February 2019 Union in the Media Archive

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Professor Andrew Feffer discusses new book on WAMC

Andrew Feffer, professor of history, was a recent guest on WAMC, Northeast Public Radio’s program, “The Roundtable.”

He discussed his new book, “Bad Faith: Teachers, Liberalism, and the Origins of McCarthyism,” a look back at the Rapp-Coudert Committee. The committee held a series of private and public hearings in the 1940s in which hundreds of educators were interrogated, threatened and in many cases, fired, for their alleged Communist ties.

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.

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Springsteen-inspired winter theater production garners media attention

“When the Promise Was Broken,” a collection of short plays inspired by the songs of Bruce Springsteen, was recently performed in Yulman Theater.

The 90-minute production pieces together nine plays in a seamless evening that celebrates the all too human experience of longing, heartbreak and promises broken in working life, relationships, families and the American dream.

Union's production was featured in the Times Union and Backstreets.com, a popular site for Springsteen news.

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Physics professor Chad Orzel's latest book featured in New York Times

Chad Orzel, R. Gordon Gould Associate Professor of Physics, has written a new book, "Breakfast with Einstein: The Exotic Physics of Everyday Objects."

It was recently featured in the Book Review section of the New York Times.

Orzel has written two other books: “How to Teach Physics to Your Dog” and its sequel, "How to Teach Relativity to Your Dog."

Orzel is also the director of undergraduate research.

He joined Union in 2001.