Student Success News

Meet Talia Klippel ‘26 and Natalia Zehner ‘26, two transfer students who worked in the President's Office this year as part of the new President’s Fellowship Program. Launched last fall, the program provides undergraduate transfer students with mentoring, networking and professional development experience while working in the President’s Office.

The UAlbany club wrestling team sent 11 wrestlers to the national tournament in Shreveport, La., with six members of the team earning scholar All-American honors. The event, the National Collegiate Wrestling Championships, is the highest competition for collegiate club wrestling in the United States.

MIT Realty Hack is one of the largest extended reality (XR) hackathons in the world.

University at Albany students are being paired with local newsrooms as part of a new initiative to address news deserts by providing under-resourced local news outlets with additional college student-produced content.

First place in the 2024 Holiday Card Design Contest went to graduate student Aliyah Meléndez for her design featuring a group of students and a restful Damien enjoying a fresh snowfall in front of the podium with the historic carillon in the background.

This year marks the 50th anniversary of the State University of New York’s Student Assembly (SUNY SA), a group of representative students who advocate for the interests of their campuses.

Thanks to funding through the John J. Sullivan Professional Development Award, doctoral students Maria Belen Paredes-Espinosa, Shadi Omranpour, Ezra Pasikatan and Jeelka Solanki have been able to take part in prestigious conferences that further their research and scholarship.

UAlbany MPH student Tristan Sharratt, a Fellow in the NYS Fellowship in Applied Public Health program, has a keen interest in rural health, with ongoing research focused on Amish and Plain Anabaptist communities