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Using a small metal instrument, a person wearing purple latex gloves arranges a tiny amount of a white substance in the center of a round silver platform attached to a piece of lab equipment.
New Analysis Tracks Rise of Dangerous Drug Adulterant and Public Health Response in New York State
As medetomidine emerged and spread through New York's illicit drug supply, public health agencies executed a data-driven response to alert the public, make health practitioners aware of the emergent substance, distribute test strips and ultimately save lives. Their efforts were analyzed and documented in a new study published in the New England Journal of Medicine Evidence.
Hurricane Florence is seen from outside the International Space Station.
UAlbany Atmospheric Scientist Discusses Hurricane Forecasting Ahead of 2026 Season
Brian Tang recently published an article in The Conversation that explores how hurricane forecasts have improved in recent decades and why those improvements should not be taken for granted.
A blurred man in the foreground wearing glasses and black gloves leans toward a black screen displaying electronically magnified computer circuitry.
President Rodríguez Lauds Federal Quantum Computing Investments
"This $1.3 billion federal investment in quantum computing innovation in the Capital Region once again proves what we’ve known for three decades: The road to the most powerful technologies of the future passes through Albany," Rodríguez said.
Members of CurrentView, led by CNSE's Omid Rajabi Shishvan, celebrate after winning top prize during the spring RISE Demo Day competition. (Photo by University Photo Service)
RISE Program Helps UAlbany Innovators Turn Ideas Into Impact
In just over a year, four groups of UAlbany researchers, students and Capital Region startups have moved through the Research & Innovators Startup Exchange (RISE), exploring what it takes to bring ideas beyond the lab and into the marketplace.
Students Weiming Lan and Micah Wang stand with professor Rui Li at the site of the Civil War memorial at Albany Rural Cemetary in Menands, N.Y.
Connecting Visitors with History at Albany Rural Cemetery
At Albany Rural Cemetery, where nearly two centuries of history stretch across 467 acres, two University at Albany students are putting interdisciplinary training into practice — developing mapping tools that help visitors navigate the past.
Smoke rises from a factory in China at the Yangtze River.
Nature Study: Researchers Use Methane ‘Fingerprints’ to Better Track Global Emissions
A new collaborative study published in Nature Communications used methane isotopologues to trace the origins of recent emissions and how they are changing around the world.
The SUNY logo and headshots of of five UAlbany faculty members
SUNY Elevates Five UAlbany Faculty Members to Rank of Distinguished Professor
The title ranks above full professor and is conferred by the SUNY board of trustees to faculty who have made significant contributions to research and scholarship in their respective fields, garnering national or international prominence.