October 2024 Union in the Media Archive

Joshua Hart, associate professor of psychology, collaborated with two professors at the University of South Florida on an op-ed for The Conversation, "Time to Freak Out? How the existential terror of hurricanes can fuel climate change denial."

The three explain how climate-change denial functions as a psychological defense against the existential fear sparked by extreme weather events like Florida's recent hurricanes, as the threat of species annihilation can be too overwhelming to confront.

Additionally, for some, acknowledging climate change threatens core ideologies that provide a sense of stability and purpose, leading (ironically) to a stronger denial response when natural disasters occur. They argue for reframing climate change as a shared, actionable challenge, integrating solutions into ideologies that can empower collective resilience and meaningful action.

Hart joined Union in 2007.

An exhibit highlighting the history of LGBTQ was recently featured in the Daily Gazette.

“Matthew Leifheit: Gay Archive,” a solo exhibition in the Crowell and West galleries, Feigenbaum Center for Visual Arts, opened in September and will run through Nov. 12.

To read the story in the Gazette, visit the website. A subscription may be required to access the content.

To learn more, visit the Union College news site.

Union College student dancers will perform with members of Eisenhower Dance Detroit during the troupe's four-day residency at the College Oct. 15-18, culminating with a performance at The Egg in Albany.

The Times Union and Daily Gazette previewed the upcoming performances. A subscription may be required to access the articles.

To learn more about the residency, visit the College's news site.

Union hosted the third Electric City Maker Faire Saturday, Oct. 12, at College Park Hall.

A photo gallery was featured in the Times Union (a subscription may be required to access content).

To learn more about the event, visit Union's news site.

Mary K. Carroll ’86, the Dwane W. Crichton Professor of Chemistry and president of the American Chemical Society, was quoted in the New York Times, Wall Street Journal and other media outlets about the Nobel Prize in Chemistry.

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Carroll was elected as the president of the ACS, one of the world’s largest scientific societies with more than 200,000 individuals in its global community. She serves as president of the society in 2024 and will serve as immediate past president in 2025; she will also serve on the board of directors from 2023 through 2025.

Carroll, an analytical chemist, joined Union in 1992, the first alumna hired as a tenure-track member of Union’s faculty.