College of Arts and Sciences News Archive

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Noteworthy: Research grants, awards and publications
The latest on University at Albany faculty and staff receiving research grants, awards and other noteworthy attention.
Congressman Paul Tonko tours the RNA Institute alongside members of UAlbany leadership. In this image, nine people are proceeding down a hall in the RNA Institute, among the labs. The group is led by Paul Tonko on the left and guest speaker Jennifer Rittner is being pushed in a wheelchair on the right. UAlbany President Havidán Rodríguez and RNA Institute Director Andy Berglund are in conversation behind them.
Congressman Paul Tonko Visits UAlbany to Celebrate the HEART Act
The new legislation will help accelerate treatments for rare and ultra-rare diseases
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‘Radical Empathy’ author Terri Givens to speak at annual MLK celebration
Givens's visit includes a discussion with students whose coursework includes her book and a Q&A after her talk at the evening event, which will remarks from President Rodríguez and a poem written and recited by 9-year-old Kayden Hern, who spoke at Gov. Hochul's inauguration in January.
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UAlbany Professor Appears on Panel to Discuss Threats to Religious Freedom in Ukraine
A University at Albany history professor and expert on Russia and Ukraine recently spoke on a panel about the growing threat to religious freedom in Ukraine under occupying Russian forces.
Winners of this year’s Diversity Transformation Awards are, clockwise from left: Elizabeth Vasquéz and Carmen Serrano, Jennifer Goodall, Elizabeth Jach, Nurat Affinnih, Zakhar Berkovich and Tassiana Maura de Oliveira.
Office of Diversity and Inclusion Announces 2023 Diversity Transformation Award Winners
The Office of Diversity and Inclusion (ODI) has announced the winners of the 2023 Diversity Transformation Awards. Among this year’s recipients are projects aiming to support UAlbany’s BILPOC faculty, undocumented students and members of the LGBTQ+ community, as well as efforts to increase presence of historically underrepresented groups in UAlbany curricula and STEM departments.
UAlbany student interns launch a weather balloon from the back parking lot of ETEC.
UAlbany Students Help National Weather Service Balloons Take Flight
The skies above our region are being closely watched — thanks in large part to UAlbany student researchers.
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Noteworthy: Research grants, awards and publications
The latest on University at Albany faculty and staff receiving research grants, awards and other noteworthy attention.
SUNY Chancellor John B. King Jr. presents Arshad Arjunan Nair with the Graduate Dissertation Award at ETEC.
Atmospheric Science Researcher Wins SUNY Chancellor Distinguished PhD Graduate Dissertation Award
The award was created to recognize outstanding doctoral candidates in the SUNY system.