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).

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People in the news - April 10, 2014

Vice President for Finance and Administration Diane Blake, Chief of Staff Edward Summers and Senior Director of Communications and Marketing Gail Glover presented workshops at the annual conference of the National Association of Presidential Assistant in Higher Education in San Diego. Blake and John Pecchia, vice president for business affairs at Marist College, addressed “Understanding Institutional Finances: Lessons for Strategic Advisors to the President.” Summers and Glover co-presented a workshop on social media, “The Online Presidency.” Summers hosted two other sessions: “Managing, Supervising and Leading Others in the President’s Office: Where Do I Start?” and “Using Institutional Research to Enhance Your Roles as a Presidential Assistant.” He also led a roundtable discussion, “Dual Role: Presidential Assistant/Board Secretary.”

Brad Hays, associate professor of political science, was a guest on WAMC’s “Congressional Corner” with host Alan Chartock. The two discussed the Supreme Court’s recent decision on campaign spending.

Andrew Burkett, assistant professor of English, was accepted into the Digital Humanities at Oxford Summer School (DHOxSS) at Wolfson College, Oxford. In July, he will enroll in a course of study titled “Introduction to Digital Humanities” and will present his ongoing work in digital studies. The DHOxSS summer school program is a joint initiative of the Oxford e-Research Centre, IT Services, the Oxford Research Centre in the Humanities and Oxford’s Bodleian Libraries.

Jillmarie Murphy, assistant professor of English, published a journal article in Studies in American Naturalism 8 (Winter 2014). "Chains of Emancipation: Place Attachment and the Great Northern Migration in Paul Laurence Dunbar's The Sport of the Gods," employs the psycho-social construct of “place attachment” to broaden the implications of Dunbar's staging of late 19th African-American familial disruptions experienced during the nadir of race relations in the U.S.

Jennifer Matsue, associate professor of music, director of the Asian Studies program and director of World Musics and Cultures program, presented at the “Voices of Asian Modernity: Women, Gender and Sexuality in Asian Popular Music” at the University of Pittsburgh. Matsue’s talk was titled “Female Passivity or Musical Democracy?: Making Music with Hatsune Miku.”

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Union hockey team disdains underdog tag even with financial gap

Eben Novy-Williams - Bloomberg News

The men's hockey team's run to a national championship generated a wealth of national and regional media coverage.

Bloomberg News took a look out how the College is able to field a successful team despite being outspent by its much larger rivals.

To read the article, click here.

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Steinmetz car gets prominent spot at Union College

Daily Gazette

The College recently held a ceremony celebrating the new home of a 1914 “Duplex Drive Brougham” Detroit Electric automobile that once belonged to Charles Proteus Steinmetz, the great electrical engineer and inventor.

Found rotting in a Glenville field 40 years after Steinmetz’s death in 1923, the car was purchased by the College in 1971. For the next 10 years, it was painstakingly restored by Union faculty and engineering students.

Used sparingly for campus ceremonies, the vehicle has been on display at a number of places, including the Saratoga Auto Museum and the Edison Tech Center. Mostly, it has been stored in off-campus garages.

To help celebrate Steinmetz’s 149th birthday, the College Wednesday christened the car’s new permanent display in the first-floor corridor between the Wold Center and F.W. Olin building.

To read a story in the Daily Gazette, click here.

To view a photo gallery in the Times Union, click here.

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Congressional Corner - April 2014

WAMC

Brad Hays, associate professor of political science, was a recent guest on "Congressional Corner" on WAMC, Northeast Public Radio.

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.

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People in the news - April 4, 2014

Hilary Tann, the John Howard Payne Professor of Music, was recently was interviewed for an article on her work for the Oxford University Press’ Music blog. The story was part of their ongoing series asking composers eight questions about their musical likes, dislikes, influences and challenges. Read the article here.

Mary Carroll, professor of chemistry, Ann Anderson, the Agnes S. MacDonald Professor of Mechanical Engineering, and Caroline Gorka ’14, a chemistry major, published a video article, “Preparing Silica Aerogel Monoliths via a Rapid Supercritical Extraction Method” in the Journal of Visualized Experiments.

