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UAlbany PhD student Zhihua Chang presents on his technology at the SUNY Startup Summer School program.
S4 Provides Inspiration for Fledgling Entrepreneurs
UAlbany doctoral student Zhihua Chang participated in his second SUNY Startup Summer School (S4) program, which included four teams from UAlbany among the 2023 class.
A group of seven people stand in an auditorium dressed in business attire. One holds an engraved award and the projector screen behind them reads, "Presidents Awards for Exemplary Public Engagement 2023."
FLIP Program Receives Honorary Award for Distinguished Public Engagement
The Department of Geography and Planning, College of Arts and Sciences in partnership with the Capital District Region Planning Commission(CDRPC) was recognized with the 2023 Honorary Award for Distinguished Public Engagement for their Future Leaders in Planning (FLIP) Program at the President’s Award for Exemplary Public Engagement event on April 25, 2023.
Youqin Huang stands left in a black jacket and patterned scarf while accepting a certificate from UAlbany Provost Carol Kim, right, wearing a green blazer with a gold pin. They are smiling in front of a window with a view of campus buildings and grass.
Youqin Huang selected as Inaugural Fellow of Provost’s Leadership Academy
Congratulations to Professor Huang for being named one of ten Inaugural Fellows of Provost’s Leadership Academy in 2022-2023.
Side by side of Jonathon Little (left) and Rui Li (right)
NSF funding brings industry-integrated education to GIS curriculum
Through a recently-awarded National Science Foundation grant, Associate Professor Rui Li will join principal investigator Associate Professor Jonathon Little of SUNY Monroe Community College in Germany this summer, where the pair will visit two universities of applied sciences. The visit will allow Li and Little to bring geospatial industry-integrated training experiences to their specific GIS curriculum.
Skyline of Albany from across the Hudson River.
The City Authentic: A Q&A with David Banks
Banks, a lecturer in the Department of Geography, Planning, and Sustainability, shares a preview of his new book "The City Authentic: How the Attention Economy Builds Urban America.”
Youqin Huang, center, holds her certificate, with President Rodríguez, left and Provost Carol Kim, right.
Youqin Huang Named President's Excellence Award Winner
Select UAlbany faculty and staff were honored with the President’s Excellence Awards, which recognize dedication, service, and excellence beyond the call of duty in several categories. Congratulations to Department Chair Youqin Huang for receiving the President’s Excellence Award in Research and Creative Activities. Provost Carol Kim presented the awards after the president’s Spring University Address in the Campus Center West Auditorium.
Mitchell Givens Awarded Situation Prize for Research
The Center for Undergraduate Research and Creative Engagement has named Mitchell Givens, a student majoring in our Urban Studies and Planning program, as a recipient of the Situation Prize for Research – Community, Cause and Advocacy.
Four graduate students — the four finalists who presented at the live 3MT competition — stand with Vice Provost and Dean Kevin Williams in front of two banners, one featuring the Three Minute Thesis competition and the other advertising the Graduate School. A PowerPoint slide is in the background which says "and the winners are...".
The Graduate School Hosts 5th Annual Three Minute Thesis Competition
The Graduate School's 5th annual Three Minute Thesis competition featured student research on wide-ranging topics — from forest-saving forensics and a local invasive insect to social media hashtags and student mental health.