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Engineering students at UAlbany work indoors on a rudimentary tensiometer device made of wood with a metallic gear at the top.
Engineering Students Take on Chemistry Challenge
Students in the College of Engineering and Applied Sciences recently took on the challenge of building force tensiometers – a device capable of accurately testing the strength properties of new materials – for the Department of Chemistry's new materials chemistry wing in ETEC.
Curling blue and brown strands of genetic riboswitches.
In Published Study, Chen Lab Elevates Understanding of Genetic Expression
An RNA Institute professor and his two lab mates aid in finding a key to how changes in RNA structure occur and switch genetic expression from ‘on’ to ‘off,’
side by side images of Igor Lednev and Meghan Cook
Faculty Members Honored for Exemplary Public Engagement
The award honors UAlbany people and programs that have made outstanding contributions to addressing a significant societal need and enhancing public well-being through publicly engaged research, teaching, creative activity and/or public service, and in collaboration with community partners.
Igor Lednev headshot at The RNA Institute.
Igor Lednev Named SUNY Distinguished Professor
Lednev, a professor in the Department of Chemistry, was elevated last month to Distinguished Professor, the highest academic rank in the State University of New York, conferred solely by the SUNY Board of Trustees.
Portrait of Tatyana Tarasevich, wearing black. Plants can be seen in the background.
Chemistry Student Competes for $100K U.S. Space Force Award
A Blackstone LaunchPad company created by a chemistry PhD student was selected as one of just two dozen nationwide eligible to compete for a $100,000 award funded by the U.S. Space Force.
18 people in business clothes stand with scissors, ready to cut a purple ribbon stretched in front of them with the word ETEC repeated on it
ETEC Opening Ceremony Celebrates New Center of Research and Innovation
An official ribbon cutting was held for UAlbany's new ETEC building.
UAlbany Professor of Environmental and Sustainable Engineering Yanna Liang stands in her lab in front of equipement as one of her researchers uses a pipette in the background.
UAlbany Innovators Flourish at SUNY Startup Summer School
Researchers from UAlbany recently took part in SUNY Startup Summer School, where they were able to pitch their technologies to successful entrepreneurs and executives for a chance to earn a Technology Accelerator Fund investment.
A view of ETEC's second floor lobby space with a large wood display of the Minerva logo.
A Look Inside ETEC as Faculty, Staff Move into New Offices
After eight years of planning and three years of construction, UAlbany’s $180 million, 245,000 square-foot ETEC complex is welcoming its first tenants.