Thursday, April 22, 7-8:30 p.m. / Nott Memorial / Discussion with the Diversity Doctor, Patrick Swift, on promoting widespread peace in a post-9/11 world. Co-sponsored by UNITAS, Multifaith Council, Student Forum and the Office of Multicultural Affairs in conjunction with CoExist Day. Swift is a faculty member at NYU Langone Medical Center, with dual faculty appointments in Neurology and Rehabilitation Medicine, and previously served as president of the New York Academy of Traumatic Brain Injury. A firm advocate for interfaith discussion, he is the author of the award-winning book, “One Mountain, Many Paths.” The first 100 people to arrive will receive a free signed copy of Dr. Swift’s book.
Friday, April 23-Saturday, April 24 / College Park Hall / 102nd Topical Symposium, Modern Nuclear Applications, "Medicine, Power and Non-Proliferation," the New York and New England section day-long meetings of the American Physical Society spring meeting. Friday afternoon welcome by Therese McCarty, the Stephen J. and Diane K. Ciesinski Dean of Faculty and Vice President for Academic Affairs, and Samuel Amanuel, assistant professor of physics. Friday evening (7:30-8:30 p.m.) talk by Mark Walker, the John Bigelow Professor of History, on "The German Physical Society and National Socialism." For information, visit www.nyssaps.org
Friday, April 23, 4 p.m. / Frank Bailey Field / Women’s lacrosse vs. Clarkson University
Friday, April 23 – Monday, April 26, 8 and 10 p.m. / Reamer Campus Center Auditorium / Film series: "The Lovely Bones"
Saturday, April 24, noon / Frank Bailey Field / Men’s lacrosse vs. Clarkson University
Saturday, April 24, 1 p.m. / Central Park / Baseball vs. Clarkson University (DH)
Saturday, April 24, 2-5 p.m. / Ozone House / Ozone and TDX present the 2nd Annual Earth Day BBQ
Saturday, April 24, 3 p.m. / Frank Bailey Field / Women’s lacrosse vs. St. Lawrence University
Saturday, April 24, 8 p.m. / Memorial Chapel / Chamber Concert Series presents Jeremy Denk performing J.S. Bach’s Goldberg Variations and Charles Ives’s Sonata No. 1
Sunday, April 25, noon / Central Park / Baseball vs. Clarkson University (DH)
Monday, April 26, 12:50-1:50 p.m. / Everest Lounge / The Michael S. Rapaport Ethics Across the Curriculum Initiative and The Committee on Teaching workshop, "Re-Introducing an Honor Code at Union College," presented by the student-faculty Subcommittee on Academic Integrity; RSVP to Amy Bloom, blooma@union.edu or ext. 8386
Monday, April 26, 4-6 p.m. / Schaffer Library, Phi Beta Kappa Room / Session 1: “Introduction and A Theory of Justice,” part of a three-day seminar on John Rawls; led by Rawls expert Jon Mandle of the University at Albany and Union philosophers Peter Murray, visiting assistant professor, Philosophy; Leo Zaibert, associate professor and chair, and Marc Wunderlich (one of Rawls’ former students), visiting assistant professor, Philosophy; Robert Baker will moderate.
Tuesday, April 27, 12:50-1:50 p.m. / Schaffer Library, Phi Beta Kappa Room / Session 2: “Rawls, Nozick and Wilt Chamberlain: Do Athletes Deserve Enormous Salaries?” Presenters: Jon Mandle of the University at Albany and Mark Wunderlich, visiting assistant professor, Philosophy; RSVP to Amy Bloom, blooma@union.edu or ext. 8386
Tuesday, April 27, 3:30 p.m. / Alexander Field / Softball vs. SUNY Oswego (DH). Support Strike Out Cancer efforts by wearing purple to the game. The team will accept donations in Reamer Campus Center Friday and Monday during the common hour, with donations to benefit the American Cancer Society
Tuesday, April 27, 4-6 p.m. / Schaffer Library, Phi Beta Kappa Room / Session 3: Public Reasoning Revisited: Fanaticism and Democracy; Presenter: Jon Mandle of the University at Albany, RSVP to Amy Bloom, blooma@union.edu or ext. 8386
Wednesday, April 28, 12:50-1:50 p.m. / Schaffer Library, Phi Beta Kappa Room / Session 4: “International Ethics: A Critique and Discussion of the Law of Peoples.” Presenters: Leo Zaibert, associate professor and chair, Philosophy, and Peter Murray, visiting assistant professor, Philosophy. RSVP to Amy Bloom, blooma@union.edu, ext. 8386
Wednesday, April 28, 7 p.m. / Nott Memorial / Presidential Forum on Diversity Series presents Marlee Matlin, Academy Award-winning actress and leading advocate for the deaf community, speaking on “Nobody's Perfect: Achieving Inclusion, Diversity and Access."
Wednesday, April 28, 7 p.m. / Frank Bailey Field / Men’s lacrosse vs. Vassar College
Thursday, April 29, 3 p.m. / Central Park / Baseball vs. Southern Vermont College
Thursday, April 29, 4:30 p.m. / Everest Lounge / Philosophy Speaker Series presents Howard McGary of Howard University, “Forgiveness, Reconciliation and Reparations”
Thursday, April 29, 3 p.m. / Central Park / Baseball vs. Southern Vermont College
Friday, April 30, 8 p.m. / Emerson Hall / Fernando Altamura, piano; music by Albéniz, Vine, Rautavaara, Dutilleux, and others
Friday, April 30-Monday, May 3, 8 and 10 p.m. / Reamer Campus Center Auditorium / Film: “Youth in Revolt”
Sunday, May 2, noon / Central Park / Baseball vs. Skidmore College (DH)
Sunday May 2, 3 p.m. / Memorial Chapel / Ensemble Pastourelle: Corine Salon, soprano and Friends; music by Spohr, Ravel, Debussy and others