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- Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, the first technological research university in the United States, held its 219th commencement ceremony on Saturday, May 10, at the ECAV Arena at the East Campus Athletic Village.
- A $588 million contract signed with a private tech company over a decade ago — which does not appear on the agency’s own public-facing database — is blamed for an increasing backlog of retirement cases, driving up wait times for callers seeking help from the agency and increasing strain on staff.
- As the Albany Symphony wrapped up its dress rehearsal on the evening of May 2, the staff received upsetting news. The National Endowment for the Arts was terminating its $35,000 grant for the orchestra’s annual American Music Festival, set to open in a month. (📝 @katkiessl.bsky.social )
- Siena men's lacrosse senior Pratt Reynolds has scored a program-record 55 goals this season. But it's the one F-bomb he dropped on national television that had people talking after the Saints won the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference championship last Saturday.
- A magical time, 1925: The 20th century reached the quarter pole, the Jazz Age was gaining momentum and “Phantom of the Opera” opened in theatres. It also was a year that four area golf courses opened. Ballston Spa, Battenkill, Bend of the River and Troy all turn 100 this season.
- Reposted by Times UnionAmidst all the federal arts and culture cuts that just keep coming, this was a ray of joy. Everyone should have the opportunity to try art just because they want to. I love that Shaker Pointe and resident Dick Holmes are making that happen. Creativity and community have no age limit.
- John Pattison’s reason for auditioning for “The Importance of Being Earnest” was simple. “I figured it was time I did some theater,” he said. “I’m 94. I have to try it before it’s too late.” (📝 @katkiessl.bsky.social )
- "More than 200 mourners dreamed of an encore from the man beloved as the hub of a wide wheel of friends and colleagues, a political fixer whose reputation as a confidant earned him the sobriquet 'Booker T. Freud,'" writes columnist Paul Grondahl.
- Reposted by Times UnionOn Saturday, NY State Police pursued 2 people on a motorcycle for speeding. The bike crashed and now two 38-year-olds are dead. www.timesunion.com/news/article...
- Tutoring programs abruptly shuttered by the federal government five weeks ago may be able to reopen soon. A federal judge granted a preliminary injunction Tuesday, saying the US Education Department must restore access to the funding it promised each state. (📝 @bykathleenmoore.bsky.social )
- Reposted by Times UnionHere's your nighmare fuel. www.timesunion.com/news/article...
