
Welcome Back: Get Tested and Wear Your Mask
Mask wearing, weekly testing, physical distancing, hybrid classrooms – campus life during the spring semester will continue to be impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. While the recent release of a vaccination gives us hope for the future, here are some of the precautions we all need to continue to keep our community safe and our campus open.

Pooled Surveillance Testing is Ramping Back Up
As the University looks forward to welcoming students back to campus in just a few short weeks, the pooled surveillance testing program launched in the fall is prepared to resume its widespread mandatory weekly testing.

UAlbany and SEFCU team up to help keep community safe with weekly employee testing
Every week, more than 325 SEFCU employees receive COVID-19 testing as part of a new partnership between the credit union and the University at Albany.

Winning Holiday Card Designs Celebrate Coming Together in a Turbulent Year
Mehr Sharma won the 2020 Holiday Design Contest, and Nova Turner and Damien Kritzer were finalists.

Aiguo Dai Among World’s Most Highly Cited Researchers
A new report has once again listed Department of Atmospheric and Environmental Sciences Professor Aiguo Dai among the world’s most-cited researchers.

A Grad Student Explores the Psychology behind a Video Game Megahit in the COVID-19 Era
ALBANY, N.Y. (Nov. 24, 2020) — As we know all too well, there have been many more losers than winners during the COVID-19 pandemic.

CEHC Red Team Exercise Studies Threat of Biological Warfare
CEHC Associate Professor Gary Ackerman is leading a red team exercise through the Center for Accelerating Operational Efficiency (CAOE), a Department of Homeland Security (DHS) center at Arizona State University, that will provide insight on both the current and future landscape of this emerging threat.

CEHC Students Partner with Ten80 Education on Virtual Racing Challenge
Tech-minded students across the globe will soon be able to race remote control (RC) cars from their homes.