Union in the Media

An op-ed written by President David R. Harris was featured in Inside Higher Ed. The piece was titled "Actions Now, Consequences Later" (Yes, higher ed has problems, but future generations will not thank us if we tear down the system).

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Saratoga Living features an interview with Elizabeth Kiss, the president-elect of Union College.

Kiss, an Oxford-trained philosopher and former college president who most recently served as CEO of the Rhodes Trust, was named as the 20th president of the College in February.

Kiss (pronounced ‘quiche’) will succeed David Harris, who announced last fall he would be stepping down at the end of the current academic year after seven years. Kiss begins her new role July 1.

The Daily Gazette featured a photo gallery from the Lothridge Festival of Dance.

A perennial highlight of Steinmetz Day, the event showcased 89 students performing 14 works in an array of styles.

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Last winter, Robert McFarland gave something precious to Union College – the Schenectady house he called home for decades.

Neither an alumnus nor parent or grandparent of a graduate, McFarland nevertheless loves Union – for what it gave him and what it continues to give the community.

The Daily Gazette featured a story about the donation on its front page.

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Andrew Morris, professor of history, had an op-ed published in The Hill, "Get rid of FEMA? That would be a disaster."

The Hill is an influential non-partisan media outlet for and about Congress, breaking stories from Capitol Hill, K Street and the White House.

An expert in federal disaster relief, Morris is the author of an upcoming book, “When Natural Disasters Became National Disasters: Hurricane Camille and the New Politics of Disaster Relief” (University of Pennsylvania Press, 2026).

He joined Union in 2003.

“The Spaces Between,” this year’s Winter Dance Concert, was recently featured in the Daily Gazette.

Thirty-one dancers performed in 10 original pieces choreographed by students and faculty in the Yulman Theater.

To view a photo gallery, visit the Gazette's website (a subscription may be required to access content).

New research by Allison Malatesta ’24 and Jeff Corbin, the Florence B. Sherwood Professor of Life Sciences, show that parts of Schenectady that were redlined have, to this day, fewer and smaller trees than other areas of the city.

Their research has been published in the journal Urban Forestry & Urban Greening.

The Daily Gazette recently featured the study on its front page. A subscription may be required to read the article.

To read the original story on Union's news site, visit the website.

Elizabeth Kiss, an Oxford-trained philosopher and former college president who most recently served as CEO of the Rhodes Trust, has been selected as the 20th president of Union College.

Kiss (pronounced ‘quiche’) will succeed David Harris, who announced last fall he would be stepping down at the end of the current academic year after seven years. Kiss begins her new role July 1.

The announcement was featured in a number of media outlets, including the Times Union, Daily Gazette, Albany Business Review, WAMC, Spectrum News and News10ABC, Inside Higher Ed, University Business and Chronicle of Higher Education, among others. Some outlets may have a paywall.

“All that is Gathered,” a three-person exhibition curated by Allison Conley, lecturer of visual arts in printmaking and drawing, opened Jan. 8 in the Crowell and West galleries, Feigenbaum Center for Visual Arts.

The three – Golnar Adili, Kristina Bivona and Karen Lederer – are artists whose printmaking practice fundamentally informs their work, permeating sculpture, painting, installation and craft.

The Daily Gazette recently previewed the exhibit. A subscription may be required to access the article.

To learn more, read a story on Union's news site.

Marcus Hotaling, director of the Eppler-Wolff Counseling Center and past president of the Association of University and College Counseling Center Directors, shared his concerns about student mental health rankings with Forbes. A subscription may be required to access the article.

Hotaling joined Union in 2007.