Union in the Media

Savannah Jelks '20 curated an exhibit for Schaffer Library, "Hell No, We Won't Go! The Power of Campus Protests (1965-1975)." A history major, Jelks focused on the May 1, 1970, demonstration on campus that moved into downtown Schenectady.

Due to the campus lockdown caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, the exhibit can be viewed online.

The Daily Gazette featured an article on the exhibit (a subscription may be required).

President David R. Harris was among leaders who shared their behind-the-scenes discussions in a story, "4 Colleges, 2 Weeks, One Choice: How Covid-19 Scattered U.S. Higher Education," in The Chronicle of Higher Education.

A subscription may be required to access the full article.

Research by Heather Watson, the John S. MacArthur Assistant Professor of Physics and Astronomy, was recently featured in The Daily Gazette (subscription may be required).

Three-time Olympic gold medalist gymnast Gabby Douglas stopped by Memorial Chapel to discuss her life and career.

A number of media outlets covered her appearance:

Spectrum News

News10 (ABC affiliate)

Daily Gazette

A $51 million gift from Class of 1980 graduates Rich and Mary Templeton will transform engineering and the liberal arts at Union College with the creation of the Templeton Institute for Engineering and Computer Science, President David R. Harris announced Friday.

It is the largest gift in Union’s 225-year history and among the biggest for engineering at a liberal arts school in the last decade.

Harris made the announcement in Memorial Fieldhouse during the public launch of Union’s new $300 million comprehensive campaign, “Powering Union: The Campaign for Multiple Tomorrows.”

Media coverage of the event included:

Inside Higher Ed

WAMC Northeast Public Radio

The Dallas Morning News

The Daily Gazette

Times Union

Albany Business Review

WTEN (ABC affiliate)

Zoe Oxley, professor of political science, is part of a team whose research is featured in The Conversation.

The 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.

President David R. Harris recently met with the editorial board of the Daily Gazette.

He touched on a number of topics during the hour-long meeting.

To read the story, visit the Daily Gazette (subscription may be required).

MONEY magazine recently posted an article offering consumers a primer on financial aid at colleges. The piece features extensive comments on how the process works from Matt Malatesta ‘91, vice president for Admissions, Financial Aid and Enrollment.

The article also lists 75 schools that promise to meet full financial aid for students, including Union.

Union’s Board of Trustees Saturday affirmed the College’s latest strategic plan, a sweeping and ambitious document that will guide the school’s decision-making over the next five years.

Titled “The Power of Union,” the 17-page plan serves as a blueprint for the College to build upon its 225-year standing as an innovator in liberal education by “developing every student to lead with wisdom, empathy and courage, in ways large and small, now and across multiple tomorrows.”

The Daily Gazette reported on the new plan (subscription may be required).

The College recently dedicated the Williams Center for Campus Community Safety.

Housed in a former bank building at Nott Street and Van Vranken Avenue, the center is directly across from one of the campus’s main entrances.

A number of media outlets reported on the new home for the school's Campus Safety Department, including the Daily Gazette (subscription may be required), News10 (ABC affiliate), CBS6, and the Times Union.