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UAlbany students and Special Olympics athletes gather in front of a goal at Dutch Turf during a soccer league game.
UAlbany, Special Olympics New York Team Up to Advance Campus Inclusivity
A partnership between the Special Olympics Club, Office of Campus Recreation and Special Olympics New York is growing through unified programming.
SAGES researchers gather in the Life Science Research Building courtyard. Left to right, Hyun Kwon, Swita Vangaveti, Haruka Takayama, President Rodríguez, Provost Kim, Aubrey Hillman, Cecilia Levy and Betty Lin. Not pictured: Cuicui Chen (Photo by Patrick Dodson)
Project to Improve Gender Equity in STEM Makes Strides in First Year
UAlbany’s project to recruit and retain women and women of color in the STEM fields has already resulted in nearly a dozen grants, awards and funding for postdoc visits – all in the first year.
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Actor and Author Sonia Manzano Will Appear this Spring in the Creative Life Series
Best known for playing Maria on Sesame Street for nearly five decades, Manzano is also the author of children's books, young adult fiction, TV scripts and a memoir.
A soman wearing a headscarf, face mask and glasses along with graduation robes holds a circular sticker that says 1st generation graduate.
UAlbany Recognized for Support of First-Gen Students
The University received designation as a First-gen Forward institution from NASPA – Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education, and the Center for First-generation Student Success.
Small insert of a smiling Janell Hobson in the corner of an illustration of Harriet Tubman with the words "Tubman200" and "200 years ago, a child was born into chattle slavery. She grew up to become a liberator."
Professor’s Research of Harriet Tubman’s Life and Legacy Spurs Bicentennial Project in Ms.
Janell Hobson was the editor and wrote the introduction to Tubman 200: The Harriet Tubman Bicentennial Project, a month-long commemoration through Ms. magazine, in print and an interactive online site.
CEHC Benjamin Yankson holds a robot at the new ETEC building.
Cybersecurity Professor Inspires Ghanaian Students to Pursue Their Dreams
CEHC's Benjamin Yankson is leading Global CyberTech Exchange, a fully volunteer operation where experts, teachers, community members and students from around the world exchange technology and cyber knowledge and expertise to improve global security posture. 
A smiling woman with curly brown hair holds a book "integrety: the courage to meet the demads of reality" by Dr. Henry Cloud. Next to her is the EOP logo
Meet UAlbany’s New EOP Director, Melissa Cedeño
Cedeño has been a teacher, principal, school founder and advocate for education reform for the past 25 years.
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Interdisciplinary Team Suggests Ways to Address Pandemic Telemental Health Disparities
An interdisciplinary team spanning the School of Public Health, the School of Social Welfare and the College of Arts & Sciences found there is a lack of research guiding telemental healthcare for pandemic relief, combined with an inadequate ability for the system to address telemental health disparities.