Research and Policy

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• Africana Studies Department
  Encourages appreciation of diversity and emphasizes the ways people of African descent have constructed and interpreted their lives and cultures.
• Archaeological Field School
  An eight-week program designed to teach students the basics of archaeological field work, laboratory processing, and artifact analysis.
• Archaeological Projects in Cyprus
  UAlbany faculty members have visited, researched, and written scholarly works on Cyprus since 1970. 
• Archaeological Research in Albany and Viminacium, Yugoslavia
  Classics professor Michael Werner is Albany's official archaeologist and he periodically leads a team of researchers and student archaeologists in Yugoslavia.
• Center for Global Health
  The Center serves as the School of Public Health’s focal point for international collaborations, research, and programs.
  
• Center for Jewish Studies
  Established in 2001 to advance UAlbany's commitment to excellence in the field of Jewish studies.
• Center for Latino, Latin American, and Caribbean Studies (CELAC)
  CELAC's goals include promoting research and encouraging greater understanding and appreciation of Latino multicultural diversity within U.S. society.
• Center for Social and Demographic Analysis
  Provides a strong research infrastructure for scholarship in the social sciences with an emphasis on interdisciplinary population research.
• Center for Women in Government and Civil Society
  The center conducts research, provides fellowships, educational programs, conducts a Liberty Partnership Program for at-risk students, and other outreach activities.
• Global Center for Critical Demography and Public Sociology
  Conducts scholarship based upon critical demography paradigm and the development of concepts that historically do not fit traditional demography.
• Institute for Mesoamerican Studies (IMS)
  A non-profit educational research institute dedicated to the study and dissemination of knowledge concerning the peoples and cultures of Mesoamerica.
• Institute of Cypriot Studies
  UAlbany and Cyprus have a mutually beneficial friendship marked by the exchange of scholars, archaeological research, and education opportunities.
• New York Latino Research and Resources Network (NYLARNet)
  NYLARNet addresses significant public policy issues related to the Latino population of New York and the Northeast, especially through publications and conferences.
• Study Tour to South Africa
  Students, faculty, scholars, and community practitioners travel to South Africa and other African counties each summer on a study mission.