May 2017 Union in the Media Archive

Bradley Hays, associate professor of political science, was a recent guest on "Congressional Corner" on WAMC, Northeast Public Radio. He discussed the recent terror attack in Manchester, England.

Northeast Public Radio is a member of National Public Radio serving parts of seven northeastern states. These include New York, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Vermont, New Jersey, New Hampshire and Pennsylvania.

The highlight of ReUnion 2017 was the groundbreaking for the new Integrated Science and Engineering Complex.

The $100 million project is the most ambitious and largest in the school’s history.

The complex will be completed in phases over the next two years. This includes an addition completed for fall term 2018 and renovation of three sections of the existing S&E Center by fall 2019.

Click here to view a clip on News10, the ABC affiliate in Albany.

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The College’s chapter of Phi Beta Kappa recently announced the new inductees to the honor society.

From the Class of 2018:

Gianluca Avanzato, Andrew Forte, Aidan Pieper, Rebecca Shamah, Jason Turner and Maria Van Nostrand.

From the Class of 2017:

Sharmeen Azher, Noemie Bechu, Kimberly Bolduc, Jack Bragg, Julia Brooks, Morgan Clark, Loren Collado, Kent Curran, Christopher Di Capua, Melissa Epstein, Rachel Fried, Sierra Goodfellow, Molly Graether, Matthew Hacker, Sara Halsey, Connor Hurley, Ruoxuan (Rosie) Jia, Thomas Lawton, Kimberly MacLeod, Kathryn Martin, Molly McDonald, Laura Mueller, Brendan O’Connor, John (Pete) Peterson, Matthew Rametta, Matthew Ramotar, Francis (Frank) Rocco, Zachary Roth, Allison Schachter, Laura Schaffer, Joshua Schwartz, Maddison Stemple-Piatt, Kevin Tran, Lam Vo and Matthew Wu.

They join the members of the Class of 2017 elected last year:

Kathryn Evans, Chelsea Kaiser, Rebeka Kelmar and Emily Su.

Juniors and seniors of academic distinction who are candidates for the B.A. or general B.S. degree are eligible for membership in Phi Beta Kappa. Election is based on scholarship and character, with particular attention given to intellectual maturity and breadth.

Union’s Phi Beta Kappa chapter, Alpha of New York, was established in 1817 and is the fifth oldest in the country. Election to membership is one of the highest distinctions given for academic achievement. An exhibit honoring the College’s Phi Beta Kappa history is currently on display in Schaffer Library.

Samuel Eddy ’17, Samantha Frye ’17, Alexis Wojtowitz ’17 and Emanuella Oppong ’19 presented their research at the Society of Developmental Biology’s Northeast regional meeting in Woods Hole, Mass. Nicole Theodosiou, associate professor of biology, accompanied the group.

A section by Rudy Nydegger, professor emeritus, was published in the Sage Encyclopedia of Abnormal and Clinical Psychology. The piece focused on post-traumatic stress disorder.

Rajashree Mazumder, assistant professor of history, recently presented her research on East Pakistan-Burma borderlands at the international workshop on “Connected Landscapes: The Alternative Understanding of Asian Societies, History, and Ecology.” The South Asian Studies Council and the MacMillan Center at Yale University co-organized the event.

Nick Sabatelli ’19 rode for Team 26, an organization dedicated to raising awareness to reducing gun violence in America. The group gets its name from the 26 people killed at Sandy Hook Elementary School on Dec. 14, 2012. Cyclists ride from Alexandria, Va. to Newtown, Conn.

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