Union in the Media

Union’s faculty, staff and students are often mentioned in local, national and international media outlets. Among the outlets that have highlighted Union include the Chronicle of Higher Education, Inside Higher Ed, New York Times, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, National Public Radio, U.S. News and World Report, MONEY and the Associated Press.

Content on Union’s news site has been honored by the Council for the Advancement of Secondary Education (CASE).

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Union Financial Network Finance Bootcamp featured in the Wall Street Journal

A story in the Wall Street Journal about how companies are already recruiting their 2025 summer interns quoted Roger Woolsey, executive director of the Becker Career Center. It also included multiple photos of Union students who spent two weeks in New York City as part of the Union Financial Network Finance Bootcamp. The program helps students transition to a career in finance.

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Renaissance dance events previewed in The Daily Gazette

American performer, teacher and historian of Renaissance and Baroque dance Ken Pierce will offer a trio of free public events during a residency at Union Nov. 4-5.

The Daily Gazette offered a preview of the events.

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Reamer Dining Hall featured in Food Management magazine

The newly-renovated Reamer Dining Hall was featured in Food Management magazine. The publication highlights trends and best practices, products and solutions that connect deeply with the noncommercial foodservice professional.

The dining area on the second floor of Reamer reopened in time for the new academic year. The space had been closed since February, when a broken sprinkler main flooded the northwest section of the building. The first floor auditorium also suffered extensive damage and renovations are ongoing.

Initial plans called for routine repairs to the damaged dining hall. But then it was decided to move forward with more ambitious improvements for a space that opened in 1987 and had begun to show its age.

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The Daily Gazette previews “FLORIDITA, my Love”

The Daily Gazette featured a preview of the Department of Theater and Dance’s fall production, “FLORIDITA, my Love,” in Yulman Theater.

The five performances are set for Nov. 1-4 at 7:30 p.m. and Nov. 5 at 2 p.m.

The show follows a young immigrant waitress in Manhattan who contemplates suicide on the subway platform at the 125th Street Station after she misses a train. What follows is a perversely comical regression into her darkest fantasies, memories or both.

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The Daily Gazette features Union event centered around a Formula 1 race

The Daily Gazette previewed a event hosted by Union professors centered around the Mexico City Grand Prix, the 20th of 23 races on the 2023 Formula 1 World Championship.

In a blending of sports with academia, the event featured faculty presentations on not only the basics of F1, but the science and engineering behind the single-seat race cars that can reach optimal speeds of 220 mph.

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Times Union: 50 years ago, Union College starred in Streisand-Redford hit ‘The Way We Were’

This month marks the 50th anniversary of the theatrical release of the classic film, "The Way We Were." A number of iconic scenes were shot on campus and the surrounding area in the fall of 1972, giving students and others an opportunity to get up close and personal with Hollywood royalty, Barbra Streisand and Robert Redford.

Columnist Paul Grondahl of the Times Union looks back at the impact for the College. A subscription may be needed to access the article.

To learn more, check out a story on the College's news site.

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Professor Lewis Davis featured on The Academic Minute

Lewis Davis, the Thomas Armstrong Professor of Economics, was recently featured on The Academic Minute.

The daily program features professors from colleges and universities around the world sharing their research. It airs on public radio stations across the country.

Davis talked about the socioeconomic results of COVID infection rates on college campuses.

The research was highlighted in a recent issue of the Union College Magazine.