News Center Archive

President Rodríguez is seen seated in the left of the frame, speaking to a seated man who appears as a blurry image in the right
President outlines brighter financial future in his Spring Address
After a challenging year dominated by the COVID-19 pandemic, this year’s Spring University Address offered hope on the horizon, including a better than expected financial picture, and new investments in EOP and the climate Center of Excellence.
Mitch Aso stands in the right of the photo holding his infant daughter in a baby sling on his chest, with a wooded scene in the background
5 Questions with Faculty: Michitake Aso
Mitch Aso of History will be teaching a new course this fall that studies the past to help understand current challenges — in this case, the global COVID-19 pandemic.
UAlbany students celebrate around purple & gold confetti.
Excitement Grows for Return of In-Person Commencement for Classes of 2020 & 2021
We caught up with two new graduates, one from the Class of 2020 and one from the Class of 2021, to ask about their commencement plans and experiences at UAlbany.
Paul Miesing teaching early in his career
UAlbany Honors Dedicated Employees
Last Friday, the University honored more than 100 employees who reached 25, 30, 35, 40, 45, 50 or 60 years of service between July 1, 2019 and Sept. 1, 2020.
RNA Institute Summer Program Local High Schooler Advances to International Science Competition
One of the youngest members of the RNA Institute's 2020 Summer Bioinformatics program, high school senior Cristina DeMeo, put the skills she learned to highly mature scientific use, creating an award-winning project on the most common form of motor neuron disease, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS).
Professor Sanjay Goal gestures toward a whiteboard covered with diagrams while talking to two students seated at a table filled with computers.
Study looks at how businesses cope with “COVID fatigue”
A Massry School of Business study, funded by the U.S. Economic Development Administration, finds changing attitudes to the COVID-19 pandemic can result in risky behavior, and suggests ways businesses can manage and aid employees.
Amir Masoumzadeh and Shaghayegh (Sherry) Sahebi
CEAS Faculty Garner CAREER Awards for Advancing Online Education and Cybersecurity
At UAlbany’s College of Engineering and Applied Sciences (CEAS), two faculty members have joined the esteemed ranks of CAREER Award winners, as they lead projects aimed at improving and securing online learning environments: Assistant professors of Computer Science Amirreza Masoumzadeh and Shaghayegh (Sherry) Sahebi. With their respective grants, CEAS now has seen eight faculty members receive CAREER awards, including researchers in Computer Science and Electrical and Computer Engineering.