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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).

President Elizabeth Kiss

President Elizabeth Kiss featured in Inside Higher Ed

President Elizabeth Kiss was featured in Inside Higher Ed for an article, "For Presidents, Necessity Breeds Innovation."

As economic, demographic, political and technological forces reshape higher education, presidents are experimenting, including in ways that blur the traditional lines between institution types, and between college and work, according to the article.

Kiss talked about how the College is doubling down on post-graduate pathways, such as the recently announced 4+1 pathway for Union graduates to earn a master's in business at the University of Rochester's Simon School of Business.

In addition, Union is launching micro-credentials this fall to enable Union students to demonstrate their skills to prospective employers. From Excel to AI tools to marketing skills and more, Kiss said students will be able to show that they have earned a nationally normed credential on top of the all the essential skills -- critical thinking, communication, teamwork and more -- that they gain in the classroom.

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Union student quoted in Wall Street Journal about internships

Nate Goldstein ’27, an electrical engineering major from St. Louis, was interviewed by the Wall Street Journal for a story about the challenges students are facing in securing internships this year.

Goldstein talked about a new student-led group that he helped create, the Union Consulting Collaborative. The group aims to pair students with Schenectady’s nonprofits and small businesses to support various projects, including research, outreach and web design.

The community organizations get a much-needed service for free, and in return, students get experience completing projects, which they can list as internships or volunteer experience on their resume.

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New partnership with University of Rochester’s Simon Business School featured in local media

Union has partnered with the University of Rochester’s Simon Business School to offer students a streamlined path to earning a master’s degree in business through Simon’s accelerated 4+1 Business Master’s Pathway program.

Through the partnership, students at Union — as well as prospective students considering enrollment — can gain early admission to Simon and receive a guaranteed tuition scholarship, creating an efficient route to a highly prestigious graduate business degree.

Program participants can pursue a master’s degree in areas such as accounting, artificial intelligence in business, business analytics, finance and marketing analytics, and can complete their degree in one year after earning their bachelor’s degree from Union.

The partnership was featured in the Daily Gazette in Schenectady and the Rochester Business Journal. A subscription may be required to access the content.

Steinmetz Lecture speaker featured in the Daily Gazette

In 1973, Steve Sasson, 23 and fresh out of college, landed a job at Eastman Kodak in the apparatus division of the company’s Applied Research Department.

Soon he was assigned a seemingly routine task — to investigate the possibility of any practical use for a charged coupled device (C.C.D.).

Two years later, Sasson remarkably completed the protype for what would be the first self-contained, portable digital camera.

Sasson will deliver the 76th Steinmetz Memorial Lecture on Tuesday, March 3, at 7 p.m. in the Nott Memorial.

Bill Buell wrote a column for the Daily Gazette in advance of the talk.

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Local media chronicles journey of victim of Schenectady Massacre in Union's archives

The partial remains of a victim of the Schenectady Massacre in 1690 that have been in Union's archives for decades, will finally get a proper burial.

Noted writer Paul Grondahl, the director of the New York State Writers Institute, visited the archives for a story. Grondahl writes a weekly column for the Times Union.

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A crew from WTEN, the local ABC affiliate, also visited campus for a feature on the skull.

Professor Catherine Walker featured on The Academic Minute

Catherine Walker, associate professor of psychology, was recently featured on The Academic Minute.

The daily program features professors from colleges and universities around the world sharing their research. It airs on public radio stations across the country.

Walker talked about changing how we think about our bodies could be beneficial to our health.

Walker joined Union in 2015.

The inauguration of President Elizabeth Kiss featured in local media outlets

Union officially ushered in a new era with the inauguration Friday afternoon of Elizabeth Kiss as its 20th president.

Kiss (pronounced quiche) assumed the presidency July 1. She is the first woman to lead Union in its 230-year history.

A number of media outlets covered the ceremony, including WTEN, the Times Union and the Daily Gazette.

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President Elizabeth Kiss quoted in New York Times

President Elizabeth Kiss was recently quoted in The New York Times in a story about the impact of fees for new H-1B visas.

An H-1B visa is a temporary (nonimmigrant) visa in the United States that allows U.S. employers to hire foreign workers in specialty occupations that require a bachelor's degree or higher in a specific field.

Kiss told the Times the college employed 16 faculty members with H-1B visas who worked across nine departments. But she said the college could not afford to hire people through the program anymore.

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