Union in the Media

Shena McAuliffe, the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Assistant Professor of English, discussed her latest collection of short stories, "We Are A Teeming Wilderness," with the Daily Gazette.

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She is the author of “The Good Echo: A Novel” (Black Lawrence Press 2018) and “Glass, Light, Electricity” (University of Alaska Press, 2020). One of the essays in “Glass, Light, Electricity,” titled “Marceline Wanted a Bigger Adventure," was awarded a prestigious Pushcart Prize.

She joined Union in 2018.

The Union College Chamber Singers joined the acclaimed Albany Pro Musica and Albany Symphony Orchestra in performances of Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony at Troy Music Hall, a National Historic Landmark known for its impeccable acoustics.

The Times Union previewed the concerts. A subscription may be required to access the article.

A story also appeared on the College's news site.

Marcus Hotaling, director of the Eppler-Wolff Counseling Center and president of the Association of University and College Counseling Center Directors, was featured by CNN in a piece about student mental health.

Hotaling joined Union in 2007.

A study by Lewis Davis, the Thomas Armstrong Professor of Economics, Stephen Schmidt, the Kenneth B Sharpe Professor of Economics, and Sophia Zacher ’21, "Covid on campus: An empirical analysis of Covid infection rates at U.S. Colleges and Universities," was featured by Inside Higher Ed.

The group's paper was recently published in the Southern Economic Journal.

Using data for the 2020-21 academic year from over 1,000 institutions, they find that COVID infection rates were higher at schools that had larger endowments, higher tuition rates, lower admission rates, and a lower share of minority students. Infection rates were also higher at public universities in states with a Republican governor. The article started as Zacher’s senior thesis project.

Current students and older learners joined together on the stage of the Yulman Theater for this year’s Winter Dance Concert, “At the Intersection.”

For the first time, guest performers from the Union College Academy of Lifelong Learning (UCALL) are taking part alongside 31 student performers.

The performance was featured in the Daily Gazette (a subscription may be required to access content).

Andrew Morris, associate professor of history, was quoted in an Associated Press story on the war in Ukraine and the history of relief efforts by countries and individuals not involved in the conflict.

The AP is one of the world's largest news gathering services, with its content published or broadcast in thousands of outlets around the globe.

Morris joined Union in 2003.

“Satellite and Sediment,” the Department of Visual Arts’ winter term exhibition in the Feigenbaum Center for Visual Arts’ Crowell and West galleries, features drawings and paintings by five acclaimed contemporary artists who question distinctions between human and natural systems.

The five are Athena LaTocha, Cynthia Lin, Beatrice Modisett, Barry Nemett and Sara Schneckloth.

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

Michael Eric Dyson, an academic, author and public intellectual, gave a talk commemorating the legacy of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. – “Dr. King's Dream: How Do We Get There?” – on Tuesday, Jan. 17, in the Nott Memorial.

WRGB, the CBS affiliate in Albany, covered the talk. A clip is available at their news site.

Union has been awarded a grant from the renowned Howard Hughes Medical Institute to strengthen the study and teaching of science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) for all of its students.

The HHMI Inclusive Excellence 3 (IE3) initiative challenges U.S. colleges and universities “to substantially and sustainably build their capacity for student belonging, especially for those who have been historically excluded from the sciences.”

A nonprofit focused on research and philanthropy to advance science and education, HHMI will contribute $505,000 over six years to support the College’s efforts.

The Times Union wrote about the initiative. A subscription may be required to access the article.