Union in the Media

The College and Schuler Education Foundation recently announced they had combined to raise $42 million to serve more Pell-eligible students.

The Daily Gazette noted the milestone (a subscription may be required to access the article).

An op-ed by President David R. Harris, "Leading during COVID’s darkest days was hard. The future may be more difficult," was featured in University Business, a publication widely read by presidents and other senior leaders.

Tawreak “Ty” Gamble-Eddington '21 recently was awarded a Rhodes Scholarship for graduate study at the University of Oxford.

Gamble-Eddington is one of 32 Rhodes Scholars selected from a pool of 826 candidates representing 247 colleges in the United States. The class includes 22 women, the most ever.

The Daily Gazette spoke with Gamble-Eddington about his accomplishment. A subscription may be required to access the story.

Senior mechanical engineering students have partnered with local companies to create devices to make their operations more efficient.

Ron Bucinell, an associate professor of mechanical engineering, crafted a unique capstone course that would push students to devise tools for everyday people who needed them.

To read more in the Times Union, visit the website.

The class was also featured in a segment on WNYT-13, the local NBC affiliate.

Tawreak “Ty” Gamble-Eddington '21 has been awarded a Rhodes Scholarship for graduate study at the University of Oxford.

Gamble-Eddington is one of 32 Rhodes Scholars selected from a pool of 826 candidates representing 247 colleges in the United States. The class includes 22 women, the most ever, the Rhodes Trust announced in a statement Sunday.

The announcement was picked up by hundreds of media outlets, including the Washington Post, Boston Globe and The Daily Gazette. A subscription may be required for access to the articles.

WAMC, Northeast Public Radio also did a segment on Gamble-Eddington. 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.

Zoe Oxley, professor of political science, is part of a team whose latest research is featured in a number of media outlets, including Forbes, NPR’s All Things Considered, The 19th, WNYC’s The Takeaway and The Conversation.

The research focuses on girls' declining interest in politics.

Earlier research focused on what do kids today think about the presidency and the president, and how does this compare to what children thought in the 1950s?

Oxley joined Union in 1998.

Union recently announced it would partner with the Schuler Education Foundation to invest up to $40 million to enroll significantly more low-income students, the College’s latest effort to advance educational equity and opportunity.

Union is among the first five schools selected to participate in the Schuler Access Initiative, which aims to enroll more underserved students at the nation’s top liberal arts colleges.

Jack Schuler, co-founder of the Schuler Education Foundation, will spend $500 million over the next 10 years as part of the initiative. He wants to include up to 20 liberal arts schools that will match the funds, for a potential investment of $1 billion.

A number of local and national media outlets reported on the announcement, including Inside Higher Ed, The Daily Gazette , Higher Ed Dive, The Business Journals and 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.

In addition, President David R. Harris authored an op-ed for the Chicago Tribune with the headline, "Pell grants are game changers for promising college students. I should know, I was one."

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Forbes recently featured the Class of 2021 George J. Mitchell scholars, which includes Tawreak “Ty” Gamble-Eddington '21.

He is one of 12 Americans chosen from among 453 applicants for the honor, which was created by the founder and president of the U.S.-Ireland Alliance, Trina Vargo. It is named in honor of Sen. George J. Mitchell’s contributions to the Northern Ireland peace process.

Recipients are chosen based on academic distinction, leadership and service.

A political science and history major with a minor in Spanish, Gamble-Eddington will study race, ethnicity and conflict at Trinity College Dublin before attending law school. He is from Springfield, Mass.

To learn more, visit Union's news site.

The New York Times published a piece on Father's Day about Juan Paneto and his son, Joshua, who graduated together at Union's Commencement ceremony for the Class of 2021 June 13, 2021. A subscription may be required to access the article.

Juan Paneto was several credits short of his degree when he left Union in 1992. The pandemic allowed him to complete his coursework remotely nearly 30 years later.

The story of Juan's quest to graduate with his son was first featured on Union's news site.