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When Polish pianist Rafal Blechacz performed in Memorial Chapel as part of the Union College Concert Series in October 2012, he was unaware that judges were in the audience scrutinizing his performance. That performance led to Blechacz being awarded a $300,000 Gilmore Artist Award.

To read about the honor in the New York Times, click here.

To read a review of the award-winning concert in the Times Union, click here.

Ben Bucinell '14 is attempting to hike all 46 Adirondack high peaks in four months. As part of his Hike4Heroes, Bucinell is raising funds for charities that support war veterans.

To learn more in the Sunday Gazette, click here.

A book co-edited by Claire Bracken, assistant professor of Irish literature and culture in the English Department, was recently published. Viewpoints: Theoretical Perspectives on Irish Visual Texts is available through Cork University Press. Bracken’s co-editor is Emma Radley of University College Dublin. Read a review in the Irish Examiner.

The research of Lori J. Marso, professor of political science and director of Women’s and Gender Studies, and David Cotter, professor and chair of the Sociology Department,was referenced in a Sunday New York Times Review op-ed on the 50th anniversary of the publication of Betty Friedan’s international best seller, The Feminine Mystique.

To read the essay, click here.

Deidre Hill Butler, associate professor of sociology and director of Africana Studies, is featured in a promotional video for the Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad Byway. To view the clip, click here.

Bruce Connolly, Schaffer Library head of public services, and Gail Golderman, digital services librarian, review a series of feminist material in the current Library Journal Review. To read the article, click here.

Chris Duncan, professor of sculpture, was profiled in the Gloversville Leader-Herald. The story was written by Features Editor Bill Ackerbauer.

Chad Orzel, associate professor of physics, provided expert opinion on a new study by an international team of scientists who tried to find out the actual size of a proton. Orzel is the author of How to Teach Physics to Your Dog and How to Teach Relativity to Your Dog.

“Concert,” a painting by Walter Hatke, the May I. and Walter C. Baker Professor of Visual Arts, is featured in an exhibit, The Annual: 2013, running through May 5 at the National Academy Museum in New York.

Destinee Laquer ’14 is the Kenney Community Center Volunteer of the Week.

Among her many service activities, Laquer participated in the winter break community service mini-term to New Orleans, where she aided in rebuilding houses for hurricane and oil spill victims.

She also volunteered at COCOA House, tutoring and mentoring local children.

A managerial economics major and math minor, Laquer recently attended the Museum of Mathematics in New York City with the Albany Area Math Circle, service learning professor Mary O’Keeffe’s math outreach program for local youth.

During spring break, Laquer will volunteer with the New York City Urban Project’s Plunge program, which works to prevent human trafficking and other social injustices.

“Volunteering has been rewarding for me and has increased my sense of community as a citizen of the planet,” Laquer said.

A resident of Springfield, Mass., Laquer is also active in Union’s Intervarsity Christian Fellowship and the Dinner and Discussion around Diversity series.

Jennifer Gish - Times Union

Fans at this weekend's inaugural Mayor's Cup men's hockey game between Union and RPI at the Times Union Center will be treated to an unusual shootout during the second intermission: Robo-Hockey.

Four teams of mechanical engineering students who designed and built the wheeled robots about the size of a briefcase will compete in a four-minute period Saturday night in front of thousands of spectators.

To read story from the front page of the Times Union, click here.

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Chad Orzel, associate professor of physics, provided expert opinion on a new study by an international team of scientists who tried to find out the actual size of a proton.

Orzel is the author of How to Teach Physics to Your Dog and How to Teach Relativity to Your Dog.

A number of news outlets and professional journals picked up the debate.

By: Maura Driscoll '15

MaryKate Farber ’15 is the Kenney Community Center’s Volunteer of the Week.

A resident of the Wells House community service theme house, Farber dedicates much of her time to sponsoring various charity events each week with her house, as well as volunteering elsewhere.

As a first-year student, Farber participated in the community service pre-orientation and returned to it this year as a student leader.

Farber is also the president of U-ReBloom, a club that gathers flowers used at a variety of campus events and delivers them to local nursing homes, senior residences and other facilities. “I love going because you are able to see how having visitors really brightens the days of the residents,” she said.

Farber is a History and Art History double major from Oneonta, N.Y.

Brian Nearing - Times Union

The Times Union recently featured the Peter Irving Wold Center in an article on green buildings in the state.

The Wold Center earned LEED Gold status, one of the highest honors for sustainable design. Developed by the U.S. Green Building Council, LEED, or Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design, rewards best practices for a building’s energy, water and natural resource performance.

This marks the first building on Union’s campus to receive the coveted status.

To read the Times Union article, click here.