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Fran'Cee Brown-McClure featured in Inside Higher Ed

Fran'Cee Brown-McClure, vice president for Student Affairs and dean of students, shared her expertise with Inside Higher Ed on how colleges can connect better with its students.

She also shared her thoughts on how precollege experiences and students’ identities shape the challenges they face and connections they make in postsecondary education.

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Union's Rhodes Scholar featured in The Daily Gazette

Tawreak “Ty” Gamble-Eddington '21 recently was awarded a Rhodes Scholarship for graduate study at the University of Oxford.

Gamble-Eddington is one of 32 Rhodes Scholars selected from a pool of 826 candidates representing 247 colleges in the United States. The class includes 22 women, the most ever.

The Daily Gazette spoke with Gamble-Eddington about his accomplishment. A subscription may be required to access the story.

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Engineering students engaged in projects to help those with disabilities

Senior mechanical engineering students have partnered with local companies to create devices to make their operations more efficient.

Ron Bucinell, an associate professor of mechanical engineering, crafted a unique capstone course that would push students to devise tools for everyday people who needed them.

To read more in the Times Union, visit the website.

The class was also featured in a segment on WNYT-13, the local NBC affiliate.

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Union's Rhodes Scholar appears in hundreds of media outlets, including Washington Post and Boston Globe

Tawreak “Ty” Gamble-Eddington '21 has been awarded a Rhodes Scholarship for graduate study at the University of Oxford.

Gamble-Eddington is one of 32 Rhodes Scholars selected from a pool of 826 candidates representing 247 colleges in the United States. The class includes 22 women, the most ever, the Rhodes Trust announced in a statement Sunday.

The announcement was picked up by hundreds of media outlets, including the Washington Post, Boston Globe and The Daily Gazette. A subscription may be required for access to the articles.

WAMC, Northeast Public Radio also did a segment on Gamble-Eddington. 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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Chad Orzel, associate professor of physics and astronomy, featured on ESPN

Chad Orzel, associate professor of physics and astronomy, used the laws of physics to explain to ESPN why it is so difficult to tackle Denver Broncos running back Javonte Williams.

"It's a really rich subject because there is a lot going on, even in the things that are fairly simple in football," said Orzel. "There's a lot of physics going on, you've got so many moving parts. In physics we're famous for approximating everything as a sphere, football players are very not spherical and the ball isn't even spherical. But you look at the spin around the long axis, you look at the random bounce, things like that, it's a really rich subject physics-wise."

Orzel joined Union in 2001

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Zoe Oxley, professor of political science, part of research team featured by NPR, Forbes and other outlets

Zoe Oxley, professor of political science, is part of a team whose latest research is featured in a number of media outlets, including Forbes, NPR’s All Things Considered, The 19th, WNYC’s The Takeaway and The Conversation.

The research focuses on girls' declining interest in politics.

Earlier research focused on what do kids today think about the presidency and the president, and how does this compare to what children thought in the 1950s?

Oxley joined Union in 1998.

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Union partnership with Schuler Education Foundation featured in Chicago Tribune, other outlets

Union recently announced it would partner with the Schuler Education Foundation to invest up to $40 million to enroll significantly more low-income students, the College’s latest effort to advance educational equity and opportunity.

Union is among the first five schools selected to participate in the Schuler Access Initiative, which aims to enroll more underserved students at the nation’s top liberal arts colleges.

Jack Schuler, co-founder of the Schuler Education Foundation, will spend $500 million over the next 10 years as part of the initiative. He wants to include up to 20 liberal arts schools that will match the funds, for a potential investment of $1 billion.

A number of local and national media outlets reported on the announcement, including Inside Higher Ed, The Daily Gazette , Higher Ed Dive, The Business Journals and 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.

In addition, President David R. Harris authored an op-ed for the Chicago Tribune with the headline, "Pell grants are game changers for promising college students. I should know, I was one."

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