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Andrea Foroughi, professor of history and director of the Women’s and Gender Studies Program, was recently featured on Civil War Talk Radio, a program on World Talk Radio.

A new study led by Assistant Professor of Psychology Cay Anderson-Hanley shows that older individuals who exercise using the features of interactive video games experience greater cognitive health benefits than those who rely on traditional exercise alone. The study appears in the February issue of the American Journal of Preventive Medicine.

Hanley’s team of researchers, which included Union students, monitored the physiological, neuropsychological

and behavioral impact “cybercycling” had on seniors recruited from eight independent living centers in the Capital Region.

To date, dozens of news outlets from around the world, including CNN, Time and the Telegraph of London have reported on Anderson-Hanley’s findings.

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Dylan Ratigan '94, host of his own weekday show on MSNBC, was recently profiled in The New York Observer.

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The Casper Journal recently profiled longtime benefactor John S. Wold '38, a geologist and former U.S. Congressman from Casper, Wyo. Last spring, the College dedicated the Peter Irving Wold Center, a $22 million, three-story, 35,000-square-foot research and education facility.

The Center features state-of-the-art laboratories, electronic classrooms, an advanced computing lab, study spaces and faculty offices. The Center was made possible in large part due to a lead gift from John S. Wold ’38 and his wife, Jane. The Wolds have directed more than $14 million of their original $20 million You are Union Campaign commitment to be a catalyst for the project, which is named after John Wold’s father, Peter, who chaired Union’s Physics Department from 1920 to 1945.

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Assistant Professor Brad Hays of Political Science was a recent guest on "Congressional Corner" 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.

Assistant Professor Brad Hays of Political Science was a recent guest on "Congressional Corner" 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.

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Stephen Berk, the Henry and Sally Schaffer Professor of Holocaust and Jewish Studies, recently discussed “Turmoil in the Middle East: Ramifications of the Arab Spring and the Role of the United States” at Congregation Agudath Israel in Caldwell, N.J.

Prior to the talk, Berk spoke with the New Jersey Jewish News.

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Brad Hays, assistant professor of political science, was recently interviewed by WRGB-6, the local CBS affiliate, on the number of close races across the Capital Region.

Members of Union’s Russian and East European Culture Club, along with Europa House, marked Victory Day Monday, May 9, by honoring local Russian veterans who served during World War II.

Two dozen veterans of the Red Army, along with members from the local Russian community area affected by the war, attended a dinner in their honor in Hale House.

Victory Day in Russia commemorates the final surrender by Nazi Germany to the U.S.S.R. in World War II, often referred to as the Great Patriotic War in Russia and other states in the former Soviet Union.

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

A group of Union students pitched in to help victims of recent flooding caused by Tropical Storm Irene. The students were participating in Service Saturday, a new monthly volunteer program.

To read about the cleanup in Sunday's Gazette, click here.