Frank Wicks, professor of mechanical engineering, was featured in a story by Associated Press writer William Kates about the 50th anniversary of the St. Lawrence Seaway.
Wicks shared his recollections about working on the project as a teenager.
The AP story appeared in numerous publications, including the New York Times.
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Read MoreThe Times Union interviewed Alan Horn '64, the president and chief operating officer of Warner Bros., about his controversial decision to postpone the release of the latest film in the Harry Potter series.
Horn recently returned to campus for ReUnion 2009, where he gave a talk, "Perspectives on the movie business," in Taylor Music Center.
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Read MoreLarry Rulison of the Times Union recently visited Beuth House for a closer look at a new residential fuel cell being tested by Plug Power Inc.
The Latham, N.Y. company selected Beuth House as the host site for the new cell, which will convert natural gas into electricity and high-quality heat for students living in the residence hall.
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The work of 15 uniquely talented individuals from across the country will be featured in the upcoming “Green Light: Emerging Artists with Disabilities” show. The juried exhibition runs Thursday, July 16 through Sunday, Sept. 20 at Union’s Mandeville Gallery. This is the first time the College has hosted the event, which is in its seventh year.
Sponsored by Volkswagen Group of America Inc. and organized by VSA arts, the show encourages participants to contemplate the relationship between art, life and disability. VSA arts is an international, nonprofit organization that was founded in 1974 by Jean Kennedy Smith to create a society where people with disabilities learn through, engage in, and enjoy the arts.
Mandeville Gallery Director and Curator Rachel Seligman hopes visitors will enjoy the pieces, which illustrate how important art can be in the lives of individuals.
“Art helps and inspires all artists,” she said. “It can be especially powerful for people with disabilities, who may have trouble expressing themselves in other ways.”
A closing reception will be held in conjunction with Art Night Schenectady Friday, Sept. 18 from 5 p.m. until 9 p.m. in the Nott Memorial. Participating artists include Sarah Muehlbauer, Elise Mravunac, April Dill, Alexander Appel, Katrina Cathcart, Lissa Corona, Emily Eifler, Oddree Freitas, Franco Gassant, Ervin Gray, Michelle Herman, Michelle Jasmin, Danya Lang, Daniel McFarlane, and PJ Smalley.
“Green Light,” free and open to the public while at Union, is a traveling exhibition. For more information on the show, click here.
Read MoreThe College has been selected by Plug Power Inc. of Latham, N.Y. as the host site of a new residential fuel cell.
The project will convert natural gas into electricity and high-quality heat for Beuth House.
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Read MoreA consortium made up of Union and five other liberal arts colleges in upstate New York has received a one-year planning grant of $100,000 from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to begin collaborative work with the goals of controlling business costs and learning from each other’s experience in areas of student life and staff development.
In addition to Union, the “New York Six” includes Colgate University, Hamilton College, Hobart and William Smith Colleges, St. Lawrence University and Skidmore College.
The group will focus on six broad areas of collaboration and cooperation:
· Harnessing technology to allow for greater collaboration in all areas, with emphasis on shared human resources, high end computing collaboration and advanced computer infrastructure.
· Acquiring of goods and services, including benchmarking, joint purchasing and risk management.
· Promoting sustainable institutional environments, including recycling operations and alternative energy supplies.
· Maximizing student engagement, including wellness programming, alcohol and substance abuse intervention strategies, responses to differential learning styles and collaboration among teaching and learning centers.
· Shaping workforces, including faculty development, staff development and preparation of future academic leaders.
· Fostering intercultural literacy, including strategies for ensuring our students are prepared to live in a global and diverse world.
“Upstate New York is blessed with some of the finest liberal arts colleges in the country, and the opportunity to share our resources and expertise will greatly benefit each of us,” said Union President Stephen C. Ainlay. “This collaboration will expand opportunities for our students while controlling costs, changing the model of higher education management for the foreseeable future.”
The consortium, which will be headquarterd at Hamilton College due to its central location, has hired a project manager, Amy Doonan Cronin, who will work in consultation with presidents, chief financial officers, directors of information technology and others on each campus. In the area of information technology, directors at the six schools already have begun working together on potential collaborations. Groups of administrators and staff in student affairs, teaching and learning centers and human resources, as well as academic deans and members of the faculty, will also work together.
Cronin, most recently a public relations and management consultant in Ithaca, N.Y., spent eight years in the Office of the President at the University of Virginia, five as the President’s special assistant and chief of staff. In that role, she was closely involved in the university’s engagement in two consortia – the Atlantic Coast Conference International Academic Collaborative and Universitas 21, a global network of leading comprehensive universities.
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