College of Arts and Sciences News Archive

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UAlbany Chemists Design Candidate Drug Against Diabetes
Researchers from UAlbany and NYU Grossman School of Medicine have found a way to block a key cellular pathway known to drive chronic inflammation and impaired wound healing in people with diabetes. The breakthrough could offer a new therapeutic option for stopping the harmful effects of both type 1 and type 2 diabetes at the source.
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UAlbany, VCU to share $6.5M to Launch Muscular Dystrophy Research Center
With this award — one of just six in the nation — UAlbany and VCU will receive $6.5 million over five years to establish the center under the leadership of UAlbany’s Keith Hynes Endowed Professor in STEM Andy Berglund, director of UAlbany’s RNA Institute, and Dr. Nicholas Johnson, director of VCU’s Center for Inherited Muscle Research.
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UAlbany Institute Leads Discussion to Advance Climate Adaptation Across New York
Leaders from the University at Albany’s Institute for Transformational and Ecosystem-based Climate Adaptation (ITECA) and New York State Adaptation Practitioners Network co-hosted a fall convening in Albany.
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Junior Earns Obama-Chesky Scholarship for Public Service
UAlbany Junior Parmesh Thakoordial was recently named a recipient of the Obama-Chesky Scholarship for Public Service, a prestigious national program created by former President Barack Obama, Michelle Obama and Airbnb co-founder Brian Chesky to support students committed to careers in the public sphere.
Avery Lipman (left) and Monte Lipman (right) speak at lecturn behind sign at the unveiling of the music hall named in their honor
UAlbany Hits a High Note with Gift of Music from Republic Records Founders
Alumni Monte Lipman ’86 and Avery Lipman ’88 — the groundbreaking brothers who founded Republic Records, a division of Universal Music Group, the world’s leading music company — have established an endowment at UAlbany that will bring programs and performances to the Campus Center’s auditorium, newly renamed the Monte Lipman ’86 and Avery Lipman ’88 Republic Records Music Hall.
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Theatre Program Starts 2025-26 Season with a Red Letter Play
UAlbany's Theatre Program opens its 2025–26 season with In the Blood, a contemporary drama by Pulitzer Prize–winning playwright Suzan-Lori Parks. The production features UAlbany student actors directed by Visiting Assistant Professor Shaun Patrick Tubbs. Student designers, guided by Theatre faculty, will bring the play to life in the Performing Arts Center’s Lab Theatre.
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UAlbany Launches New Program for Spanish/English Bilingualism
UAlbany’s Department of Languages, Literatures and Cultures has launched a new Spanish/English Bilingualism Certificate of Achievement, giving undergraduate students across all majors the opportunity to formally recognize their language skills and expand their career potential in our increasingly interconnected world.
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Four Faculty Members Tapped for 'Pathbreaking Research' Talks
The presentations, covering topics ranging from health communication to the aviation industry's impact on climate, will take place on Oct. 31 from 10 a.m. to noon at ETEC as part of Day 5 of Research & Entrepreneurship Week 2025: Celebrating Research from Innovation to Impact.