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UAlbany Day Highlights Community Connections

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 00:00:00 EST

The University at Albany welcomed approximately 1,100 K-12 students to a fun-filled and engaging day of discovery and exploration at UAlbany Day 2012 -- Showcase at the Plaza.

Community Service a Priority for UAlbany Students

Sun, 15 Jan 2012 00:00:00 EST

Whether it's building a school for children suffering from HIV/AIDS in Uganda or tutoring adolescents in foster care, students at UAlbany have made a commitment to volunteerism. So when flooding from Hurricane Irene ravaged Schoharie, N.Y., in 2011, UAlbany students were there to lend a hand.

Writers Institute a Unique Literary Enterprise

Wed, 04 Jan 2012 00:00:00 EST

ALBANY, N.Y. (January 4, 2012) -- The Writers Institute at UAlbany is a unique creative enterprise, one which has brought to the University more than 1,000 writers -- in all genres, and winners of every major literary award in the United States and abroad.

UAlbany EOP Students Warmed Hearts at the Holidays

Wed, 28 Dec 2011 00:00:00 EST

Delivering gifts to young patients at Albany Medical Center Hospital, and collecting donations for a local food pantry and Equinox Center were just a few of the ways University at Albany’s Educational Opportunity Program (EOP) students touched the community this holiday season.

UAlbany Junior a Role Model for Foster Children

Mon, 12 Dec 2011 00:00:00 EST

ALBANY, N.Y (December 12, 2011) -- University at Albany student Raven Profit understands the difficulties facing foster children. At age 15, Profit was thrust into the foster care system when her mother was diagnosed with schizophrenia.