News Center Archive

Angel Ford meets with a group of students inside a classroom on Pemba Island, Tanzania.
Empowering Teachers in Tanzania: 5 Questions with Angel Ford
Ford is in Zanzibar, Tanzania, working with K-12 teachers on Pemba Island to improve their learning environments and develop an English language curriculum.
Abby Greco stands below the Saturn V rocket on display at the U.S. Space & Rocket Center in Huntsville, Alabama. She is spending the summer working at Space Camp, which is on the grounds of the center.
UAlbany Summer: Physics Major Teaching STEM at Space Camp
Abby Greco, a rising junior and physics major at UAlbany, is teaching 9-to-14-year-olds all about science and technology at Space Camp in Huntsville, Alabama this summer.
Associate Professor of Nanobioscience Ben Boivin wearing a white lab coat and blue shirt and glasses stands in his lab in front of a cabinet with clear glass panels and numerous white bottles with red caps.
UAlbany Scientist Awarded More Than $4 Million to Study Disease Progression in Mammalian Cells
UAlbany Associate Professor of Nanobioscience Ben Boivin from the Department of Nanoscale Science and Engineering has been awarded more than $4 million in grants from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to further explore the role of PTPs in disease progression.
A row of power lines with windmills in the distance and blue skies above them.
UAlbany, UConn Researchers Partner to Improve Grid Resilience Through $2.63 Million Investment from DOE
The U.S. Department of Energy announced funding for six projects that will conduct grid resilience analysis and modeling to strengthen and modernize the power grid against extreme weather.
Cars are parked on the side of a road during a hailstorm in San Jose, Calif.
Brian Tang Explains the Science Behind Hailstorms in The Conversation
UAlbany researchers have published a dozen articles in The Conversation this year ranging from an explainer of heat index warnings to how the younger generation is impacting polarization in American politics.
Film poster for "Black Girls Play: The Story of Handgames" features two Black girls playing hand games on a chalk-covered street in front of a house. Three other girls are skipping rope in the background.
Noteworthy: Research grants, awards and publications
The latest developments on University at Albany faculty and staff who are receiving research grants, awards and other noteworthy attention.
UAlbany Assistant Professor Abram Magner stands in front of his white board with equations in the background. (Photo by Brian Busher)
CAREER Award Focuses on Framework for Learning Complex Network Dynamics
Abram Magner, an assistant professor in the College of Nanotechnology, Science, and Engineering, has recently been awarded a $584,993 grant from the National Science Foundation for his project, “CAREER: Theoretical Foundations for Learning Network Dynamics.”