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As the U.S. moves toward an ambitious goal to significantly reduce food waste by 2030, a team at the School of Public Health is conducting work as a part of a multiscale research network to make the food system sustainable, equitable and resilient.

University at Albany Assistant Professor of Economics Chun-Yu Ho has recently led a study examining the adoption of mobile payments. Publishing in Management Science, Ho and his colleagues found that consumers are more likely to use mobile payment methods when they receive price incentives for doing so.

A new research and scholarly community is partnering UAlbany’s weather, climate and emergency preparedness scientists to tackle some of the greatest existential threats facing mankind.

The project is supported with $548,000 from the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) through its Environmental Research Program.

Researchers say the main lesson from the study is that unemployment services need to do more to help people cope with their criminal histories.

The University at Albany has been recognized as among the best universities for Social Research according to the Higher Education Research and Development Survey released by the National Science Foundation.

A recent study from the School of Public Health shows that Instagram posts promoting injury prevention messages to parents often depict images that do not show the desired safety recommendation or provide a clear action that parents should take – resulting in confusion on how they can best keep their children safe.