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Seven University at Albany faculty and staff members have received a Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program award to conduct research and teach in their respective fields across Europe, South America, Central America and Asia during the 2023-2024 academic year.

The latest developments on University at Albany faculty and staff who are receiving research grants, awards and other noteworthy attention.

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.

The work of four PhD students in the Department of Latin American, Caribbean, and US Latina/o Studies (LACS) at the University at Albany is being supported by a new federal grant program aimed at offsetting the impacts of the pandemic and uplifting the humanities.

“Rethinking the Mobilities of Migrant Children and Youth across the Americas." - Thursday, October 6 & Friday, October 7, 2022.

LACS is delighted to announce the Latin American, Caribbean, Latina/o Knowledge Production Support project, which will offer dissertation writing stipends to three advanced PhD candidates. The project will make possible a variety of departmental programming during the 2022-2023 academic year.

For the first time, a study explores the dynamics of immigration enforcement that shape children's lives over time. Led by Joanna Dreby of Sociology and two UAlbany colleagues, the research is published in the Journal of Marriage and Family.

Latin American, Caribbean, and US Latino Studies Professor and Chair Alejandra Bronfman curates "The best books on sound and why you should care about it" on Shepherd.com.