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Massry School of Business alum Damian Bazadona, B.S., ’98, has been named by AACSB International to its 2025 Class of Influential Leaders, a group of 24 outstanding entrepreneurs and intrapreneurs from AACSB-accredited business schools.

The late Ben-Ami Lipetz devoted his career to advancing the study of information science—a legacy that will continue through a newly established $1.15 million endowment supporting an annual conference at the University at Albany.

The University Libraries at the University at Albany has received the 2025 Library Excellence in Access and Diversity Award from Insight Into Diversity magazine. The award honors academic libraries’ programs and initiatives that encourage and support inclusive excellence and belonging across their campus.

University at Albany announced the winners of its Inclusive Excellence Awards, hosted by the Office of Diversity and Inclusion. The annual initiative funds faculty and staff-led programs that strengthen, promote, and embrace a vibrant and inclusive environment at the University.

The Albany Lifelong Learning Institute is designed for emeriti, alumni and the greater community, both for education and camaraderie.

From executive compensation to corporate governance, incoming Massry School of Business Dean Paquita Davis-Friday has examined some of the most high-profile financial issues of the past 30 years. On February 18, Davis-Friday will take the helm at Massry, where she will leverage her experience in developing and expanding undergraduate and graduate business programs in the New York metropolitan area to increase the impact of earning a degree from UAlbany.

U.S. News & World Report has ranked The University at Albany’s School of Education #7 in the nation for best online master’s in education programs. For the past nine years the school has been recognized as one of the top 10 programs nationwide.