September 2010 NewsCenter Archive

Nearly 30 University at Albany faculty and alumni authors, representing a wide range of genres, will showcase their books at the Book Fair during UAlbany's Fall Festival on Saturday, Oct. 9, from 10:30 a.m. to 3 p.m.

The University Art Museum will present 'Courier,' a group exhibition featuring eleven contemporary artists who have created works that are rooted in the physical, communicative, or iconic properties of the typewriter.

To understand the mysteries of hurricane formation, UAlbany faculty and students are flying into the eye of storms. They are looking for clues that may help scientists provide more advance warning of hurricanes.

European CEO Magazine has selected the University at Albany School of Business  as the Most Innovative Business School in the Northeast Region of the U.S.

The University at Albany honors two of its outstanding Latino alumni, Dr. Tomás D. Morales, '78, '98, president of the College of Staten Island, and Dr. José Luis Calderón '77, a champion of healthcare literacy, on Sept. 29 at the campus's SEFCU Arena as part of National Hispanic Heritage Month.

The University at Albany's School of Public Health has been awarded $7.9 million in new grants to support research and education initiatives designed to advance public health training and emergency preparedness throughout New York and the Northeastern United States.

The Symposium on Crime and Justice: The Past and Future of Empirical Sentencing Research, to be held Thursday and Friday, Sept. 23-24, at UAlbany's Page Hall, is an attempt to reinvigorate empirical research in the area of sentencing by engaging experts from a variety of disciplines.

Students in grades 6-12 will soon be learning to run their own start-up companies at the University at Albany School of Business, thanks to the formation of a campus chapter of the Young Entrepreneurs Academy (YEA!).

Empire State Development and NYSTAR have announced the merger of two of New York State's Centers of Excellence- Infotonics Technology Center in Canandaigua and the Center of Excellence in Nanoelectronics and Nanotechnology at the College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering at UAlbany.

Famed character actor Harold Gould '47, who passed away Sept. 11, 2010 at 86, acknowledged he probably caught the acting bug in an unconventional way at the New York State College for Teachers in the early 1940s.

The University at Albany's School of Public Health  celebrates 25 years of academic and research excellence in 2010-11 with a series of lectures, a film and fiction series and special events.

Six distinguished researchers at the University at Albany will bring their academic expertise to Europe, Mexico and Africa after being named Fulbright Scholars for 2010-2011.

Albany held its second annual Fire Safety Demonstration. An 8x12 wood-frame mock residence hall room complete with furniture and fixtures was burned to demonstrate fire safety procedures and tips. The room contained commonly found hazards and demonstrate the possible effects of unsafe behaviors.

UAlbany's Center for Technology in Government is encouraging New York residents to participate in a process that will contribute to the State's efforts to increase high-speed Internet access by testing the speed of their broadband Internet connection.

The University at Albany campus was thrilled upon learning that the Hannah's Hope Fund was one of the top two finalists in the $250,000 Pepsi Refresh Challenge to help find a cure for giant axonal neuropathy (GAN). In March 2008, Hannah Sames was diagnosed with GAN -- a rare genetic disorder.

Three UAlbany freshmen have won $500 gift certificates from the bookstore as part of the campus's orientation program, "Explore UAlbany." These students will get off to a strong academic start by having their first semester's text books paid for, thanks to a generous donation from SEFCU.