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Students Francesco Ciaramitaro '28 , Chris Wearing '26 and Lu De Azevedo ‘27 compete in a recent Microsoft Excel Collegiate Challenge from the Peter Irving Wold Center.

Union students excel at global spreadsheets competition

Steven Schmidt, the Kenneth B. Sharpe Professor of Economics, and his wife, Alexandra, in their sukkah.

Catching up with…Steven Schmidt

Shortly after he arrived at Union in 1938 as an exile from Japanese-occupied China, student Shui Kong Yuen taught himself photography. Carrying a Rollei Rolleiflex camera, he crisscrossed campus over the next four years and beyond to document everything from athletic contests and dances to architecture and fraternity life. Yuen ’42 became Union’s unofficial photographer, amassing an impressive collection of photos both in quality and quantity. His photos offered such an extraordinary snapshot in time of cam

Beyond the lens: Student exhibit puts focus on remarkable campus images from long ago

For the Record - Week of March 6, 2026

Founders Day speaker Judith G. Dein ’76, a federal magistrate judge, with President Elizabeth Kiss.

Founders Day a chance to celebrate Union’s distinctive history and continued excellence in higher education

For the Record - Week of Feb. 27, 2026

Catching up with...David Jadin

For the Record - Week of Feb. 20, 2026

Inventor of first digital camera to speak at Steinmetz Memorial Lecture

March 3, at 7 p.m. in the Nott Memorial

Federal judge Judith Dein '76 to speak at Founders Day

Feb. 26, at 1 p.m. in Memorial Chapel

Music Department announces winter concert series

Students performing in a Japanese druming exhibition

February 23, 2026

Steinmetz Lecture speaker featured in the Daily Gazette

January 28, 2026

Local media chronicles journey of victim of Schenectady Massacre in Union's archives

January 14, 2026

Professor Catherine Walker featured on The Academic Minute

Catching up with…Steven Schmidt

For more than three decades, Steven Schmidt has been a familiar face on campus.

Catching up with...David Jadin

David Jadin has been at Union for about three-and-a-half years and finds that he “grows more connected to this community every single day.”

Catching up with…Judith Lewin

In the winter of 2000, Judith Lewin was scheduled for a job interview on campus. But it almost didn't happen when northbound Amtrak trains struggled to make it through two feet of February snow.

March 1, 2026

Young alum authors short story, "Pigs"

Aja Belle Schiller '25 recently released her debut short story. “Pigs” revolves around a young girl who finds herself and her identity through friendship and shared culture, based on her Chinese-American transracial adoptee experience in the small town of Snowmass.

February 26, 2026

Union News & Events

Union students excel at global spreadsheets competition

Catching up with…Steven Schmidt

Beyond the lens: Student exhibit puts focus on remarkable campus images from long ago

For the Record - Week of March 6, 2026

Founders Day a chance to celebrate Union’s distinctive history and continued excellence in higher education

For the Record - Week of Feb. 27, 2026

Catching up with...David Jadin

For the Record - Week of Feb. 20, 2026

Founders Day program notes

Inventor of first digital camera to speak at Steinmetz Memorial Lecture

EVENTS

Inventor of first digital camera to speak at Steinmetz Memorial Lecture

Federal judge Judith Dein '76 to speak at Founders Day

Music Department announces winter concert series

Union in the Media

Steinmetz Lecture speaker featured in the Daily Gazette

Local media chronicles journey of victim of Schenectady Massacre in Union's archives

Professor Catherine Walker featured on The Academic Minute

CATCHING UP WITH...

Catching up with…Steven Schmidt

Catching up with...David Jadin

Catching up with…Judith Lewin

Alumni in the media

Young alum authors short story, "Pigs"

Alum, doctor featured in USA Today

Alum, police chief honored

Union College Magazine

A career of flight, innovation and teaching

A life of music: From Schenectady to Los Angeles

A decade of Klemm Fellows