RNA Institute Summer Program Local High Schooler Advances to International Science Competition
One of the youngest members of the RNA Institute's 2020 Summer Bioinformatics program, high school senior Cristina DeMeo, put the skills she learned to highly mature scientific use, creating an award-winning project on the most common form of motor neuron disease, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS).
Study looks at how businesses cope with “COVID fatigue”
A Massry School of Business study, funded by the U.S. Economic Development Administration, finds changing attitudes to the COVID-19 pandemic can result in risky behavior, and suggests ways businesses can manage and aid employees.
CEAS Faculty Garner CAREER Awards for Advancing Online Education and Cybersecurity
At UAlbany’s College of Engineering and Applied Sciences (CEAS), two faculty members have joined the esteemed ranks of CAREER Award winners, as they lead projects aimed at improving and securing online learning environments: Assistant professors of Computer Science Amirreza Masoumzadeh and Shaghayegh (Sherry) Sahebi. With their respective grants, CEAS now has seen eight faculty members receive CAREER awards, including researchers in Computer Science and Electrical and Computer Engineering.
Forensic Chemist’s Start-Up Receives Support from the National Science Foundation
Department of Chemistry professor Igor Lednev is now one step closer to helping law enforcement catch violent criminals.
Whose Welfare? An Economist Assesses the Cost to Society of Corporate Collusion
Cuicui Chen of Economics and three colleagues assess how corporate collusion in environmental standard avoidance can aid companies’ welfare while damaging society's.
Indigenous Voices Stress the Challenge and Hope of Inclusion at UAlbany
Three scholars from the indigenous peoples of the Northeast visited UAlbany on Monday, lauding the University’s recent efforts to have greater inclusion of indigenous communities, but adding that action must proceed beyond acknowledgments.
UAlbany Esports Partners with Wounded Warrior Project to Host Virtual Gaming Exhibition
Students connected with service members from across the country during a virtual gaming exhibition.
President’s Forum on Health Disparities Returns with Forum of Experts
As part of its ongoing efforts to tackle minority health disparities, the UAlbany is again convening a forum of experts to discuss barriers to health and healthcare for minority populations.
Faculty Artist Wins the Guggenheim Fellowship
Melissa Thorne, "a rare artist indeed” from the Department of Art & Art History, is named a recipient of one of a 2021 John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship.
Four-Day Conference to Focus on a Sustainable Future for the Region
The Sustainable Futures Conference, co-sponsored by UAlbany, features more than a dozen international and national and local speakers, workshops and informational sessions, and a Youth Congress on Climate Justice.
5 Questions with Faculty: Earth Day Edition
Justin Minder of the Department of Atmospheric and Environmental Sciences discusses the significance of Earth Day and how the campus community can do its part to help.