 22 at the Legislative Office Building in Albany.

The students are among 70 chosen statewide by a faculty review panel for the one-day event, which features a display of student research posters and special presentations. A book chronicling all of the research projects will be given to state legislators.

Union students selected:

Jasmine Maldonado ’09

Faculty sponsor: Linda Patrik, Philosophy

“The Death Penalty and Its Social Ramifications”

Crystal Smith ’08

Faculty sponsor: Rebecca Surman, Physics and Astronomy

“Analysis of Proton-Rich Elemental Abundances Created in Outflows from Gamma-Ray Burst Accretion Disks”

LaToya Roper ‘08

Faculty sponsor: Joanne Kehlbeck, Chemistry

“Using Polypeptoids to Examine Cellular Uptake”

The Undergraduate Research Exposition is sponsored by the Commission on Independent Colleges and Universities, which represents the chief executives of New York’s 100-plus independent (private, not-for-profit) colleges and universities on issues of public policy.

CICU officials credited Jill Salvo, associate professor of Biology and director of the College’s Government Grants Program at Union, with helping organize the inaugural expo.

Salvo was familiar with similar events in other states and wanted to give New York legislators an opportunity to view the broad range of undergraduate research being conducted regularly on campuses across the state.

“We know how wonderful our own Steinmetz Symposium is each year, so this takes a little bit of that right to them for a day,” said Salvo. “I felt there was no better way to let our state representatives see the talent and creativity of our students.”

Posted on Jan 21, 2008

Through Feb. 10

The Mandeville Gallery

The Nott Memorial

Hapa Project: Portraits by Kip Fulbeck

An exhibition of 30 color photographs of people whose mixed racial heritage includes Asian or Pacific Island descent. Each subject was also asked to write an answer to the question, “What are you?”   

Through March 23

Wikoff Student Gallery

The Nott Memorial

Digital Art: 7 Union Students

An exhibition of two- and three-dimensional works created by Michael Bono ’09, Sarah Jacobson ’10, Steven Leung ’10, Rob Shirley ’09, Kathrin Burschyk ’11, Justin Blau ’08 and Emily Burgess ’10 in the fall digital art class taught by Assistant Professor of Visual Arts Fernando Orellana.

Posted on Jan 17, 2008

William Finlay, associate professor of Theater and chairman of the Theater and Dance Department, recently inaugurated a guest artist series at Rhodes College in Memphis, Tenn. He spent a week teaching master classes in the Theater Department.

Timothy Dunn, director of Fraternity and Sorority Affairs, attended the 2007 annual meeting of the Association for Fraternity Advisors (AFA) in Cincinnati, Ohio. The AFA is an international higher education association that provides resources and support for fraternity and sorority advising professionals who are working to create experiences that positively affect students, their campuses and their communities. This year’s AFA meeting was titled, “Our Envisioned Future.”

A book by Raymond Martin, the Dwane Crichton Professor of Philosophy, and John Barresi, “The Rise and Fall of Soul and Self: An Intellectual History of Personal Identity” (Columbia University Press, 2006), has been cited in two award competitions – the ForeWord Magazine 2006 Book of the Year Award, where it garnered a gold medal in philosophy, and the Award for Excellence in Professional and Scholarly Publishing in Philosophy from the Association of American Publishers 2006, where it earned an honorable mention. The book, which also has been translated into Korean and was republished in Seoul by Younglim Cardinal, Inc., in 2007, will be reissued in this country in a paperback edition in March. Martin is chair of the Philosophy department. Barresi is a professor of Psychology at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Their book traces a wide range of theories concerning self and personal identity to reveal the larger intellectual trends, disputes and ideas that have revolutionized the way we think about ourselves.