Studying the Shape of Gum Disease: $2.3 Million Grant Aids Research into New Bacterial Target for Dental Treatments
University at Albany scientists in the departments of biology and mathematics are using RNA sequencing to study the role of dental plaque in the progression of periodontal disease.
School of Ed Research Reveals Strategies to Retain School Bus Drivers
Amid a growing shortage of school bus drivers nationwide, new research out of the University at Albany’s Department of Educational Policy & Leadership explores what it would take to keep existing drivers in their jobs for the long haul.
Keeping the Campus Humming: A Q&A with Michael Vadney
Some 425 physical plant workers — including carpenters, plumbers, electricians, mechanics, painters, masons, grounds crew and custodians — are charged with maintaining UAlbany's 500-acre campus. Interim Director of Physical Plant Michael Vadney tells us what that's like.
Study Reveals How Prehistoric Humans Simplified the World’s Food Webs
Research conducted with the help of a University at Albany anthropologist has revealed the cascading effects that humans have had on mammal declines and their food webs over the last 130,000 years, a new study in the journal Science shows.
UAlbany Conducts Largest Study on COVID-19 Symptoms & Deaths Among U.S. Healthcare Workers
Healthcare workers who died of COVID-19 in the early waves of the pandemic were disproportionately male, over 50 years old and of Black or Asian descent.
UAlbany Graduate Students Reflect on PIRE Experience in New Paper
The U.S.-Taiwan PIRE project was launched in 2015 to advance research in early warning detection and disaster response around extreme storms.
Atmospheric Scientists Lead $695K NSF Study to Explore Downshear Reformation of Tropical Storms
The three-year project will use observational data, combined with advanced computer model simulations, to explore this poorly understood process.
UAlbany-led Study Finds Exposure to Sun, Heat and Humidity Can Exacerbate Symptoms of Mental Disorders
Interdisciplinary team links NYS Mesonet weather data and emergency department visits to predict patient risk
CTG UAlbany Tackles Challenges Facing Urban Governments
Researchers at the Center for Technology in Government and the FinEst Centre for Smart Cities at the Tallinn University of Technology are investigating the long-term problems faced by local governments in their “smart city” efforts.
Director of Atmospheric Sciences Research Center Honored by American Meteorological Society
Chris Thorncroft has earned the 2023 AMS Joanne Simpson Tropical Meteorology Research Award.
UAlbany Welcomes New Great Danes for Fall 2022 Semester
The University is welcoming students back to campus this week for the start of the Fall 2022 semester, including more than 5,200 new Great Danes.
Physicists Star with William Shatner in New UFO Documentary
A new documentary starring Star Trek’s William Shatner is asking the question: “Are we Alone?” And two UAlbany physicists are right in the middle of the search for answers. “A Tear in the Sky,” directed by Caroline Cory, follows a team of researchers using state-of-the-art technologies to study on unidentified aerial phenomena (UAPs).