UAlbany Recognized for Innovation & Economic Prosperity
In recognition of its strong commitment to economic engagement, the University at Albany has been designated an Innovation & Economic Prosperity University by the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU).
UAlbany Awarded $2.5M Grant to Pioneer STEM Success Programs
The prestigious five-year grant from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute's Driving Change program will strengthen academic supports and focus on developing more inclusive approaches to teaching in STEM disciplines, efforts that have been shown to disproportionately benefit students from underrepresented backgrounds.
Eureka! Program Powers Girls to Succeed in STEM Fields
A nationally recognized endeavor by Girls Inc. that provides hands-on opportunities in STEM, the Capital Region Girls Inc. Eureka! program has 57 girls from a number of different schools attending UAlbany this summer to learn about atmospheric and environmental sciences, mathematics and statistics, physics, psychology, women’s studies, geography and planning, chemistry, ChoreoPhysics and biology.
ETEC Workshop Prepares Next Generation of Atmospheric Scientists for Industry Careers
The National Science Foundation-sponsored workshop included faculty from around 30 universities and 25 representatives from large private sector companies.
Albany AI: Transforming the Academic Landscape
With the goal of becoming the first university-based computer to reach a quintillion computations per second, Albany AI will empower university and industry researchers to harness massive data sets to better understand how to automate complex operations, and create teaching and research collaborations with faculty in all disciplines.
UAlbany Engineering Building to Anchor New Artificial Intelligence Supercomputing Initiative
The University at Albany today began a new era of teaching and research with the launch of Albany AI, a $200 million public-private supercomputing initiative based out of UAlbany’s soon-to-be-renovated College of Engineering and Applied Sciences building. Buoyed by $75 million in state funding to complete the transformation of the former Albany High School into a state-of-the-art engineering college and fund the construction of a supercomputer, the Albany Artificial Intelligence Supercomputing Initiative (Albany AI) will significantly expand New York’s capacity in this major emerging field.
FBI Collegiate Academy Provides Hands-On Experience for UAlbany Students
The students participated in a series of experiential learning programs that touched on areas including human trafficking, gang violence, cybersecurity topics and domestic and international terrorism.
New York Budget Boosts UAlbany’s Center of Excellence Funding to $1 Million
The increased funding will be used to help New Yorkers tackle increasingly extreme weather events.