College of Arts and Sciences News Archive

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Noteworthy: Research grants, awards and publications
The latest developments on University at Albany faculty and staff who are receiving research grants, awards and other noteworthy attention.
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UAlbany, UConn Researchers Awarded $550,000 to Advance Renewables, Grid Resilience and Security
The projects, funded through the Center for Weather Innovation and Smart Energy and Resilience, are aimed at safeguarding the energy industry.
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Faces of UAlbany: Students Celebrate Black History Month
In their own words, UAlbany students discuss the significance of Black History Month and inspiring figures who have had an influence on them.
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Mother Language Day Events at UAlbany Celebrate Languages, Multilingualism
Join the Department of Languages, Literatures and Cultures (LLC) in celebrating Mother Language Day this Thursday with food, games and events highlighting a host of languages and cultures.
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College of Arts and Sciences Hosts Mentorship Development Workshop
The workshop was open to any current or prospective campus mentors who wanted to improve their skills, specifically in guiding undergraduate students in research and scholarly work.
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UAlbany Professor Explores South Korea’s Military Modernization through Fulbright Award
Peter Banseok Kwon, associate professor of Korean Studies in the Department of East Asian Studies at UAlbany, is in South Korea researching the history of the nation’s defense industry through a Fulbright U.S. Scholar Award for the 2024-25 academic year.
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Repatriation to Indigenous groups is more than law, it’s human rights, Wolff writes in ‘The Conversation’
Christopher Wolff, an associate professor in UAlbany’s Department of Anthropology, writes in “The Conversation” about the process of returning ancestral human remains to their rightful cultures and how these efforts can serve as a partial remedy for the historical trauma of Indigenous communities.
UAlbany Professor of Matheamtics Antun Milas, center, receives an award from the 2024 ICB Congress in Beijing. (Photo provided))
5 Questions with Professor of Mathematics Antun Milas
UAlbany Professor of Mathematics and Statistics Antun Milas examines issues such as representation theory and modular forms. At UAlbany, Milas teaches courses on number theory and cyrpotography. His most recent research project, “Higher Depth in Representation Theory, Number Theory, and Quantum Topology,” was supported by the National Science Foundation (NSF).