
Music and Theatre Fall Season Features Plays, Concerts and Collaborations
Dramatic productions, concerts featuring UAlbany students and faculty and collaborations with alumni and regional artists highlight the fall performance season from the University at Albany’s Department of Music and Theatre.

Public Impact Headlines UAlbany Research & Entrepreneurship Week 2026
Four faculty members with expertise ranging from wireless communication to the origins of complex human societies have been nominated by their colleagues to present this year’s Pathbreaking Research Talks on the third day of UAlbany's Research & Entrepreneurship Week. R&E Week 2026 runs Oct. 19-23.

Nobel Laureate Claudia Goldin to Deliver Pong S. Lee Memorial Lecture
Nobel Prize-winning economist Claudia Goldin, whose groundbreaking research has transformed understanding of women’s roles in the economy and workforce, will deliver the University at Albany’s fourth annual Pong S. Lee Memorial Lecture on Wednesday, Oct. 14.

UAlbany Faculty, Staff Honored with SUNY Chancellor’s Awards for Excellence
University at Albany faculty and staff were recognized for their outstanding contributions in teaching, scholarship, faculty service, librarianship, and professional service at the SUNY Chancellor’s Awards for Excellence on Sept. 17.

For Undergrad Researcher Christina Casey, Chemistry Always Clicked
UAlbany senior Christina Casey is a student researcher in the Royzen Lab at the RNA Institute. Casey's passion for chemistry blossomed young and at UAlbany, she's found a path to nurture that passion, learning skills and gaining hands-on experience to launch a career in STEM.

Writers Institute Hosts Ninth Annual Albany Book Festival
The Albany Book Festival will return to the University at Albany on Saturday, bringing dozens of acclaimed authors, local writers, publishers and literary organizations to campus for a daylong celebration of books and reading.
UAlbany Experts Discuss AI Risk After Tech Leaders Call for Slowdown
Could AI end humanity? UAlbany experts weigh in after an Anthropic researcher warned AI has a more than 10 percent chance of killing all humans within a decade.

Studying Uncertainty: 5 Questions with UAlbany Mathematician Felix Ye
UAlbany Assistant Professor of Mathematics and Statistics Felix Ye studies stochastic dynamical systems — systems that change over time but whose behavior is influenced in part by randomness or uncertainty. Ye recently received a three-year, $200,000 NSF grant to develop modeling for these systems.