Thursday, Oct. 16, 7 p.m. / Hale House / “Faith and the Historian: Catholic Perspectives,” panel with Nick Salvatore, the Maurice and Hinda Neufeld Founders Professor of Industrial and Labor Relations and professor of American studies at Cornell University, and Joseph McCartin, professor of History at Georgetown University. Co- sponsored by Department of History, Catholic Chaplaincy, Religious Studies and American Studies programs.
Thursday, Oct. 16, 8 p.m. / Reamer Campus Center Auditorium / Classic film: “The Sting”
Friday, Oct. 17 – Sunday, Oct. 19 / Campus wide / Homecoming & Family Weekend, featuring open houses, panel discussions, sports, dinners, receptions, celebrations, picnics, children’s activities and more; www.union.edu/HFW
Friday, Oct. 17, 7 p.m. / Messa Rink at Achilles Center / Women’s ice hockey vs. Wayne State
Friday, Oct. 17 – Monday, Oct. 20, 8 and 10 p.m. / Reamer Campus Center Auditorium / Film: “The Dark Knight”
Friday, Oct. 17, 8 p.m. / Mandeville Gallery, downtown Schenectady establishments / Art Nite Schenectady
Saturday, Oct. 18, 1 p.m. / Frank Bailey Field / Football vs. St. Lawrence (Liberty League contest)
Saturday, Oct. 18, 2 p.m. / Messa Rink at Achilles Center / Women’s ice hockey vs. Wayne State
Saturday, Oct. 18, 3 p.m. / Reamer Campus Center Auditorium / Classic film: “The Sting”
Saturday, Oct. 18, 4 p.m. / College Park Field / Men’s soccer vs. Skidmore (Liberty League contest)
Monday, Oct. 20, 3:05-4:45 p.m. / F.W. Olin Center, Room 115 / Election 2008 course lecture on “Media and the Election” by Zoe Oxley, associate professor/chair of political science
Monday, Oct. 20, 6 p.m. / Golub House / Educator Voter series looks at health care; brief faculty talk followed by discussion and desserts
Tuesday, Oct. 21, 5:30-7:30 p.m. / Wold House / Death in Film Series presents: “Wilbur Wants to Kill Himself,” Danish black comedy about Scottish two brothers, one chronically suicidal, the other left to care for him
Tuesday, Oct. 21, 7 p.m. / Viniar Athletic Center / Women’s volleyball vs. Russell Sage
Wednesday, Oct. 22, 3:05-4:45 p.m. / F.W. Olin Center, Room 115 / Election 2008 course lecture on “The Art and Science of Polling” by David Cotter, associate professor of sociology
Thursday, Oct 23, 12:55 p.m. / Reamer Campus Center 302 / Women and Gender Studies presents Kathy Ferguson, University of Hawaii professor of political science and women’s studies, on “Bush in Drag: Palin, McCain and the Endless War”; jointly sponsored by the Valerie J. Hoffman Lecture Series, Feminism for the 21st Century
Thursday, Oct. 23, 5:30 p.m. / Reamer Campus Center Room 205 / Dedication of Union's new Prayer and Meditation Room; all welcome
Thursday, Oct 23, 7:30 p.m. / Taylor Music Center, Fred L. Emerson Foundation Auditorium / Department of Music presents: A Trio of Trios, Young Kim & Friends, Young Kim, piano; Yvonne Hansbrough, flute; and Jonathan Brin, cello in a program of Haydn, Poulenc, Gaubert, Tann and Piazzolla; free and open to the public
Friday, Oct. 24 – Monday, Oct. 27, 8 and 10 p.m. / Reamer Campus Center Auditorium / Film: “Mamma Mia”
Saturday, Oct. 25, 8 a.m.-6 p.m. / “House Trip through History,” tour of homes of Harriet Tubman and William Seward in Auburn, N.Y. Free bus trip led by Katherine Lynes, assistant professor of English and Africana Studies, lynesk@union.edu
Saturday, Oct. 25, 3 p.m. / College Park Field / Women’s soccer vs. Clarkson (Liberty League contest)
Sunday, Oct. 26, 1 p.m. / College Park Field / Women’s soccer vs. St. Lawrence (Liberty League contest)
Monday, Oct. 27, 3:05-4:45 p.m. / Olin 115 / Election 2008 course lecture on “Some Economics for Political Scientists” by Lewis Davis, assistant professor of economics
Monday, Oct. 27, 6 p.m. / Golub House / Educator Voter series on key election issues; brief faculty talk followed by discussion and desserts