New Season of UAlbany Podcast Explores the Role of Human Connection in Teaching
UAlbany’s Center for the Advancement of Teaching, Learning, and Online Education (CATLOE) has launched a new season of the Pause for Teaching podcast. The podcast, which debuted in 2024, addresses ideas about effective teaching in higher education, with the second season focusing on the theme “Being Human in the Classroom.”
UAlbany Institute Leads Discussion to Advance Climate Adaptation Across New York
Leaders from the University at Albany’s Institute for Transformational and Ecosystem-based Climate Adaptation (ITECA) and New York State Adaptation Practitioners Network co-hosted a fall convening in Albany.
Convening to Eliminate Environmental Health Disparities
On Oct. 16-17, the Center for the Elimination of Health Disparities hosted its signature annual event, the President’s Forum on Health Disparities, in partnership with the Harvard JPB Environmental Health Fellowship Program. This year’s forum explored the environmental and social determinants of health and the importance of bridging disciplines for health equity research and action.
NYC's Political landscape: 5Q with Timothy Weaver
Weaver's latest book examines the New York City’s political development since the 1970s and refutes the assumption that the city is homogeneously liberal.
Junior Earns Obama-Chesky Scholarship for Public Service
UAlbany Junior Parmesh Thakoordial was recently named a recipient of the Obama-Chesky Scholarship for Public Service, a prestigious national program created by former President Barack Obama, Michelle Obama and Airbnb co-founder Brian Chesky to support students committed to careers in the public sphere.