Friday, May 9-Saturday, May 10 / Various campus venues / Engineering and Liberal Arts Symposium; academic leaders from around the country explore different models for integrating engineering, technology and the traditional liberal arts
May 8, 4:30 / Phi Beta Kappa Room, Shaffer library / Philosophy speaker series presents Tom Vinci, Dalhousie University, on “Rational Belief and Religious Experience”
Friday, May 9 – Monday, May 12, 8 and 10 p.m. / Reamer Campus Center / Film: “Fool’s Gold”
Monday, May 12, 1 p.m.–1:45p.m. / Social Sciences Building, Room 014 / Russell Winer, the William H. Joyce Professor of Marketing in the Stern School of Business at New York University, on “Integrating Brand Choice Modeling and Behavioral Research”
Monday, May 12, 7 p.m. / Nott Memorial / Investigative journalist Jeremy Scahill will speak on his book “Blackwater: The Rise of the World’s Most Powerful Mercenary Army”
Tuesday, May 13, 4 p.m. / F. W. Olin Center, Room 115 / Cliff Brown, the Robert Patterson Professor of Government, speaks on “The Electoral College: Should We or Shouldn’t We”
Tuesday, May 13, 5 p.m. / Science and Engineering Building, Room 222 / Computer Science presents, Daniel Scharstein, Middlebury College, on “Grounds Truth for Computer Vision: How to Get It and What to Do With It”
Wednesday, May 14, 1 p.m. / Reamer College Center Auditorium / Lunch with Apple; learn about Mac OSX Leopard, Podcasting, Wikis and Blogs; sponsored by ITS
Wednesday, May 14, 7:30 p.m. / Everest Lounge / Lecture by Brenda Wineapple, the Doris Zemurray Stone Professor of Modern Literary and Historical Studies, on “Hiding in Plain Sight: Emily Dickenson and the Colonel”
Thursday, May 15, 11 a.m. / Old Chapel / Union College Health Fair
Thursday, May 15, 12:40 p.m. / Science and Engineering Building, Room N304 / Physics and Astronomy Colloquium Series presents, Jessica Clark of RPI on, “Bringing the Excitement of Physics to the Public, or Fighting the War on Error”
Thursday, May 15, 12:45 p.m. / F. W. Olin Center, Room 106 / Chemistry Department Seminar Series presents Dr. Laura Almstead, postdoctoral associate, Yale University School of Medicine, on “Identification of Genes Required for Cellular Senescence”
Thursday, May 15, 4:30 p.m. / Schaffer Library, Phi Beta Kappa Room / Philosophy Speakers Series presents, “Epistemology Unified”
Thursday, May 15, 7 p.m. / Old Chapel / Take Back the Night rally
Thursday, May 15, 7 p.m. / Reamer Campus Center Auditorium / Guerilla Girls on Tour in “Feminists are Funny”
Friday, May 16, 12:15 p.m. / Reamer Campus Center, Room 204 / Jill Salvo, professor of Biology, hosts an informal grants lunch for faculty who have any questions about applying for a grant; focus on Division 3 faculty
Friday, May 16, 3:15 p.m. / Sorum House / Cynthia Wade, Academy Award-winning documentary director and cinematographer, will screen her Oscar-winning short documentary, “Freeheld”
Friday, May 16, 5 p.m. / Mandeville Gallery, Nott Memorial / Art Night Schenectady features an opening reception for the Union College Senior Invitational
Friday, May 16, 3:30 p.m. / Social Sciences Room 105E / Economics Department Seminar Series presents, Stacey Chen of the University at Albany
Friday, May 16, 7 p.m. / Nott Memorial / Relay for Life
Saturday, May 17, 3 p.m. / Reamer Campus Center / Film: “Silence of the Lambs”
Sunday, May 18, noon / Memorial Field House / U-CARE Day, hosted by the Kenney Community Center