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Union is partnering with Zipcar – the popular car sharing network – to offer a Ford Focus and a Ford Escape for use by students, faculty and staff.

Starting in the spring term, the Zipcars will have designated parking spaces in the West parking lot and be available to registered users 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

To read a story in the Times Union, click here.

Valerie Barr, professor of computer science and chair of ACM-W, the Association for Computing Machinery Council on Women in Computing, discussed how to encourage women in computing with Diversity in Action for its March/April issue

President Stephen C. Ainlay recently sat down with the Daily Gazette to discuss a number of topics for the paper's annual Outlook section.

To read the article, click here.

Noted civil rights activist, scholar and author Cornel West spoke Thursday, March 3, in the Nott Memorial.

West's talk was titled “Social Justice: The U.S. and Beyond.”

To read an article in the Daily Gazette, click here.

Noted civil rights activist, scholar and author Cornel West spoke Thursday, March 3, in the Nott Memorial.

West's talk was titled “Social Justice: The U.S. and Beyond.”

To read an article in the Times Union, click here.

As part of Black History Month, WNYT-13 explores the story of Moses Viney, a runaway slave from Maryland who escaped to Schenectady on the Underground Railroad. Viney was a coachman, messenger and constant companion of Eliphalet Nott, the longtime president of Union who eventually secured Viney’s freedom.

WNYT is an NBC affiliate.

Bradley Hays, associate professor of political science, discusses how the successor to Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia should be selected on WAMC, Northeast Public Radio.

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.

The College celebrated Founders Day to mark the 221st anniversary of its charter.

The keynote speaker was Sherry Turkle of MIT.

To read about her talk in the Times Union, click here.

Valerie Barr, professor of computer science and chair of ACM-W, the Association for Computing Machinery Council on Women in Computing, talked about Union's commitment to interdisciplinary computing in a story on the website Inside Higher Ed.

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Rebecca Cortez, associate professor of mechanical engineering and director of undergraduate research, is among the 10 Capital Region women in science and technology sure to inspire.

Valerie Barr, professor of computer science and chair of ACM-W, the Association for Computing Machinery Council on Women in Computing, discusses gender disparity in the workforce.

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