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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).

Photos: New science complex at Union College

The campus community gathered recently to celebrate the placement of the final steel beam for the new Integrated Science and Engineering Complex.

The $100 million project, the most ambitious and largest in the school’s history, will be completed in phases over the next two years. This includes an addition completed for fall term 2018 and renovation of three sections of the existing S&E center by fall 2019.

The ongoing project was featured in a photo gallery in the Times Union.

New science buildings on way at Union, Skidmore

The campus community gathered recently to celebrate the placement of the final steel beam for the new Integrated Science and Engineering Complex.

The $100 million project, the most ambitious and largest in the school’s history, will be completed in phases over the next two years. This includes an addition completed for fall term 2018 and renovation of three sections of the existing S&E center by fall 2019.

The ongoing project was featured in the Daily Gazette.

President recognizes Jerusalem as Israel's capital

Stephen Berk, the Henry and Sally Schaffer Professor of Holocaust and Jewish Studies, discussed President Donald Trump’s decision to officially recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel.

Click here to watch the clip on Spectrum News Albany.

Hard-earned path from Malawi to Union

Walani Ndhlovu ’20 was recently honored at a dinner at Lincoln Center celebrating the 10th anniversary of Maloto. The Nyack, N.Y.-based organization feeds, educates and empowers children and families in Malawi. Ndhlovu is a graduate of Mzuzu Academy, a school in Malawi supported by Maloto. The emcee for the event was Tom Brokaw. The Times Union shared his story with readers.

Bradley Hays, associate professor of political science

Congressional Corner With Brad Hays

Bradley Hays, associate professor of political science, was a recent guest on "Congressional Corner" on WAMC, Northeast Public Radio. He discussed the first indictments announced as part of the investigation into Russian ties with the Trump campaign by special counsel Robert Mueller.

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.

Reformation authority speaking at Union College

Union has planned a number of events to mark the 500th anniversary of the Protestant Reformation, a 16th-century revolt that separated the Christians of western Europe into Catholics and Protestants.
On Thursday, Nov. 2 at 5 p.m., Brad Gregory of the University of Notre Dame will deliver the annual Wold Lecture on Religion and Conflict in the Nott Memorial. His lecture is titled “Whether We Like it or Not: Why the Reformation Matters after 500 Years.”

For a preview, check out this story in the Daily Gazette.

Alumni in the news: Karen Ross '82

Karen Ross '82 was recently featured in The Huffington Post. The Q&A focused on her career and role as CEO of Sharp Decisions, one of the country’s largest, independent woman-owned technology solutions businesses.

She played soccer during her time at Union.

Read more about her here.

People in the news:

Marcus Hotaling, director of the Counseling Center, has been elected to the board of directors for the Association of University and College Counseling Center. The AUCCCD is the largest organization of campus mental health leaders in the world. The term is for one year. In his role, Hotaling will help guide campus mental health policy and initiatives at the national level. Hotaling joined Union in fall 2007.

An essay by Jillmarie Murphy, associate professor of English and director of Gender, Sexuality, and Women's Studies, was published in Victorian Ecocriticism: The Politics of Place and Early Environmental Justice. The piece is titled “The Politics of Place Attachment and the Laboring Body in Thomas Hardy's Tess of the d'Urbervilles." Read her essay here.

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