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The UAlbany softball team claimed a shutout victory in the America East championship on Saturday against UMass Lowell, earning the automatic bid into the NCAA Tournament. The Great Danes are traveling to College Station, Texas, where they will square off in a regional against Penn State, Texas State and hosts Texas A&M.

The University at Albany’s new graduates have officially joined the ranks of more than 200,000 alumni worldwide.

Sean Desiree, a recent graduate of UAlbany’s MFA program in Studio Art, won a $7,000 Thayer Fellowship from the State University of New York to support their pursuit of a career in the arts.

UAlbany seniors in the School of Public Health visited the NYS Capitol to try their hand at field research and discover what it would be like to work as a scientist at the NYS Department of Heath’s Center for Environmental Health and the Wadsworth Center.

The funding will enable UAlbany researchers to develop a portable, fast-acting test that will reduce sample processing times from days to hours

Home to renowned scientists with decades of experience and millions of dollars in external funding for RNA-based research, the institutions will work together to promote economic growth through continued scientific discovery and partnership with industry.

Hurricane experts from NOAA and the U.S. Air Force are visiting five East Coast locations this week to raise awareness about the importance of being prepared for hurricane events.

The University at Albany Alumni Association (UAAA) has received a 2024 Alumni Association Inclusive Excellence Award from Insight Into Diversity magazine, the largest and oldest diversity and inclusion publication in higher education.

Brett Levy, an associate professor in the University at Albany’s School of Education, has been selected to receive a 2024 Andrew Carnegie Fellowship from the Carnegie Corporation of New York to study strategies to reduce political polarization in the U.S.

UAlbany men's lacrosse earned its 10th America East title on Saturday and now hosts Sacred Heart in the opening round of the NCAA Tournament. The women's golf team is also looking for success as the MAAC champions head to Alabama to compete in the NCAA Auburn Regional and the women's track team added to its storied history with a 15th-straight conference title.

The University is gearing up to host its 180th commencement from May 9-12 — highlighted by a series of individual stage crossings and the University-wide outdoor undergraduate ceremony.

Thanks to a Diversity Transformation Award grant presented by the Office of Diversity & Inclusion, efforts to support the self-reliant scholars initiative are back on track.