October 2023 Union in the Media Archive

The newly-renovated Reamer Dining Hall was featured in Food Management magazine. The publication highlights trends and best practices, products and solutions that connect deeply with the noncommercial foodservice professional.

The dining area on the second floor of Reamer reopened in time for the new academic year. The space had been closed since February, when a broken sprinkler main flooded the northwest section of the building. The first floor auditorium also suffered extensive damage and renovations are ongoing.

Initial plans called for routine repairs to the damaged dining hall. But then it was decided to move forward with more ambitious improvements for a space that opened in 1987 and had begun to show its age.

The Daily Gazette featured a preview of the Department of Theater and Dance’s fall production, “FLORIDITA, my Love,” in Yulman Theater.

The five performances are set for Nov. 1-4 at 7:30 p.m. and Nov. 5 at 2 p.m.

The show follows a young immigrant waitress in Manhattan who contemplates suicide on the subway platform at the 125th Street Station after she misses a train. What follows is a perversely comical regression into her darkest fantasies, memories or both.

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The Daily Gazette previewed a event hosted by Union professors centered around the Mexico City Grand Prix, the 20th of 23 races on the 2023 Formula 1 World Championship.

In a blending of sports with academia, the event featured faculty presentations on not only the basics of F1, but the science and engineering behind the single-seat race cars that can reach optimal speeds of 220 mph.

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Andrew Morris, associate professor of history, was the featured speaker at the annual Birch Bayh Lecture at Indiana University Mckinney School of Law. Morris discussed disaster relief in America.

The City-County Observer in Indiana covered the talk.

Morris joined Union in 2003.

This month marks the 50th anniversary of the theatrical release of the classic film, "The Way We Were." A number of iconic scenes were shot on campus and the surrounding area in the fall of 1972, giving students and others an opportunity to get up close and personal with Hollywood royalty, Barbra Streisand and Robert Redford.

Columnist Paul Grondahl of the Times Union looks back at the impact for the College. A subscription may be needed to access the article.

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