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UAlbany’s Great Dane Dialogue Returns, Exploring Civil Discourse and Civic Engagement
The University at Albany is bringing back the Great Dane Dialogue, the campus-wide initiative promotes civil discourse, strengthens civic engagement and equips students with the skills to navigate disagreement with empathy, respect and purpose.
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UAlbany Launches Environmental Studies Major, Climate Science Graduate Programs
The University at Albany is offering new academic programs that will help shape future leaders to address the world’s evolving climate and environmental challenges.
UAlbany students wearing purple hats and yellow shirts plant a tree on South Pearl Street.
UAlbany Students Plant Trees Along South Pearl Street in Albany
Over the summer, UAlbany students prepared and planted more than 200 urban trees, including many along South Pearl Street in Albany.
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Anderson Weaves Memory, Meaning Through 'Black Excellence'
The University Art Museum is opening its fall season with the largest solo exhibition to date by artist Noel W. Anderson, Black Excellence. The show, which runs from now through April 3, 2026, brings together more than 35 works — tapestries, video and works on paper — that challenge viewers to reconsider history, identity and the stories embedded in images.
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Engagement Ring: A 'Game Changer' for Improving Emergency Preparedness and Response
Engagement Ring Podcast with DeeDee Bennett Gayle
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History Lecturer Lenart Named Fulbright U.S. Scholar for 2025-26
UAlbany History Lecturer Camelia Lenart will spend the spring of 2026 at the University of Bucharest, where she will teach a course she designed, "Art, Music and History in Europe: A Multimedia Approach," as well as launch a history club and a symposium on Romanian-American cultural exchange.
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Undergrad Research Project Develops Haptics to Assist the Visually Impaired
UAlbany students developed wearable haptic devices that provide navigation assistance to the visually impaired as part of the College of Nanotechnology, Science, and Engineering’s 10-week Summer Undergraduate Research Program.