Union in the Media

Dylan Ratigan '94, host of his own weekday show on MSNBC, was recently profiled in The New York Observer.

To read the article, click here.

The Casper Journal recently profiled longtime benefactor John S. Wold '38, a geologist and former U.S. Congressman from Casper, Wyo. Last spring, the College dedicated the Peter Irving Wold Center, a $22 million, three-story, 35,000-square-foot research and education facility.

The Center features state-of-the-art laboratories, electronic classrooms, an advanced computing lab, study spaces and faculty offices. The Center was made possible in large part due to a lead gift from John S. Wold ’38 and his wife, Jane. The Wolds have directed more than $14 million of their original $20 million You are Union Campaign commitment to be a catalyst for the project, which is named after John Wold’s father, Peter, who chaired Union’s Physics Department from 1920 to 1945.

WAMC, Northeast Public Radio

Assistant Professor Brad Hays of Political Science was a recent guest on "Congressional Corner" on 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.

Assistant Professor Brad Hays of Political Science was a recent guest on "Congressional Corner" on 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.

Robert Wiener - New Jersey Jewish News

Stephen Berk, the Henry and Sally Schaffer Professor of Holocaust and Jewish Studies, recently discussed “Turmoil in the Middle East: Ramifications of the Arab Spring and the Role of the United States” at Congregation Agudath Israel in Caldwell, N.J.

Prior to the talk, Berk spoke with the New Jersey Jewish News.

To read the story, click here.

Brad Hays, assistant professor of political science, was recently interviewed by WRGB-6, the local CBS affiliate, on the number of close races across the Capital Region.

Members of Union’s Russian and East European Culture Club, along with Europa House, marked Victory Day Monday, May 9, by honoring local Russian veterans who served during World War II.

Two dozen veterans of the Red Army, along with members from the local Russian community area affected by the war, attended a dinner in their honor in Hale House.

Victory Day in Russia commemorates the final surrender by Nazi Germany to the U.S.S.R. in World War II, often referred to as the Great Patriotic War in Russia and other states in the former Soviet Union.

To read a story in the Times Union, click here.

A group of Union students pitched in to help victims of recent flooding caused by Tropical Storm Irene. The students were participating in Service Saturday, a new monthly volunteer program.

To read about the cleanup in Sunday's Gazette, click here.

Milton Schwebel '34, recently penned an op-ed for the Sunday Gazette, on the challenges faced by his generation and how it relates to today's students.

To read his piece, click here.

Gretchel Hathaway, senior director of Campus Diversity and Affirmative Action, was the guest speaker at a ceremony in Denton, Md. to honor Moses Viney, a runaway slave from Maryland who escaped to Schenectady on the Underground Railroad. Viney was a coachman, messenger and constant companion of Eliphalet Nott, the longtime president of Union who eventually secured Viney’s freedom. A portrait of Viney commissioned by the College and completed by Simmie Knox, a renowned African-American artist, hangs in the President's Office.

To learn more about the Denton ceremony, click here.