News Center Archive

Project SAGES awardees and co-PIs gather in a UAlbany conference room for an all-hands meeting.
‘Project SAGES’ Supports UAlbany Women Researchers in STEM
Now in its second year, "Project SAGES" is thriving. The UAlbany initiative aims to increase representation and advancement of women researchers in STEM fields.
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UAlbany Team Wins First Place at Statewide Science, Technology Conference
UAlbany is home to one of the state’s inaugural STEP programs, which seek to prepare historically underrepresented and economically disadvantaged middle and high school students for college and careers in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) fields and licensed professions. For 37 years, UAlbany has provided academic enrichment, internship and mentoring opportunities through this program to students from schools across the Capital Region.
Collage of images featuring the five students who will be leading conversations as part of the School of Social Welfare's Showcase program.
Showcase 2023: Sparking Social Justice Dialogue
School of Social Welfare to Host Interactive Conversations on Key Social Justice Topics
A man in a green tie speaks at a lectern with a presentation screen behind him featuring Blackstone Launchpad UAlbany student Elsie Essien.
UAlbany Partnering with WiNFUND to Promote Women Entrepreneurs in Africa
The University at Albany is collaborating with the Women in Innovation Fund (WiNFUND) to address to build entrepreneurial training and capacity building for women entrepreneurs from Africa. The program will train and mentor women entrepreneurs who are already implementing home-grown solutions to some of the continent’s most urgent health challenges.
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Noteworthy: Research grants, awards and publications
The latest on University at Albany faculty and staff receiving research grants, awards and other noteworthy attention.
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Helping California Understand the Impact of Convictions on Employment
In a webinar entitled “The Research Case for Hiring People with Criminal History Records: California in Focus,” Shawn Bushway, professor of Public Administration and Policy, worked to rebut pervasive myths that anyone with a criminal record is inherently riskier than anyone without.
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UAlbany Professor’s Book Details Secret Weapons Program that Helped Build Modern Korea
In a new book out early next year, "Cornerstone of the Nation: The Defense Industry and the Building of Modern Korea under Park Chung Hee," UAlbany Professor Peter Kwon provides the first historical account of how Park’s secret program to build an independent defense industry spurred rapid militarization, industrialization and economic growth, and set the stage for South Korea to become the global economic powerhouse we know today.