EPA Awards $1 Million to UAlbany Researchers for Community Air Pollution Monitoring Projects
The projects are focused on enhancing air quality monitoring in communities across the U.S. in areas that are underserved, historically marginalized and overburdened by pollution.
Study Finds Immigration Does Not Impact Crime, and Homeownership Corelates to Decreased Theft and Homicide
A study of Guyanese immigration to Schenectady found that increases foreign-born population did not affect neighborhood violent crime or property crime, and that increased homeownership, among all residents, was associated with declines in homicide and motor vehicle theft.
Team Investigates Links Between Childhood Exposure to Violence, Biomarkers and Behavioral Outcomes
A team of interdisciplinary UAlbany researchers from the Depts. of Psychology, Sociology and Epidemiology & Biostatistics have published a new study that surveyed the landscape of research into biomarkers associated with childhood exposure to violence and negative behavioral outcomes later in life.
Low-Cost Air Quality Sensors Deliver Insights on Environmental Injustice
A new UAlbany study examining air pollution finds disadvantaged populations are most at risk of severe exposure.
UAlbany Launches Massive Artificial Intelligence Cluster Hire of 27 Faculty
The University at Albany will add an unprecedented 27 new faculty members specializing in artificial intelligence in the coming months, marking the next critical phase in the University’s ambitious plan to incorporate elements of AI teaching and research across all academic programs. The 27 new hires — the largest cluster hire in the University’s history — are among 49 new faculty members expected to join UAlbany next year and will help lay the foundation for the University’s new AI academy.
NYS Police, UAlbany Bring New Forensic Investigation Center School to Campus
The Forensic Investigation Center (FIC) School launched this semester and is open to undergraduate and graduate students from local institutions.
$100,000 Grant Gives UAlbany’s Latin American, Caribbean and U.S. Latino Studies a Boost
The work of four PhD students in the Department of Latin American, Caribbean, and US Latina/o Studies (LACS) at the University at Albany is being supported by a new federal grant program aimed at offsetting the impacts of the pandemic and uplifting the humanities.