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Changing Lives: Faculty Honored by Their Students for Teaching, Mentoring
Faculty and staff who have made a marked impact on students’ lives were honored last week at the Academic Innovator Awards ceremony.
Stephen Gravereaux meets with his mentor Sheikh Islam at the Cognitive-Security, Accountability, Fairness and Explainability (CAFE) Lab,
Showcase 2026: Cyber Student Explores Smartwatch Security Risks
Stephen Gravereaux, a senior cybersecurity major at the University at Albany, has spent the last year studying smartwatch security vulnerabilities and exploring innovative methods to reduce risk for users.
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Creativity Meets Code: UAlbany Students Develop New Apps at Hackathon
Ten UAlbany students took part in the MIT Reality Hack, a competitive technology hackathon held earlier this year, and half of them were on were on winning teams.
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U.S. News & World Report 2026 Rankings Highlight UAlbany Graduate Programs
The newly released 2026 Best Graduate School rankings by U.S. News & World Report continue to highlight the University at Albany’s strength across a range of disciplines, reflecting the University’s commitment to academic excellence, research and student success.
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UAlbany Partners with LogicalNet to Host Cybersecurity Webinar Series
The webinar series will cover a range of timely topics, including how to guard against common scams and hacking attempts, secure smart devices such as Wi-Fi cameras and office equipment, and understand how cyber insurance can provide protection if something goes wrong.
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UAlbany Launches Cybersecurity Clinic for Local Businesses with Support from Spencer Educational Foundation
With the risk of cyber threats on the rise, the University at Albany is offering a new lifeline to help Capital Region businesses fight back.
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DeeDee Bennett Gayle Named Recipient of Dr. Hazel Dukes Fellowship
The Dr. Hazel Dukes Fellowship honors the legacy of Hazel N. Dukes, a pioneering civil rights advocate and longtime leader of the NAACP who advanced racial equity, voting rights, educational access and economic justice across New York and the nation.
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UAlbany, UConn Researchers Launch Initiative to Improve Power Outage Predictions and Grid Resilience
The initiative, called the North American Forecasting Weather, Outage, Load & Damage Initiative, will create a scalable outage-prediction model to forecast system failures across the United States and Canada.