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Breathing Fire: A Celebration of Anna May Wong

Which campuses had more COVID? Study finds surprising result.

Lewis Davis, Thomas Armstrong Professor of Economics and Chair, Economics Department (With Stephen J. Schmidt, Kenneth B. Sharpe Professor of Economics, and Sophia Zacher '21)

Classroom showing students with masks during covid

From Jackson’s Garden to Peru, summer research a staple of the Union experience

Aspen Morris ’25 and Christopher Chandler, assistant professor of music, capture the sound of birds and the environment in Jackson's Garden.

Prize Day winner third generation of family touched by longtime Union professor

At Prize Day, Michael Rosenbaum ’23 received the Charles M. Tidmarch Prize, awarded to the senior political science student who has written the best thesis. He became the third generation of the Rosenbaum family with their own unique connection to longtime Union political science professor Charles Tidmarch.

Steinmetz Symposium celebrates student research, creativity and innovation

A student presenting research during Steinmetz Day.

Abigail Smith '23 and Brandon Mitchell '23 take top honors at Prize Day

Catching up with...Zoe Oxley

Zoe Oxley, professor of political science, grew up in Etna, Maine, and spent her undergraduate years at Bowdoin College.

Steinmetz Symposium to celebrate undergraduate research and creativity in all disciplines

Friday, May 12, 33rd annual Steinmetz Symposium.

Student ventures square off in annual SparkLab business competition

Founders of eLEVate and Flicc with the judges of Union’s second annual business competition. From left: Emily Abruzzese ‘23, Anna Hoffman ’23, Tony Versaci ’91, Bobby Syed ’03, Catharine Potvin ’97, Max Gluck ’25, Anthony Condemi ’25 and Jonathan Anderson ’25.

Catching up with...David Cotter

David Cotter is a professor of sociology who specializes in the area of inequality with emphasis on gender, work and family, and rural poverty in the United States.