Posted on Mar 31, 2010

Thursday, April 1, 5 p.m. / Frank Bailey Field / Women’s lacrosse vs. Trinity College

Saturday, April 3, 1 p.m. / Alexander Field / Softball vs. SUNY Plattsburgh

Friday, April 2- Monday, April 5, 8 and 10 p.m. / Reamer Campus Auditorium / Film series: “Invictus”

Tuesday, April 6, 3 p.m. / Central Park / Baseball vs. Southern Vermont

Wednesday, April 7, 3 p.m. / Memorial Chapel / Chamber Concert Series presents Yefim Bronfman, pianist

Wednesday, April 7, 3:30 p.m. / Alexander Field / Softball vs. Utica College

Thursday, April 8, 5-7 p.m. / Nott Memorial,Mandeville Gallery / Artist’s reception and gallery talk for “Chris Duncan, Recent Work,” annual faculty exhibition  

Friday, April 9 – Monday, April 12, 8 and 10 p.m. / Reamer Campus Center / Film: “Sherlock Holmes”  

Friday, April 9, 3:30 p.m. / Tennis Courts / Men’s tennis vs. Wheaton College

Friday, April 9, 4 p.m. / Frank Bailey Field / Women’s lacrosse vs. Vassar College

Saturday, April 10, 9 a.m. / Boathouse / Men’s and Women’s crew vs. RPI

Saturday, April 10, 1 p.m. / Alexander Field / Softball vs. College of Staten Island

Saturday, April 10, 1 p.m. / Tennis Courts / Women’s tennis vs. SUNY New Paltz

Saturday, April 10, 2 p.m. / Frank Bailey Field / Women’s lacrosse vs. RPI

Saturday, April 10, 7:15 p.m.-8:30 p.m. / Nott Memorial / Alumni and Friends Symposium, “The Smart Grid: Who Should Control Our Energy Future?” keynote speaker Congressman Paul Tonko (open to the public)

Sunday, April 11, 9 a.m. / Boathouse / Men’s and women’s crew vs. University of Albany

Sunday, April 11, 10 a.m. / Tennis courts / Men’s tennis vs. St. Lawrence University

Sunday, April 11, 1 p.m. / Tennis courts / Women’s tennis vs. St. Lawrence University

Monday, April 12, 7 p.m. / Nott Memorial / “Dickens in the Nott: A Reading of ‘A Christmas Carol,’” by students and faculty in conjunction with the closing of the Schaffer Library exhibit, “Dickens in America.” Directed by Patricia Culbert, senior artist-in-residence with the Theater and Dance Department. Tickets free, but limited in number. To reserve, call ext. 6545.

Monday, April 12: Office of Admissions Accepted Student Days

Posted on Mar 31, 2010

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Posted on Mar 30, 2010

Ten students and six Chemistry Department faculty members attended the 239th national meeting of the American Chemical Society (ACS) in San Francisco recently, joining more than 17,000 other participants. Each student presented a poster on his or her research, and five of the professors gave papers at the conference. Many of these presentations represent collaborative and interdisciplinary work.

Participating students were biochemistry majors Jaclyn Krolick ’10 and Clancy Slack ’11; chemistry majors Valerie Angell ’10, Rachel Gray ’10, Paul Hebert ’10, Adam Kowalski ‘10, Ken Skorenko ‘10, Zachary Smith ‘10 and Megan Weill ’10; and neuroscience major Sangin (Jen) Lee ‘10.  

Gray was selected for a Division of Organic Chemistry Travel Award. Additional travel funding for the students comes from Union’s Internal Education Fund, the Future Professors Program, and the Chemistry Department.

Participating chemistry faculty were Kristin Fox, Michael Hagerman, Joanne Kehlbeck, Susan Kohler, Amanda Misner and Laura MacManus-Spencer.  

Faculty who didn’t attend but co-authored student presentations include James Adrian (Chemistry), Kathleen LoGiudice (Biology) and Palma Catravas (Electrical and Computer Engineering). Rachel Eastman ’10 was also a co-author.

At an awards ceremony on Sunday, March 21, the Union College Chemistry Club received a Commendable Student Affiliates Chapter Award, based on its 2008-2009 activities. This is the 16th consecutive year Union’s club has received an ACS award. The group also gave a presentation in the Successful ACS Student Chapters Poster Session.

To learn more about the ACS National Meeting, visit www.acs.org.

Posted on Mar 30, 2010

Assistant Professor Brad Hays of Political Science was a recent guest on "Congressional Corner" on WAMC, Northeast Public Radio. Northeast Public Radio is a member of National Public Radio serving parts of seven northeastern states. These include New York, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Vermont, New Jersey, New Hampshire and Pennsylvania.

To listen to all four parts, click here.

Posted on Mar 29, 2010

A poem by Senior Director of Campus Diversity and Affirmative Action Gretchel Hathaway is included in the spring issue of “Making Connections: Interdisciplinary Approaches to Cultural Diversity,” a journal published by Bloomsburg University in Bloomsburg, Penn. Hathaway shared her piece with students at a poetry slam at Union. The poem is titled “Perceptions on Teaching Tolerance.”  Another poem by Gretchel Hathaway, Ahh Dear Keats, was published online this week by The Chronicle of Higher Education.

Hilary Tann, the John Howard Payne Professor of Music, took part in a recent performance by early music ensemble Cappella Clausura in Brattleboro, Vt. The performance, “Messa Paschale: Sacred Music by Women Composers” helped the Friends of Music at Guilford celebrate the long and rich history of female composers. Tann gave a pre-concert talk with live recorded samples of her work. In addition to “Messa Paschale,” a rarely heard Easter mass by the 17^th century Benedictine nun Chiara Margarita Cozzolani, Cappella Clausura presented Tann’s “Psalm 136.”

Andrew Morris, associate professor of history, recently presented a program on Japanese Internment during World War II at Schenectady County Public Library. His talk, titled “The Causes and Consequences of the Incarceration of Japanese Americans,” was part of the Town & Gown Program that ties in with the county’s “One County, One Book” reading program. This year’s book is “Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet" by Jamie Ford.

“Small Wonders,” an exhibit featuring the perspective boxes of Charles Steckler, is on view at the Butzel Gallery, John Sayles School of Fine Arts, Schenectady, through April 9. Steckler is professor of theater and resident scenic designer.

A four-part conversation with Assistant Professor of Political Science Bradley Hays on a range of congressional issues aired on WAMC recently. To listen, click on Part 1 (the health care bill and its high stakes for House Democrats); Part 2 (marginal Democrats and the difficulty the health care bill brought them); Part 3 (President Obama’s political capital); and Part 4 (Obama’s influence on the Supreme Court). WAMC serves parts of seven northeastern states, including New York, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Vermont, New Jersey, New Hampshire and Pennsylvania.