Posted on Oct 14, 2005

Posted on Oct 14, 2005

Friday, Oct. 14, 4 p.m. / Frank Bailey Field / Field hockey vs. Elmira

Friday, Oct. 14 – Monday, Oct. 17, 8 and 10 p.m. / Reamer Campus Center Auditorium / Movie: Bewitched

Saturday, Oct. 15, 2 p.m. / Garis Field / Women's soccer vs. Hartwick

Saturday, Oct. 15, 4 p.m. / Old Chapel / Teatro Círculo presents Un Quijote en Nueva York, a comedy based on Cervantes' masterpiece, Don Quixote; dinner reception to follow

Saturday, Oct. 15, 6 p.m. / Garis Field / Men's soccer vs. Skidmore

Monday, Oct. 17, 3-4 p.m. / Arts 313 / Michael Dellaira / Listening workshop

Monday, Oct. 17, 7 p.m. / Olin Building Auditorium/ Film: To Live / East Asian Studies

Tuesday Oct. 18, 4 p.m. / Frank Bailey Field / Field hockey vs. Hartwick

Tuesday Oct. 18, 4 p.m. /Garis Field / Women's soccer vs. Williams

Thursday, Oct. 20, 4:30 p.m. / Phi Beta Kappa Rm. / Philosophy Speaker Series presents: Elliott Sober of the University of Wisconsin on “The Design Argument”

Friday, Oct. 21 – Sunday, Oct. 23/Union College Campus/ Family and Homecoming Weekend

Friday, Oct. 21 – Monday, Oct. 24, 8 and 10 p.m. / Reamer Campus Center Auditorium / Movie: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

Friday, Oct. 21 – Sunday, Dec. 4 / Arts Burns Atrium Gallery / Robert Kinsell / Leonard Stokes art exhibition

Friday, Oct. 21, 4 p.m. / Frank Bailey Field / Field hockey vs. Rensselaer

Friday, Oct. 21, 4 p.m. / Garis Field / Men's soccer vs. Clarkson

Saturday, Oct. 22, 10 a.m. – 12 p.m. /? / Community Service Day

Saturday, Oct. 22, 11 a.m. / Frank Bailey Field / Field hockey vs. Vassar

Saturday, Oct. 22, 1 p.m. / Frank Bailey Field / Football vs. Coast Guard

Saturday, Oct. 22, 2 p.m. / Garis Field / Men's soccer vs. St. Lawrence

Saturday, Oct. 22, 8:30 p.m. / Memorial Chapel/ Rolling Stones Tribute Band: Blushing Brides

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Through Oct. 14

Burns Arts Atrium, Arts Building

“Two Alumni Sculptors”

Featuring works by Jack Howard-Potter '97 (figures), and Chet Urban '93 (abstractions). Artists' reception Oct. 6, 4 to 6 p.m.

Through Oct. 30

Dyson Hall, Nott Memorial

“The Terra Cotta Soldiers of Xian: Photographs by Sidney Gluck”

A selection of images of the magnificent life-sized terra cotta soldiers and horses unearthed at Xian in the 1970s. The huge army was created by the First Emperor of China to immortalize the military might of the First Dynasty and serve the Emperor in his afterlife.

Through Dec. 18

Mandeville Gallery, Nott Memorial

“The Political Body: Posters from the People's Republic of China in the 1960s and 1970s”

A striking collection of some 30 Chinese posters examining the relationships between the human body and the body politic during the 1960s and 1970s, from the Chinese Poster Collection of the University of Westminster, London. The images depict a range of styles and media, from realist oil painting and photographs to woodblock prints and cartoons. An exhibition reception and gallery talk is scheduled for Monday, Oct., 24 from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m.

Through mid-December

Faculty lounge, Social Sciences building

“Historical Railroad Calendars” from the Wells Collection

A dozen calendars from the 1920s-'50s given to the public by the New York Central and Pennsylvania Railroad Companies, on loan from Ronald V. Wells, father of

Robert V. Wells, professor of history.

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Robert Hislope, associate professor of political science, recently presented his article, “When Being Bad is Good: Corrupt Exchange in Divided Societies,” at the Maxwell School at Syracuse University conference on “Postcommunist States and Societies: Transnational and National Politics.”

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Robert Baker, professor of philosophy and chair of the Alden March Bioethics Institute, is senior scholar at the Institute for Ethics of the American Medical Association (AMA) in Chicago this month. He is serving as a consultant on several projects, offering a seminar on the AMA leadership group and working with archivists on a documentary history of American medical ethics for Georgetown University Press. In an earlier collaboration, Baker was lead editor in producing The American Medical Ethics Revolution (Johns Hopkins University Press 1999), which won a place on the Choice list of outstanding scholarly books for 2000.

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“U Connect – Bringing Students and Employers Together” will hold its second networking program of the year on Wednesday, Oct. 19, 3-6 p.m. at the Becker Career Center. It is targeted to engineering, science and technology and co-sponsored by Central Hudson Gas and Electric, GlobalSpec and Plug Power.

“Many employer representatives are alumni. This is a wonderful opportunity for students to explore careers, discuss internships and jobs and learn industry insider tips,” says Judi Gordon, experiential education coordinator at Becker.

Future programs will highlight education (Feb. 1), communications (Feb. 22), government and public policy (April 12), and health and human services (May 10).

For more information, contact Gordon at gordonj@union.edu.