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Alejandro Mundo, a high school science educator and doctoral student in UAlbany’s School of Education, was selected to participate in NASA’s LiftOff Summer Institute, a weeklong professional development training for teachers interested in space science.

The latest developments on University at Albany faculty and staff who are receiving research grants, awards and other noteworthy attention.

Even when classes are not in session, UAlbany students find ways to gain valuable experience through a variety of summer internships, research, volunteer, and other applied learning opportunities.

The Capital District Writing Project, a local site of the National Writing Project based at UAlbany that works to enhance the teaching of writing in local schools, is celebrating its 20th anniversary this year with the launch of a permanent art exhibition and book commemorating its recent Freedom Dreaming for Educational Justice initiative.

The latest developments on University at Albany faculty and staff who are receiving research grants, awards and other noteworthy attention.

Brett Levy, an associate professor in the University at Albany’s School of Education, has been selected to receive a 2024 Andrew Carnegie Fellowship from the Carnegie Corporation of New York to study strategies to reduce political polarization in the U.S.

UAlbany held its second annual Showcase Day, which celebrates academic excellence, on Tuesday, April 30, 2024. The day-long event featured poster fairs, performances, discussions, demonstrations and exhibitions that reflected new and original exploration of topics in STEM, arts and humanities, social sciences and the professions.

Spend the day at the University’s second annual Showcase all around the Uptown Campus, including the Lecture Centers, Campus Center, libraries, University Art Museum, ETEC, the Performing Arts Center and podium academic buildings.