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College adds three minors to academic offerings

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For the Record - Week of Feb. 21, 2025
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Catching up with...Tim Olsen
Union College Japanese Drumming Ensemble
Of note: Music Department presents winter concerts
Members of the grounds crew in Facilities work to clear the campus of snow and ice after the latest storm early Thursday.
Snow patrol: Facilities works tirelessly to keep campus clear during “relentless" winter
An exterior view of Schaffer Library
Reappointment review committee formed
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For the Record - Week of Feb. 14, 2025
In 1824, physician, botanist and geologist Lewis C. Beck published an article in the New York Medical and Physical Journal on research he had done on the climate of the valley of the Mississippi. A member of Union’s Class of 1817, Beck challenged a theory on climate offered by Thomas Jefferson of both his home state and America as a whole in his 1787 book, “Notes on the State of Virginia.” Jefferson believed that, at similar parallels of latitude, the climate of the Mississippi Valley was warmer than that o
Presidential prose: Letter from Thomas Jefferson, others part of Union collection
Students weigh and measure metal rings that are part of an civil enigneering experiement
College adds three minors to academic offerings
Black Student Union at a local community event
Black History Month events slated for February
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For the Record - Week of Feb. 7, 2025

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Alum running for Albany (N.Y.) auditor

Albany County Legislator Sam Fein '12 is making a bid to be the next Albany Chief City Auditor. Fein is a Democrat who represents the 6th Legislative District. If elected, he will leave the legislator.

Studying chemicals, health & the environment 

Desirée Plata '03, an MIT professor and codirector of the MIT Climate and Sustainability Consortium, was featured in Chemical & Engineering News. The article focused on her research into the chemical industry's impact on the environment and human health.

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Catching up with...Tim Olsen

Bob’s Dylan’s “You Ain’t Going Nowhere” certainly doesn’t apply to fellow Minnesotan Tim Olsen, born 20 years after the legendary folk artist.

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Catching up with...Cherrice Traver

In the warmer months, Cherrice Traver can often be found gliding along the Mohawk River in a sleek canoe-like vessel adorned with a dragon’s head and tail.

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