Faculty and Staff
2012 Sundance Festival features Professor's Screenplay on Slavery
Slavery by Another Name, a 90-minute documentary film based on the book by Douglas A. Blackmon, narrated by actor Laurence Fishburne, and written by Sheila Curran Bernard, assistant professor of history and documentary studies at UAlbany was among 16 American documentary films selected to compete at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival.
Leading Psychological Organization Honors UAlbany Reseacher for Training Ethnic Minorities
University at Albany Professor of Psychology Jeanette Altarriba received the American Psychological Association's 2012 Minority Fellowship Program's Dalmas A. Taylor Award for her outstanding contributions to teaching and training ethnic minority psychologists.
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.
SEED Entrepreneurial Program Feted by Tribeca Film Festival
The Small Enterprise Economic Development program (SEED) has been named a 2012 Tribeca Disruptive Innovation Award recipient.
Private Gifts Support Entrepreneurship and Digital Marketing Programs
Two major gifts to the University at Albany’s School of Business totaling $150,000 will expand the marketing concentration to include digital marketing and will support a classroom for entrepreneurship.
Education Researcher Receives 2012 SUNY Chancellor's Award for Excellence
Kecskes became full professor in the Department of Educational Theory and Practice in 1999. Since that time, he has developed international renown in the field of pragmatics, how speakers convey meaning in specific contexts, standing among the principal leaders in this field.
Counseling Center Director Honored at White House as "Champion of Change"
Dr. M. Dolores Cimini, adjunct clinical professor in Counseling Psychology and Assistant Director at the UAlbany Counseling Center, was honored at the White House as a 'Champion of Change.'
Political Scientists Hold Immigration Policy Reform Workshops for U.S. and Mexican Officials
Rockefeller College Political Science Professors Rey Koslowski and Laura Valeria González-Murphy recently organized and facilitated a two-day series of immigration policy reform workshops in Washington, DC.
American Society of Criminology Award Quantitative Analyst Lifetime Achievement Award
Professor David McDowall won the 2011 American Society of Criminology Teaching Award.
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.
Public Health Programs Lauded for Community Involvement
A Community-Based Participatory Research program co-led by Janine Jurkowski, University at Albany School of Public Health associate professor of Social Behavior and Community Health, was the lead program and one of the three programs supporting the University at Albany being named to the 2012 President's Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll.
Public Health Course Reaches Students in Vietnam
University at Albany expert in the fields of public health and health policy has been chosen one of six American scholars to teach at Vietnamese universities during the coming academic year.
