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If you were one of the nearly 20 million viewers who tuned in to the Grammys Sunday night, you might have noticed a familiar face from campus.

Jermaine Wells was one of the background actors in a Carpool Karaoke skit featuring host James Corden and singers Sting and Shaggy.

The Times Union spoke with Wells about the experience.

The Union College Permanent Collection has a treasure trove of more than 300 historic scientific instruments, including 19th century prisms, a sextant, a sea octant that dates to the College’s founding in 1795, a refractometer and assorted mathematical models.

More than 30 of these instruments are presented in a new light in the Mandeville Gallery exhibit Probability & Uncertainty, in which they are juxtaposed with works by six contemporary artists who focus on scientific themes.

The Times Union recently featured the exhibit, which runs Jan. 13 through June 17.

Union's Kenney Community Center partners with the Schenectady ARC's Discovery Academy to provide young adults with developmental disabilities opportunities to experience life on a college campus.

The Times Union and WTEN, the local ABC affiliate, recently featured the program.

Bradley Hays, associate professor of political science, was a recent guest on "Congressional Corner" on WAMC, Northeast Public Radio. He discussed the pledge by Gov. Cuomo to oust New York Republicans from Congress.

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.

“Mokuhanga: Impressions Past and Present,” an exhibit of Japanese woodblock prints created by three generations of artists, runs Jan. 3-March 13 in the Crowell and West Galleries in the Feigenbaum Center for Visual Arts.

Mokuhanga, the traditional printmaking technique of Japan, was perfected during the 18th and 19th centuries.

The Daily Gazette recently featured the exhibit.

Viki Brooks, director of Religious and Spiritual Life, spoke to the Times Union about how religions use lights to point toward the divine during the holiday. A subscription may be required to read the article.

The campus community gathered recently to celebrate the placement of the final steel beam for the new Integrated Science and Engineering Complex.

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

The ongoing project was featured in a photo gallery in the Times Union.

The campus community gathered recently to celebrate the placement of the final steel beam for the new Integrated Science and Engineering Complex.

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

The ongoing project was featured in the Daily Gazette.

Stephen Berk, the Henry and Sally Schaffer Professor of Holocaust and Jewish Studies, discussed President Donald Trump’s decision to officially recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel.

Click here to watch the clip on Spectrum News Albany.

Walani Ndhlovu ’20 was recently honored at a dinner at Lincoln Center celebrating the 10th anniversary of Maloto. The Nyack, N.Y.-based organization feeds, educates and empowers children and families in Malawi. Ndhlovu is a graduate of Mzuzu Academy, a school in Malawi supported by Maloto. The emcee for the event was Tom Brokaw. The Times Union shared his story with readers.