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Chancellor’s Award for Student Excellence Winners 2021
Three graduating seniors — Sana Effendi, Andrew Eldiery and Chidiogo Igboekwe — have won the 2021 Chancellor’s Award for Student Excellence, SUNY’s highest award for academic achievement and service.
Theatre Program Film Musical Premieres Thursday
The Theatre Program of the Department of Music and Theatre will premiere a digital movie musical, Love & Other Destinations, which explores the triumphs and tragedies of love in all its forms.
Celebrate Exemplary Public Engagement
Join the University community for an online conversation from 6-7 p.m. Monday, April 26, with last year's recipients of the President's Awards for Exemplary Public Engagement.
A Lifelong Passion to Teach is Rewarded
Samantha Friedman of Sociology is the winner of the Faculty & Student Engagement Torch Award, which honors a faculty member who has had an outstanding positive impact on a graduating senior’s academic and personal success.
A Stipend Program Spurs Students to Pursue Research through the Summer
The pilot Summer Stipend Program will help UAlbany students choose research over summer jobs.
New York Budget Offers Major Boost to UAlbany’s Center of Excellence
Funding in the recently adopted state budget for the Center of Excellence in Weather and Climate Analytics increased from $250,000 to $800,000, in turn offering more support for its research projects that are helping New Yorkers navigate increasingly extreme weather events.
NYS Writers Institute Announces Innovative Programming for Inaugural Albany Film Festival
Movie fans, filmmakers and authors are invited to join the New York State Writers Institute (NYSWI) at the inaugural Albany Film Festival, an eclectic program of virtual and in-person events exploring the intersection of writing and film to be presented April 24 through May 3.