August 2015 NewsCenter Archive
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GE Healthcare and UAlbany’s RNA Institute Partner to Create Novel RNAs for the Medical Industry
The RNA Institute at UAlbany and GE Healthcare partner to develop specially engineered ribonucleic acids (RNAs) as tools in the study of RNA as a target for new drugs. Such innovative therapeutics could be utilized potentially to address the most difficult cancers, neurodegenerative and infectious diseases plaguing society. -
How Students Spend a #UAlbanySummer: Congressional Internship, Studying Rainfall in Chile, as Taylor Swift's Social Media Ambassador
From the forests of Chile to the halls of Congress in Washington D.C., University at Albany students are gaining practical and professional experience this summer through a variety of opportunities, including internships, study abroad, volunteer work and research assistantships.
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The RNA Institute Maintains Commitment to Area Job Creation through New Hires in Research, Entrepreneurship
The RNA Institute expands its capacity for life sciences entrepreneurship this fall through a UAlbany School of Business appointment of Assistant Professor Stephanie L. Black, an expert in strategic management in the field of hi-tech innovation, plus two new research scientists. -
UAlbany CYCLES Project Earns Gold at Serious Play Awards
A team of researchers and game designers led by University at Albany computer scientist Tomek Strzalkowski have earned a gold medal at the 2015 International Serious Play Awards competition for developing a serious game that trains people to overcome dependence on cognitive biases in their decision-making.
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Justin Pickett Receives American Society of Criminology's 2015 Ruth Shonle Cavan Young Scholar Award
Assistant Professor Justin Pickett of the University at Albany School of Criminal Justice has received the 2015 Ruth Shonle Cavan Young Scholar Award from the American Society of Criminology. -
UAlbany and Albany Med Study Examines New Method for Diagnosing Alzheimer's Disease
A team of scientists at the University at Albany and Albany Medical Center have developed a new method for noninvasive diagnostics of Alzheimer’s Disease. Taking Raman spectra of blood samples, the research distinguished people with Alzheimer’s from healthy controls as well as from people with other forms of dementia.
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UAlbany Home to Five NYFA 2015 Artists' Fellowship Recipients
Five individuals associated with the University at Albany’s College of Arts and Sciences were named recipients of the New York Foundation for the Arts 2015 Artists’ Fellowship Program awards. -
UAlbany’s Class of 2019: Welcoming New Great Danes to the “Purple Family”
The University at Albany will launch its 2015-16 academic year by welcoming an academically-talented incoming freshman class of more than 2,540 students from an applicant pool of more than 22,300 -- the largest number ever received by the University. -
UAlbany Researcher Receives Highest Award in Natural Products Chemistry
UAlbany Distinguished Professor of Chemistry Eric Block will receive the 2016 Ernest Guenther Award in the Chemistry of Natural Products by the American Chemical Society (ACS). The award is designed to recognize and encourage outstanding achievements in the analysis, structure elucidation, and chemical synthesis of natural products.
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UAlbany Hosts Weather Camp for Area's Future Meteorologists
The clouds parted just in time for an outdoor experiment to begin at the University at Albany’s recent Weather & Climate Camp. The weeklong camp was hosted by UAlbany’s Department of Atmospheric and Environmental Sciences (DAES) for students in grades 9-11 from Schenectady, Albany, Troy, Watervliet and Rensselaer. -
State Museum Announces Programs to Commemorate 14th Anniversary of September 11th
The New York State Museum has announced its program schedule to commemorate the 14th anniversary of September 11, 2001.
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UAlbany Professor Examines Reducing HIV Transmission Among Vulnerable Populations
University at Albany Associate Professor of Counseling Psychology Frank Dillon has been awarded $449,220 from the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities to improve participation among Latino men in HIV testing initiatives.
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University at Albany Opening Convocation Welcomes 2,500 New Freshmen
University at Albany President Robert J. Jones today welcomed the Class of 2019 at the University's inaugural Opening Convocation ceremony, imploring students to become engaged members of the learning community, be curious about what they don't yet understand, and take advantage of the high level of diversity on the UAlbany campus. -
New Academic Programs, Faculty, Dining Venues, and Living-Learning Communities Kick-Off the Fall Semester at UAlbany
When the fall semester at the University at Albany commences on Wednesday, August 26, the campus community will return to a number of improvements designed to enhance their UAlbany experience. -
UAlbany Drones to Provide Unique Insights into Vegetation Change and Severe Weather through NSF-Funded Study
UAlbany landscape ecologist/geographer Alexander Buyantuev leads a team of researchers using drones to study the effects of climate change, urbanization and wind farms on vegetation and to analyze severe weather events. Funding from the National Science Foundation Major Research Instrumentation Program provides a Precision Hawk drone. -
University at Albany Inaugurates NYS Mesonet with Completion of First Weather Tower
The University at Albany has inaugurated the nation’s most advanced mesonet system with a 30-foot weather station tower in Schuylerville, New York. The station is the first of 125 weather towers that will be located throughout the state to provide extensive data to emergency personnel and first responders.
