News Center Archive

UAlbany weather camp students and faculty leaders sit on rocks atop the Whiteface Mountain summit..
UAlbany Weather Camp Introduces Atmospheric Sciences to Future Scholars
The Weather, Climate and Chemistry Camp introduces high school students to the fundamentals of atmospheric science.
Six smiling UAlbany students in matching olive T-shirts are seated around a craft table as they pose for a picture.
L-LC Students Kick off New Semester with Annual Day of Service
More than 250 first-year students volunteered their time last weekend to assist local organizations as part of an annual Day of Service hosted by the university's Living-Learning Communities.
A round "New York State VOTED" sticker is seen on a student's sweatshirt, which partially shows the words "Univerisity at Albany Presidential Honot Society: Scholarship, Leadership"
UAlbany Recognized Among Best Colleges for Student Voting
The University was honored for its consistent and transparent commitment to increasing voting among students.
Image of a dental cleaning: A woman with dark brown hair wearing dark-rimmed glasses with magnifying attachments, wearing a paper face mask and latex gloves, cleans the teeth of a reclining person in the foreground using metal dental tools.
Studying the Shape of Gum Disease: $2.3 Million Grant Aids Research into New Bacterial Target for Dental Treatments
University at Albany scientists in the departments of biology and mathematics are using RNA sequencing to study the role of dental plaque in the progression of periodontal disease.
A close-up image of a yellow school bus with a rain-streaked windshield surrounded by other buses.
School of Ed Research Reveals Strategies to Retain School Bus Drivers
Amid a growing shortage of school bus drivers nationwide, new research out of the University at Albany’s Department of Educational Policy & Leadership explores what it would take to keep existing drivers in their jobs for the long haul.
Michael Vadney, smiling, sits at his computer desk in his office
Keeping the Campus Humming: A Q&A with Michael Vadney
Some 425 physical plant workers — including carpenters, plumbers, electricians, mechanics, painters, masons, grounds crew and custodians — are charged with maintaining UAlbany's 500-acre campus. Interim Director of Physical Plant Michael Vadney tells us what that's like.
Illustration depicts mammals that have roamed Southern California both past and present. Animals that appear in color are alive today. Animals that appear in black and white have gone extinct.
Study Reveals How Prehistoric Humans Simplified the World’s Food Webs
Research conducted with the help of a University at Albany anthropologist has revealed the cascading effects that humans have had on mammal declines and their food webs over the last 130,000 years, a new study in the journal Science shows.