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From birds to beavers to books: Students engage in innovative summer research

Technology pioneer John Kelly III ’76 to be featured speaker at Commencement

Rocket Club soars to new heights with first-place finish at national competition

Last fall, members of Union’s Rocket Club gathered to begin work on building a rocket from scratch. Working primarily in the 3D print lab and the make lab, students needed to construct a rocket that could reach a maximum altitude between 700 and 1,200 feet, descend on a parachute at no more than 15 feet per second and use a built-in camera to record the rocket descent. They also needed to use an electronic payload to stream and graph velocity, rotation rate, acceleration, altitude, pressure and temperature

Steinmetz Symposium showcases student research, scholarship and creativity

More than 500 students showed off their research, scholarship and creative pursuits. The all-day event featured a diverse lineup of oral presentations, poster sessions and exhibits highlighting student research as well as dance and musical performances, an art exhibit and other activities.

Catching up with…Colin Gleason '11

From a young age, Colin Gleason was always curious about how the world worked. But it wasn’t until junior year of high school, in a classroom in upstate New York, that things truly started to come into focus.

Colin Gleason '11, assistant professor of physics and astronomy, with his wife, Ellen, and their two children, Henry and Charlotte.

Steinmetz Symposium a rite of spring for 35 years

Friday, May 9

Student presenting research, pointing to a poster at the Steinmetz Research Symposium Poster Day.

Professor Heather Watson part of team awarded NASA grant to study liquids in ocean worlds

An artist's concept of NASA’s Europa Clipper spacecraft. (Source: NASA/JPL-Caltech)

Prize Day honors students for achievement in academics, leadership and community service

Ebyan Abshir ’24 and Anton Tatus ’24 captured the top two awards at Prize Day Saturday afternoon in Memorial Chapel. More than 100 awards were presented to honor students for achievement in academics, leadership and community service.

Steinmetz Symposium a day to celebrate scholarly and artistic endeavors

Mathematics major Emily Vasquez ’24 started preparing for her presentation weeks ago. She didn’t know quite what to expect. She had never given a public presentation related to math. Also, the topic, “Finding the Relationship Between Triangles and the Pythagorean Theorem using Calculus,” could be challenging for those who would rather forget the fundamental principle of geometry taught in high school: a² + b² = c².

Steinmetz Symposium spotlights scholarship, research and the arts

May 10 - 11

In the Wold Atrium Students review posters describing their research projects