Science and Engineering News

New study links historical redlining to tree disparity in Schenectady

A city’s street trees offer a myriad of environmental and psychological benefits, including shade, habitat and food for wildlife, and reducing pollutants in the air. Yet some neighborhoods in the city of Schenectady have significantly more tree-lined streets than others. Blame the environmental injustice on discriminatory federal housing policies dating back decades for the disparity in the tree canopy. New research by Allison Malatesta ’24 and Jeff Corbin, the Florence B. Sherwood Professor of Life Science

Union to mark 80th anniversary of Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings with a number of special events

Mushroom clouds of atomic bombs

President David Harris to give Founders Day talk

For his upcoming talk, Harris has been looking through Union’s archives and picking the brain of experts like Denis Brennan, a retired lecturer in the History Department who taught a class on Union College history.

Picture perfect: Historic Nott portrait gets a makeover

Eliphalet Nott has never looked better. A stately portrait of Union’s longtime president is back in the historic building that bears his name after a much-needed refresh at the Williamstown Art Conservation Center. Painted by the renowned artist Henry Inman and completed in 1844, the massive 8-foot-by-5-foot portrait that weighs nearly 100 pounds deteriorated over time. The last full restoration of the painting was done more than 40 years ago, in 1981.

Year in review: Most read stories of 2024

The former Phi Delta Theta House, one of the most iconic buildings on campus, will be torn down after years of being plagued by structural and mechanical issues. Built in 1914 at a cost of $17,000, the house overlooking the 50-yard line at Frank Bailey Field has been largely vacant since 2012 after the chimney collapsed and the boiler malfunctioned.

Catching up with…Stephanie Curley

If you aren’t familiar with Stephanie Curley, chances are you at least know her dog, Yeti.

Stephanie Curley, the Mary H. '80 and Richard K. Templeton '80 Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering

Professor Joshua Hart pens op-ed for The Conversation

Math + art = the perfect equation for student’s research project

Imagine you are an art collector looking to expand your collection. Your long-term goals are twofold: to optimize the monetary value of your collection while also maintaining an aesthetically pleasing one. How do you balance the two competing goals? Audrey Benson ’25 hopes to solve the problem. Working with Phanuel Mariano, assistant professor of mathematics, Benson is researching a mathematical model that promises to upend the collecting world.

Electric City Maker Faire featured in Times Union

Professor Mary K. Carroll ’86 quoted in the New York Times, Wall Street Journal on Nobel Prize in Chemistry.