October 2012 NewsCenter Archive
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UAlbany Fall Festival Offers Community Members Opportunity to Experience Vibrant Campus
The Capital Region community will have the opportunity to meet UAlbany authors, including alum and former "Late Night with David Letterman" writer, Randy Cohen '71, sample farm-to-table food recipes, and engage in a host of family-friendly activities at UAlbany's fifth annual Fallbany festival on Saturday, Oct. 13, 10 a.m. - 3 p.m. -
NY Cap Research Alliance Announces Grants to Fund Biomedical Research
A newly created alliance to foster biomedical research among the Capital Region's leading academic research institutions today announced its first 10 grants totaling $745,000. The awards are funded through the NY Cap Research Alliance, which was established as part of Governor Andrew M. Cuomo’s Regional Council initiative.
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UAlbany’s “World Within Reach” Speaker Series Features Entrepreneur and Philanthropist Russell Simmons, Oct. 13
Russell Simmons, hip hop mogul and co-founder of Def Jam Records headlines the World Within Reach Speaker Series on Saturday, Oct. 13, at 7 p.m. in UAlbany’s SEFCU Arena. An entrepreneur and philanthropist, Simmons is the 6th featured speaker in the Student Association-sponsored series. The event caps off UAlbany’s Fallbany Weekend. -
Nobel Prize-Winning Author Coetzee Speaks at UAlbany, Oct. 12
In a rare public appearance, Nobel Prize-winning South African novelist J. M. Coetzee will engage in conversation with major American novelist Paul Auster about their friendship and soon-to-be-published body of personal letters. The event, hosted by the New York State Writers Institute, will be held at 8 p.m. on Friday, October 12. -
Albany High School and UAlbany Students Team Up in New Ways to Learn
Marguerite Vanden Wyngaard, Ph.D., Superintendent of the City School District of Albany, and University at Albany President George M. Philip kicked off October is Community Service Month at UAlbany on Friday, October 5, in the Campus Center Ballroom. "UACT--UAlbany-Community Together" is the theme of the month-long event. -
University at Albany and National Grid Foundation Establish GreenDependence Scholarship Program
The University at Albany and the National Grid Foundation (NGF) announced the establishment of a GreenDependence scholarship fund. The $10,000 stipend will be presented to a UAlbany undergraduate student who demonstrates strong 'green' leadership. -
University at Albany Launches Construction of Advanced Biomedical Technology Research Facility
The RNA Institute at the University at Albany, with the Capital Region Economic Development Council (CREDC), today launched the construction of its new state-of-the-art facility for biomedical technology development and commercialization. -
Six New Researchers Join UAlbany's RNA Institute Scientific Advisory Board
Six of the world’s leading RNA researchers have joined the Scientific Advisory Board for The RNA Institute of the University at Albany. The elite group of scientists and investigators provide strategic guidance to the more than 50 affiliated researchers at the Institute. -
UAlbany Hosts Global Conference on Technology and Government Innovation
UAlbany's Center for Technology in Government brings together more than 350 global technology and government innovation experts with a mission to advance transparency, participation and accountability in government at the International Conference on the Theory and Practice of Electronic Governance (ICEGOV), Oct. 22-25.
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Expanding Your Worldview through Study Abroad
Study abroad experiences can have profound effects on a student’s global perspective. Such is the case for UAlbany senior Casie Addison who discovered, during her study abroad experience, the great inequities that persist in post-apartheid South Africa.
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UAlbany Center Captures Highly Competitive Funding as NICHD National Population Research Center
The groundbreaking research of the Center for Social and Demographic Analysis, which focuses on population redistribution, family and household dynamics, health, morbidity and mortality, and the status of children and adolescents in the U.S. and abroad, has been boosted by a highly competitive $1.7 million renewal of federal support. -
Climate Change Research, Student Sustainability Experiences Showcased Through UAlbany Virtual Field Trip
From tropical glacier melt in the Andes to flood-ravaged New Orleans, changing climate patterns have had a dramatic impact on communities all over the world. Recently, scientists and students at the University at Albany presented "a virtual field trip" to highlight their research and studies on climate change and sustainability. -
New Education Trust Report Highlights Increased Graduation Rates for Underrepresented Students at UAlbany
A national report released by The Education Trust recognizes the University at Albany for increased graduation rates among African-American students.
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UAlbany Students Win National Public Anthropology Award
Eleven anthropology students from the University at Albany have been selected as Public Anthropology Award Winners in a recent North American competition involving more than 3,500 students from 25 schools. -
Philanthropists I. Norman and Micki Massry, and UAlbany Dean Katharine Briar-Lawson Named University Citizen Laureates
The University at Albany Foundation will honor business leaders and philanthropists I. Norman and Micki Massry, and the University at Albany’s School of Social Welfare Dean Katharine Briar-Lawson as the 2012 Citizen Laureates.
