Union College

Union College is a private liberal arts college in Schenectady, New York. Founded in 1795

Mechanisms as Minds

Tensegrity robots: He hopes to develop a robot that might navigate any landscape Before a signal even reaches your brain, your fingers can adjust the tension required to lift an object with their tendons. It’s a mechanism (fingers) acting as a mind – a phenomenon called morphological computation that John Rieffel, assistant professor of computer

Mechanisms as Minds

Making “Frozen Smoke” the Fast Way

Aerogels could improve some of our favorite machines, such as cars One day, Union College’s Aerogel Team’s novel way of making “frozen smoke” could improve some of our favorite machines, including cars. “When you hold aerogel it feels like nothing – like frozen smoke. It’s about 95 to 97 percent air,” said Ann Anderson, professor

Making “Frozen Smoke” the Fast Way

Can Fungi Replace Plastics?

Fungi have fantastic capabilities Fungi, with the exception of shitake and certain other mushrooms, tend to be something we associate with moldy bread or dank-smelling mildew. But they really deserve more respect. Fungi have fantastic capabilities and can be grown, under certain circumstances, in almost any shape and be totally biodegradable. And, if this weren’t

Can Fungi Replace Plastics?

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Union College Research

MD Library workers, USM grad students, faculty push for lawmakers to give them right to form union
CIO, the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM), and the American Federation of Teachers, Maryland (AFT-MD) will hold a press conference urging the Maryland Senate Finance ...
Illini Union, Armory upgrades on UI trustees' agenda
A $15 million roof replacement for the Illini Union and a $7.2 million replacement of the Armory’s arch stucco and curtainwall.
Opening Faceoff: Union nickname debate stirs up passion
Last week, without much publicity, Union College created a firestorm when ... If you’re going to chant at some, do some research. Ben Tupker isn’t a Cornell dropout. You sounded like fools ...
Is tech the 'front end gateway' to nab college students as customers?
Financial institutions have a checkered history with students. A credit union and bank point to the benefits of their new products.
Cal State Fullerton’s College of Education will offer its first bachelor’s degree in 2024
The Urban Learning program will prepare educators in providing a just, equitable and inclusive education in schools.

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Union College Discovery

Vatican disavows decrees linked to seizure of Native lands
Responding to Indigenous demands, the Vatican has formally repudiated the “Doctrine of Discovery” -- papal documents from the 15th century that legitimized the colonial-era seizure of Native lands ...
SUNY Sullivan may house, train refugees sent by New York City
A pilot program at SUNY Sullivan could bring asylum seekers from New York City to a rural town in the Catskills for housing and workforce training. On March 7, New York City Mayor Eric Adams announced ...
Responding to Indigenous, Vatican rejects Discovery Doctrine
A Vatican statement said the 15th-century papal bulls, or decrees, “did not adequately reflect the equal dignity and rights of indigenous peoples” and have never been considered expressions of the ...
Discovery High Students Gain an ‘Identity’ Through Early College
Taking Themselves More Seriously At first, Izabella Martinez said, she was somewhat intimidated by the prospect of taking college courses when she was only a freshman in high school. But then, when ...
Molecule neutralising SARS-CoV-2 virus found, could reduce infection duration upon exposure
US, said that the molecule could provide immediate protection against viral infection and thus, may be suitable for people across age groups, particularly for high-risk and immunocompromised ...