Photo of the Week - October 20, 2025

UAlbany alums Monte and Avery Lipman pose with Mike Christakas, Dean of Students, in front of a full auditorium. At the back of the room, the new name reads Monte Lipman '86 and Avery Lipman '88 Republic Records Music Hall.

Monte Lipman ’86 and Avery Lipman ’88 are groundbreaking brothers who founded Republic Records, a division of Universal Music Group, the world’s leading music company. The Great Dane alums have established an endowment at UAlbany that will bring programs and performances to the Campus Center’s auditorium, newly renamed the Monte Lipman ’86 and Avery Lipman ’88 Republic Records Music Hall. (photo by: Patrick Dodson)