The NEW CITY: Navigating the Future, a How-To
The New City conference is a gathering of leading innovators presenting aspirational models and solutions to city challenges. Sessions will...
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WHY COME TO UNION?
Union's campus is where faith and scholarship meet to reimagine the work of justice. Its customized curriculum, award-winning faculty, and urban setting provide an unparalleled atmosphere. Click to hear why others chose to enroll.
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World-Class Scholarship
Union’s esteemed faculty members are experts in an ever-widening array of disciplines and faith traditions who share a deep commitment to both ground-breaking research as well as the mentorship of students.
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Union's Institutes & Initiatives advance social movements and provide seminarians with unique opportunities to transform classroom lessons into real practice as they work to create a more just world.
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Christian, ecumenical, interreligious, world-engaged, broad in thought, and welcoming to all who venture in—Union values & celebrates the diversity of its students, faculty and staff.
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Faith in Action
Union understands that true ministry begins when the ideas espoused in classrooms and sanctuaries collide with the public square. See how Union responds to the world's most pressing events.
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Faith communities and the Biden-Harris Transition Team
Join us on December 8, 12:30-2 pm Eastern for the first of a series of important conversations with faith communities...
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UNION ADMISSIONS @ Association of Academic Divinity Schools (Applying to Seminary)
Are you planning to apply to Seminary or a Theological Graduate School? Are you considering a career in service, ministry,...
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Information Session for Students and Graduates of HBCU
From HBCU to Union Would you like to pursue a graduate degree that expands upon your HBCU education, in an...
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Meet Rev. Timothy L. Adkins-Jones
Union Theological Seminary is excited to announce the appointment of Rev. Timothy L. Adkins-Jones to the position of Assistant Professor of Homiletics. Rev. Adkins-Jones was...
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The Modern Struggle for Voting Rights in America
With this weekend’s passing of Congressman John Lewis, we lost a true American hero whose life’s work centered on the struggle for racial equality and...
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Listening and Teaching
By Ryan Felder, M.Div. ’21, co-chair of the Eco-Justice Caucus. Without theological language, I find it impossible to grasp the magnitude of the ecological crisis...
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Tabatha Holley ’19
Who is Tabatha, tell us a little about yourself? I am 25, a very recent graduate of Union (finished in December 2019), and a fourth-generation...
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COVID-19 March 21 Update: Emergency Student Fund
This has been a challenging and anxious season for everyone—in our community, across our nation and around the world. Yet through it all there are...
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Living into Diversity
Dr. Aliou C. Niang is an associate professor of the New Testament at Union Theological Seminary. What brought you to Union? I was teaching at...
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