News Center Archive

The image is of four UAlbany scientists. Two women and a man are seated, wearing white lab coats. The man is holding a laptop showing a colorful readout of genetic sequences. One of the women is wearing blue protective gloves and is holding a petri dish containing a red growing medium and bacteria, held under a glass protective hood. Other lab supplies including petri dishes, test tubes in a blue rack and a red container labeled biohazard are on the lab bench in the background, beneath the glass hood.
Study: UAlbany Researchers Identify New Driver of Antimicrobial Resistance
UAlbany researchers have identified a genetic mechanism that allows antimicrobial resistance to spread among the bacterium Klebsiella pneumoniae — the third leading cause of blood infections globally.
Aerial image of the Chicago shoreline along Lake Michigan. The bottom third of the image shows city buildings with tree lined streets and two baseball diamonds. The top two-thirds of the image is aqua blue water, dotted with boats, two jetties and two fingers of land reaching out into the lake. One has an amusement park and Ferris wheel. The other has a mix of parkland and water purification infrastructure.
Study Explores Associations Between Access to Urban Blue and Green Spaces and Early-Stage Heart Disease
Living among nature and in close proximity to rivers were linked with better heart health; however, study results also show that environmental and social factors associated with inner-city living can outweigh benefits of park proximity for residents living in disadvantaged neighborhoods.
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Q&A: The Intersection of Mosquito-borne Disease and Climate Change
UAlbany’s Alexander T. Ciota and Oliver Timm share insights on the rise of mosquito-borne diseases, how climate change is affecting mosquito populations and recommendations on how to protect against mosquito-borne disease.
Headshot of Aiguo Dai wearing a blue button-down shirt.
Aiguo Dai Elected as Fellow of the American Geophysical Union
AGU Fellows are recognized for their scientific eminence, demonstrated through breakthroughs, discoveries or innovations that advance the Earth and space sciences.
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UAlbany Analysis Finds Mobile Phone Distractions Adversely Affect Learning in Young Adults
A new analysis by University at Albany researchers in the School of Education has found that young adults exposed to mobile technology distractions had worse learning outcomes in the classroom compared to those without distractions.
This image contains two photographs, one of each student. At left a young woman with long brown hair smiles, leaning against a railing, as she poses for a portrait in a light filled atrium. At right, a young woman with long dark brown hair points to a poster, speaking to a woman in a lavender blazer.
Summer Spotlight: UAlbany Undergrads Study Myotonic Dystrophy, Breast Cancer
Alongside researchers in the RNA Institute and the Cancer Research Center, Sanjida Ahmed and Sakthi Muthukrishnan spent their summers inside the lab, wielding pipettes and advanced analytical equipment to further our understanding of important disease processes with the goal to inform new therapeutics and improve lives.
UAlbany Environmental and Sustainable Engineering Professor and Chair Yanna Liang stands in her lab in a white lab coat with many containers in the foreground.
UAlbany-led Team Receives $1.6M from EPA to Study PFAS in Soil
A research team led by the University at Albany’s College of Nanotechnology, Science, and Engineering has been awarded $1.6 million from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to more fully understand how so-called forever chemicals infiltrate soils and how to prevent that potentially harmful contamination from entering the food supply.