Graduate School News

Collage of images featuring the five students who will be leading conversations as part of the School of Social Welfare's Showcase program.
Showcase 2023: Sparking Social Justice Dialogue
School of Social Welfare to Host Interactive Conversations on Key Social Justice Topics
Rabi Musah smiles inside her lab space on campus.
Hemp or Marijuana? Forensic Chemist Receives Federal Funding for Rapid Test
The U.S. Department of Justice is supporting the Musah Lab with a $401,988 grant to develop and validate the test through December 2024.
A living quarters for researchers in the Antarctic snow.
Doctoral Student Shares Her Adventures as an Antarctic Researcher
Amanda Andreas is living proof that a career in public health can take you on fascinating adventures. Her work as a doctoral student in the Department of Environmental Health Sciences has taken her all the way to Antarctica and back—twice.
Three people - two standing and speaking to each other, one sitting at a computer wearing a headset - are pictured indoors in a healthcare setting.
UAlbany School of Public Health Launches New Degree Programs in Nursing
Coming Fall 2023: Bachelor of Science in Nursing & Master of Science in Population Health Nursing
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.
A woman in a navy jumpsuit has an arm extended as she swipes pink paint onto a large canvas frame covered in pink, orange and red paint.
Showcase 2023: MFA Students’ Art Blends Intuition, Listening and Play
Kelsey Renko and John DeSousa, graduate students in the University at Albany’s Master of Fine Arts program, are in the final year of their MFA program and gearing up to display their Thesis Exhibition at UAlbany’s inaugural Showcase Day on April 27.
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.