News Archive

Helping California Understand the Impact of Convictions on Employment

In a webinar entitled “The Research Case for Hiring People with Criminal History Records: California in Focus,” Shawn Bushway, professor of Public Administration and Policy, worked to rebut pervasive myths that anyone with a criminal record is inherently riskier than anyone without.

UAlbany Professor’s Book Details Secret Weapons Program that Helped Build Modern Korea

In a new book out early next year, "Cornerstone of the Nation: The Defense Industry and the Building of Modern Korea under Park Chung Hee," UAlbany Professor Peter Kwon provides the first historical account of how Park’s secret program to build an independent defense industry spurred rapid militarization, industrialization and economic growth, and set the stage for South Korea to become the global economic powerhouse we know today.

Hemp or Marijuana? Forensic Chemist Receives Federal Funding for Rapid Test

The U.S. Department of Justice is supporting the Musah Lab with a $401,988 grant to develop and validate the test through December 2024.

UAlbany Students Weigh in on Women’s History Month

UAlbany students share their thoughts on Women’s History Month

UAlbany Students Organize Fundraisers to Help After Turkey Earthquake

University at Albany students have organized fundraising and memorial events to benefit victims and frontline workers after a 7.8-magnitude earthquake devastated Turkey and parts of Syria on Feb. 6.

Showcase 2023: Improving Winter Weather Forecasts

For more than a year, UAlbany senior John England has been juggling his classwork as a full-time student and helping researchers better understand near-freezing winter storm events.

NYS Writers Institute Hosts 3rd Annual Albany Film Festival This Saturday

The third annual Albany Film Festival returns to campus this Saturday with a day’s worth of screenings and conversations with award-winning filmmakers, novelists and screenwriters.

School of Public Health Presents: ‘The Flint Water Crisis - A Discussion with 2023 Axelrod Prize Recipient Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha’

All are welcome to attend this free, public event exploring environmental justice & health equity

30 Years of Transforming Government through Innovation

For three decades, the Center for Technology in Government at the University at Albany (CTG UAlbany) has been working with governments worldwide to transform public services through advances in technology, policy and management.

UAlbany’s Africana Studies Event to Highlight Black Women in NYS History

The Department of Africana Studies at the University at Albany will co-sponsor an event Tuesday with the New York State Commission on African American History highlighting Black women and their contributions to democracy and society in honor of Women’s History Month.

UAlbany Symposium Showcases High School Science Researchers Statewide

The University hosted more than 450 science research students and teachers for the 38th annual Upstate New York Junior Science and Humanities Symposium earlier this month.

Roundtables Planned to Discuss Research Expansion at UAlbany

The University at Albany is hosting a series of three roundtables to discuss its efforts to transform the Division for Research and Economic Development. The forums will focus on plans to develop and expand the University’s research enterprise.