
UAlbany Students Compete in the 2025 MIT Reality Hack
MIT Realty Hack is one of the largest extended reality (XR) hackathons in the world.

5 Questions with Alex Greer: Improving the Home Buyout Process
Greer, an associate professor in the Department of Emergency Management and Homeland Security, has spent the past decade studying hazard adjustments and relocation decisions in the wake of weather and climate disasters.

$1.15 Million Endowment for Informatics Research Conference Honors Longtime Professor
The late Ben-Ami Lipetz devoted his career to advancing the study of information science—a legacy that will continue through a newly established $1.15 million endowment supporting an annual conference at the University at Albany.

UAlbany Partners to Bring Global Game Jam to Campus
Global Game Jam takes place at locations around the world, bringing together thousands of people of all skill levels and backgrounds to form teams and create original games.

CEHC Launches Revamped Undergraduate Cybersecurity Program
The program, which will be available to students starting in Fall 2025, will focus on the changing cybersecurity landscape, including the emergence of AI-powered threats.

PISCES Passes $25M in Funding While Working to Secure Global Trade
The Project on International Security, Commerce and Economic Statecraft (PISCES), originally founded to help prevent the proliferation of missiles and nuclear, biological and chemical weapons, has expanded into protecting a whole range of newer technologies from being misused.

UAlbany Researchers Make Top 2% Worldwide List
More than 40 researchers from the University at Albany have been ranked among the world’s top researchers, according to a Stanford University study published annually through Elsevier.

UAlbany Launches Major and Graduate Program in Game Design and Development
Student gamers at the University at Albany have two new academic programs to help turn their passion into a career.