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The Mesonet network was completed in April 2018, with the University at Albany helping to design, install and operate it.

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

The University at Albany has been awarded a $2 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to establish “MARC at UAlbany,” a program that helps increase diversity in the biomedical research workforce by preparing undergraduate students for graduate degree programs that lead to careers in the field.

Postdoctoral Fellow Hannah Shorrock has received a “Pathway to Independence Award” to study cellular processes underlying the class of genetic neurodegenerative diseases that includes various spinocerebellar ataxias, Huntington's Disease, ALS and myotonic dystrophy.

The Center for Health Workforce Studies at the University at Albany’s School of Public Health released a new report this month that provides an update on the state of the New York's health care workforce, including data on job growth and employment projections.

UAlbany collaborators from the School of Public Health have published a new study that harnesses the power of machine learning to examine the importance of contextual factors that influence cardiovascular disease prevalence and care costs among Medicare beneficiaries nationwide.

More than 1,500 students will show their research, scholarly and creative work through more than 900 presentations all around the Uptown Campus for Showcase Day.

Each year graduating seniors nominate a professor for the Torch Award, given to faculty who have gone above and beyond the traditional teaching role to change that student’s life in a significant way. New this year is the Spark Award, which recognizes faculty who have helped new students transition to UAlbany.

UAlbany is partnering with the Association for Women in Mathematics to honor the 50-year legacy of the organization as it hosts “Women in Algebra and Combinatorics. Northeast Conference Celebrating the Association for Women in Mathematics: 50 Years and Counting."

The students were featured during the Spring 2023 Falconer Lecture series at ETEC.

Two UAlbany students are among the first recipients of a new $4 million state scholarship program designed to support underrepresented students working on degrees in the mental health field.

Banks, a lecturer in the Department of Geography and Planning, shares a preview of his new book "The City Authentic: How the Attention Economy Builds Urban America.”