College of Arts and Sciences News Archive

Skyline of Albany from across the Hudson River.
The City Authentic: A Q&A with David Banks
Banks, a lecturer in the Department of Geography, Planning, and Sustainability, shares a preview of his new book "The City Authentic: How the Attention Economy Builds Urban America.”
side-by-side photos of Michelle Dong and Teresa Mejia
Sophomore, Doctoral Student Among Winners of New State Scholarship for Mental Health Professionals
Two UAlbany students are among the first recipients of a new $4 million state scholarship program designed to support underrepresented students working on degrees in the mental health field.
Large storm waves engulf a pier in Ventura County, Calif.
Atmospheric Rivers Bring Historic Rainfall to California: A Q&A with Ryan Torn
These storm systems produce deadly flooding, mudslides, severe thunderstorms and tornadoes, costing an average of $1.1 billion in damage annually on the West Coast of the U.S.
Olivia Dirla and Magnolia Roosa, from UAlbany's Office of Sustainability, demonstrate maple tree tapping for students at Dutch Quad.
Spring Sweets: Students Tap Maple Trees on Campus, Make and Share Maple Syrup
This is the first year that the Office of Sustainability is tapping maple trees on campus. 
Winners of the President's Excellence Award for Research and Creative Activities pos, holding their certificates, with the President
2023 President’s Excellence Awards winners named
Faculty and staff were honored for outstanding work in research, teaching and service to the University.
A student sits at a computer terminal with multiple screens and dials in a physics lab.
UAlbany Launches Master’s Program in Computational Physics
The University at Albany is launching a master’s degree in computational physics to train future physicists, engineers and computer hardware and software designers to harness the power of numerical solutions of complex physical problems.
Rabi Musah smiles inside her lab space on campus.
Hemp or Marijuana? Forensic Chemist Receives Federal Funding for Rapid Test
The U.S. Department of Justice is supporting the Musah Lab with a $401,988 grant to develop and validate the test through December 2024.
An older man with silver hair is seated in a chair next to a younger man with black hair and glasses, who sits on a couch nearby consulting a handful of papers and looking at a laptop. They are gathered around a table with a pitcher of water and other beverages.
UAlbany Professor’s Book Details Secret Weapons Program that Helped Build Modern Korea
In a new book out early next year, "Cornerstone of the Nation: The Defense Industry and the Building of Modern Korea under Park Chung Hee," UAlbany Professor Peter Kwon provides the first historical account of how Park’s secret program to build an independent defense industry spurred rapid militarization, industrialization and economic growth, and set the stage for South Korea to become the global economic powerhouse we know today.