August 2014 NewsCenter Archive
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UAlbany Biologist Receives $1.43 Million NIH Award for Germline Research to Find Therapies for Cancer and Degenerative Diseases
Biologist Prashanth Rangan has received a $1.43 million grant from the National Institutes of Health for his research into both preventing and inducing differentiation in stem cells in order to treat cancers and degenerative diseases. Last month he was named a Pew Scholar in the Biomedical Sciences as an outstanding young scientist.
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UAlbany School of Business’ Academy Helps Area Youth Develop and Implement Entrepreneurial Concepts
A snowboard shop, a television cooking show, a lawn care company, and a line of home-cooked doggy treats are among the business ideas that have been developed by area students at the University at Albany's School of Business chapter of the Young Entrepreneurs Academy (YEA!). -
War is Text: UAlbany Researchers Find Depictions of War in School Textbooks Shifted Radically after Vietnam Era
Modern day textbooks draw a different picture of war than their predecessors did in the era immediately after World War II leading up to the Vietnam War, a study by University at Albany researchers finds. -
UAlbany Study: PTSD Can Develop Even Without Memory of the Trauma
There are many forms of memory and only some of these may be critical for the development of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), according to a new study by University at Albany psychology professor Andrew M. Poulos and colleagues, as well as researchers at the University of California, Los Angeles.
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Digital Forensics Program Prepares Students to Tackle Cybercrime
The new digital forensics program at the University at Albany will educate students in the protection, defense, and investigation of information and information systems in areas such as public accounting, government, industry and not-for-profit environments.
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Mark Benson Named UAlbany's New Director of Athletics
Benson, 45, becomes the University's second AD since the program entered Division I sports 15 years ago. Previously the senior associate athletic director at Old Dominion University, he will provide leadership for UAlbany’s NCAA Division I, 19-sport intercollegiate athletics program and its scholar student-athletes.
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University at Albany Welcomes Class of 2018
UAlbany will begin its 2014-2015 academic year by welcoming an academically talented incoming freshman class of over 2,500 enrolled from an applicant pool of more than 21,768. The students will be joined by 58 new full-time faculty members this academic year, many hired through Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s NYSUNY 2020 initiative.
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UAlbany Professor Awarded $1.2 Million from U.S. Dept. of Education to Groom Next Generation of Special Education Professors
UAlbany Professor Kevin Quinn has been awarded a special education leadership grant from the U.S. Department of Education to develop new leaders in special education doctoral programs. The project was just one of 14 selected nationally for funding from more than 100 applications and will be supported by $1.2 million over five years.
