Posted on Oct 7, 2005

This week the Albany Rural Cemetery honored one of Union's most renowned alumni – Chester A. Arthur, Class of 1848, the nation's 21st president – on the 176th anniversary of his birth. Brigadier General F. David Sheppard of the Division of Military and Naval Affairs in Latham presented a wreath from President Bush at Arthur's gravesite. Arthur was elected vice president under President James A. Garfield. After Garfield's death, he became president in September 1881 and served one term.

Posted on Oct 7, 2005

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.

Oct. 6 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.

Posted on Oct 7, 2005

THRU OCT. 15

Thursday, Oct. 6 – Sunday, Dec. 18 / Mandeville Gallery / Exhibit: “The Political Body: Posters from the People's Republic of China in the 1960's and 1970's”

Thursday, Oct. 6, 7 p.m. / F.W. Olin Building Auditorium / East Asian Studies program presents the film: Morning Sun

Friday, Oct. 7, 4 p.m. / Memorial Fieldhouse / Volleyball: Union Invite

Friday, Oct. 7, 4 p.m. / Garis Field / Men's soccer vs. Hamilton

Friday, Oct. 7 – Monday, Oct. 10, 8 and 10 p.m. / Reamer Campus Center Auditorium / Movie: Batman Begins

Saturday, Oct. 8, 1 p.m. / Frank Bailey Field / Football vs. WPI

Saturday, Oct. 8, 2 p.m. / Garis Field / Men's soccer vs. Hobart

Sunday, Oct. 9, 12 p.m. / Frank Bailey Field / JV Football vs. Rensselaer

Monday, Oct. 10, 3 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. / Yulman Theater / Workshop: Japanese classical arts with Tokyo dance master Michikaoru Hanayagi

Tuesday, Oct. 11, 9:30 a.m. – 10:40 a.m. / Dance Studio, Arts Building / Workshop: Japanese classical arts with Tokyo dance master Michikaoru Hanayagi

Wednesday, Oct. 12, 3 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. / Yulman Theater / Lecture-demonstration: Kabuki theater with Tokyo dance master Michikaoru Hanayagi

Wednesday, Oct. 12, 7 p.m. / Dance Studio, Arts Building / Solo performance by Tokyo dance master Michikaoru Hanayagi

Thursday, Oct. 13, 6:30 p.m. / Everest Lounge / Philosophy Speaker Department presents: Galen Strawson of CUNY University of Reading, “Episodic Ethics”

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

Posted on Oct 7, 2005

The 2006-07 Academic Calendar is now posted on the web at: http://www.union.edu/Academics/Calendar/2006-2007

Posted on Oct 7, 2005

Robert Sharlet, Chauncey Winters Research Professor of Political Science, recently published “In Search of the Rule of Law” as chapter 8 in Developments in Russian Politics edited by S. White, Z. Gitelman and R. Sakwa (Palgrave/Macmillan, 2005). His discussion focuses on the passage, implementation and continuing problems of post-Soviet criminal procedural legislation during President Vladimir Putin's first administration.