Union News & Events

Fall theater production presents “The Government Inspector”

The Department of Theater and Dance will present its fall production, “The Government Inspector,” Nov. 4-8 in Yulman Theater. Tickets are on sale now. The show, based on Nikolai Gogol’s 1836 play, is adapted and directed by Jorge Luna. When the locals in a small town learn that an undercover government inspector will arrive for a surprise visit, a case of mistaken identity prompts a group of corrupt officials to confront questions of morality and political accountability in a fast-paced satirical comedy. Pe

For the record: Week of Nov. 6, 2026

Union to commemorate Kristallnacht with a talk by a Holocaust survivor

Tibor Spitz was 12 when Nazi soldiers attacked Dolný Kubín, a tiny village in the mountains of northern Slovakia, at that time part of Czechoslovakia. His family eventually fled into the forest, where they hid in an underground shelter. “We hid for 200 days, and every day was the longest I have ever experienced,” Spitz recalled in an earlier interview. “As patrols on horseback and foot searched the forests, each day could have been our last. We lived like animals, instinctively, surviving from one minute to

October 20, 2026

Greg Sneed, vice president of enrollment management, featured in Chronicle of Higher Education

October 9, 2026

Student-led effort to protect birds on campus featured in the Times Union

September 25, 2026

Union's "Garnet Guarantee" mentioned in Wall Street Journal

September 18, 2026

Andrew Morris, professor of history, featured on local CBS affiliate program, "Power and Politics."

September 15, 2026

President Elizabeth Kiss quoted in The New York Times on AI in higher education

A photo of President Elizabeth KIss with the Nott Memorial visible in the background

November 2, 2026

Alum pens essay about NYC marathon

Matthew Futterman '91 recently wrote an essay for The Athletic titled, "My New York City Marathon: After her cancer diagnosis, my wife made me promise I’d keep running." Futterman is an award-winning, veteran sports journalist and the author of "The Cruelest Game: Chasing Greatness in Professional Tennis."

November 2, 2026

Alum's musical gets concert at Green Room 42

Hip hop gospel musical "Big Quarterly" got a concert performance at NYC's The Green Room 42 on Nov. 16, with proceeds benefiting the New York Theatre Barn. Written by S. Todd Townsend, Kim Kilby '00 and Luke McLemore, "Big Quarterly" centers on the untold story of Peter Spencer, who went from being enslaved to founding the first incorporated Black church in 1813.

October 14, 2026

All about oysters

Jimmy Mulpeter '15, who owns Old Kings Oyster Co. in Wellfleet, Mass., was recently featured in The Provincetown Independent in the article, "Jimmy Mulpeter and Jim O’Connell Know How to Feed Every Kind of Oyster Eater."