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Emmy Award-winning journalist Joanna Stern ’06, senior personal technology columnist at the Wall Street Journal, was the featured speaker at Union's 231st Commencement.

Stern has spent nearly two decades covering the tech industry with a focus on consumer impact, helping readers navigate trends and make smarter tech decisions.

Stern wrote about her talk in her Wall Street Journal column.

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The 500 members of the Class of 2025 were celebrated Sunday on Roger Hull Plaza during Union’s 231st commencement.

The Daily Gazette featured a photo gallery of the festivities.

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Andrew Morris, professor of history, was recently quoted in the New York Times in a story about the resignation of the head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s disaster command center.

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An expert in federal disaster relief, Morris is the author of an upcoming book, “When Natural Disasters Became National Disasters: Hurricane Camille and the New Politics of Disaster Relief” (University of Pennsylvania Press, 2026).

He joined Union in 2003.

An op-ed written by President David R. Harris was featured in Inside Higher Ed. The piece was titled "Actions Now, Consequences Later" (Yes, higher ed has problems, but future generations will not thank us if we tear down the system).

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The Daily Gazette featured a photo gallery from the Lothridge Festival of Dance.

A perennial highlight of Steinmetz Day, the event showcased 89 students performing 14 works in an array of styles.

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Last winter, Robert McFarland gave something precious to Union College – the Schenectady house he called home for decades.

Neither an alumnus nor parent or grandparent of a graduate, McFarland nevertheless loves Union – for what it gave him and what it continues to give the community.

The Daily Gazette featured a story about the donation on its front page.

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Andrew Morris, professor of history, had an op-ed published in The Hill, "Get rid of FEMA? That would be a disaster."

The Hill is an influential non-partisan media outlet for and about Congress, breaking stories from Capitol Hill, K Street and the White House.

An expert in federal disaster relief, Morris is the author of an upcoming book, “When Natural Disasters Became National Disasters: Hurricane Camille and the New Politics of Disaster Relief” (University of Pennsylvania Press, 2026).

He joined Union in 2003.

“The Spaces Between,” this year’s Winter Dance Concert, was recently featured in the Daily Gazette.

Thirty-one dancers performed in 10 original pieces choreographed by students and faculty in the Yulman Theater.

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New research by Allison Malatesta ’24 and Jeff Corbin, the Florence B. Sherwood Professor of Life Sciences, show that parts of Schenectady that were redlined have, to this day, fewer and smaller trees than other areas of the city.

Their research has been published in the journal Urban Forestry & Urban Greening.

The Daily Gazette recently featured the study on its front page. A subscription may be required to read the article.

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