Union College Magazine

Union Magazine Masthead — A Magazine for Alumni and Friends

This scarcity
affects us all

Alumni doctors discuss the healthcare provider shortage

Summer 2026 issue

Union College magazine cover summer 2026 — **SUMMER 2026 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.

FROM THE MAGAZINE:

Crafting President Obama's message

Rachel Racusen '04

'Popcorn' part of a safer concrete

Ashraf Ghaly, Carl B. Jansen Professor of Engineering

Reading William Blake in a new way

Andrew Burkett, assistant professor of English

A supercomputer makes the difference

Janet Anderson, chemistry professor

Could less O2 mean smaller bugs?

Scott Kirkton, associate professor of biology

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.

Kyle Bucklin ’12, an engineer at Ecovative, helps design custom machine pieces for the company’s manufacturing process.

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.