Union in the Media

Union hosted the third Electric City Maker Faire Saturday, Oct. 12, at College Park Hall.

A photo gallery was featured in the Times Union (a subscription may be required to access content).

To learn more about the event, visit Union's news site.

Mary K. Carroll ’86, the Dwane W. Crichton Professor of Chemistry and president of the American Chemical Society, was quoted in the New York Times, Wall Street Journal and other media outlets about the Nobel Prize in Chemistry.

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Carroll was elected as the president of the ACS, one of the world’s largest scientific societies with more than 200,000 individuals in its global community. She serves as president of the society in 2024 and will serve as immediate past president in 2025; she will also serve on the board of directors from 2023 through 2025.

Carroll, an analytical chemist, joined Union in 1992, the first alumna hired as a tenure-track member of Union’s faculty.

Union College student dancers rehearsed on Saturday with members of Eisenhower Dance Detroit in preparation for the troupe's four-day residency at the Schenectady campus on Oct. 15-18, culminating with a performance at The Egg in Albany.

The Times Union featured a photo gallery of the rehearsal. A subscription may be required to access the article.

To learn more about the residency, visit the College's news site.

The Tiny AF Gallery recently installed on the second floor of the Feigenbaum Center for Visual Arts was featured in The Daily Gazette. A subscription may be required to access the article.

To learn more about the project, visit the College's news site.

Charles Batson, a circus historian and professor of French and Francophone studies, was recently featured in the New York Post about how Montreal is the circus capital of the world.

At Union, Batson teaches Introduction to Circus Arts: Culture, Imagination and Marvel.

He joined Union in 1998.

On Sept. 9, President David R. Harris announced that he would step down as president at the end of the academic year.

Harris shared his thoughts on the decision with WAMC, Northeast Public Radio.

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.

To listen to the conversation, please visit the website.

Zoe Oxley, professor of political science, was quoted in USA Today about how young people perceive the presidency and politics.

The story referenced earlier research by Oxley and others that focused on what do kids think about the presidency and the president, and how does this compare to what children thought in the 1950s?

To read the USA Today story, visit the website. A subscription may be required to access the content.

The research was featured earlier in The Conversation.

Oxley joined Union in 1998.

Roger Woolsey, executive director of the Becker Career Center, was quoted in the New York Times for a story headlined, "What Do Students At Elite Colleges Really Want?"

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Woolsey joined Union in 2022.

President David R. Harris joined city, county and state officials at a groundbreaking ceremony for the Mohawk Harbor Event Center. The $50 million, 97,178-square foot multi-purpose event center features a 2,200-seat ice hockey rink with capacity expanding to 3,600 for other sporting events, trade shows, special events and conventions. The College has negotiated a long-term lease with the developer for the arena to host the school’s Division I men’s and women’s hockey programs.

Among the media outlets on hand for the event were WAMC, Northeast Public Radio, the Times Union, Daily Gazette, WRGB and WTEN.

The event center is scheduled to be completed in time for both Garnet Chargers teams to play in their new home for the 2025-26 season.

WAMC, Northeast Public Radio, recently did a feature showcasing the Visual Arts Department 's classes that blend art and technology open to all: Digital Fabrication, Physical Computing and Real & Recorded Time.

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.

To listen to the piece, please visit the website.