Community Connections
Annual Fall Festival Welcomes 7,000 Community Members, Alumni and Parents to Campus
The University at Albany welcomed the community to campus on Saturday, October 15 for 'Fallbany,' UAlbany's annual fall festival celebrating knowledge, culture, sports and entertainment. Events included a faculty and alumni book fair, live student performances, science demonstrations, a farmer’s market featuring cooking demonstrations using locally-produced food, sheepherding, and kids' activities.
New York State Writers Institute Remains Unique Literary Enterprise The New York State 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 -- to share their work with both student and community audiences.
SEED Entrepreneurial Program Generate 52 New Capital Region Jobs
In just six months, the University at Albany’s Small Enterprise Economic Development (SEED) program has invested $385,000 in the Capital District and created 52 new jobs. This unique job-creation partnership between UAlbany, SEFCU and Empire State Development (ESD) is the Capital Region's first character-based microloan program.
UAlbany Recognized Nationally for Community Involvement and Student Engagement
The Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS) named the University at Albany to the 2012 President's Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll.
Newman's Own Rewards Student Group for Helping At-Risk-Youth
The University at Albany student group Reclassifying All Children Equally Organization (R.A.C.E.) was recognized nationally by Newman's Own Foundation for its efforts mentoring at-risk youths in the community.
NCAA Conference Cites Social Welfare Professor for Health Promotion Efforts in Africa
The NCAA Division I America East Conference, whose membership includes 18 of the University at Albany's varsity sports, has honored a UAlbany School of Social Welfare associate professor as "an ideal representative from the University at Albany for Black History Month."
School of Social Welfare Summit Supports Refugees and Immigrants in the Capital Region
The School of Social Welfare at UAlbany and the Albany Field Office of the US Committee for Refugees and Immigrants (USCRI Albany) hosted an all-day Summit entitled Refugees and Immigrants in the Capital Region: Working Together to Support Newcomers.
Students Travel to Dominican Republic at Assist with Community Health Projects
Carol Whittaker, Director and Assistant Dean of the Center for Global Health, traveled with twelve students to the Dominican Republic. They were accompanied by Sony Stark, freelance videographer.
Students Help Unravel Mystery of the Mummies
The University at Albany student-run Five Quad Volunteer Ambulance Service transfered two Egyptian mummies that are each almost 2,000 years old, from their home at theAlbany Institute of History & Art to Albany Medical Center (AMC) in March to undergo X-rays and CAT scans.
She's a Youth Ambassador for New York's Foster Children
University at Albany student Raven Profit was thrust into the foster care system when her mother was diagnosed with schizophrenia. The Queens, N.Y., native's eyes were opened to the struggles facing more than 400,000 U.S. foster children. Profit's experience compelled her to find a way to help others in the foster system.
UAlbany Student Athletes Named "Champions for Children of the Capital Region"
The sports teams of the University at Albany don't just entertain the residents of the Capital Region. Nearly all of UAlbany's 475 student-athletes share their time and talents with area residents in need.
Local Students Create Library Chairs that Tell Stories
More than 25 area schools accepted the University at Albany's challenge to artistically depict their favorite literary classic on one of the University's original 1960's library oak chairs.
