Friday, May 16, 12:15 p.m. / Reamer Campus Center Room 204 / Jill Salvo, professor of Biology, hosts informal grants lunch for faculty who have any questions about applying for a grant; focus on Division 3 faculty
Friday, May 16, 1 p.m. / Steinmetz Hall Room 106 / Learning and Teaching with Technology
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, 3:30 p.m. / SSCI Room 105E / Economics Department Seminar Series presents Stacey Chen of the University at Albany
Friday, May 16, 4:30 p.m. / Milano Lounge / Third anniversary tribute to Christie Sorum, the late dean of faculty
Friday, May 16, 5 p.m. / Mandeville Gallery, Nott Memorial / Opening reception for the Union College Senior Invitational; coincides with Art Night Schenectady
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
Tuesday, May 20, 5:30 p.m. / Golub House / Dan Tatar ’08 speaks about his experiences with Rolling for Autism; catered by Bangkok Thai
Tuesday, May 20, 6 p.m. / Beuth House / Arabic Prof. May Saffar on “The Current Refugee Crisis in Iraq”; fund-raising event for the Iraqi Student Project. Middle Eastern dinner will be served.
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Tuesday, May 20, 7 p.m. / Nott Memorial / Melissa Harris-Lacewell, associate professor of politics and African American Studies at Princeton University, will talk on “Race and the 2008 Election”; sponsored by The Presidential Forum on Diversity. Harris-Lacewell is the author of the award-winning book, “Barbershops, Bible, and BET: Everyday Talk and Black Political Thought.” Her latest project is “For Colored Girls Who’ve Considered Politics When Being Strong Wasn’t Enough.”
Wednesday, May 21, 12:15 p.m. / Reamer Campus Center Room 204 / Jill Salvo, professor of Biology, hosts informal grants lunch for faculty who have any questions about applying for a grant; focus on Division 4 faculty
Wednesday, May 21, 4 p.m. / Nott Memorial / Schenectady Mayor Brian Stratton speaks on Democratic Power Progress in Schenectady; reception in Everest Lounge to follow
Wednesday, May 21, 4:30 p.m. / F.W. Olin Foundation Auditorium / Computing Science pioneer Frances Allen will give a talk titled “High Performance Computers and Compilers: A Personal Perspective”; reception 3:45 p.m.
Thursday, May 22, 12:40 p.m. / Science and Engineering Building Room N304 / Physics and Astronomy Colloquium Series presents Kevin Cavicchi of University of Akron
Thursday, May 22, 12:45 p.m. / F.W. Olin Center Room 115 / Biology Department Seminar Series presents Mechanical Engineering Prof. Jennifer Currey on “Characterization of the Mechanical Environment of a Healing Bone Implant Interface”
Thursday, May 22, 7 p.m. / Old Chapel / 10th Annual Bob Dylan tribute, “The Gospel According to Bob: An Evening of Hootenanny, Harmony and A Cappella”
Friday, May 23 – Monday, May 26, 8 and 10 p.m. / Reamer Campus Center / Film: “George A. Romero’s Diary of the Dead”
Saturday, May 24, 3 p.m. / Reamer Campus Center / Film: “Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb”
Saturday, May 24, 6 p.m. / Location TBA / Shakti Spring Show
Monday, May 26 – Saturday, May 31 / Greek Week