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Students, faculty and staff at CNSE gather to celebrate International Women's Day on Friday, March 7 at ETEC. (Photo by Patrick Dodson)
UAlbany Celebrates STEM for International Women's Day
The College of Nanotechnology, Science, and Engineering, along with the UAlbany chapter of the Society of Women Engineers hosted a celebration in honor of International Women's Day on Friday, March 7.
Sue Shanabrook, UAlbany alum will deliver the 11th Annual Bunshaft Lecture on Thursday, March 13, 2025 at ETEC.
Shanabrook to Deliver 11th Annual Bunshaft Lecture
University at Albany alum Sue Shanabrook will deliver the College of Nanotechnology, Science, and Engineering’s 11th Annual Bunshaft Lecture on Thursday, March 13, at 11 a.m. in ETEC 149/151. Registration is now available.
A young student show conducts an experiment inside of the ETEC research and development complex.
UAlbany Welcomes Capital Region Students for STEM and Earth Sciences Family Day
The University at Albany is welcoming students and their families from across the Capital Region on Sunday, March 30, for its first STEM and Earth Sciences Family Day.
A runner pushes a peron seated in a racing chair along a road with greenery in the background
UAlbany Freshman Part of Father-Son Duo Making Tokyo Marathon History
UAlbany freshman Shamus Evans and his father, Shaun Evans, are headed to Japan this weekend to compete in the Tokyo Marathon as one of the first duo teams ever selected to participate in the annual marathon event.
Jared Verse (8) was selected with the 19th pick in the 2024 NFL Draft. The former star player for the Great Danes was named the AP NFL Defensive Rookie of the Year. (Photo by Brevin Tonsell/L.A. Rams, used by permission)
Former UAlbany Star Verse Named NFL AP Defensive Rookie of the Year
NFL linebacker Jared Verse, who got his collegiate football start as a member of the UAlbany Great Danes, has been named as the Associated Press NFL Defensive Rookie of the Year.
University at Albany Department of Nanoscale Science & Engineering Professor Mengbing Huang and doctoral student Sahyadri Anil Patil demonstrate a reliable ion implantation cladding method for sapphire optics fiber.
CNSE Researcher Explores Using Sapphires for Fiber Optics Sensing
CNSE research Mengbing Huang is exploring new technologies for fiber optics sensing in harsh environments. Utilizing single-crystal sapphire fibers, Huang is exploring the development of optic sensors that could provide a solution for optic sensing in extremely harsh environments, such as in nuclear reactors or aerospace rockets.
A man in a head-to-toe white cleanroom suit holds a silicon wafer while standing in front of a large metal-clad laboratory tool.
New Tool Takes UAlbany Chip Research to the Atomic Level
The system is manufactured by U.K.-based Oxford Instruments Plasma Technology and is one of three new Oxford Instruments semiconductor fabrication tools coming to the CNSE lab located at the NY CREATES Albany NanoTech Complex.
The inaugural class of the Semiconductor and Microelectronics Leadership program at UAlbany tour the Albany NanoTech complex. (Photo by Brian Busher)
UAlbany Launches New Semiconductor and Microelectronics Scholarship Program
UAlbany's new Semiconductor and Microelectronics Leadership Program provides scholarships of $5,000 to exceptional high school or transfer students interested in the semiconductor and microelectronics programs at the College of Nanotechnology, Science, and Engineering.