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UAlbany celebrated the official opening of the Thrive Hub in the Campus Center Tuesday with a ribbon-cutting ceremony to a packed house of students, faculty and staff.

The funding for the Innovation Lab was included in the recent Commerce, Justice, and Science spending bill approved by Congress thanks to the support of U.S. Sen. Chuck Schumer, U.S. Sen Kirsten Gillibrand and U.S. Rep. Paul Tonko. It will be use toward new tools that help researchers measure the characteristics of new nanoscale devices and materials, as well as equipment used for packaging, the process by which the 200mm silicon wafers are turned into individual computer chips.

Jason Corace recently spoke with WTEN’s Anthony Krolikowski on “Bits & Boards,” a podcast focused on the Capital Region gaming scene, about his vision for the programs.

Marck Jeanty, a 2025 graduate of Spring Valley High School, is pursuing a degree in cybersecurity in UAlbany’s College of Emergency Preparedness, Homeland Security and Cybersecurity. He traces his interest in the field to a high school cyber club, where he first learned to build websites and defend against basic attacks.

What causes the loud cracking noises that trees sometimes make in extremely cold weather? Andrei Lapenas, a professor in the Department of Geography, Planning & Sustainability, explains this phenomenon.

The University at Albany will partner with SUNY Oneonta, SUNY Cobleskill and Hudson Valley Community College to strengthen AI teaching and research across the region as part of new Empire AI campus partnerships.

A new study from the University at Albany shows that artificial intelligence systems may organize information in far more intricate ways than previously thought. The study, “Exploring the Stratified Space Structure of an RL Game with the Volume Growth Transform,” has been published online through arXiv.