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The latest developments on University at Albany faculty and staff who are receiving research grants, awards and other noteworthy attention.

UAlbany PhD candidates Emmanuel Edem Adade and Jesus Frias are the inaugural Fellows in the “Graduate Pathway for Scholars” program, a newly launched initiative for grad students in biology and chemistry who wish to pursue careers in academia. The program aims to bring scholars who receive their PhDs at UAlbany back as faculty members after completing their postdoctoral training.

Alexis Weber has earned many titles during her time at UAlbany. The fifth-year PhD student from Jacksonville, Fla., recently added 3-Minute Thesis winner to her list of accolades, which also includes being selected for the 2024 Chancellor’s Award for Student Excellence.

UAlbany Associate Professor of Computer Science Petko Bogdanov is part of a multi-institution effort that hopes to revolutionize the field with a new class of near-infrared contrast agents designed with the help of Artificial Intelligence (AI) to provide an even greater level of detail.

The NAIC Research Fellows Program is intended to foster new and innovative research in insurance regulation by providing resources to researchers working in the field.

The annual Terra Awards, which honor students, faculty and staff who have demonstrated a commitment to sustainability on campus, were handed out Monday in the sun-filled atrium of the Science Library.

UAlbany students Jacob Webb, Sam Hogan, Russ Fugal, Omar Cunningham and Ehdoh Kyi are taking part in the New York Business Plan Competition final on April 25 at ETEC.

For decades, UAlbany's partnership with the New York State Legislature has opened doors for student interns.

NASA's Nationwide Eclipse Ballooning Project, which included 53 student teams, took advantage of the April 8 total solar eclipse, launching weather balloons from locations on the totality path across the U.S. to collect and analyze atmospheric data.

“Treat everyone respectfully by treating everyone the same,” keynote speaker Kristin Dolan '88 told an audience at the seventh annual Massry Lecture.

The University at Albany announced the naming of the Massry School of Business in honor of the Massry family’s decades of philanthropic support.

Choi, who teaches classes in business analytics, open source intelligence and social network analysis, says AI is like a magic wand.