Union in the Media

Union’s faculty, staff and students are often mentioned in local, national and international media outlets. Among the outlets that have highlighted Union include the Chronicle of Higher Education, Inside Higher Ed, New York Times, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, National Public Radio, U.S. News and World Report, MONEY and the Associated Press.

Content on Union’s news site has been honored by the Council for the Advancement of Secondary Education (CASE).

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Times Union photo gallery features Union dancers rehearsing with Eisenhower Dance Detroit

Union College student dancers rehearsed on Saturday with members of Eisenhower Dance Detroit in preparation for the troupe's four-day residency at the Schenectady campus on Oct. 15-18, culminating with a performance at The Egg in Albany.

The Times Union featured a photo gallery of the rehearsal. A subscription may be required to access the article.

To learn more about the residency, visit the College's news site.

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President David Harris featured on WAMC

On Sept. 9, President David R. Harris announced that he would step down as president at the end of the academic year.

Harris shared his thoughts on the decision with 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.

To listen to the conversation, please visit the website.

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Professor Zoe Oxley quoted in USA Today

Zoe Oxley, professor of political science, was quoted in USA Today about how young people perceive the presidency and politics.

The story referenced earlier research by Oxley and others that focused on what do kids think about the presidency and the president, and how does this compare to what children thought in the 1950s?

To read the USA Today story, visit the website. A subscription may be required to access the content.

The research was featured earlier in The Conversation.

Oxley joined Union in 1998.

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Groundbreaking for new home for men's and women's ice hockey attracts media attention

President David R. Harris joined city, county and state officials at a groundbreaking ceremony for the Mohawk Harbor Event Center. The $50 million, 97,178-square foot multi-purpose event center features a 2,200-seat ice hockey rink with capacity expanding to 3,600 for other sporting events, trade shows, special events and conventions. The College has negotiated a long-term lease with the developer for the arena to host the school’s Division I men’s and women’s hockey programs.

Among the media outlets on hand for the event were WAMC, Northeast Public Radio, the Times Union, Daily Gazette, WRGB and WTEN.

The event center is scheduled to be completed in time for both Garnet Chargers teams to play in their new home for the 2025-26 season.

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Union College students express themselves at intersection of art and technology

WAMC, Northeast Public Radio, recently did a feature showcasing the Visual Arts Department 's classes that blend art and technology open to all: Digital Fabrication, Physical Computing and Real & Recorded Time.

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.

To listen to the piece, please visit the website.

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Latest gift from the Templetons mentioned in media outlets

Class of 1980 graduates Rich and Mary Templeton, whose $51 million gift announced in 2020 was the largest in Union’s history, have given another $40 million to strengthen the College’s distinctive integration of the liberal arts, engineering and computer science.

A number of media outlets mentioned the gift, including the Times Union, the Daily Gazette, the Albany Business Review , the Chronicle of Philanthropy and WNYT-13, the local NBC affiliate.

A subscription may be required to access the content from any of the outlets.

The news originally appeared on the College's website.

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Essay by Professor Lori Marso published by Los Angeles Review of Books

The Los Angeles Review of Books recently published an essay by Lori Marso, the Doris Zemurray Stone Professor of Modern Literary and Historical Studies.

Marso's essay reviews novelist Christine Smallwood's book about a classic Chantal Akerman film, “La Captive” to ask to whom, and to what, we are captive. Does making art in or about captivity move us towards freedom?

Marso is a regular contributor to The Los Angeles Review of Books.

To read Marso’s latest essay, visit the website.

Marso joined Union in 1997.