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Campus News
$1.5
Million Grant to Support Northeast Regional Forensic
Institute at UAlbany
(September 14, 2004)
The Northeast Regional Forensic Institute, a collaborative
effort of UAlbany and the New York State Police,
has received nearly $1.5 million from the National
Institute of Justice to help meet the need for highly
trained forensic scientists. More>>
 UAlbany
Welcomes Students; Offers New Programs
By Greta Petry (September 1,
2004)
This fall, the University at Albany is welcoming
new first-year students, inaugurating new academic
programs, welcoming 32 new faculty, and celebrating
the completion of several important renovation projects.
More>>
 UAlbany
Biologists Testing New Ways to Map Purple Loosestrife
By Greta Petry (September
10, 2004)
Biologists at the University at Albany are
developing high-tech ways to map the distribution
of plants like the ubiquitous purple loosestrife
in New York State wetlands. More>>
UAlbany�s
Africana Studies Program Ranked Third in the Nation
By Lisa James Goldsberry
(August 24, 2004)
The master�s degree program in Africana Studies
at the University at Albany has been recognized
as one of the top five in the nation by Black
Issues in Higher Education magazine. More>>
UAlbany
Begins Recreation & Convocation Center Renovations
(September 10, 2004)
Renovations to the Recreation and Convocation Center
(RACC) have begun, and the $1.5 million improvement
is expected to be completed by November 30, announced
UAlbany Director of Athletics and Recreation Lee
McElroy. More>>
Maureen Dowd
Fills Page Hall at New York State Writers Institute
Reading
By Greta Petry (September
17, 2004)
In a rare public appearance for the New York State
Writers Institute, Pulitzer Prize-winning New
York Times columnist Maureen Dowd packed
Page Hall Tuesday evening, Sept. 14. More>>
Partnership
of U.S. Latino Scholars Unveiled at UAlbany Sept.
29
By Vinny Reda (September
10, 2004)
A new partnership among U.S. Latino scholars
and other professionals from three higher education
research centers within New York State aims to instill
greater public understanding of the multifarious
concerns and experiences of Latinos in New York
State. More>>
Collins
Fellows, Distinguished Teaching Professor Honored
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 Gjaja
Named Interim Vice President for Advancement
By Greta Petry (September
10, 2004)
Interim President John R. Ryan has announced
the appointment of Vesna Gjaja to the position of
interim vice president for University Advancement.
More>>
Thirty-two
New Faculty Members Join UAlbany Community
More>>
 Millicent
Lenz Gilson Mourned
(September 10, 2004)
UAlbany Professor Emerita of children�s literature
Millicent Lenz Gilson, 68, of Menands, N.Y., died
June 10 at Albany Memorial Hospice. She was a professor
in the School of Information Science and Policy
from 1984 to 2003. In 1982, she married Robert Gilson.
More>>
UAlbany
Women�s Association Seeking New Members
(September 10, 2004)
Established in 1951 by Virginia Collins as the Faculty
Wives� Club, the University at Albany Women�s Association
continues to offer an opportunity for social activities
with other women of the University community. All
women who work at the University at Albany and the
wives of UAlbany male faculty and staff are eligible
to belong. The UAWA extends an invitation for new
members via this article. More>>
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Faculty/Staff
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The University Chamber
Singers recently performed in Costa
Rica under the direction of David
Griggs-Janower of the Department of
Music. The group performed at the Cartago
Cathedral, the Catholic Church of Quepos,
and the National Cathedral in San Jose. They
also visited Manuel Antonio National Park
and Arenal Volcano.
Joseph
F. Zimmerman, professor of political
science, is the author of Interstate
Economic Relations, published by the
State University of New York (SUNY) Press
in July. Professor Nelson Wikstrom of Virginia
Commonwealth University described the book
as a �groundbreaking volume.� SUNY Press will
also publish Zimmerman�s book, Congressional
Preemption: Regulatory Federalism,
next year.
Christine
Haile, UAlbany�s chief information
officer, received the �Best of New York� award
in July for demonstrated leadership in management
of information technology. The Center for
Digital Government, a national research and
advisory institute, bestowed the award. Haile
joined UAlbany in 2001 as its first chief
information officer. She has campus responsibility
for information technology policies, programs,
and services.
The Middle
Earth Peer Assistance Program was awarded
a $10,000 gift from the Dominion Foundation
at a July 8 reception at Alumni House. The
gift will be used to advance the program�s
work in alcohol and other drug prevention
in college students.
Leonard
A. Slade, Jr., professor and chair
of the Department of Africana Studies and
director of the Humanistic Studies Program,
has published an essay, �The Days Before Brown:
Keys to Successful Education Reform,� in Education
Next: Journal of Opinion and Research
at Harvard University (August 2004).
Professor
Robert Osuna of the Department of Biological
Sciences has accepted an invitation to serve
as a member of the Microbial Physiology and
Genetics (2) Study Section, Center for Scientific
Review of the National Institutes of Health
through June 30, 2007. Study sections review
grant applications submitted to the NIH, make
recommendations to the appropriate NIH national
advisory council or board, and survey the
status of research in their fields of science.
Min
Xie, a Ph.D. student in criminal justice,
was a speaker in Washington, D.C., on July
12. She was invited by the Bureau of Justice
Statistics and Office on Violence Against
Women to a one-day meeting of researchers
and practitioners to discuss the development
of a special supplement to the National Crime
Victimization Survey (NCVS) on stalking.
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