Projects A-Z
This is a list of all faculty and student projects in alphabetical order.
Student Site: Mallory Nelson. Winter 2021.
A virtual tour of Sultana's Dream, a portfolio of twenty-seven linocuts created in 2018 by contemporary artist, Chitra Ganesh.
Student site: Jacquelyn O'Reilly. Winter 2021.
China has had a tumultuous history of struggling to solidify its position as a world power in the eyes of the West. However, over the course of history they have gone from being exploited by western powers to dominating the global economy and having one of the loudest voices on international issues.
Faculty Site: Andy Morris, Fall 2020.
We will use this site to lay out in time and space what we’re learning together this term about Americans’ interactions with their environment over the past few centuries.
Faculty site: Andy Morris Fall 2021.
We will use this site to lay out in time and space what we’re learning together this term about Americans’ interactions with their environment over the past few centuries. You’ll be contributing material weekly over the course of the term, and you will also contribute a set of items derived from your “hometown environmental history” research as part of your final project.
Faculty Site: Robyn Reed.
We have imagined parasitic alien species, an intergalactic rebellion across the universe, and transporters that will allow us to travel at the molecular level, yet we couldn’t imagine Black people in the distant—and not so distant—future?
Student Site: Carolina Missura. Spring 2020.
My COVID-19 experience while at Union College.
Faculty Site: Joy Wang. Fall 2020.
Mathematical thinking and reasoning can be used to express ideas symbolically, numerically, graphically, and practically.
Faculty Site: Mariano. Winter 2023.
This course will cover various global challenges in which differential equations are used to study. Some of these included Populations Modeling and Species Conservation, Pollution/global warming (Mixing Problems), Safety in engineering designs (Tacoma Narrows Bridge) and Turbulence.
Faculty site: Mariano. Winter 2023.
Among all of the mathematical disciplines the theory of differential equations is the most important... It furnishes the explanation of all those elementary manifestations of nature which involve time.
Faculty Site: Joy Wang Spring 2021.
Mathematical thinking and reasoning can be used to express ideas symbolically, numerically, graphically, and practically.
Student site: Bethany Costello, Fall 2020.
Similar to what has happened with COVID-19, confusion can easily arise when the scientific method happens in the public eye and findings change as hypotheses are changed or updated as new data becomes available. This doesn’t mean that the overarching themes are incorrect, just because a few points may be wrong.
Student Site: Savannah N. Jelks, Spring 2020.
This exhibit, using Union College as a case study, examines the importance of protests on college campuses during this time period. By shedding light on the various protests at Union during these years, current student visitors will be able to compare and contrast their experiences. What made this era unique? What are campus protests like today?
Faculty Site: Joy Wang. Winter 2021.
Mathematical thinking and reasoning can be used to express ideas symbolically, numerically, graphically, and practically.
Faculty Site: Elena McGrath. Spring 2021.
Mexico is a land full of history. It is a source of some of the world’s great architecture, art, social movements, and revolutions. The stories of its peoples are the backbone for this course, begining before the arrival of Hernan Córtés in 1519 and ending with 21st century conflicts. Over the course of ten weeks, we will highlight important moments of struggle, innovation, and creativity
Faculty site: Mark Walker, Winter 2022.
Although most of its actors were unwavering conservatives, the practical implications of the demands they voiced -- sometimes loudly, often quietly -- were largely congruent with fascist ideology. They played an important role in aligning history as an academic field with the needs of the new Nazi system.
Student Site: Mallory Nelson. Spring 2020.
The Nott is the center of our Union campus and a big part of what makes our campus what it is, we all see it everyday whether it be walking to Reamer for lunch, or to ISEC for class, or wherever else we may go.
Student site: Lily Crissy. Spring 2020.
Digitization of 3D select Asian ceramics from the Union College Permanent Collection.
Faculty Site: Sheri Lullo, Fall 2021.
This site invites students to annotate certain scenes of a famous scroll from China, using subjects or themes to contribute rich dimension to our reading of this famous work.
Faculty Site: Elena McGrath. Fall 2020.
What is a nation? What is progress and how can we measure it? What is the nature of a just society? How can a country built out of a colonial empire create egalitarian, participatory nations, and is that a desirable goal? Can you get a just society by reforming the system, or is a revolution your only option? In this course, we seek to answer these questions by exploring the history of Modern Latin America. Through lectures, readings, music and art, we will examine moments where peoples and governments have sought to make and change the modern world.
Faculty Site: Joyce Madancy, Spring 2024.
Students will use this website to upload information about the history of samurai arms and armor (as well as a few other things) to prepare for our field trip to the Met, and also to gain some familiarity about the tools used by Japanese warriors.
Student Collaboration
Stories of U is a Mellon Foundation-funded grant project inviting members of the Union community to explore who they want to be through the power of reflection. It is a student-designed and student-run product.
Student site: Maryam Ramjoh. Summer 2020.
As Native Americans across the country have faced suffering at the hands of colonialism, their contributions to current American culture are often overlooked. The Adirondack Mountains of northeastern New York are no exception to this. Before European arrival in the Adirondacks, the land was occupied by the Haudenosaunee, which includes the Six Nations: Mohawk, Seneca, Cayuga, Onondaga, Tuscarora, and Oneida.
Community Collaboration: Winter 2020.
Social Distancing: Stories from the Union Community captures the unique experiences from students, faculty, staff, and community members of Union College, Schenectady, and the region during the COVID-19 pandemic.