College of Arts and Sciences News Archive

Rabi Musah and Allix Coon stand together in a chemistry lab.
UAlbany Chemists Developing New Technique to Help Fight Illegal Logging
The chemists have founded a start-up company that is focused on developing the technique and bringing it to market.
A woman with shoulder-length silver-brown wearing a pink crochet sweater smiles for a portrait against a gray backdrop.
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.
Portrait of Scott Tenenbaum, who is wearing clear-rimmed glasses, a dark brown blazer and tan turtleneck sweater. Tenenbaum is smiling, standing in front of a wall of glass windows.
UAlbany Scientist Receives Funding to Commercialize Molecular Tool Against Alzheimer’s Disease
New small business technology transfer award supports UAlbany spinoff Company sxRNA Technologies Inc.
A group of 16 members of STEM NOW pose, all smiling, for a group photo in a classroom at UAlbany. The group is posed in front of a white board and they are arranged in two rows. The front row is kneeling on the carpet, which is gray. All are wearing white name tags.
STEM NOW: Student Group Invites New Members to Promote Gender Equality in STEM
A new student org at UAlbany invites members to build community and promote gender equality in STEM
The image features two portraits side by side: Hannah Shorrock at left and Andy Berglund at right. Hannah, who has long brown hair, is wearing round glasses and a dark green plaid shirt. Andy is wearing a button down shirt with a pale blue and red checkered pattern. Both are smiling.
Researchers Awarded More Than $2.9 Million to Explore Treatments for Spinocerebellar Ataxias
Findings could inform new therapeutic approaches for a range of repeat expansion diseases, including rare and understudied conditions
Professor of Mathematics Kehe Zhu stands next to an equation on a whiteboard.
Professor Kehe Zhu Becomes UAlbany's First AMS Fellow
Professor of Mathematics Kehe Zhu has been named fellow of the American Mathematical Society, the first ever professor at the University at Albany to receive the distinction. The honor recognizes members who have made “outstanding contributions to the creation, exposition, advancement, communication, and utilization of mathematics.”
The image includes five individual portraits of the winners: Melissa Tracy (woman with straight dark hair, gray dress), Stephanie Hassan Richardson (woman with long brown dreadlocks, black and white patterned top, beaded hoop earrings), Tammy Ellis-Robinson (woman with curly dark hair pulled back, black top, bright red scarf), Camelia Lenart (woman with short dark hair, striped top, fuchsia blazer), and Leandra Harris (woman with short black twists, black top, silver beaded necklace, hoop earrings).
ODI Announces UAlbany's 2023-24 Diversity Transformation Award Winners
Projects funded in this award cycle aim to unite student dancers through hip-hop, explore intersectional research methods, cultivate inclusive spaces, celebrate UAlbany’s self-reliant scholars and connect current and prospective educators of color.
Nick Bassill points to a roadway weather risk assessment map during a visit to the xCITE Lab with Gov. Kathy Hochul and Al Roker of the TODAY Show.
UAlbany Partners with New York State on Weather Risk Communication Center
The first-of-its-kind center will strengthen New York’s decision-making before, during and after severe weather through an annual $1.5 million investment.