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Union College Magazine

Cover of Union College Spring 2024 magazine — **SPRING 2024 ISSUE ("flipbook")**

Contact information

Erin DeMuth Judd, editor
demuthje@union.edu

Alumni who want to inform the College about changes of address should contact the Alumni Office at (518) 388-6168, or via email at alumni@union.edu. The same phone number and email address should be used to correspond about ReUnion, Homecoming and Family Weekend, alumni club events and other activities.

Publishing information

Union College is published twice a year by the Union College Office of Communications, Schenectady, N.Y. 12308. The telephone is (518) 388-6131.

Digital ("flipbook") copies of issues dating back to 2012 may be accessed online. The magazine homepage links to individual stories published online.

How a tube becomes a heart

Ashok Ramasubramanian, professor of mechanical engineering

S-looping heart development in chicken embryo (By Sarah Bradner '14)

Of doves and men

James A. de Sève, lecturer in film Studies, artist-in-residence

Need for speed

Dozens share their avocations and vocations that fulfill their need for speed.

A plan, a campus, a legacy

When a little-known French architect meets the young and ambitious president of a growing college, the result is an enduring vision for a campus and a model for American higher education.

Can fungi replace plastics?

Fungi are an often overlooked group of organisms that could revolutionize the packing industry, making it so green every product would be 100-percent biodegradable. At least, if those products are made of fungi—by Ecovative Design—they will be.