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For the 11th consecutive year, the University at Albany has been honored for its superb sustainability practices and emphasis on healthy student living in The Princeton Review Guide to Green Colleges: 2025 Edition.

Shenglong Zhang, associate professor of Chemistry, received two Small Business Technology Transfer grants from the National Institutes of Health. The grants were jointly awarded to the University and UAlbany spinoff company DirectSeq Biosciences, Inc., which Zhang directs as founder and president. 

The upper-level, interdisciplinary course covers a range of topics in the Adirondack region, including ecology, geology, weather, climate and human history.

Albany’s WAMC Northeast Public Radio aired five segments from UAlbany faculty members last week during “University at Albany Week” on The Academic Minute.

UAlbany's Naishaly Vélez Galán, survivor advocate in the Office of Health Promotion, shares insights on her role at UAlbany, key tenants of survivor advocacy, and how she is serving the broader community this year as the 2024 Albany Tulip Queen.

UAlbany Associate Professor of Computer Science Pradeep Atrey and doctoral student Omkar Kulkarni are at work trying to create a better virtual photo editor. Combining techniques of computer vision with machine learning, Atrey and Kulkarni have developed an innovative iOS application designed to improve the quality of group photos.

On World Mental Health Day, UAlbany's BILPOC Faculty Advancement Initiative and the Center for the Elimination of Minority Health Disparities, in partnership with local advocacy organization 'Partners in Community Development,' co-hosted a one-day symposium focusing on mental health in communities of color.

UAlbany’s Center for the Advancement of Teaching, Learning, and Online Education has launched a new podcast aimed at delivering effective teaching information to faculty, with the first season exploring the role of artificial intelligence in education.

A new report by the Center for Health Workforce Studies shows that health workforce recruitment and retention difficulties continue to present significant challenges within New York’s health care system, contributing to widespread shortages in various health care occupations.

Provost Carol Kim said the event is designed to be “fun, quick and informative” and boost collaborations among faculty in different disciplines.

The new $16.5M supercomputer is a central pillar in UAlbany’s AI Plus initiative — a holistic push to integrate teaching and learning about AI across every college, school and major to ensure every graduate is prepared to live and work in a world radically changed by technology.

The University at Albany is partnering with the University at Buffalo and the University of Nebraska-Lincoln to develop new, high-speed microelectronics that require less power than traditional silicon-based products.