Brenda Wineapple, the Doris Zemurray Stone Professor of Modern Literary and Historical Studies, will talk about her upcoming book, “White Heat: The Friendship of Emily Dickinson and Thomas Wentworth Higginson,” Wednesday, May 14 at 7:30 p.m. in Everest Lounge.
Her talk, titled “Hiding in Plain Sight: Emily Dickinson and the Colonel," is free and open to the public. It is sponsored by the Department of English.
Wineapple joined Union in 1976. In 2004, she published her acclaimed biography of Nathanial Hawthorne, “Hawthorne: A Life." She also is author of "Gênet: A Biography of Janet Flanner” and “Sister Brother: Gertrude and Leo Stein.” Her essays, articles and reviews have appeared regularly in national publications such as The American Scholar, New York Times Book Review, and The Nation.
She holds a bachelor’s degree from Brandeis University and a master’s degree and Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin.
Linah Rusere ’09 talks with fellow students about her chemistry research project in the Olin Rotunda.
Rusere presented as part the 2008 Steinmetz Symposium.
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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
The Kenney Community Center will host its 12th annual U-Care Day carnival featuring face painting, games and other crafts Sunday, May 18, from 12 to 3 p.m. in the Memorial Field House.
The event is free and open to the community; children 12 and under must be accompanied by an adult.
The Union Community Action Reaching Everyone (U-Care) Program helps connect undergraduates with community organizations and volunteer services. U-Care Day allows student groups and local families to celebrate their accomplishments. More than 200 families are expected to attend.
Union undergrads serve ice cream to area students at U-Care Day 2007.
“We’re trying to make the event even better this year by inviting more schools to attend,” said Cybil Tribie ’11, co-coordinator for U-Care Day 2008. “More clubs and Minervas are participating this year. Everyone is really motivated to interact with the children in the community.”
Working with Tribie to coordinate the festivities are Shabana Hoosein ‘11 and Donald Austin, a 2005 Kutztown University graduate who is assigned to the Kenney Community Center through the Volunteer in Service to America (VISTA).
U-Care Day is sponsored by the President’s Office. Price Chopper, Stewarts Shops and Wal-Mart provide refreshments and other items.
For more information, or to volunteer, contact the U-Care Program at (518) 388-6777 or ucare@union.edu
Untitled (Mt. St. Victoire), 2007, oil on canvas, 19 ¾” x 25” by artist Kaitlin Pickett ’08 will be featured at the “Union College Senior Invitational” in the Mandeville Gallery from May 15 through June 15, 2008.
The final Art Night Schenectady of the academic year shines a spotlight on Union’s seniors with an opening reception for “Union College Senior Invitational” in the Nott Memorial’s Mandeville Gallery Friday, May 16, from 5 to 9 p.m.
The event is free and open to the public.
“Union College Senior Invitational,” features the work of Ben Atkins, Robbie Flick, Jen Libous, Kaitlin Pickett, Amanda Silvestri, Rachel Start, Clare Stone and Walter Yund. Their works will be on display through June 15 and may be viewed daily from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
“LGBT: A Union Perspective” will also be on display in the second floor Wikoff Student Gallery.
Untitled, 2008, video and mixed media, dimensions variable by artist Robbie Flick ’08 will be featured at the “Union College Senior Invitational” in the Mandeville Gallery from May 15 through June 15, 2008.
Art Night Schenectady occurs on the third Friday of every month to showcase the work of local artists and musicians. Downtown shops, cafes, restaurants and galleries stay open later for the event.
For more information, visit: www.artnightschenectady.com. For additional information, contact the Mandeville Gallery at (518) 388-6004; Curator Rachel Seligman at (518) 388-6729 or visit: http://www.union.edu/gallery.
