UAlbany President Karen R. Hitchcock Welcomes Back Students to Newly Improved Classrooms
The University at Albany unveils a $1 million rehabilitation of 27 of its most heavily used classrooms, the first phase of a multi-year commitment to facilities improvement and innovation. The project focuses on essential design elements that directly affect classroom learning such as temperature, lighting and furniture and the accommodation of state-of-the-art technology. Full Story / Photos

Report Finds Underqualified Teachers More Likely to Work in Schools with Poor or Low-performing Students
A new study by the University at Albany's Education Finance Research Consortium (EFRC) examines how teacher qualifications are distributed across New York public schools. Full Story

Center for Women in Government & Civil Society's 25th Anniversary Celebration Honors Commitment to Public Life
The University at Albany Center for Women in Government & Civil Society will celebrate its 25th anniversary on Sept. 18, 2003, with an address by keynote speaker Madeleine Kunin, a women's leadership symposium, awards presentations and a past presidents' reception. Full Story

UAlbany's Distance Learning Autism Program One of Five Worldwide Approved for Professional Certification
The University at Albany's autism program is now one of only five programs in the world approved by the Behavior Analyst Certification Board Inc. (BACB) to offer a distance learning course sequence that applies toward certification. The BACB is a nonprofit corporation established to meet professional credentialing needs identified by behavior analysts, state governments and consumers of behavior analysis services. Full Story

UAlbany Researcher Finds Coronary Bypass Patients Return to Hospital Within 30 Days of Discharge
Study Published in JAMA, August 13
About 13 percent of patients discharged from a hospital following coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery are readmitted within 30 days for reasons related to the surgery, according to a study in the August 13 issue of The Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA). Edward Hannan of the University at Albany's School of Public Health was lead author of the study. Full Story

Electric Cars to Reduce Campus Air and Noise Pollution
The University at Albany has received 10 pollution-reducing Global Electric Motorcars (GEM) cars from DaimlerChrysler and the New York Power Authority (NYPA). The GEM cars are part of 130 electric vehicles donated to the State University of New York, Chancellor Robert L. King announced. Full Story / MSNBC Video

Senator Bruno, UAlbany President Hitchcock Launch Construction of $45-Million Gen*NY*Sis Center for Excellence in Cancer Genomics
Senator Bruno heads fund-raising effort as honorary chairman of "The Fund for Memory and Hope"
Senate Majority Leader Joseph L. Bruno joined University at Albany President Karen R. Hitchcock at a groundbreaking ceremony for the Gen*NY*Sis Center for Excellence in Cancer Genomics at the University's East Campus in Rensselaer. The new cancer research initiative, announced last September by Senator Bruno with $22.5 million in start-up funding from the state's Gen*NY*Sis (Generating Employment Through New York Science) economic development program, will enlist industry and science partners in cutting-edge investigations into the causes and treatment of cancer. It will also create more than 100 new Capital Region jobs. Full Story

$1.9 Million Federal Grant Launches UAlbany Child Welfare, Drug Abuse and Intergenerational Risk Center
The University at Albany School of Social Welfare has established the Child Welfare, Drug Abuse and Intergenerational Risk Center (CWDAIR Center) to advance research on the delivery of effective services for parents in the child welfare system with addiction and co-occurring problems, including HIV/AIDS. Full Story

Racial Identity Counts for Hispanic Americans
The fastest growing segment of Hispanic Americans, soon to be a majority, identifies as neither white nor black. These people are less affluent than "white" Hispanics but considerably more advantaged than "black" Hispanics, according to a new report by University at Albany's Lewis Mumford Center. They also live in very different kinds of neighborhoods. Full Story

UAlbany's Africana Studies Program Ranked in Top 10 in the Nation
The master's degree program in Africana Studies at the University at Albany has been recognized as one of the top 10 in the nation by Black Issues in Higher Education magazine. The "Special Report on the Top 100 Degree Producers 2003," which ranked graduate programs, can be found in the magazine's current issue. Full Story

Center for Technology in Government Builds Partnership to Enhance Intergovernmental Info Systems
CGI, Keane and Microsoft Lend Technology and Expertise to Develop Prototype
Today, state and local governments are connected by numerous and distinct information systems, each devoted to a single purpose. The University at Albany’s Center for Technology in Government (CTG) has initiated a broad collaborative partnership to build and evaluate a State-Local Internet Gateway Prototype to test an innovative alternative for intergovernmental work. The prototype is designed to enable participating agencies and localities to find information, conduct a variety of business processes and form strategic working relationships through one common point. Full Story