Union in the Media

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.

Class of 1980 graduates Rich and Mary Templeton, whose $51 million gift announced in 2020 was the largest in Union’s history, have given another $40 million to strengthen the College’s distinctive integration of the liberal arts, engineering and computer science.

A number of media outlets mentioned the gift, including the Times Union, the Daily Gazette, the Albany Business Review , the Chronicle of Philanthropy and WNYT-13, the local NBC affiliate.

A subscription may be required to access the content from any of the outlets.

The news originally appeared on the College's website.

The Los Angeles Review of Books recently published an essay by Lori Marso, the Doris Zemurray Stone Professor of Modern Literary and Historical Studies.

Marso's essay reviews novelist Christine Smallwood's book about a classic Chantal Akerman film, “La Captive” to ask to whom, and to what, we are captive. Does making art in or about captivity move us towards freedom?

Marso is a regular contributor to The Los Angeles Review of Books.

To read Marso’s latest essay, visit the website.

Marso joined Union in 1997.

Chad Orzel, the R. Gordon Gould Associate Professor of Physics and Astronomy and chair of the department, was quoted in a New York Times article, "Leap Day Wants a Little Respect."

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Orzel's most recent book is "A Brief History of Timekeeping: The Science of Marking Time, from Stonehenge to Atomic Clocks.”

Orzel joined Union in 2001.

The Daily Gazette featured Donald Rodbell, the Jane and John Wold Professor of Geosciences, in its "Getting to Know" feature. A subscription may be required to access the article.

Rodbell, who joined Union in 1993, was recently awarded the Israel C. Russell Award of the Geological Society of America.

The award, given by the Geological Society of America Limnogeology Division, honors major achievements in limnogeology through contributions in research, teaching and service. Rodbell, also a recent Stillman Research Prize winner, has been studying and teaching about lake paleoclimate records for more than 30 years.