all Union in the Media Archive

Heart Matters: A Memoir of a Female Heart Surgeon by Dr. Kathy Magliato '85 is the basis for a new show on NBC called “Heartbeat.” The program premieres March 23

To learn more about it, read a news story in The Hollywood Reporter. For more on Magliato, one of only a few female cardiothoracic surgeons in the world, visit her website.

During her time at Union, Magliato was an active student involved with Pre-Med Society, Women's Rugby Club and Newman Club. She also spent a term abroad in Italy.

Laura MacManus-Spencer, an associate professor of chemistry, was recently interviewed by WRGB-6, the CBS affiliate in Albany about the potential health effects of PFOA in Hoosick Falls, where high concentrations of the chemical were found in the village's public water supply.

To view the clip, click here.

Bradley Hays, associate professor of political science, discussed the death of Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia 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.

A new study by Joshua Hart, associate professor of psychology and Rhea Howard ’14, now at Harvard University, suggests that a man’s attachment style - a personality trait reflecting his romantic relationship tendencies - may actually influence his perceptions of whether a woman is interested in him sexually.

The study will be published in the April issue of the journal Personality and Individual Differences.

The study was picked up by dozens of media outlets around the world.

To read an article in Medical Daily, click here.

To read a story in the Daily Gazette, click here (subscription may be required).

A photo gallery of scenes from the College's yearbook, The Garnet, published in 1916, are featured on the Times Union website.

There are also photos from the 1877 and 1883 yearbooks.

To view the gallery, click here.

Erika Wells, former visiting assistant professor of psychology, was mentioned in a recent article discussing the Disney blockbuster Frozen heading to Broadway.

Wells's comments had originally appeared in The New Yorker in 2014 when she was at Union.

To read the article, click here.

Daniel Carr '14, who majored in economics, was recently featured in the Montreal Gazette. The article focused on his career in the AHL and NHL.

While at Union, Daniel was a member of Beuth House and participated in Steinmetz Symposium, in addition to being a member of the 2014 national championship hockey team.

Applications to Union have topped 6,000 for the first time, the highest number submitted for any individual class in the College’s history.

The record 6,570 applications from some of the nation’s top high school students vying to join the Class of 2020 eclipse last year’s mark of 5,996.

To read the original press release, click here.

Ashley Johnston '14 and Shenae Lundberg ’15 are making history playing in the inaugural season of the National Women’s Hockey League. Both women play for the New York Riveters, Johnston on defense and Lundberg in goal.

Laura Pacheco '16 donated bone marrow in late 2014 to a toddler living in Wisconsin. Laura flew to Florida recently to meet the and his family at a Gift of Life event, where doctors said Laura's donation saved his life.

To read a story in the Sun-Sentinel in South Florida, click here (subscription may be required)