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'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
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‘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.
Terri Givens.
2023 Annual Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration with special guest Terri Givens
Terri Givens, renowned political scientist, and thought leader is the author of Radical Empathy: Finding a Path to Bridging Racial Divides (paperback, 2022),
A photo of student flagbearers in graduation robes carrying various international flags onto the stage at Commencement.
UAlbany and TheDream.US Offer New Scholarships for New York Dreamers
Immigrant youth in New York now have access to a major new scholarship at the University at Albany thanks to a partnership between UAlbany and TheDream.US, the nation’s largest college and career success program for youth without permanent legal status.
ODI Observations: Resolutely Committed to Inclusivity
The University at Albany thrives on the diversity of the people, faiths and ideas that make our community vibrant. We unequivocally reject discrimination, racism, anti-Semitism and all other forms of hatred and bias, and we are committed to fostering a culture in which everyone is and feels welcome here every single day.