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UAlbany’s Africana Studies Event to Highlight Black Women in NYS History
The Department of Africana Studies at the University at Albany will co-sponsor an event Tuesday with the New York State Commission on African American History highlighting Black women and their contributions to democracy and society in honor of Women’s History Month.
CEHC's Jennifer Goodall helps Women in Technology freshman seminar class assemble projects at ETEC.
CEHC Hosts International Women’s Day Celebration
In the spirit of Women’s History Month, CEHC is hosting a day of events that celebrate diversity in the workplace.
UAlbany's School of Social Welfare building on the Downtown Campus. The building is red brick, with three sets of purple and gold UAlbany flags mounted on the side. Each set of flags has the Minerva logo on top. Then below, one flag says School of Social Welfare; the other two say School of Criminal Justice.
School of Social Welfare Students Support Locals Experiencing Housing Insecurity
University at Albany Master of Social Work students are partnering with local organizations to serve homeless individuals in the Capital Region.
A woman speaks from a podium near a screen with a projected agenda on it. The backs of heads of the audience, seated at round tables, is seen in the foreground.
'UndocuAlly' Trainings Share Tools for Supporting Students Regardless of Immigration Status
Faculty, staff, students and University leadership learned about mixed status families, asylum seekers, refugees, DACA recipients, and students who could be a pathway to permanent resident status or fearful of deportation.
Dina Refki
SUNY Chancellor Appoints Dina Refki to Head Immigration Institute
The new institute will provide research for policy proposals to help immigrants transition to community life, education and the workforce.
Six headshots of UAlbany student leaders. Clockwise from top left are August, Deborah Hoyte, Sariyah Lewis, Taylor Jordan, Andrew Thomas and Kynesha Milwood
Student Leaders Share Their Thoughts on Black History Month
A photo essay by Tayana Romulus
A smiling woman with curly brown hair, silver earings and a beaded necklace
‘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.
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.