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Drone image of downtown Houston, Texas shows a heavy blanket of haze over the city.
Low-Cost Air Quality Sensors Deliver Insights on Environmental Injustice
A new UAlbany study examining air pollution finds disadvantaged populations are most at risk of severe exposure.
A wide-angle shot of a press conference in UAlbany's xCITE Lab. President Rodríguez stands at podium speaking flanked by two purple and gold UAlbany banners and
UAlbany Launches Massive Artificial Intelligence Cluster Hire of 27 Faculty
The University at Albany will add an unprecedented 27 new faculty members specializing in artificial intelligence in the coming months, marking the next critical phase in the University’s ambitious plan to incorporate elements of AI teaching and research across all academic programs. The 27 new hires — the largest cluster hire in the University’s history — are among 49 new faculty members expected to join UAlbany next year and will help lay the foundation for the University’s new AI academy.
Students view a presentation inside ETEC during an FIC workshop.
NYS Police, UAlbany Bring New Forensic Investigation Center School to Campus
The Forensic Investigation Center (FIC) School launched this semester and is open to undergraduate and graduate students from local institutions.
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$100,000 Grant Gives UAlbany’s Latin American, Caribbean and U.S. Latino Studies a Boost
The work of four PhD students in the Department of Latin American, Caribbean, and US Latina/o Studies (LACS) at the University at Albany is being supported by a new federal grant program aimed at offsetting the impacts of the pandemic and uplifting the humanities.
Three men in suits stand in front of a blue screen with the initials NABE printed several times. The man in the center is being handed a plaque on which his name, Kajal Lahiri, can be read.
Econ Professor Wins Prize for Paper Forecasting Recession
Economics Professor Kajal Lahiri won the prestigious Edmund A. Mennis Contributed Paper Award of the National Association of Business Economics for a paper using new prediction models and co-authored by former PhD student Cheng Yang.
The front of ASRC's Whiteface Mountain Field Station on a cloudy day.
ASRC Celebrates 50 Years of Research at the Whiteface Mountain Field Station
Located at about 5,000 above sea level, the field station has been collecting cloud water samples for chemical monitoring for more than five decades.
CEAS Dean Michele J. Grimm sits at a table outdoors with a laptop in front of her and a coffee mug.
5 Questions with CEAS Dean Michele J. Grimm
In July of this year, the University at Albany named biomedical engineer Michele J. Grimm as dean of UAlbany's College of Engineering and Applied Sciences (CEAS) after a national search. Dean Grimm offers insights on what lies in store for the future at CEAS.