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UAlbany Lands $4M DOE Grant to Improve Completion Rates, Reduce Financial Barriers for Students
A $4 million grant from the U.S. Department of Education will be used to support student retention, persistence and graduation rate.
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UAlbany Analysis Finds Mobile Phone Distractions Adversely Affect Learning in Young Adults
A new analysis by University at Albany researchers in the School of Education has found that young adults exposed to mobile technology distractions had worse learning outcomes in the classroom compared to those without distractions.
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Massry School of Business Sees Revival of American Marketing Association Chapter
UAlbany faculty and students have brought a chapter of the American Marketing Association back to campus.
Logo reads "Celebrating Seven Years! Albany Book Festival Saturday September 21 2024"
Albany Book Festival to Bring Acclaimed Authors, Book Lovers to Campus
The New York State Writers Institute will host the seventh annual Albany Book Festival this Saturday, bringing a diverse mix of over 30 award-winning, bestselling and local authors and poets to the University at Albany campus.
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Environmental Building Design Earns UAlbany High Marks on the Sustainable Campus Index
The University at Albany was named a top performer in the 2024 Sustainable Campus Index, published by the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education.
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University at Albany Launches Great Dane Dialogue
The initiative builds on the University’s efforts to promote greater civic awareness about the issues that impact our society.
This image contains two photographs, one of each student. At left a young woman with long brown hair smiles, leaning against a railing, as she poses for a portrait in a light filled atrium. At right, a young woman with long dark brown hair points to a poster, speaking to a woman in a lavender blazer.
Summer Spotlight: UAlbany Undergrads Study Myotonic Dystrophy, Breast Cancer
Alongside researchers in the RNA Institute and the Cancer Research Center, Sanjida Ahmed and Sakthi Muthukrishnan spent their summers inside the lab, wielding pipettes and advanced analytical equipment to further our understanding of important disease processes with the goal to inform new therapeutics and improve lives.