Thursday, Oct. 8, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. / Reamer Campus Center / Fire Prevention Week and Public Safety Day / Local fire departments, law enforcement and other agencies join Campus Safety, Health Services, EMS and other campus groups in providing information on fire and personal safety; free blood pressure clinic. Sponsored by Union College Life Safety
Thursday, Oct. 8, 4:30 p.m. / Hale House, Everest Lounge / Philosophy Speaker Series presents Katja Vogt, professor of Philosophy at Columbia University and specialist in ancient philosophy, ethics and political philosophy, who will address: “Do Human Beings Have Non-Relative Value.” Vogt’s current book project, “The Ethics of Belief,” is motivated by the question of how best to understand the relationship between virtue and knowledge.
Thursday, Oct. 8, 4:30 p.m. / Reamer Campus Center Auditorium / The Michael S. Rapaport Ethics Across the Curriculum Initiative presents Rashi Fein on “Health Care Reform: Past, Present, and Future”; Fein is professor of economics and medicine, Department of Global Health and Social Medicine, Harvard University
Friday, Oct. 9, 1:50 p.m. / Taylor Music Center, Emerson Auditorium / Department of Music and IEF present Friday jazz concerts with Professor Tim Olsen and Friends, tracing the history of jazz; this week's concert is “Swing”; free admission
Friday, Oct. 9, 4 p.m. / College Park Field / Women’s soccer vs. RPI
Friday, Oct. 9, 4 p.m. / Viniar Athletic Center / Volleyball vs. Ithaca College
Friday, Oct. 9, 4 p.m. / Frank Bailey Field / Field hockey vs. Hamilton
Friday, Oct. 9, 6 p.m. / Viniar Athletic Center / Volleyball vs. SUNY Potsdam
Friday, Oct. 9, 7 p.m. / Messa Rink at Achilles Center / Men's hockey vs. University of Maine
Friday, Oct.9- Monday, Oct. 12, 8 and 10 p.m. / Reamer Campus Center Auditorium / Film: “Transformers 2”
Saturday, Oct. 10, 10 a.m. / Viniar Athletic Center / Volleyball vs. SUNY Oneonta
Saturday, Oct. 10, 1p.m. / College Park Field / Field hockey vs. St. Lawrence
Saturday, Oct. 10, 2 p.m. / Frank Bailey Field/ Football vs. Hobart
Saturday, Oct. 10, 2 p.m. / Viniar Athletic Center / Volleyball vs. Lasell College
Saturday, Oct. 10, 4 p.m. / College Park Field / Women’s soccer vs. Vassar
Saturday, Oct. 10, 7 p.m. / Messa Rink at Achilles Center / Men's hockey vs. University of Maine
Tuesday, Oct. 13, 4p.m. / Frank Bailey Field / Field hockey vs. Hartwick
Tuesday, Oct. 13, 4p.m. / Tennis courts / Women’s tennis vs. RPI
Wednesday, Oct. 14, 7 p.m. / Old Chapel / Campus Diversity lecture “Get off Your Knees: John Robinson’s Story.” Congenital amputee John Robinson’s story teaches those without disabilities that, with the aid of a strong education and a few caring individuals, they can achieve great things.
Friday, Oct. 16, 5- 9 p.m. / Mandeville Gallery and downtown Schenectady venues / Art Night Schenectady
Friday, Oct.16- Monday, Oct. 19, 8 and 10 p.m. / Reamer Campus Center Auditorium / Film: “Funny People”
Sunday, Oct. 18, 1 p.m. / College Park Field / Field hockey vs. St. Joseph University
Sunday, Oct. 18, 3 p.m. / Memorial Chapel / 38th Concert Series kicks off with Emerson String Quartet
Monday, Oct. 19, 1p.m. / Frank Bailey Field / Field hockey vs. St. Joseph
Monday, Oct. 19, 7:30 p.m. / Humanities Room 019 / The English Department presents a poetry reading by Irish poet Paula Meehan
Monday, Oct. 19, 8 p.m. / Taylor Music Center / Bach’s “The Art of Fugue” ; Johann Sebastian Bach’s last work, performed by duo-pianists John Gillock and Dean Kauffman; presented in conjunction with the Eastern New York Chapter of the American Guild of Organists; open to public, general admission, $20