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A group of engineering students recently presented an idea for an ice skating rink in Schenectady to the City Council.

To read a story in the Daily Gazette, click here.

In a move that supporters believe is long overdue, the College will modify its centuries-old motto to add the French word for “sisters.”

Under the change, which was recently approved by the Board of Trustees, Union’s motto now reads Sous les lois de Minerve nous devenons tous frères et sœurs (“Under the laws of Minerva, we all become brothers and sisters”).

This replaces the original French motto, Sous les lois de Minerve nous devenons tous frères (“Under the laws of Minerva we all become brothers"), which was adopted shortly after Union’s founding in 1795.

To read more in Inside Higher Ed, click here.

In a move that supporters believe is long overdue, the College will modify its centuries-old motto to add the French word for “sisters.”

Under the change, which was recently approved by the Board of Trustees, Union’s motto now reads Sous les lois de Minerve nous devenons tous frères et sœurs (“Under the laws of Minerva, we all become brothers and sisters”).

This replaces the original French motto, Sous les lois de Minerve nous devenons tous frères (“Under the laws of Minerva we all become brothers"), which was adopted shortly after Union’s founding in 1795.

To learn more in the Daily Gazette, click here.

In a move that supporters believe is long overdue, the College will modify its centuries-old motto to add the French word for “sisters.”

Under the change, which was recently approved by the Board of Trustees, Union’s motto now reads Sous les lois de Minerve nous devenons tous frères et sœurs (“Under the laws of Minerva, we all become brothers and sisters”).

This replaces the original French motto, Sous les lois de Minerve nous devenons tous frères (“Under the laws of Minerva we all become brothers"), which was adopted shortly after Union’s founding in 1795.

To learn more in the Times Union, click here.

Kiana Miller '16 received the Leadership in Diversity Award from the Greater Albany Leadership Council on Inclusion. Miller was one of three local college students to receive the award in recognition of her leadership on diversity and inclusion at Union.

Eric Rose ’16 and Nicholas Webb, visiting assistant professor of computer science, attended the Workshop on Designing and Evaluating Social Robots for Public Settings at the IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and System in Hamburg, Germany. They presented a paper, “Determining appropriate first contact distance: trade-offs in human-robot interaction experiment design," in the Workshop on Designing and Evaluating Social Robots for Public Settings. Computer science faculty Aaron Cass and Kristina Striegnitz were also involved in the research. Funding to participate in this conference came from a Faculty Research Travel Grant and a Student Conference Travel Grant.

A short story by Kimmo Rosenthal, professor of mathematics, was recently published in volume 9 of the literary journal EDGE. The title and epigraph of Dancing the Quadrille come from Franz Kafka's posthumously published “Blue Octavo Notebooks.”

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Elizabeth Minkin '96 recently became president of the Joseph and Harvey Meyerhoff Family Charitable Funds. A fourth generation Meyerhoff family member, she has played an integral role in developing and guiding the organization’s impact and efforts to improve the quality of life in Baltimore.

Taylor Time! is delighted to welcome distinguished violinist, Madeleine Mitchell, as the featured performer, Monday October 26.

Accompanied by Prof. Palma Catravas, Mitchell will present a winning program of British music, including works by Delius and Elgar. These short Taylor Time! concerts, designed to fit your schedule, take place in Emerson Auditorium from 5 to 5:50 p.m. each Monday.

Madeleine Mitchell is a Professor of Music at the Royal College of Music in London and has performed in some 50 countries. Her discography contains many widely acclaimed recordings. She is a concerto soloist and 2015/16 engagements include China, Vienna, the Elgar Violin Concerto in Russia, and a new violin concerto written especially for her with the National Orchestra of Wales. She has been described by The Times as "one of Britain's liveliest musical forces (and) foremost violinists".

Lori Marso, professor of political science, has been awarded the Contemporary Political Theory Annual Prize for her article, “Solidarity sans identity: Richard Wright and Simone de Beauvoir theorize political subjectivity”, in Contemporary Political Theory, Volume 13, Number 3 (2014), pp. 242-262. The judges said this about the article: "In this article Lori Marso weaves rich theoretical insight into a gripping and moving narrative of the historical and intellectual encounter between Richard Wright and Simone de Beauvoir. Moving between France, Africa and the USA, Marso charts the intellectual journeys of both thinkers and their eventual rejection of the constraints of identity in favor of an existential freedom anchored in solidarity that crosses identities and borders. Not only does the reader get a wonderfully deep sense of the real intellectual struggles both figures experienced in thinking through what freedom might mean for the black and female subject but the narrative also forces the reader to think in general terms about what this might mean for us today."

Katherine Pouliot '16 and Carol Weisse, professor of psychology, had their paper "First year analysis of a new, home-based palliative care program offered jointly by a community hospital and local visiting nurse service" accepted to the American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Care. The research is the result of a community based learning research project with Ellis Medicine and the Visiting Nurse Service of Northeastern New York. Co-authors are Dr. David Pratt and Phil DiSorbo '71.

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Hundreds of members of the Union community, including Greek organizations and student clubs, helped spruce up the city and surrounding area Saturday, Oct. 17, for the 21st annual John Calvin Toll Day.

Union recently hosted the 2015 Haiku North America Conference.

The event featured workshops and performances from over 100 haiku poets, editors and publishers. Hilary Tann, the John Howard Payne Professor of Music and chair of the department, was instrumental in bringing the conference to the College.

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