Posted on Sep 17, 1999

Three faculty and 10 undergraduate research students

from chemistry attended or gave presentations at NERM '99, the Northeast

Regional Meeting of the American Chemical Society.

James C. Adrian Jr., assistant professor, presented on

“Titanium Enolate Addition to Aldimines: A Case for Lewis Acid

Activation.” His co-author was Jennifer E. Chick '99.

Julia L. Barkin '00, presented on her work with Lamyaa

Hassib '98, under Adrian: “Beta-Amino Esters Via the Reformatsky

Reaction: Restraining Effects of the Ortho-Methoxyphenyl

Substituent.”

Mary Carroll, associate professor, presented a talk

titled “Investigation of On-line Determination of Ethanol with

Diode-laser-based Detection.” Manisha Tinani '96 was co-author.

Michael Hagerman, assistant professor, gave a talk on

“Controlling the Inner Architecture of Polymer-Clay

Nanocomposites” in the Nanoparticles symposium.

Also, Chemistry Club officers Jason P. Shames '01, and

Julia L. Barkin '00 presented an invited talk on the “Activities

and Perspectives of the Union College Chemistry Club.” Club advisors

Carroll and Hagerman were co-authors.

Posted on Sep 17, 1999

Copies of the draft of the Middle States Report are

available in the Student Activities office and at the Circulation Desk in

Schaffer Library.

The Middle States Steering Committee invites input.

Comments should be directed to the co-chairs of the

Steering Committee: Dean Christie Sorum in Feigenbaum Hall

(sorumc@union.edu) or to Prof. Alan Taylor in the Mathematics Department

in Bailey Hall (taylora@union.edu).

The College has joined with Proctor's Theater to offer

a limited number of discount tickets for several shows at the theater.

Tickets at 10 to 20 percent discount are available for Smokey

Joe's Café on Feb. 11 ($35.55), Les Miserables on March 30

($44.55) and Ragtime on June 8 ($44.55)

Employees and students may reserve tickets through Human

Resources (ext. 6108) before Sept. 23.

Posted on Sep 17, 1999

President Roger H. Hull and Schenectady Mayor Albert Jurczynski will

examine “The Union-Schenectady Relationship: Tomorrow” on Monday, May 3, at 7

p.m. in the Nott Memorial.

The leaders will discuss current and future initiatives aimed at improving the college

and the city.

Their talk will cap a three-part series that began April 21 on the Union-Schenectady

relationship.

Ed Lallier was coordinator of the series, sponsored by Wells House.

Posted on Sep 10, 1999

Michelle Morrin '01, center, and Kelly Johnson '01, right, chat with

Grace Hick on the porch of Mrs. Hick's home at 223 Seward Place on Monday.

The students moved into 221 Seward on Sunday to find a sign from the Hick

family that read, “Welcome Union Students.” Morrin and Johnson are

among the first 100 students living in 13 College Park homes purchased and

renovated by Union. Another 13 homes are to be renovated by January.

Posted on Sep 10, 1999

Two national organizations – the American Society of Landscape

Architects (ASLA) and Time Magazine/Princeton Review – recognized

the College recently.

The ASLA announced the 362 historic landscapes in the U.S., counting

Union as one of 22 campuses and the only one in the state. Also on the list

were such non-college attractions as Disneyland, the U.S. Capitol grounds,

and New York's Central Park. Other campuses recognized were Berkeley,

Stanford, Duke and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Union received honorable mention for its social outreach efforts by the

editors of the 2000 edition of The Best College for You, a

co-publication of Time Magazine and The Princeton Review.

The magazine cited President Roger Hull and Trustee Neil Golub for their

work in establishing Schenectady 2000. Union was one of 11 colleges

nationwide and the only institution in New York recognized for their

outreach programs; the University of Southern California took top honors as

College of the Year.

Also, HotBot, one the largest search engines on the World Wide Web,

released its “HotBot Popularity Ranking,” which ranked Union third

among the nation's most searched-for college sites. To make the list

people had to have searched for Union by name. Taking top honors was Trinity

College of Connecticut followed by Smith College of Massachusetts. The

College has had more than 7.5 million hits this year, double last year's

total, said Saul Morse, Webmaster.

Posted on Sep 10, 1999

Friday, Sept. 10, through Monday Sept. 13, 8 and 10 p.m.

Reamer Campus Center Auditorium.

Film committee presents The Matrix.

Memorial Fieldhouse.

The Samples.

$13 with College ID, through Student Activities office.

Mandeville Gallery, Nott Memorial.

Opening reception for “An Exact Spectacular,” drawings by Ed

Rogers and sculpture by Henry Turner. Gallery talk at 5 p.m. by curator

David Greenberger, writer, publisher, performer, NPR commentator. Show runs

through Oct. 17. (story this issue)