Kaitlyn Suarez ’15 received one of three $5,000 scholarships awarded to undergraduates from the Liberty Mutual Responsible Scholars Scholarship Program. Suarez was chosen for creating the Dutchmen Dip and Good Eats, two community service programs held on campus.

Ellen Borkowski, the College’s chief information officer, was voted one of the Huffington Post’s Top 100 CIO’s to Follow on Twitter. Check out the full list here.

Stephen Berk, the Henry and Sally Shaffer Professor of Holocaust and Jewish Studies, was a guest on WAMC. He discussed if anti-Semitism is playing a role in the recent events in Ukraine with host Alan Chartock.

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The Lunacy of College Fandom

Matthew Futterman - The Wall Street Journal

Matthew Futterman '91 is a senior special writer in sports for the Wall Street Journal.

He recently wrote a column about rooting for his alma mater.

To read the column, click here.

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Tiny Union College takes aim at a national title

Tim Dahlberg - Associated Press

Tim Dahlberg, a national sports columnist for the Associated Press, writes about the success both on and off the ice of the men's hockey team.

The column appeared in dozens of national and international media outlets.

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People in the news - March 13, 2014

Bradley Hays, associate professor of political science, was featured on a recent episode of WAMC’s show, “Congressional Corner,” with Alan Chartock. Hays discussed Chris Christie, the governor of New Jersey, and his fate on the national political stage.

Samuel Amanuel, associate professor of physics and astronomy, presented three papers at the American Physical Society March meeting in Denver, Colo. “Looking for Small Changes in Heat Capacity Using Differential Scanning Calorimeter” was co-authored with physics major Will Linthicum ’14. “Phase Transition of Physically Confined 2-Decanol” was co-authored by Hillary Bauer ’12 (physics), Jargalsaikhan Dulmaa ’13 (electrical and computer engineering) Harrisonn Griffin ’16 (physics), Amer S. Khraisat ’13 (ECE) and Alexandrea Safiq ’14 (environmental studies). Amanuel and Palma Catravas, associate professor of ECE, collaborated on “IR Spectroscopy of Gasses Evolved During Roasting Coffee Beans.” This paper is co-authored by Nick Brenn ’14(ECE), Xavier Capaldi ’16 (physics), Victoria Chee ’13 (ID biology and Asian studies/Leadership in Medicine), Alexander Clain ’15 (physics), Salman Syed ’14 (chemistry and philosophy/LIM) and Shanice Wilson ’15 (mechanical engineering).

Several works by Walter Hatke, the May I. and Walter C. Baker Professor of Visual Arts, are on display at The Arkell Museum in Canajoharie, N.Y. One is an oil painting depicting a panoramic view of the Rexford Bridge and the Mohawk River. “Of Time and the River” was recently acquired by the museum and added to its permanent collection. The exhibit runs through June 1.

Rebecca Koopmann ’89, professor of physics and astronomy, was awarded another $10,000 grant through the NASA New York Space Grant Program. The grant helps support five undergraduate summer research projects and student participation at state and national meetings.

A short story, “Reading Murnane at 4 a.m. (The Consolation of Possibility),” by Kimmo Rosenthal, professor of mathematics, will be published in an upcoming edition of Prime Number, a literary magazine.

“Savoring Sicily,” a book by Jay Newman, the R. Gordon Gould ’41 Professor of Physics, was recently published. Newman talks about studying biophysics on the Mediterranean island and spreading his love for the culture, history and sights to his Union students.

A piece by Edward Summers, chief of staff in the President’s Office, was published on the Huffington Post. “Access to Higher Education” discusses college affordability and the need to keep education accessible. The article also mentions Meshach Cummings ’14. Read the story by clicking here.

Tina Lincer, associate director of Communications, will read at the Bookmarks series of The Memoir Project, a program of the Arts Center of the Capital Region, Troy, on March 19. The evening’s theme, curated by Albany Times Union food writer Steve Barnes, is “Eat the Past.” Lincer recently participated in two other readings at the arts center by local memoir writers.

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Union gets ‘Happy’

Times Union

To kick off Week 10, Union posted a video of students, faculty and staff dancing and singing to the smash hit by Pharrell Williams, "Happy."

The clip appeared on the homepage of the Times Union and several other local media outlets. It received more than 18,000 hits the first four days.

To view the blog post from the TU, click here.