Summer research

Robert Levitt ’26, a history major, in the College’s Special Collections and Archives. He is conducting research about Eliphalet Nott, Union’s president for 62 years, the longest tenure of any American college president.

Clare Reilly ’26, a double major in art history and classics from Guilderland, N.Y., in Jackson's Garden. Reilly is researching the role of women with Union’s historic Jackson’s Garden, the oldest garden on an American college campus.

Student geologists conduct research in Peru.

A geology student takes a sample while conducting research in Peru

Twenty-one students spent three weeks in Tuscany working full-time on the archaeological excavation of the Roman Villa, “Poggio del Molino.” Led by Prof. Tommaso Gazzarri, this unique mini-term combines full immersion in Italian culture and history with the acquisition of basic techniques of archaeological excavation.

Twenty-one students spent three weeks in Tuscany working full-time on the archaeological excavation of the Roman Villa, “Poggio del Molino.” Led by Prof. Tommaso Gazzarri, this unique mini-term combines full immersion in Italian culture and history with the acquisition of basic techniques of archaeological excavation.

In Union's printmaking studio researching monotypes, a method that involves applying ink to a flat surface and then transferring the image to paper.

In the Printmaking studio with Yuxuan Li ’25 and lecturer Allison Conley.

Austin Gregory ’25 and Zaid Fafouri '26 look over the data collected by Nguyen Ho ’26 after the pair took turns kicking soccer balls into a net at Garis Field. The electrical engineering majors hope to develop a smart soccer net system to help tell users where the ball went into the net based on the movement of the net.