News Center Archive

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SPH Studies Find Chemicals in Everyday Products are Harmful to Fertility
Three studies led by a School of Public Health PhD student found that a group of chemicals found in many plastic products are harmful to women who are pregnant and to couples planning a pregnancy – yet the products are often not on the list of things to be avoided.
Assistant Professor Rixiang Huang and graduate assistant Lingqun Zeng stand in Albany's Pine Bush Preserve where a controlled burn was recently conducted
Understanding how Fires Impact the Carbon Cycle
UAlbany researcher Rixiang Huang, an assistant professor of environmental and sustainable engineering, is undertaking a new project that is designed to reveal how charcoal from fires decomposes over time.
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NYS Mesonet, NOAA Partner to Enhance Winter Weather Observations
Project will demonstrate how NYS Mesonet measurements, including snow depth, snowfall rates, freezing rain and precipitation type, can improve prediction lead times and local winter weather operations.
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5 Questions With Jerry Miller
Jerry Miller was recently appointed to lead UAlbany’s Institute for Traffic Safety Management and Research, with the task of continuing to adapt the Institute to meet the evolving challenges facing the community at large, including the legalization of marijuana on traffic safety on driving in New York.
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UAlbany Center Helps Create Better Tools to Compensate NY Crime Victims
With the help of a UAlbany's Center for Human Services Research, two enhanced user-friendly tools were recently launched to aid New York victims of crime in obtaining compensation.
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Innovation Hubs Will Fund Entrepreneurial Training, Mentoring on Campuses
UAlbany joins a coalition of colleges and universities to share in $15 million federal training funds for research and entrepreneur, with the goal of commercialization.
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UAlbany School of Public Health Receives $3M from CDC to Aid Federal, State and Local Health Agencies
The School of Public Health received nearly $3 million in supplemental funding from the CDC to scale up its mathematical modeling work.