March 2026 News Archive

March 4, 2026

Beyond the lens: Student exhibit puts focus on remarkable campus images from long ago

At the Beuth Atrium in Schaffer Library through March 20

Shortly after he arrived at Union in 1938 as an exile from Japanese-occupied China, student Shui Kong Yuen taught himself photography. Carrying a Rollei Rolleiflex camera, he crisscrossed campus over the next four years and beyond to document everything from athletic contests and dances to architecture and fraternity life. Yuen ’42 became Union’s unofficial photographer, amassing an impressive collection of photos both in quality and quantity. His photos offered such an extraordinary snapshot in time of cam

March 4, 2026

Catching up with…Stephen Schmidt

For more than three decades, Stephen Schmidt has been a familiar face on campus.

Steven Schmidt, the Kenneth B. Sharpe Professor of Economics, and his wife, Alexandra, in their sukkah.

March 1, 2026

Baruch Blumberg, Class of 1946

A co-founder, distinguished scientist and scientific and medical advisory board member of the Hepatitis B Foundation for more than 20 years, Dr. Baruch S. Blumberg was also a medical anthropologist.