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Biology professor awarded NSF research grant

Artists' inspiration

Following a renovation made possible by late brothers Armand V. Feigenbaum '42 and Donald S. Feigenbaum '46, the center was dedicated during Homecoming weekend in October.

From China, new perspectives on the curriculum

Last summer a group of Union faculty took a trip to China’s northeast region to see first-hand the effects of rapid industrialization and economic growth to develop new interdisciplinary courses and redevelop existing ones.

Exploring Quebec’s nouveau cirque scene

Charles Batson, associate professor of French and francophone studies

Art for the dead

Fernando Orellana, associate professor of digital art

Extragalactic research

Rebecca Koopmann ’89, professor/chair of physics and astronomy

Professor Stacie Raucci honored with Excellence in Teaching award

Tainted tap water

Laura MacManus-Spencer, associate professor of chemistry

On the hunt for all that hops, slithers and crawls

Students in “Herpetology: Biology of Amphibians and Reptiles,” taught by senior lecturer Barbara Pytel, had a blast hunting for frogs, snakes, turtles and salamanders on a number of field trips this spring.

Adventures in the Adirondacks

Students in the inaugural “Adirondacks and American Environmental History” course didn’t just study the northern New York region, they got to know it—personally. It made for one of the best classes many of the students had ever taken.