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CEHC Disaster Scientist Explores Role of Place Attachment Following California Wildfires
Last year, more than a million people, including 600,000 Californians, were at least temporarily displaced from their homes by wildfires — more than twice as many as in 2019.
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Researchers’ COVID-19 Study in China: Children Spread the Virus Easier, and Lockdowns Worked
Given rare access to patient profiles and contact tracing data in the city of Shijiazhuang, Professor Zai Liang and student Hun Liu found that children 0-17 infected both children and adults at the greatest rate.
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UAlbany Engineering Building to Anchor New Artificial Intelligence Supercomputing Initiative
The University at Albany today began a new era of teaching and research with the launch of Albany AI, a $200 million public-private supercomputing initiative based out of UAlbany’s soon-to-be-renovated College of Engineering and Applied Sciences building. Buoyed by $75 million in state funding to complete the transformation of the former Albany High School into a state-of-the-art engineering college and fund the construction of a supercomputer, the Albany Artificial Intelligence Supercomputing Initiative (Albany AI) will significantly expand New York’s capacity in this major emerging field.
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CHWS Report: Dental Therapists Improve Outcomes for Patients
The Center for Health Workforce Studies (CHWS) at UAlbany's School of Public Health recently assessed the satisfaction of clinical providers, organizational administrators, and patients with dental therapists working at Apple Tree Dental in Minnesota, the first US state to authorize dental therapy practice statewide. They found that dentists can work more effectively and efficiently when teamed with a dental therapist, while patient satisfaction was also greatly improved.
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Diversity Transformation Awards help promote equity at University
The awards, through the Office of Diversity and Inclusion, offer microgrants for programs designed to promote greater equity for populations that have historically underrepresented, underserved or marginalized.
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New Fieldwork Semester in Kenya Offers Unique Immersion into Research and Culture
Starting this fall, UAlbany anthropology students will have access to a transformative study of human origins and evolution in Kenya: The Origins Field School.
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Landmark Study Reveals Extreme Levels of Exposure to Violence for Street Outreach Workers
Community violence intervention workers perform a vital role responding to and diffusing violence , but face violence themselves.