Union in the Media

Cara Early '11, assistant vice president in the consultant relations department at Breckinridge Capital Advisors in Boston, was recently featured in The Telegram.

The story focused on her training as a boxer, and her plans to participate in “Belles of the Brawl.” The event, a fundraiser for Haymakers for Hope, supports cancer treatment and research. Cara had acute lymphoblastic leukemia when she was a young child.

At Union, Cara was involved with Sigma Delta Tau and Colleges Against Cancer, and studied abroad in China and South Africa.

Read the news story here.

Cay Anderson-Hanley, associate professor of psychology, David Cotter, professor of sociology, and Carol Weisse, professor of psychology, joined faculty from Colgate University, St. Lawrence University, and Hobart and William and Smith Colleges in an eight-day study tour in Ireland, where they focused on aging and end-of-life care. While in Ireland, the group presented “Partnering to Promote Care and Support in Aging Communities” at the International Symposium on Service Learning at the National University of Ireland at Galway. Anderson-Hanley and Weisse were also guests on the Kinvara FM radio show. The New York Six Liberal Arts Consortium organized the trip.

Joseph Johnson, director of writing programs, presented a paper, “Thoreau, Ancient Classics, and the Idea of Liberal Arts,” at the Thoreau Society Bicentennial Annual Gathering. This event drew scholars from around the world to celebrate the 200th anniversary of author Henry David Thoreau's birth, in his hometown of Concord, Mass.

Sirus Negahban '19, Pranav Shrestha '19 and Luke Dosiek, assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering, attended the 2017 IEEE Power and Energy Society General Meeting in Chicago. Negahban’s poster, "Design of a power systems dynamics education module using a drum kit," won second prize in the student poster contest and was based on his work during the summer research program. Shrestha’s poster, “Distribution-level frequency estimation and modal analysis using inexpensive and open-source Phasor Measurement Unit,” is the culmination of research that includes a Scholars Project and two years of summer research. Dosiek presented a paper, “Model order sensitivity in ARMA-based electromechanical mode estimation algorithms under ambient power system conditions” in support of an ongoing Department of Energy project.

Research by Stephen Romero, associate professor of neuroscience, was presented at the 67th annual International Communication Association Conference in San Diego, Calif. The project is in collaboration with researchers at the University at Albany and Sayyida Hasan ’18. The study focuses on individuals’ decisions to talk about politics, including how willing individuals are to discuss different political issues with different discussion partners and at what pace they make these political discussion decisions.

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Emily Monosson '83 talks bacteriophages, phage therapy and her new book in a recent essay in The Scientist.

"Natural Defense: Enlisting Bugs and Germs to Protect Our Food and Health" explores a range of strategies that can help reduce dependence on chemicals, from antibiotics to pesticides.

At Union, she was involved with Sigma Xi and played lacrosse and field hockey.

With the recovery from Hurricane Harvey underway, there is growing concern about Hurricane Irma, a major storm that could hit Florida later this week. Andrew Morris, an associate professor of history, recently went on WAMC, Northeast Public Radio, to discuss the federal disaster aid policy.

Morris is currently at work on a book about Hurricane Camille and the transformation of American disaster relief policy, which will be published in 2019 by the University of Pennsylvania Press to coincide with the storm’s 50th anniversary.

On Aug. 17, 1969, Camille slammed into the Mississippi coast. The Category 5 storm, one of the strongest ever to make landfall in the U.S., killed more than 140 in the Gulf Coast region and leveled thousands of homes and buildings.

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Taif Jany '12 recently wrote a piece for the Huffington Post titled "Our Diversity is Our Strength: White Supremacy Has No Place in America Today."

Jany is the policy coordinator for the Young Elected Officials Network at People For the American Way Foundation. During his time at Union he was involved with Phi Delta Theta and studied in Washington, D.C.

Read the article here.

Union welcomed one of its most academically gifted classes when members of the Class of 2021 moved in Sunday, Sept. 3.

The 573 students were selected from record 6,676 applications, one of the most impressive admissions cycles in the school’s history

A number of media covered the event, including WNYT-13, the local NBC affiliate, the Daily Gazette.

President Stephen C. Ainlay recently announced that he would step down at the end of academic year, his 12th at Union.

He sat down with the Daily Gazette to offer his thoughts on the decision and what comes next.

More than 150 students participated in a Taste Walk, sampling fare from a dozen downtown Schenectady businesses.

A reporter for the Daily Gazette accompanied the students on their walk.

President Stephen C. Ainlay recently announced he would step down at the end of the academic year, his 12th at Union.

A number of media outlets mentioned the announcement, including the Times Union, the Daily Gazette, the Albany Business Review and CBS-6, the local CBS affiliate.

Bradley Hays, associate professor of political science, was a recent guest on WAMC, Northeast Public Radio. He discussed President Trump's low approval ratings.

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.