College of Arts and Sciences News Archive

Climate adaptation practitioners and students take a group photo at the Radix Center in Albany.
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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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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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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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.
Computer rendering of a metal-organic framework. The image features a lattice of brown rods and blue nodes, arranged in a 3D crosshair pattern. In the center is a shape made of green rods and green nodes in a cluster, trapped in a central square.
Nobel Explainer: UAlbany Chemist Jeremy Feldblyum on Metal-Organic Frameworks
UAlbany's Jeremy Feldblyum is an expert in metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) — versatile molecular materials that can be used to harvest water from the air, capture CO2, store toxic gases and catalyze chemical reactions — which were at the center of the 2025 Nobel Prize in Chemistry announced this week. Feldblyum shares insights on the importance of MOFs and the significance of this year's Nobel nod.
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UAlbany Alum Omar Yaghi ’85 Shares 2025 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
University at Albany alum Omar M. Yaghi (Chemistry, 1985) has been awarded the 2025 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, sharing the honor with Susumu Kitagawa of Kyoto University and Richard Robson of the University of Melbourne.