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Welcome Back: Get Tested and Wear Your Mask
Mask wearing, weekly testing, physical distancing, hybrid classrooms – campus life during the spring semester will continue to be impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. While the recent release of a vaccination gives us hope for the future, here are some of the precautions we all need to continue to keep our community safe and our campus open.
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Pooled Surveillance Testing is Ramping Back Up
As the University looks forward to welcoming students back to campus in just a few short weeks, the pooled surveillance testing program launched in the fall is prepared to resume its widespread mandatory weekly testing.
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UAlbany and SEFCU team up to help keep community safe with weekly employee testing
Every week, more than 325 SEFCU employees receive COVID-19 testing as part of a new partnership between the credit union and the University at Albany.
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Winning Holiday Card Designs Celebrate Coming Together in a Turbulent Year
Mehr Sharma won the 2020 Holiday Design Contest, and Nova Turner and Damien Kritzer were finalists.
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Aiguo Dai Among World’s Most Highly Cited Researchers
A new report has once again listed Department of Atmospheric and Environmental Sciences Professor Aiguo Dai among the world’s most-cited researchers.