5 Questions with Mya Darsan
Junior biology and environmental science student Mya Darsan is dedicating her summer to protecting the endangered piping plovers, a species important in maintaining biodiversity in an ecosystem.
The 7th Cohort of RNA Fellows has Scientific Depth and Diversity
12 doctoral students from UAlbany and SUNY Poly have been named 2021-22 RNA fellows — the seventh such cohort in the institute’s young history.
RNA Institute Summer Program Local High Schooler Advances to International Science Competition
One of the youngest members of the RNA Institute's 2020 Summer Bioinformatics program, high school senior Cristina DeMeo, put the skills she learned to highly mature scientific use, creating an award-winning project on the most common form of motor neuron disease, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS).
‘University at Albany Week’ Airs on WAMC’s The Academic Minute
The Academic Minute features a two-and-a-half-minute segment each day from professors at different colleges/universities around the world, keeping listeners abreast of what's new and exciting in higher education research.
McConney Award Winner’s Dream is to Improve Emergency Care
A UAlbany senior human biology major with a passion for medicine has received the Norman R. McConney Jr. Award for Student Excellence.
Biological sciences professor receives $1.24 million to study memory
News story about Biological sciences professor grant to study memory
Five Fighting Disease
The fourth cohort of UAlbany students exploring the curative health potential of a life-essential macromolecule have assumed their battle positions in the Life Sciences Research Center.
Cream of the Crop
Ten UAlbany Scholars Earn SUNY’s Highest Award
Ten UAlbany students won the Chancellor’s Award for Student Excellence, the highest honor the State University of New York bestows on its students. This year, 256 students from 64 campuses won the award, which will be handed out at a ceremony Wednesday, April 5, at the Empire State Plaza.
"It is my honor to celebrate the achievements of students who have surpassed SUNY’s highest standards of academic excellence and leadership both on and off campus," said SUNY Chancellor Nancy Zimpher. "Every student we recognize has demonstrated a strong commitment to their degree program, home campus, greater community, and much more. Congratulations to all of the students receiving this year’s award.”