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President Kiss Welcoming guests at ELE 2025

President Kiss welcoming attendees at the Engineering & Liberal Education Symposium.

A sleek car, crafted by engineering majors at Union College, speeds through the muddy terrain

Union's entry in the SAE Baja Competition

Upcoming Events:

Talk Poster Vauhini Vara's "If AI Can Write [not Communicate], Why Should We?"

"If AI Can Write [not Communicate], Why Should We?" by Vauhini Vara

Vauhini Vara will deliver her lecture "If AI Can Write [not Communicate], Why Should We?" on Thursday, May 7, 2026 at 5:00 PM at Union College's Reamer Center Auditorium. This event is made possible through a partnership bringing together Union College's Templeton Institute with the Departments of English and Computer Science.

Vauhini Vara is an award-winning author, journalist for The Atlantic, The Wall Street Journal, and The New Yorker and finalist for the 2023 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction.

Poster for Templeton Special Panel Event at Steinmetz

"The Powers of Interdisciplinary Undergraduate Research: Textual Technologies"

Our Steinmetz Day 2026 special guest Vauhini Vara will introduce, chair, and moderate this special session, featuring two Union Students: Amelia Keese and Shriya Biswas. Both students will present their interdisciplinary work at the intersections of literary studies, Digital Humanities, and Computer Science, and these presentations will be followed by Q&A discussion with the audience. This event will be held as part of the Charles Proteus Steinmetz Symposium on Friday, May 8, 2026 from 11:30 AM to 12:30 PM at Union College's Olin Auditorium. All are welcome to attend and join the conversation!

Vauhini Vara is an award-winning author, journalist for The Atlantic, The Wall Street Journal, and The New Yorker, and finalist for the 2023 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction.