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Alumni in the news: John Dooley '65

John Dooley '65 was recently featured on vtdigger.org. The story focused on his legal career and impending retirement from Vermont’s Supreme Court. He is one of the state’s longest sitting Supreme Court justices, having joined the bench 30 years ago. During his time at Union, Dooley was a member of Kappa Alpha and WRUC Radio.

Read the story here.

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Congressional Corner with Brad Hays (October 2016)

WAMC

Bradley Hays, associate professor of political science, was a recent guest on "Congressional Corner" on WAMC, Northeast Public Radio. He discussed the 2016 presidential campaign between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump.

Northeast Public Radio is a member of National Public Radio serving parts of seven northeastern states. These include New York, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Vermont, New Jersey, New Hampshire and Pennsylvania.

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Body positivity has hit the mainstream. Now what?

USA Today

Catherine Walker, a visiting assistant professor of psychology, was quoted in USA Today in a story about body positivity.

The story also appeared in dozens of other Gannett papers.

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Alumni spotlight: Robert Bernhardt '73

Robert Bernhardt '73 was recently featured in the Cleveland Daily Banner. The story focused in his job as maestro of the Lee University Symphony Orchestra and the new season of Lee’s Presidential Concert Series.

At Union, Robert played baseball and soccer, was a member of Phi Beta Kappa and student government, and was a resident advisor.

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People in the news

Luke Dosiek, the John D. MacArthur Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, presented two papers at the IEEE Power and Energy Society North American Power Symposium in Denver. They were titled “Variances in Estimates of Power System Inter-area Modes using Lattice Structure - Initial Results” and “A Framework for Assessing Methods of Deriving Frequency Data from PMU Voltage Angles in the Presence of Measurement Noise.”

Irlando Goncalves ’18 met writer Wes Moore after his recent talk at Schenectady County Community College. Work by Moore, a New York Times bestselling author, includes “The Other Wes Moore” and “The Way Home.”

“Intersectional Mothering: A Black Baptist Example,” an article by Deidre Hill Butler, associate professor of sociology and director of Africana Studies, was published in the edited volume, Angels on Earth: Mothering, Religion and Spirituality, by Demeter Press.

Michael Vineyard, the Frank and Marie Louise Bailey Professor of Physics, presented a paper at the Interfaces Against Pollution conference in Lleida, Spain. “Undergraduate Research and Training in Ion-Beam Analysis of Environmental Materials” was co-authored by Scott LaBrake, senior lecturer, Heather Watson, assistant professor of physics and astronomy, Sajju Chalise '19, Morgan Clark '17, Andrew McCalmont '16, Brendan McGuire '18, Iseinie Mendez '17and Joshua Yoskowitz '16.

Pattie Wareh, associate professor of English, delivered a paper, “Social and Theatrical Performance in Love's Labour's Lost," at the British Shakespeare Association meeting at the University of Hull.

Works by Chris Duncan, the May I. Baker Professor of Visual Arts, and Charles Steckler, the Dwane W. Crichton Professor of Theater and Scenic Designer in Residence, are on view at the 30th Anniversary Invitational of the Saratoga Arts Gallery, Saratoga Springs. The exhibition, which continues through Oct. 29, features 30 selected artists who have shown at the gallery in the past three decades.

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Union College gallery features intricate shadow boxes

Times Union

A new exhibit at the Mandeville Gallery, "Charles Steckler: Contrary to What Sometimes Happens,” featuring more than 30 works created “out of the throwaway artifacts of our material culture,” was featured on the cover of Preview in the Times Union.

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Alumni spotlight: Kit Goldstein Grant '05

Kit Goldstein Grant '05 was recently featured on Crazy Town Blog. The Q&A focused on her thriving career as a New Yorker who writes musicals.

During her time at Union she participated in Steinmetz Symposium Day, spent a term abroad in Ireland, and was a member of Phi Beta Kappa and Mountebanks.